Barbecue sauce has become an overpowering condiment for dipping fried bits of something that might be chicken. Down in the Carolinas barbecue sauce is something to enhance smoked meats (pork). These pulled pork barbecue sauces are not what you typically find in the grocery store. That's because these sauces are actually good, and perfect for the most traditional of barbecue.
Pulled pork sauces are frequently optional, but how you apply it is up to you. The sauce is never added while the pork is cooking, but after it is pulled. You can add the sauce to the after you shred the meat, pour it over before you serve it, or let the individual decide if and how much they want.
1. Big Daddy’s Carolina Style Barbecue Sauce
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This is a variation on a classic mustard barbecue sauce. The combination of savory mustard flavor with sweet sugars added to a touch of smoke flavor makes this a great general pork sauce. This sauce recipe has a lot of flavor so I recommend putting this one on the side and letting the people you serve the pulled pork to decide how much they want.
2. Memphis Barbecue Sauce
Memphis barbecue means pork and this tomato based barbecue sauce is equally good on pulled pork as it is on ribs. This is not a traditional Carolina sauce, but it is a great barbecue sauce. What makes this sauce perfect for pork is the balance of vinegar to tomato. This give it that tangy flavor that works so well with any kind of pork, grilled or smoked.
3. Piedmont Barbecue Sauce
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In the Piedmont area of the Carolinas barbecue sauce starts with vinegar but gets a touch of tomato to give it an extra savory flavor. This is very much a traditional Southern barbecue sauce with the tangy flavor of the vinegar with a little heat and a little sweet. This is a thin sauce that is perfect for mixing into pulled pork as soon as it is shredded. It helps keep the meat moist before it hits the plate or the bun.
4. Mustard Sauce
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In the south of South Carolina and the north of Georgia mustard is king. These barbecue sauces never contain tomato and have the savory heat or mustard over the tangy taste of vinegar. This mustard barbecue sauce gets an extra kick from balsamic vinegar which not only adds a flavor but gives this sauce its unique color.
5. Sweet Mustard Barbecue Sauce
This mustard barbecue sauce is not what you would call traditional southern barbecue. The combination of sweet and savory doesn't usually find its way into the pork belt of barbecue, but this is a great barbecue sauce and if you want your pulled pork sweet, then you might want to give this recipe a try.6. Best Odds Pulled Pork Sauce
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This is a simple pulled pork barbecue sauce that calls for ingredients you probably have in the kitchen. While simple, this barbecue sauce adds that perfect vinegar tanginess that makes pulled pork so good. This is the kind of sauce you want to mix into pulled pork as you shred it. If you want to add some heat try increasing the amount of cayenne.
7. Southern Vinegar Sauce
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This is an old recipe for a barbecue sauce that has no tomato or mustard but does contain butter and lemon. A thin and savory sauce, use this on pork. Because this vinegar barbecue sauce contains butter it is particularly good at keeping meat moist. In fact I would say that if you have ended up with dry pulled pork, this is the sauce to give it back its moisture.
