Vinegar Based BBQ Sauce

Vinegar based BBQ sauce originated in North Carolina and Georgia, however, we can see the popularity of this sauce has spread far and wide and all across the country. This sauce can be used as a basting sauce or just to mix it with cooked meat, when you are ready to eat it. Vinegar based barbecue sauce can be a put off for people who are fond of thick sauce. Sometimes, when some people taste barbecue with this sauce, they feel that the sauce has gone wrong, but eventually they come to realize the taste of the sauce. Homemade BBQ sauce tastes much better than the commercially made barbecue sauce. Let's see some recipes.

How to Make Vinegar Based BBQ Sauce

There are different versions of vinegar based barbecue sauce. We will now see some of the recipes which make excellent barbecue sauce.

Recipe 1
For the residents of North Carolina, vinegar based barbecue sauce has to be free of ketchup and molasses. According to them, the combination of vinegar and mustard have sweet and tangy flavors, which helps in bringing out the best in grilled meat.

Ingredients

• Yellow Mustard 1 cup
• Sugar cup
• Light Brown Sugar cup
• Cider Vinegar cup
• Water cup
• Chili Powder 2 tablespoons
• Black Pepper 1 teaspoon
• White Pepper 1 teaspoon
• Cayenne teaspoon
• Soy Sauce teaspoon
• Butter 2 tablespoons
• Liquid Smoke 1 tablespoon

Method
Mix mustard, sugar, brown sugar, cider vinegar, water, chili powder, black pepper, white pepper and cayenne together in a sauce pan. Let the ingredients simmer for half an hour. Then add soy sauce, butter and smoke to the sauce pan and let the sauce simmer again for 10 more minutes.

Recipe 2
With this recipe, the sauce will turn out to be thin, however, if you are not fond of very thin sauce, then you can reduce the quantity of water in the barbecue sauce recipe.

Ingredients

• White Vinegar 2 cups
• Apple Cider Vinegar 2 cups
• Water 2 cups
• Ketchup 1/3 cup
• Hot Sauce 2 tablespoons
• Sugar 1 tablespoon
• Red Pepper Flakes 1 tablespoon
• Salt 2 teaspoons

Method
In a sauce pan mix white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, water, hot sauce together and bring it to a simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Then add red pepper flakes, sugar and salt to the saucepan and let the sauce simmer for another 10 minutes. You will have to stir the sauce occasionally, when you are making the sauce. Let the sauce cool for sometime before you use it.

Recipe 3
This is one of my favorite sauce, as it combines the rich sweetness of maple syrup with apple cider vinegar and prepared mustard. Extra pepper goes great with the sauce. The vegetable oil can be replaced with olive oil as well.

Ingredients

• Apple Cider Vinegar 1 cup
• Prepared Mustard 6 tablespoons
• Maple Syrup 2 tablespoons
• Worcestershire Sauce 4 teaspoons
• Hot Sauce 1 teaspoon
• Vegetable oil 1 cup
• Salt 2 teaspoons
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper to teaspoon

Method
Combine apple cider vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper together in a jar. Shake the jar so that all the ingredients are well mixed. Then add all the remaining ingredients and shake well again. Leave the sauce in the refrigerator for 1 day before you used it, to ensure all the flavors have got mixed well together.

Recipe 4
This sauce is a unique sauce, as it contains all the ingredients required to make a vinegar based, tomato based and mustard based sauce. White wine mentioned in the recipe lends a different flavor to the sauce, which also makes it unique.
Ingredients

• Brown Sugar cup
• Worcestershire Sauce cup
• Yellow Mustard
• Ketchup 2/3 cup
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper 1 tablespoon
• Red Pepper Flakes 1 tablespoon
• Apple Cider Vinegar 2 cups
• White Wine 2/3 cup
• Liquid Smoke teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Water 1 1/3 cup

Method
Mix all the ingredients together in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for 30 to 35 minutes. You will not have to stir it continuously, but stirring occasionally is required.

You will have to try the different vinegar based BBQ sauces I have mentioned in this article, to find out what suits your taste buds the best. If the meat you are using is already smoked, then you will not have to add liquid smoke to the sauce. If you want to store the sauces, it is important you do so in the refrigerator in air tight containers.