North Carolina B-B-Q

Sauce (make a day or so ahead so the flavors will blend)
Salt
Apple cider vinegar
Brown sugar
Crushed red pepper
Texas Pete
Water

* Pour 1/4 inch of salt in the bottom of a 1/2 gallon jug (I use the
vinegar jug)
* Fill 3/4 full with apple cider vinegar
* Pour in Texas Pete until the vinegar has a red tint
* Add about 1 tbsp brown sugar
* Pour crushed pepper in until the top surface is covered
* Finish filling with water
* Shake well

Get a bone in pork butt, about 5 lbs. If doing this over the campfire, I usually slice the pork into a couple of big chunks so the sauce permeates through the meat and it fits easier in the dutch oven. Sear over an open flame until well browned. Put meat in a dutch over, cover with b-b-q sauce. Cook over open flames for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours, until meat is falling apart tender. Shred the meat with a fork. Leftover b-b-q sauce will keep indefinitely.


We have enjoyed this recipe for a couple of years. The first time we had it was when Celeste had fixed it. She was gracious enough to share the recipe with us!

Thanks. That was AMAZING BBQ!


Kim


Celeste - thanks for sharing with them.

kim and i tried this recipe today, turned out awesome, almost like we were real cooks

Glad you guys liked the old recipe. It came from a very famous b-b-q restaurant in North Carolina that my dad used to love. We also made it this past weekend. We camped with a group from the co-op my kids go to. Got plenty of rave reviews again.

Glad to see you and Gerald are still enjoying this, Della (and that Kim and Steve are new converts). Hope to see you around the campfires soon!

Celeste, can you tell me where in NC you got this recipe? What restaurant and what part of the state? I'm making it for my family this Easter Sunday...we're getting together at my sisters pool!!

The name of the restaurant is Saul's and there are several in the state. I believe the one my dad used to eat at was in Nashville, NC (Yes, Nashville, not Asheville) which is east of Raleigh . The ones I see on the map besides in Nashville are in the eastern part of the state...one in Currituck and the other near Kitty Hawk.