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My husband and I are complete opposites.
I order chicken strips from a restaurant for the sole purpose of dipping sauces. I want all of the sauces. ALL OF THEM.
My husband? He orders the chicken strips for the protein and, like, meaty flavor.
Sometimes I take a plate full of french fries and just surround it with different dipping options – ketchup, mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, mayo mixed with sirracha, mayo mixed with ketchup, and the list goes on.
If it’s a condiment, I will dip something in it.
Enter this ridiculous barbecue sauce made from mustard. Oh my word, you guys. I want to bathe in this stuff. I have a feeling it’s really good for your pores. I’ve been using it as a facial every night for a week now. Then I lick it off.
Even my husband loves this sauce and has dubbed any chicken it coats his “new favorite chicken.”
Let me put this into McDonald’s language for you guys: It tastes a bit like the Hot Mustard nugget sauce, but slightly more mellow. Famous Dave’s also has a version of yellow barbecue sauce that this is pretty similar to.
I like to cook chicken breasts on low in the slow cooker for 5-6 hours, shred, toss with this sauce, and then serve on buns. It’s such a quick and easy dinner and everyone I’ve served it to has requested the recipe. Even the barbecue haters. (Yes, barbecue haters really do exist. No, I don’t understand them either.)
You can also brush this on chicken as you grill it. It’d probably make a pretty fabulous pulled pork, too.
South Carolina Yellow BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1/2 cup yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon mustard powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Melt the butter over low heat in a medium saucepan.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and cook, whisking occasionally, over low heat for 30 minutes.
- Sauce will thicken slightly as it cools.
Tips & Notes:
Nutrition Information:
lightly adapted from Simply Recipes
Kristine says
No recipe !
Paula deegan says
Love this recipe
Tonya says
I love the yellow Carolina sauce!
Ila Milam says
Cannot find the yellow BBQ sauce recipe.
Karly says
Hi there! I’m sorry, but the recipe got lost somewhere along the way and I haven’t been able to find it in my notebooks. Its on my list to recreate, but I haven’t had a chance yet. 🙂
Laura says
I must be missing something – there’s no recipe for this?
Karly says
Oh no! The recipe seems to have disappeared from my site. I’ll have to dig around and see what I can find. Here’s the original recipe that I adapted it from, if that helps: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/south_carolina_mustard_bbq_sauce/
Leslie McGowan says
Hello! I have been using your recipe for years and I too cannot see it anymore. Please please let me know if you can locate it. My annual BBQ depends on it. 🙂
Thank you so much!
Leslie
Karly says
I can’t find it anywhere. 🙁 I’m trying to rework it based on memory, but I haven’t had a chance to give it a final run through. I’ll try to finish it up this week. 🙂
Lisa says
Made this tonight – so yummy! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Bushman says
Have you tried canning this? It would be fun to make a homemade BBQ sauce sampler and give away as a gift! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks!
Karly says
I haven’t tried it. I really don’t can, so I know nothing about the science of it and what’s safe to can or not safe to can. Sorry I’m not more help!
Roxanne says
So, I made this. And I ate this. And I LOVED this! (And I never, ever use all caps. except right now). I have made many of your recipes, mostly sweets, but this tops the list. I will make it again and again so thank you for this!!
Brenda says
I live in SC and this is the standard bbq sauce in the central part of the state. We call it Mustard based bbq sauce, and yes it’s delicious on pulled pork, no other way to eat it! I will try this recipe and hope I won’t have to buy my mustard based sauce anymore, it sure sounds good! Can’t wait to make this.
Melissa says
I’m from SC and still haven’t conquered homemade yellow BBQ. Giving this one a shot very soon, looks delicious!
Holiday says
We went to Savannah, GA for our honeymoon in 2011, and moseyed into SC briefly for lunch. We discovered SC Yellow BBQ there, and it’s been on my mind ever since! Thanks for this recipe…I hope it takes me back to our honeymoon! 😀