How to Cook Tasty Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce

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Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce. This tangy vinegar BBQ mop sauce does something magical when added to pork. Here's how to create your own BBQ sorcery Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Mop Sauce. The inclusion of oil (and for that matter, mustard) in this recipe is unusual, but helps coat the meat and keep it moist.

Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce It is delicious poured over pulled pork or slathered on grilled chicken. It is the perfect homemade BBQ sauce to have on hand for your cookouts. LOAD UP THE SAUCE*: This baster mop quickly soaks up thinner sauces that standard basting brushes won't. You can cook Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce using 7 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce

  1. Prepare 1 1/2 Cup of Vinegar (White or Brown).
  2. It's 2 Tbsp of Sugar (White or Brown).
  3. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Sea Salt.
  4. Prepare 2 tsp of Crushed Pepper (Red, Chipotle, etc.).
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of Fresh Cracked Black Pepper.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of Hot Sauce.
  7. Prepare of Optional: 1 Stick of Butter.

Works great for Carolina and Texas-Style BBQ or vinegar-based sauces. Just thinly slice or chop the pork and combine with the leftover sauce in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring often, just until the meat is hot, and serve on soft sandwich rolls with sweet gherkin pickles on the side. Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce is particular delicious when served with pulled pork on a bun, topped with crunchy coleslaw.

Carolina BBQ Mop Sauce instructions

  1. Mix all in ingredients in a small jar, shake well and refrigerate for at least 24 hours, shaking periodically throughout. The longer you wait the better it'll get. Shake it occasionally, like whenever you open your refrigerator door..
  2. Optional: for thicker mop, for basting, heat sauce and stir in softened butter. But, only do this immediately before serving, discard any unused sauce afterwards. Also, use a separate cup for your basting and serving or you'll cross-contaminate your food.

It is also wonderful spooned over grilled pork chops or grilled chicken. I've also enjoyed it over smoked pork ribs, where the tanginess really shines. Carolina Mopping Sauce is a vinegar-based BBQ sauce that many pit masters use to baste the meat while it's slow roasting on the barbecue. It's a very regional sauce and it's quite common to find it here, along with traditional tomato-based sauces, on the table of the local barbecue joints. Some BBQ sauces are red, others brown and some are even yellow or white!