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Baby Back Ribs Done In the Oven
Baby Back Ribs Done In the Oven
Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on the grill but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…
When folks come over here for a BBQ ribs are undoubtedly the most requested fare. These may be some of the best ever. I used a Cajun rub and marinade on them, put them in the oven wrapped in foil, and finished them off on the smoker.
Ingredients:
2 Racks of baby back ribs
Cajun Injector Rub and marinade
Chipotle Raspberry BBQ sauce
Salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
Worcestershire sauce spray
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Using your hands, rub the spices into the ribs, spray with Worcestershire mix and brush sauce over each rack of ribs.
Wrap each rack tightly in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet with the seam of the foil facing up and the bone side down. Bake ribs for 2-2 ½ hours.
When the ribs are just about done, preheat your barbecue grill to medium heat. Remove the ribs from the foil (there will be lots of HOT juices inside the foil. BE CAREFUL. ) and put them on the barbecue until the surface of the ribs is beginning to char.
Brush with BBQ sauce on both sides of the ribs a few minutes before you remove them from the grill and continue to brown. Keep an eye on them that the sauce does not burn.
Note: you can finish them if the oven if you like . Hit them with your BBQ sauce and put them back in the oven. Keep an eye on them. You are just trying to brown them up a bit…
BBQ sauce:
I like a little ZING in my sauce. Some call this sauce hot.
So I guess you need to go by your own taste. Me, I like it smoking …
Chipotle Raspberry BBQ sauce is hard to find and when you do it is expensive. I make my own. I buy 4 bottles of any .99 sauce (Hunts makes 4 of them). A large can of chipotle chili, a large sweet onion, a hand full of garlic cloves, a tablespoon or 2 of crushed red pepper flakes, and two tablespoons of chipotle chili powder. Plus, two tablespoons of liquid smoke and a large jar of raspberry preserves. Whirl all in a food processor until smooth, or if you prefer leave a little chunky.
Preparing Grill: Medium Direct Heat
Preheat your grill to medium heat (350). Add your wet hickory chips to the fire and oil the grill. A cooking spray is easiest for this.
(Note: you can add your hickory directly to the grill or you can use foil smoke packets. (Two handfuls wet chips and one dry, fold foil into a packet, poke holes in it with a fork and you’re good to go.)
Note: I use a spray bottle when cooking on the grill filled with a Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke mix that keeps things moist and adds tons of flavors. (Mix is 3 parts Worcestershire with 1 part liquid smoke)
Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to your taste.Take it and run with it….
Enjoy,
Ken & Patti
