Editor's note: Use this sauce to make Myron Mixon's World-Famous Cupcake Chicken .

Ingredients

　　2 cups cider vinegar

　　1 cup ketchup

　　1/2 cup hot sauce

　　2 tablespoons salt

　　2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper

　　1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

　　1/2 cup sugar

　　In a stockpot over medium heat, combine the vinegar, ketchup, and hot sauce. Stir together. Pour in all the remaining ingredients and stir to dissolve. Do not boil. When the spices are thoroughly dissolved, take the pot off the heat, and funnel the sauce into a bottle. The sauce will keep, refrigerated, for up to 1 year.

　　Reprinted with permission from Smokin' with Myron Mixon by Myron Dixon with Kelly Alexander, © 2011 Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House. Buy the full book from Amazon or Bookshop.