Eastern Carolina BBQ Sauce

This is not your traditional BBQ sauce.  Eastern NC sauce is vinegar-based and in its pure form has no tomato in it.  There's not too much to making this sauce, but it brings a unique flavor to pulled pork.

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Ingredients
¾ cup cider vinegar
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
½  tsp Tabasco sauce
¼  tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Kosher salt (to taste)
Ground black pepper (to taste)

Directions
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium-high heat.  Bring to a boil, then simmer on low for 10 minutes.  Cool and store in a jar with a tight lid or squirt sauce bottle.