Barbecued Pork Ribs Let The Feast Begin Recipes

BARBECUED PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Prepare the ribs: Place 1 rib rack, meat side down, on a work surface. With a knife, cut a small slit through the silvery membrane at 1 end of the rack. Using a paper towel, grip the cut portion of the membrane, gently peel it from the rack, and discard. Repeat with remaining rack.
• Make the rub: Combine sugar, salt, pepper, paprika, mustard powder, and celery seed in a bowl. (If mixture is clumpy, pass through a medium sieve.) Rub mixture on both sides of each rack. Place ribs on a rimmed baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or overnight). Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking.
• Make the sauce: Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until onion is tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add red-pepper flakes and tomato paste, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in bourbon, scraping the pan. Stir in tomatoes, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, water, and sugar, and cook, continuing to stir, until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer the sauce: Bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until reduced by 1/3, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool slightly. Puree in a blender until smooth. (You should have about 2 cups.) Use immediately, or let cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
• Set up the grill: Place a 9-by-13-inch disposable aluminum pan in the center of bottom grill rack. If using a charcoal grill, place a chimney starter on top grill rack, and fill with about 60 charcoal briquettes (about 4 pounds). Stuff newspaper under chimney, and ignite. Heat briquettes until just covered in ash. Wearing oven mitts, carefully lift chimney, remove top rack, and pour coals onto bottom rack along both sides of pan. Top coals with 1 to 2 chunks hardwood or 1 cup wood chips that have been soaked in water for 1 hour and drained. Fill pan halfway with hot water. Replace top rack. If using a gas grill, heat to medium-low.
• Grill the ribs: Let ribs stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking. Fold a paper towel into a thick rectangle, and dip it in oil. Hold towel with tongs, and brush oil on top grill rack. Place both rib racks, bone side down, on top grill rack, directly over pan. Cover, keeping top grill vents halfway open and bottom vents completely open to maintain grill temperature of 275 degrees to 325 degrees. Cook ribs, without turning, until the meat is tender but not falling off bones, and has shrunk 1/2 inch from ends, 3 to 3 1/2 hours, adding 8 briquettes to each charcoal pile every hour.
• Baste the ribs: Transfer 1 cup sauce to a small serving bowl. Brush both sides of ribs with remaining 1 cup sauce. Cover, and grill until ribs are glistening and deep mahogany, about 15 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Serve with reserved sauce.

BARBECUED PORK RIBS

Steps:

• For the ribs: In a medium saucepan, combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, molasses, salt and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Put the ribs in a large, turkey-sized baking bag or sealable plastic bag. Support the bag in a 12-by-14-inch baking pan. Pour the marinade over the ribs and seal the bag. Marinate the ribs in the refrigerator for a few hours, turning the bag occasionally to thoroughly coat the meat.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Drain and discard the marinade. Cut four slits in the top of the baking bag, if you are using one. Otherwise, remove the ribs, transfer them to the baking pan, and cover the pan with foil or a lid. Bake for 2 hours.
• For the barbecue sauce: While the ribs are baking, blend the ketchup, chili sauce, brown sugar, dry mustard and 1/3 cup water in a large saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat.
• When the ribs are cooked and tender, remove them from the baking bag. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• Brush the ribs on both sides with the barbecue sauce and return them to the oven to bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes longer. Just before serving, throw the ribs under the broiler to give them a bit of a char.

OVEN-BARBECUED RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange spareribs in a large, lidded roasting pan.
• Mix onion, ketchup, water, celery, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, Dijon mustard, and salt in a bowl; pour mixture over spareribs. Cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake until pork is tender and sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes more.

BARBECUED PORK RIBS - LET THE FEAST BEGIN

Steps:

