Sweet And Sour Mustard Carolina Gold BBQ

Combine sweet and sour with a mustard glaze for a lovely BBQ sauce. This is great to serve at a summer party or simple weeknight dinner.

“I’ve lived in a number of southern States and ate my way through so much amazing BBQ. But my all time favorite BBQ sauce for chicken is Carolina Gold! I do have a love of mustard, so this may count for part of it. However, it all comes down to the sweet salty vinegar yumminess that caramelizes. Let me tell you, it is just delicious!” - Tara

What do you need for Mustard Carolina Gold BBQ?

• Yellow Mustard
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Tomato Paste
• Honey
• Brown Sugar
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Garlic
• Tabasco

If you are someone who BBQs a lot it is easy to make a big batch and keep it in the fridge for weeks. Whether you like to slather it on your meat or keep it on the side to dip you will love it! This is also my go to sauce for pork chops.

Recipe tips?

Tip #1

• To change up the sauce, you can switch up the mustard by using 1/2 dijon or whole grain mustards or any kind you have on hand.  
• You can also be creative with the vinegars by using rice wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, or anything you have. This sauce is also great as a dip for pretzels!

Tip #2

• If you are pairing this BBQ sauce with chicken, when the chicken is ready you will be able to tell by jiggling the legs. They should feel loose at the joints and the juices will run clear.
• If you have a meat thermometer, the temperature should read 165.

Tip #3

• If you want to up the flavor and juiciness, you can prepare a brine the night before.
• A brine has equal parts water and kosher salt, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 cloves of garlic, black peppercorns, 2 bay leaves, fresh herbs, 1/2 tablespoon of chili pepper flakes.
• I like to put the brine in a large zip lock bag and place it in the refrigerator overnight. If you are going to brine 1 you might as well brine 2 so you have left overs!

Storing?

• The BBQ sauce will last in your refrigerator for 1 month.

Make Ahead?

• For the sauce: you can easily make the sauce well in advance. Since the BBQ sauce will last about a month in your fridge, I would recommend making this a few days before you want to serve.
• For the chicken: Prepare a brine for your chicken the day before. Then the day of, remove from brine and pat dry. You want to cook the chicken right before you serve it.

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