Recipe: Delicious Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce. What does Carolina BBQ sauce taste like? Carolina barbeque sauce is thick and tangy with a very subtle sweetness. While Midwest and southwest style barbeque sauces contain a good amount of sugar and are sweet in taste, Carolina barbeque sauces contains very little sugar which results in a.

I served it with Angie's Dad's Best Cabbage Coleslaw recipe with the. Blending two vinegars helps re-create the BBQ sauce we love from my mother's North Carolina roots. — Gloria McKinley, Lakeland, Florida. I made this sauce along with an other sauce. You can cook Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

1. Prepare 3 Tbs. of olive oil.
2. You need 1/2 of yellow onion, finely chopped.
3. Prepare 2 of jalapeno peppers, finely chopped.
4. Prepare 2-3 cloves of garlic, smashed.
5. It's 1.5 cup of apple cider vinegar.
6. Prepare 1 bottle (32 oz.) of ketchup.
7. It's 1 cup of BBQ sauce, store brand.
8. It's 6 Tbs. of dark mustard.
9. Prepare 2 Tbs. of Worcestershire sauce.
10. You need 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
11. You need 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
12. Prepare 1 can (8 oz.) of pineapple bits.
13. You need 1/2 cup of molasses.
14. It's Dash of paprika & thyme.
15. You need Dash of salt & pepper.
16. Prepare Dash of red pepper flakes.

I divided my ribs using both sauces. At dinner my family liked the other sauce better. This means that it is vinegar and mustard based, as opposed to the ketchup and molasses based sauces of the mid and southwest. The combination of sweet and tangy flavors brings out the absolute best in grilled or smoked pork or chicken.

Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce step by step

1. Add oil to a heated 3 quart pot over medium heat. Add the onions and peppers and sauté them for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and mix..
2. Add all the liquid ingredients (but not the fruit & molasses) to the pot and simmer for 30 minutes over medium-low heat..
3. Add the fruit pieces and very lightly blend the sauce using an immersion blender (or a blender in batches). Add the molasses and simmer this for 45 minutes on low-medium heat..
4. While simmering, season with spices to taste as the sauce slowly thickens. Place in a large container when done. Refrigerate to further the thickening process before using..

Ditch your standard BBQ sauce and whip up a batch of this easy to make, spicy, & flavorful Carolina Mustard Barbecue Sauce next time you fire up the grill. To my fellow North Carolina style BBQ aficionados, this stuff is the real deal. Throw a pork butt on the Kamado, drench it in this sauce, and thank me later. This sauce is definitely authentic Eastern North Carolina, so with that warning in place, be prepared for that vinegar kick when you taste this one for. Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce is particular delicious when served with pulled pork on a bun, topped with crunchy coleslaw.