Mellinas Jerk Rib Tips Recipes

JERK RIB TIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine rum, lime juice, and brown sugar in a small bowl; set aside. Mix together black pepper, sea salt, allspice, cinnamon, thyme, cayenne pepper, and cloves in a small bowl.
• Place rib tips in a resealable plastic bag and pour 1/2 of the spice mixture over them. Shake bag to coat evenly. Pour remaining spice mixture into the bag, reseal, and shake again to coat all pieces.
• Remove rib tips from bag and place on a baking sheet. Reserve lime juice marinade for basting.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat pulls slightly away from bone, about 1 hour and 20 minutes, basting with lime juice marinade every 20 minutes.

MELLINA'S JERK RIB TIPS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
• 2. In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, rum, and brown sugar; set aside. Mix together the cayenne pepper, clove, cinnamon, ginger, pepper, salt, and crushed thyme. Place rib tips in a re-sealable bag and pour spice mixture over them, shake to coat evenly.
• 3. Remove rib tips from bag and place on a baking sheet and let sit for 15 minutes to reach room temperature.
• 4. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, until meat pulls slightly away from bone. Baste the tips with the lime juice mixture every 20-30 minutes while it's cooking.
• 5. If you cooked the tips whole, cut up into 2" pieces. Serve with BBQ or jerk sauce, optional.
• 6. Tips and Alternatives: 1. If you don't have rum, you can use 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons rum extract, plus enough water to equal 4 oz. 2. If you want to prepare this ahead of time, you can season the rib tips in the morning, refrigerate them, and take them out 15 minutes before cooking. 3. This can be cooked on the grill too, using indirect method. However, I recommend cooking them whole on the grill and cutting them up once they're cooked. 4. I have adjusted the seasoning of this recipe several times over the years. This recipe as written is on the low end of spicy, if you want jerk flavor, but not necessarily the heat, reduce the cayenne pepper to 1 1/2 teaspoons - it won't be spicy, yet it will still bring out the other flavors without the feel that something is missing.

OVEN-BAKED BARBECUE RIB TIPS

Steps:

• Remove silver skin from underside of rib tips, if it is there. Rub seasoned salt on both sides of the meat.
• Line a baking pan with aluminum foil and place seasoned meat into the pan. Cover tightly with another piece of foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven, covered and undisturbed, for 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove from the oven and increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Uncover and drain the pan, if necessary. Brush barbecue sauce over ribs. Return to the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• Turn ribs and brush with additional barbecue sauce; continue baking for another 15 minutes. Repeat this twice more, for a total of 1 hour baking time at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove from the oven and cut into desired serving size, about 1 1/2 to 2 inches.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil in the preheated oven to develop a bit of char, 2 to 3 minutes, watching carefully to make sure they do not burn. Remove from the oven and serve.