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Western North Carolina (Piedmont) Pulled Pork Sauce

Piedmont Style Carolina Pulled Pork Sauce

The defining Piedmont and Western North Carolina-style barbecue sauce, which basically takes an Eastern-style sauce and adds just enough ketchup (or ketchup-like ingredients) for a little sweetness and body, came into use after the Heinz company began mass-producing what we today know of as American-style ketchup around the turn of the 20th century. Most writers and historians credit German influence for this sauce; German immigrants were influential in the region and preferred to cook with pork shoulders over whole hogs (another defining feature of Lexington-style barbecue), and they are said to have created the sauce to mimic the sweet and sour flavor of dishes from Germany.

Cooking Method
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Difficulty Beginner
Description

This pulled pork sauce originates from the Piedmont region of western North Carolina. Born out of a state-wide barbecue divide, this tangy, vinegar-based sauce adds a touch of tomato paste for sweetness and color.

Ingredients
  • 1 Cup ketchup (Spicy hot type)
  • 1 Cup water
  • 1/4 Cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 Medium onion chopped fine
  • 3 Cloves crushed garlic
  • 2 Tbs. brown sugar
  • 2 Tbs. molasses
  • 2 Tbs. dry mustard
  • 1 tsp. cayenne or one fresh cut into ringlets seeds and all.
Instructions
  1. Place in a potCombine all ingredients in a pot
  2. SimmerSimmer for twenty minutes over low heat.
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Wanda Morefield Hubler
Owner - Times Right

Hi, I'm Wanda Hubler, owner of Times Right in Vandalia, Illinois. Times Right sells many gourmet food products including flavored coffee, ice cream, soup mixes, dip and spread mixes, bbq sauces, packaged meat, flavored popcorn and more.