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Richard's Recipes

Baked and Barbecued Ribs

This is my favorite and best recipe. That is why it is included on my chocolate internet site.

Ingredients:

  • Baby back pork ribs
  • lots of salt
  • fresh ginger, fresh garlic and / or dry spice rub. To make a dry spice rub blend celery powder, brown sugar, cumin, mustard powder, garlic powder, chili powder, black pepper, cayenne powder and/ or ginger powder. The proportion of each ingredient depends on your taste. I am not providing specific quantities of each because I change the spice rub each time I make this recipe.
  • 1/4 cup of water plus some beer or soy sauce if you want.

You will also need four sheets of Reynolds ® Extra Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil cut six inches longer than the length of your racks of ribs.

Process: Salt the ribs very well. You should see a crust of salt. Sprinkle your fresh ginger, fresh garlic and dry spice rub on the ribs. Cut the bony ends off the ribs to prevent the bones from poking through the aluminum foil. Fold sheet of foil in three and form a basket under the ribs; this too will help to prevent holes in the foil. Lay your ribs on the first sheet of foil. Pour your water and beer or soy sauce on the foil. Seal the foil very tightly to prevent steam from escaping. If you poke a hole in the foil start with a new sheet of foil. Wrap the ribs in the second and third layers of foil, sealing each layer tightly.

Cook the ribs in an oven preheated to 275F for at least four hours and for up to seven hours; the longer the ribs bake, the more tender they will be. After baking the ribs are ready to eat, but I recommend barbecuing the ribs on very low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. For the first 15 minutes of barbecuing lay the ribs meat side toward the flame. Carefully flip the ribs and leave them without moving them for the remainder of the cooking time.

No recipe for sauce is provided because we don't eat the ribs with sauce. If you like sauce with your ribs, baste the ribs with your favorite sauce 10 minutes before the end of cooking.

Suggestion: Change the spice rub each time you make the ribs until you think it is perfect.

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