INGREDIENTS
1 cup
distilled vinegar
1/4 cup
ketchup
1/4 cup
apple juice
1 tsp
hot sauce
3 tbsp
light brown sugar
1/2
tablespoon Morton’s coarse kosher salt (read more about the science of salt here)
1 tsp
crushed red pepper
1 tsp
finely ground black pepper
About the vinegar. I've seen both distilled and cider vinegar used in NC. I usually prefer cider vinegar in most of my sauce recipes because it has more flavor, but in this recipe I prefer distilled. Try both on meat and see which you prefer. Lemme know.