Cookbook:Eastern North Carolina Barbecue Sauce

| Southern U.S. cuisine

This recipe is initially from the original contributor's friend and brother, Chip Crumpler.

Ingredients

 * ¾ gallons apple cider vinegar
 * ⅛ cup salt
 * ¼ cup ground black pepper
 * ¼ cup red pepper flakes
 * 1 cup molasses
 * 2 cups honey

Procedure

 * 1) Start with apple cider vinegar in saucepan over medium heat.
 * 2) Add salt, ground black pepper, crushed red pepper, molasses, and honey.
 * 3) Let mixture heat up, but not quite boil.
 * 4) Mix well.
 * 5) Return sauce to the jug that the vinegar came in to cool.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * This is the sauce used for authentic barbecue.