Southern Vinegar Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

This is a traditional vinegar-based carolina-style barbecue sauce. Notice that there is no tomato base in this recipe, just lots of flavor. As with any traditional vinegar sauce, this is thin, with a watery consistency. While this sauce is intended for pork, you can use it on beef, chicken, and even lamb. It's entirely up to you. If you grew up using bottled tomato-based barbecue sauce, you may not realize that the original barbecue sauce is more like that produced by this recipe. The bottled stuff follows the kansas city tradition and is thick, sweet, and often smoky. But barbecue sauce started out as a lemon, salt, and pepper baste for smoked meat, especially pork. Along the eastern coastline, whole hogs were often smoked in open pits (as they still are today) and this sauce helped maintain moisture during the long cooking hours. Vinegar was substituted for lemons in areas where they weren't commonly grown. You will find this type of vinegar sauce served with barbecue in the eastern carolinas. Once you head west, tomato again makes its appearance in the sauces served, although they are still far thinner and less sweet than in a typical bottled sauce.

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20minstotal
10minsPrep
10minsCook
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Ingredients for Southern Vinegar Barbecue Sauce Recipe

  • 0.13 cup Butter
  • 1/4 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 0.63 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 0.13 tablespoon Honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 0.13 teaspoon Black pepper
Nutrition
value
19
calories per serving
< 1 g Fat1 g Protein2 g Carbs3 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    < 1g
  • Protein
    1g
  • Carbs
    2g
  • Fiber
    3g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    2g
  • Protein
    1g
  • Fiber
    3g

Fats

  • Fat
    < 1g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    42mg
  • Iron
    1mg
  • Vitamin A
    4mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    8mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    6mg
  • Vitamin E
    < 1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    16mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    35mg
  • Selenium
    3mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats