Wicked Simple Pork Mop Sauce: Tangy & Acidic with a Kick of Heat

Mop sauces are really as simple as vinegar and hot sauce.

This recipe is pretty forgiving and gives that classic tangy and acidic flavor that cuts through the fattiness of pork.

Ingredients for a Simple Mop Sauce

If you don’t have anything listed, just omit it or substitute it with similar ingredients:

• 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• 1 thinly sliced medium onion
• 5 cloves of garlic, crushed*
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar*
• 1 sliced & juiced lemon*
• 2 tbsp of hot sauce
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp dry mustard
• 2 tbsp creamed honey*
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 1 cup water

Depending on what you’re cooking you could even use a few shakes of your dry rub for that day.

Recipe Notes:

*If you don’t have garlic cloves, use 1/2 tbsp garlic powder or granulated garlic.

*If you love cider vinegar, use 1 cup OR even omit the white vinegar and just use ACV.

*Use 2-3 tbsp of lemon juice if you don’t have fresh lemon.

*If you don’t have creamed honey, use 2-3 tbsp of dark brown sugar.

Making the Mop Sauce

Set your burner to low-medium heat.

Add your unsalted butter and allow to melt.

Add your thinly sliced yellow onion and crushed garlic cloves and allow those to break down until the onions are translucent.

Lower heat and then add the rest of your ingredients.

Whisk thoroughly ensuring the sugar is dissolved and the dry ingredients are well incorporated.

Once incorporated, start moppin’!

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Wicked Simple Pork Mop Sauce

Tangy & Acidic with a Kick of Heat

Course: sauce

Cuisine: American

Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• ▢ 1 medium thinly sliced yellow onion
• ▢ 2-5 cloves garlic, crushed
• ▢ 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• ▢ 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• ▢ 1 whole sliced lemon
• ▢ 2 tbsp of hot sauce
• ▢ 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• ▢ 2 tbsp dry mustard
• ▢ 2 tbsp creamed honey
• ▢ 1 tbsp paprika
• ▢ 1 cup water

Instructions

• Add half a stick of unsalted butter to a medium stock pot over medium-low heat.
• Thinly slice 1 medium yellow onion and crush 2-5 garlic cloves.
• Once butter is melted, add sliced yellow onions and crushed garlic cloves. Cook until the onions are translucent.
• Lower burner heat to low and add the rest of the ingredients.
• Simmer on low until all ingredients are well incorporated.