Lexington-Style Vinegar Pulled Pork Sauce

Submitted by iris5555

"Found this recipe in Chile Pepper magazine and modified it a bit. Never having had pulled pork in Lexington, I can't say whether or not it is authentic. I can say it was a really good addition to pulled pork."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 cup

ingredients

• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons white pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (original recipe called for up to 1 1/2 tsp)
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup

directions

1. Mix all ingredients together and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
2. The longer it sits, the hotter it will get so start with a lesser amount of red pepper flakes if you're a wimp like me.

Reviews

[Stephanie S.]

This is so yummy. I love a vinegar based sauce for pulled pork so I went looking for one. I'm so glad I chose your recipe. Its tangy yet subtly sweet. Perfect accompaniment for the pork. Thanks for sharing with us all.

 

[corinnep]

We really liked this sauce. I used Recipe #131018 to make the pulled pork, then added this sauce to the drained meat and onions for the last 6 hours of cooking. I am a wimp though, and cut the red pepper flakes to 1/4 tsp, which turned out to be just right for us.

 

[Bergy]

Tangy, tasty recipe with a slightly pungent flavor. I had some pork all ready cooked in the freezer - made one and a half recipes. Cut back the vinegar to half and upped the chili flakes to 1 1/4 tsp. Served over pasta. Very easy recipe that will be repeated

 

[Bobtail]

Fantastic! I love the sweet flavor from the sugar and ketchup, paired with the tang of the vinegar, great combination. I did use almost 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes, but will cut back next time to 1/4 tsp. This definitely gets hotter as it sits! LOL! I served this with Recipe #26257 over the July 4th weekend and it was a winner. I have the remainder of the sauce in the fridge and have used it to dip chicken tenders in..YUMMY! bob3039, thanks for a keeper!