Eastern Carolina Vinegar Sauce

Name: Eastern Carolina Vinegar Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 2½ cups (600 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups (480 ml) Cider Vinegar; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Water; 2 Tbsp (24 g) Sugar; 1 Tbsp (18 g) Salt; 1 Tbsp (6 g) Red Pepper; 1 tsp black (2 g) Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Vivian Howard recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Vivian Howard.

BBQ SAUCE · WHOLE HOG & PULLED PORK

A bbq sauce for whole hog & pulled pork.

Vivian Howard's classic Eastern Carolina vinegar sauce.

On the jar

EASTERN CARO

Method: shake
Yield: about 2½ cups
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 0.45× recipe

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Ratio

CIDER VINEGAR 480 mlWATER 120 ml

Ingredients

Cider Vinegar2 cups (480 ml)
Water1/2 cup (120 ml)
Sugar2 Tbsp (24 g)
Salt1 Tbsp (18 g)
Red Pepper1 Tbsp (6 g)
Pepper1 tsp black (2 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): CIDER VINEGAR, WATER.
Season to finish: SUGAR (about 2½ tsp), SALT (about 1½ tsp), RED PEPPER (about 1 tsp), PEPPER (about ½ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Eastern North Carolina chef of Chef & the Farmer (Kinston) and later Lenoir; James Beard Outstanding Cookbook and Best Chef: Southeast. PBS series A Chef's Life documented local produce and hog cookery.

Adapted from a Vivian Howard recipe (Deep Run Roots / Vivian Howard).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.45× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Deep Run Roots / Vivian Howard (published as “Eastern Carolina Vinegar Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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