🍯🔥 Daddy’s Saturday Sauce — Hot Honey!
We all have our favorites, don't we? And we've probably gotten into a few serious conversations about why YOUR sauce is the best. Well, I’m here to stir the pot a little and introduce you to the REAL best… Daddy’s Saturday Sauce — 🍯🔥 Hot Honey style!
For all ye 🍯🌶️ sweet-heat brothers and sisters of the vinegary Eastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce persuasion! ❤️
Same Daddy as Original. Same Saturday tradition. A bit sweeter… a little hotter… with a bit of Southern sass! 🍯🌶️
Y’all know I love a little twist on a Southern classic, and this one brings the best of both worlds! That tangy, vinegary Eastern NC BBQ flavor you know and love, with honey sweetness and a little kick to keep things interesting. Sweet meets heat, and lord have mercy… what a delicious match! 😋
*NOTE: The honey makes this a sweeter sauce than the others. You've been warned.
Some of the most common comments I hear from tasters and customers of Original Daddy's Saturday Sauce?
“Oh, my gawsh! That tastes just like [insert your favorite Eastern NC vinegar BBQ sauce here]… only BETTER!” and...
"I love that I can mix it up myself and not have to lug home jars from the store, and save me space in my pantry too. Not to mention being so wasteful tossing all those bottles!"
Now, that's what I'm talkin' about! ❤️
And here's another reason to love it: NO High Fructose Corn Syrup! Just bold, tangy BBQ goodness with a sweet little honey twist and a kiss of heat. 🍯🔥
Daddy’s Saturday Sauce — Hot Honey! Sweet heat, y’all… and a whole lotta finger-lickin’ flavor!
🍗 How to Make Daddy’s Saturday Sauce
All you need is Aunt Dee Dee’s seasoning mix, apple cider vinegar, and water. Add a squirt of ketchup if you like a little “red” in your sauce. And at eat'n time, a couple of sticks of butter because, y’all… butter doth make everything better! That is what takes Daddy's Saturday Sauce to it's "best" claim.
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Mix the seasoning with apple cider vinegar and water according to the package directions. Add ketchup if desired.
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Warm the sauce in a pot with the butter until everything is melted and combined. Never let it boil!
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Grill your chicken or pork, then bathe it in the warm, buttery sauce — or serve the sauce on the side for dipping... Aunt Dee Dee's preferred consumption method (because I love my chick skin crispy)!
One package makes TWO PINTS (that's a whole quart) of sauce! Compare that to store-bought pint jars. You get twice that amount without hauling home bottles, taking up pantry space, and accumulating more packaging waste.
And don't stop at BBQ chicken and pulled pork! Keep reading for some of my favorite ways to put this sauce to work.
🍽️ More Ways to Enjoy Daddy’s Saturday Sauce
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The BEST Butt! Use it with pulled pork for a classic Eastern NC BBQ experience.
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Refrigerator Pickles: Make quick pickles with okra, squash, asparagus, cucumbers, onions, and more. It's a great way to use up those garden goodies and little bits of leftover vegetables. Just fill a big jar with cut up veggies, top it off with sauce and refrigerate. Tasty pickles anytime... and when gone, just add more veggies in the same jar of sauce.
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Pickled Red Onions: Make quick, tangy pickled onions for sandwiches, burgers, or a tasty side.
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BBQ Sauce Gravy: Thicken warmed sauce with a cornstarch slurry for a delicious BBQ gravy to spoon over your creations and bread.
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BBQ Compound Butter: Mix the sauce seasoning into softened butter for a flavor-packed finishing butter.
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Oyster Shooters: Add a bit of ketchup to some sauce to thicken. Put some into a shot glass and plop a plump oyster into the sauce. Add a squeeze of citrus (my personal fave is orange). Shoot it!
And don't forget the white bread for soppin' up all that goodness!
❤️ How Daddy’s Saturday Sauce Came to Be
When I was growing up, most Saturdays meant hopping in the car with Daddy for a little ride down the road in Franklin County to Mr. Grover Crudup's chicken house. Folks would be lined up, waiting to buy what we thought was the BEST chicken ever!
The ladies worked side by side, processing those birds (I'll leave some of that to your imagination!) and plucking feathers as fast as they could go. The freshly harvested chickens were wrapped in freezer-locker paper and bundled up with masking tape. Nothing fancy — just fresh chicken and a Saturday tradition.
When we got home, Daddy would pull out his old, banged-up pot and start warming his sauce on the stove. NEVER to boil!
Daddy had a charcoal grill beside his recliner, thanks to a clever little design in our house. When he built it, he had a mini fireplace built beside the wood-burning fireplace, with the wood box space between them. He could grill while sitting in his recliner, armed with his long tongs and fork!
I've never seen another house designed quite like that, but it was pure genius. Daddy was always ahead of his time with ideas.
Now, if you've browsed my page, you already know Mama wasn't much of a cook. 😂 There was a little pass-through window behind Daddy's chair where we could hand things back and forth from the grill — even though our tiny galley kitchen was only about six steps away!
As the chicken pieces finished cooking, Daddy dropped them into his pot of buttery sauce. When everything was done, he'd slap on an old, ill-fitting lid and shake the daylights out of that chicken. And then we'd eat the BEST BBQ chicken you've ever tasted!
These days, I love my chicken skin crispy, so I often grill the chicken and dab it in the sauce just before serving. That way, I get all that delicious, tangy flavor without giving up the crunch.
But y'all do it any way you take a notion! That's the beauty of good BBQed anything.
I've worked hard to create a seasoning mix that lets you bring a little of Daddy's Saturday tradition into your own kitchen. I hope Daddy would be proud of this one. ❤️
🧂 A Little Note About the Salt
This mix contains just 1 teaspoon of salt in the entire package.
Daddy’s Saturday Sauce is juicy, tangy, buttery, and downright finger-lickin' good. And when you're enjoying BBQ chicken or pork, a little sauce has a way of finding its way everywhere!
Add a set of BIBS (flour sack towels) to your cart. Consider it proper attire for a good ol' Eastern NC BBQ supper. 😂 These things with a mop makes a fun gift packet for the grillers and BBQ saucers in your world!
From Daddy's grill to your table — here's to Saturday traditions and full bellies.
Why does this cost more that the other Daddy's Saturday Sauces you might ask?
Its the honey, honey!
Ingredients: chili powder (chile peppers, garlic, cumin, paprika, oregano), honey crystals (cane sugar, honey), onions, brown sugar, red pepper, black pepper
NO... gluten, MSG, additives, preservatives, or known allergens.
Packaged in a facility that also processes sesame.
Why does this cost more that the other Daddy's Saturday Sauces? Honey!
Most of Aunt Dee Dee’s herbs and spices are non-GMO. However, I don’t make an across-the-board non-GMO claim because a few ingredients cannot be verified. Some herbs and spices simply require growing climates not found in the U.S., so they must be sourced internationally.
Blended and packaged in the USA using domestic (whenever possible) and imported ingredients.