Ultimate Ribs With Key West Barbecue Sauce Recipes

THE ULTIMATE BARBECUED RIBS

Steps:

• Special equipment: Kitchen twine
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Put the ribs on a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Stick them in the oven, and let the ribs bake, low and slow for 1 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce. Wrap the bacon around the middle of the thyme sprigs and tie with kitchen twine so you have a nice bundle. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the thyme bundle and cook slowly for 3 to 4 minutes to render the bacon fat and give the sauce a nice smoky taste. Add the onion and garlic and cook slowly, without coloring, for 5 minutes. Add all of the rest of the sauce ingredients, give the sauce a stir, and turn the heat down to low. Cook slowly for 20 minutes to meld the flavors. Put some sauce in a separate bowl for basting, reserving the remaining sauce for serving.
• Baste the ribs with the sauce and let them continue cooking, basting twice more, for 30 more minutes. When the ribs are cooked, take them out of the oven. You can let them hang out like this until you're ready to eat.
• When ready to eat, preheat the broiler for 5 minutes and broil the ribs, basting with the sauce. They should become crisp and charred, about 5 minutes on each side. Pick the onion and garlic out of the sauce and serve with ribs.

BARBEQUED RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Place ribs on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Scatter 4 cloves of sliced garlic over ribs. Cover, and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Cool slightly.
• In a small bowl, mix together white sugar, paprika, salt, black pepper, chili powder, and ground cumin. Rub spices over cooled ribs. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• In a small saucepan, mix together brown sugar, cider vinegar, ketchup, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, onion, dry mustard, and 1 clove garlic. Simmer over medium-low heat, uncovered, for 1 hour. Reserve a small amount for basting; the remainder is a dipping sauce.
• Preheat grill for medium heat.
• Place ribs on grill. Grill, covered, for about 12 minutes, basting with the reserved sauce, until nicely browned and glazed. Serve with remaining sauce for dipping.

BEST RIB SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium low heat, combine the hot pepper sauce, lime juice, coffee, sugar, whiskey, honey, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste and tomato sauce. Mix together well and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.

FOOLPROOF RIBS WITH BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil.
• Place the ribs on the sheet pan meat-side up and sprinkle them with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Pour the barbecue sauce generously on each rack and cover the ribs loosely with aluminum foil. Bake for 1 1/2 hours for baby backs and 1 3/4 hours for St. Louis ribs, until the meat is very tender when tested with a fork. As soon as the ribs are out of the oven, spread them generously with additional barbecue sauce. Grill right away or refrigerate to grill later.
• About 40 minutes before you want to serve, heat a charcoal grill with a layer of hot coals or heat a gas grill to medium-high heat. After the charcoal turns gray, brush the cooking grate with oil to keep the ribs from sticking. Place the ribs on the grill ribs-side down, put the lid on top (be sure both vents are open!) and grill for 5 minutes. Turn the ribs meat-side down, put the lid back on and grill for another 4 to 5 minutes, until nicely browned. Place on a cutting board and cover tightly with aluminum foil and allow the ribs to rest for 10 minutes. Cut into ribs and serve hot with extra barbecue sauce on the side.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over low heat, add the onions and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until the onions are translucent but not browned. Add the garlic and cook for one more minute. Add the tomato paste, vinegar, honey, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, chili powder, cumin and pepper flakes.
• Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Use immediately or pour into a container and refrigerate for several weeks.

THE ULTIMATE BBQ BABY BACK RIBS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Remove the membrane or silverskin from the bottom side of the ribs. (see photo above) Flip over the rib rack so you are looking at the bottom side (the side without the meat.) Go to one end of the rib rack, using a knife slide it under the silverskin and pull. It should peel right off in one swipe. Once you have removed this part from all 3 full racks, set them aside and prepare the spice rub.
• In a small bowl, mix garlic powder, paprika, chili powder, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
• Next, rub this spice blend on the top side of each rack and place racks in two 13×9 baking dishes or in a roasting pan.
• Next, evenly spread the onion quarters and garlic cloves between the two baking dishes, placing the onions and garlic cloves on top of or underneath the racks of ribs.
• Lastly, add a 1/2″ of water to the bottom of each baking to dish. Completely cover each dish with aluminum foil. Place in oven and bake for 3 hours. {thats right.. you heard me... long and slow}
• Remove from the oven, discard the onions and garlic cloves. Place rack of ribs on medium heat grill with bottom side facing down.
• Slather each side of the ribs with your favorite BBQ sauce and grill each side for 5-7 minutes.
• Remove the ribs from the grill and let them rest for 5-10 minutes.

KEY WEST BBQ SAUCE

Steps:

• whisk all ingredients except cornstarch in heavy large saucepan. Transfer 1/4 cup sauce misture to a smal bowl; add cornstarch and stir until dissolved. Whisk cornstarch mixture into sauce mis. cook over med high heat until sauce comes to a boil, stirring constantly. boil sauce 1 min., stirring constantly. Serve warm or at room temp (sauce can be prepared 1 week ahead. cove and refrigerate. rewarm sauce slighly before serving)

ULTIMATE RIBS WITH KEY WEST BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• For Brine: Stir first 7 ingredients in bowl until sugar and salt dissolve. Pour brine into plastic bag, add ribs, seal bag and chill overnight, turning occasionally. For First Rub: Mix first 5 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Remove ribs from brine; pat dry. Coat ribs with yellow mustard. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over and let stand at room temperature, about 1 hour. Remove top rack from grill. Place disposable aluminum baking pan in center of barbecue. Add enough water to pan to reach depth of 1 inch. Preheat barbecue (medium low). If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney and place half on each side of aluminum baking pan. (you may need to light additional briquettes in chimney to replenish halfway through grilling time). If using 3 burner gases grill, light burners on left and right leaving center burners off. If using 2 burner gas grill, light burners on side opposite disposable pan. Drain chips, place on half of 12x12 inch sheet foil. Fold foil over chips; crimp edges to seal. Poke several holes in top of packet. Place packet on coals or gas flame. Brush grill rack with oil. Replace grill rack. Place rigs on rack over aluminum pan, meat side up. Cover grill and cook until ribs are tender and meat pulls away from bones by ¼ inch, turning and rotating ribs every ½ hour about 1 ½ hours. FOR SECOND RUB: Mix first 3 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Place 18x30-inch sheet heavy-duty foil on work surface; top with second sheet, creating double layer. Transfer ribs, meat side up to foil. Sprinkle top of ribs with second rub. Tent ribs with another sheet heavy duty foil; crimp edges to seal. Return ribs to grill. Cover grill; cook 15 minutes. Remove top layer of foil. Close barbecue cook until sugar carmalizes, about 15 minutes. Cut slabs between bones; serve with sauce.