Recipe: Yummy Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce. This Carolina-style barbeque sauce features fresh apple, but otherwise it's a fairly straightforward, totally in-your-face-with-tang-and-heat recipe. It is fantastic on pulled pork and molasses-brined pork chops. In a small saucepan, combine all ingredients; bring to a boil.

Unlike North Carolina bbq sauce, which is vinegar based with ketchup, brown sugar or molasses; the Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce is based with mustard, vinegar sugar and/or honey, and spices. This North Carolina BBQ Sauce recipe is tangy and full of flavor! We love slathering it on pulled pork or grilled chicken. You can cook Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve 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. It's 2 of jalapeno peppers, finely chopped.
4. You need 2-3 cloves of garlic, smashed.
5. Prepare 1.5 cup of apple cider vinegar.
6. Prepare 1 bottle (32 oz.) of ketchup.
7. You need 1 cup of BBQ sauce, store brand.
8. Prepare 6 Tbs. of dark mustard.
9. You need 2 Tbs. of Worcestershire sauce.
10. Prepare 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
11. It's 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
12. Prepare 1 can (8 oz.) of pineapple bits.
13. It's 1/2 cup of molasses.
14. Prepare Dash of paprika & thyme.
15. It's Dash of salt & pepper.
16. You need Dash of red pepper flakes.

You won't be able to get enough of this barbecue sauce recipe. I have tried a lot of recipes of Eastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce. This is the closest to what you will find in any of the BBQ Restaurants here in North Carolina. It is on the hot side, so you may wish to adjust the cayenne pepper and Tabasco™ sauce for milder flavor.

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..

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. This is South Carolina style barbecue sauce, meaning that it is vinegar and mustard based, as opposed to the ketchup and molasses based sauces of the mid- and southwest. It combination of sweet and tangy flavors bring out the absolute best in grilled pork or chicken. North Carolina Barbecue Sauce, recipe follows.