• I'm opinionated when it comes to cooking, and to me a good rib should: 1. Be seared brown. 2. Should be moist. 3. Should fall off the bone. 4. Should not wear out your jaw.
• Whether they be pork ribs or beef ribs, slab, country, riblets or what, the following method will ensure a lip smacking, mouth watering rib feast.
• If working with full slabs of ribs I usually cut the slab in half or thirds for ease of handling, most of my family and friends are satisfied with a half rack, and many with a third rack or slab.
• Procedure: Lightly salt and pepper both sides of ribs and place in a foil lined cake pan bone side down. Bake at 450 degrees or 500 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour until brown. then turn ribs over and bake an addition 40 minutes at 450 degrees.
• When well browned add a 12 oz. can of beer, or substitute apple cider, coke, beef broth or chicken broth. Cranberry Juice would work for goodness sake.
• After adding juice or liquid, seal pan with foil and turn the heat down to 250 degrees and bake an additional 2 or 3 hours. Juice does not have to cover ribs, it just supplies some steam to the pan.
• Note: I usually apply the barbecue sauce during the last hour of cooking, and reserve plenty of warm sauce at the table when serving.
• Note: I normally prepare my own barbecue sauce and will be adding that recipe. I'm also partial to Sweet Baby Ray's Original Barbecue Sauce. There are tons of good sauces out there. Experiment. Or in kitchen parlance, try a pinch of this or a pinch of that.
• I usually serve ribs with baked beans, a baked potato or fries and a green salad or slaw. An ear of corn goes well.
• I seldom dry rub ribs but if you've a notion too, feel free. The 2 hours of high heat will set the rub well and it will hold up under the lower temperature steaming.
• "Farmland" produces an excellent vacuum sealed rack or slab of pork ribs (Quite Meaty if you can find them, my preference), Hormels are about as good.
• So -- Invite, family, friends and neighbors and have a Backyard Feast!
• Special Note: While you are in to the process, cook an extra rack or two. They freeze well and are just as delicious when warmed through from the freezer a week or a month later. Add additional sauce.
• Add'l Note: I've smoked ribs also. After smoking I finish them off in the foil lined pan with liquid added for 2 to 3 hours in the oven at 250 degrees.

BARBECUED RIBS

Steps:

• If using charcoal, pile the charcoal in a pyramid. Ignite the charcoal with lighter fluid. Once the top portion of the charcoal has turned white, spread the charcoal out evenly using a fireproof tool such as a metal rake or shovel. Spread the coals over half of the bottom of the grill, leaving the other half empty. (If using a gas grill, only ignite one side of the burners.)
• Evenly spread the meat seasoning over both sides of the ribs. Let stand in the refrigerator unless using right away. Place the ribs over the area where there is no charcoal or the side of the grill that is not hot. Cover and turn every 20 minutes for approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. For the last 10 minutes of cooking, baste ribs with the barbecue sauce and cover again. Turn the ribs over and baste again. Do this every 2 minutes.
• While on grill, cut the ribs up individually and baste 1 last time.

THE BEST EVER BBQ PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°.
• Cut ribs in half & generously apply rub on both sides, massaging it into the meat.
• Wrap each half tightly in heavy duty aluminum foil.
• Place each in a shallow pan with sides.
• Bake for 3 hours.
• Serve with your favorite sauce.
• NOTE: If you want them BROWNED, carefully remove the ribs from the foil. Place under broiler or on grill until desired, but watch carefully so not to burn -- 10-12 minutes each side should be sufficient.
• NOTE 2: If you want them SMOKED, carefully remove the ribs from the foil. Place on grill, using indirect method -- smoke for about an hour. I recommend Apple or Hickory.
• DO NOT soak wood chips/chunks in water! Wood doesn't absorb much water, so all you're doing is cooling off the coals.
• ENJOY!

BARBECUED PORK RIBS

Steps:

• PREPARE THE RIBS:.
• Place 2 racks of ribs, meat side down, on a work surface. With a knife, cut a small slit through the silvery membrane at one end of the rack. Using a paper towel, grip the cut portion of the membrane and gently peel it from the rack, and discard. Repeat with the remaining rack.
• MAKE THE RUB:.
• Combine the sugar, salt, pepper, paprika, mustard powder, and celery seed in a bowl, (If mixture is clumpy, pass through a sieve). Rub mixture on both sides of each rack. Place ribs on a rimmed baking sheet, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or overnight). Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking.
• MAKE THE SAUCE:.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until onion is tender, 2-3 minutes. Add red pepper flakes and tomato paste, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in bourbon, scraping the pan. Stir in the tomatoes, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, water and sugar, and cook, continuing to stir, until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer the sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until reduced by 1/3 , about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool slightly. Purée in a blender until smooth. (You should have about 2 cups). Use immediately, or let cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
• Cook ribs on medium-high grill, using sauce in last few minutes of cooking time. Remainder of sauce can be served with the ribs.