oven-baked BBQ-sauce ribs

2016-03-28 a.o.

Such an all-American favorite. Who remembers that little jingle “baby back ribs?”
Regardless where you buy them or when you cook them yourself, they are finger-licking delicious.

Find a nice rack of ribs where you can see a lot of meat. Ribs are tough and fatty and need to be slow-cooked to render the fat and make the meat tender. Do that right and indeed, the reward will be great.

The 2018-08-04 ribs received a coating of fruit paste made with figs, dates and prunes. Very sweet.

See: mushroom vegetable sauce for the sauce recipe

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2 servings:

3 lbs. pork ribs
S&P, spices
your favorite BBQ sauce

Pic1: BBQ ribs
2016-03-28

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
Cut the rack to a size that will fit in your frying pan.
Rub the ribs with your favorite spice mix.
Maybe try some paprika and curry for a change.
Brown the pieces on both sides in ½” of hot olive oil. (Pic2)
Reserve the pan with drippings.
Arrange the ribs in an oven-proof baking dish.
Add the drippings from the browning.
Paint generously with your favorite BBQ sauce. (Pic3)
Cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
Bake at 350 ºF for 15 minutes, then reduce to and bake at 250 ºF for 3-4 hrs.
Paint the pieces with BBQ sauce every 10 minutes for the last 30-40 minutes of cooking.
That creates a very sticky, very sweet sauce.
Remove from the oven.
Rest 10 minutes.
Enjoy. Go lick your chops and ribs.
Serving suggestion:
- Serve with deep-fried tater tots and mushroom-vegetable sauce. (see recipe)

2016-03-28

Pic2: brown the meat
Pic3: oven-proof dish
Pic4: all done

2016-05-06

Pic5-7: served with broccoli rice

2018-08-04

Pic8-10: served with white rice

Frozen back rib pieces

2019-05-27

These were a bit different.

I bought a 10 lb. box of frozen rib pieces. These pieces were smaller and a bit easier to handle than the big cryovac bags I usually buy for this. I cooked these with a tin-foil hat before I painted them with BBQ sauce because they looked a bit freeze-dried.

My conclusion:
More bones, and not nearly as much meat as in the big packs. Not something I'll buy again, I think.

2019-05-27

Pic12: 10 lbs. frozen rib pieces
Pic13: tinfoil hat
Pic14: served

Bake at 300 ºF for 60-90 minutes.
These pieces are smaller and less fatty, won't need as much cooking time as the big pieces.
Paint the pieces with BBQ sauce every 10 minutes for the last 30-40 minutes of cooking.
That creates a very sticky, very sweet sauce.
Serve and enjoy.
I served this with mixed stir-fry vegetables.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org