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Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce

By Morgan Bolling

Published on April 21, 2020

Time

20 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

Yield

Makes about 2½ cups

Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

2 cups cider vinegar 1 cup ketchup 2 teaspoons granulated garlic 2 teaspoons pepper 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in small saucepan and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Transfer sauce to bowl and let cool completely.
Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce
Photography by Steve Klise. Styling by Jackie Gochenauer.

Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce

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Time

20 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

Yield

Makes about 2½ cups

Ingredients

2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 teaspoons pepper
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Ingredients

2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 teaspoons pepper
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Ingredients

2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 teaspoons pepper
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Why This Recipe Works

In Lexington, North Carolina, the barbecue sauce is tangy in flavor, ideal for soaking into rich, smoky barbecued pork. To mimic it, we simmered cider vinegar, ketchup, granulated garlic, pepper, red pepper flakes, and salt to meld their flavors. The ketchup made the sauce redder, a touch sweeter, and a bit thicker.

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in small saucepan and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Transfer sauce to bowl and let cool completely.

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