Authentic Southern Barbecued Ribs (Secret Recipe)
- 3 pounds pork ribs full rack
- 32 ounces ketchup
- 1/2 cup prepared mustard
- 1/2 pound brown sugar, dark
- 13 large onions coarsely chopped
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 large lemons sliced
- red hot pepper sauce to taste
- black pepper fresh ground, lots to taste
- Preparation time: 1/2 day, but constant attention is not required.
- Simmer the sauce, stirring until the sugar is melted.
- Then, stir occasionally for a few minutes while the oil is drawn out of the lemon.
- Do not allow to scorch.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Broil the ribs flesh side up until browned.
- Turn and cook flesh side down, brown again.
- (Even better is to use a barbecue to brown instead of your oven broiler for this step)
- Now brush both sides with some of the sauce and cook on each side for five minutes.
- Do not let them burn or blacken!
- The RIBS at this point look good, but they are still raw.
- Cut the ribs apart and dip each rib in the sauce.
- Pile the ribs high on a full-sized oven broiler rack and pan, and pour any remaining sauce, less a cup or so, over the ribs.
- Cover the ribs with heavy-duty aluminium foil, tucking in around the outside edge of the pan to make an airtight container.
- Cook in the oven at 325F for 2 hours.
- Remove from oven and open very carefully.
- Beware the live steam that will rush out.
- Allow to sit, opened for a few minutes.
- The end result is smoked, steamed, tender meat which falls from the bones.
- All fat is rendered and drains into the pan.
- Use leftover sauce when warming over the second day.
- SAUCE VARIATION: Molasses, tomato paste, onion, spices
pork ribs, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, onions, vinegar, lemons, red hot pepper sauce, black pepper
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/authentic-southern-barbecued-ri-4220 (may not work)