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Friday, March 11, 2011

Baby Back Ribs.. or white Yankee girls CAN cook 'Q!

Love this recipe; it's easy, it gets a minimum number of dishes dirty, and once it's in the oven, you walk away and deal with the rest of your life. Cooking time is highly variable, depending on the afore-mentioned life!

Ingredient List:
Pork Baby Back Ribs - Figure about 1 1/2 pounds of ribs per person; most of that weight is bone and you'll be throwing it out.
Salt
Pepper
Minced dried Onion
DennyMike's Mesquito Madness 'Q Sauce
12 oz or more of a substantial beer. I like Anchor Steam.

Preheat oven to 325. Pat the racks of ribs dry, and lay them flat in a roasting pan. Cut them to fit if necessary, but they need to be touching the bottom of the pan. Season with salt, pepper, and minced dried onion, then drizzle a flask of DennyMike's Mesquito Madness BBQ Sauce generously over the racks. I use about 1/2 flask for every two racks. Drizzle a bit of beer over the racks, without washing off the seasonings, then pour the rest into the bottom of the pan, so it's about 1/2" deep. Cover tightly with foil, place in oven and ignore for a minimum of 3, but preferably 5 hours.

For a really satisfying meal, serve cornbread and baked beans along with the ribs, as well as a green salad to cut the weight of the meal. I use 365 Traditional Baked Beans, baked right next to the ribs, uncovered. I add some brown sugar, mustard powder and black pepper to season them up a bit.
This is an ideal meal for busy people on a day when you're home, but are trying to catch up with all the household chores, the bills, driving kids here, there, and everywhere... it can go in the oven at whatever time is convenient, will sit there while you run to the bank, the post office, the dump... ballet rehearsals, softball games, and even get out long enough to run with the dog. If you want to start at 8 am, you can pull it at 10, then shove it back in the oven to finish at 4:00 so you can serve dinner at 7:00. Whatever works for you. And, the leftovers are awesome.

1 comment:

  1. OK... now I'm off to do something creative with Blue Corn Tortilla Chips. Anyone want some nachos for the rest of the Hockey Season? How about Basketballl and Nachos?

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