How to Make Best Odds Pulled Pork Table Sauce

There are so many ways to go when it comes to barbecue sauce or just a simple table sauce for pulled pork, you might not even know where to start. So many barbecue styles: Memphis. Carolina. St. Louis. Texas. Kansas City and Alabama, too. Everyone does it a little differently. It's easy to be intimidated: barbecue can be serious business.

Barbecue sauce for pulled pork doesn't have to be complicated, and you don't need to rely on store-bought stuff, which is often fairly loaded with sugar. You can make your own from scratch, which works really well for any kind of barbecue but especially as a pulled pork sauce. Chances are, you've got the ingredients on hand already. Traditional barbecue pork or pulled pork is served with a sauce on the side. This tableside classic combination uses cider vinegar for sourness; brown sugar for sweetness, tomato for color; and cayenne for heat. There's also a bit of mustard, too.

This sauce for pulled pork is so simple and easy to whip up. There are lots of ways to use it, too. Eat pulled pork as is, loaded with sauce and some traditional sides, such as collard greens. Toast up some buns and assemble some pulled pork sandwiches, topping them with this sauce and coleslaw for a bit of a tangy flavor. The sauce definitely adds a lot of flavor, but it's also functional, as it brings more moisture to pulled pork, which is especially helpful on the second or third day after you've made it.