Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2020

This sauce is meant to be tangy and salty to balance the rich smoked pork.

SERVES Makes about 2½ cups

TIME 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

Lexington-Style Barbecue Sauce

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 fl...

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