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Southern Zesty Baby Back Ribs Recipe

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How to make it

  • 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 a little bow with kitchen twine so you have a nice bundle. Heat a 2-count (while pouring count 1 -1000, 2 -1000)of 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. Use a mesh strainer to remove the onion and garlic from the sauce if desired and serve with ribs.

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  • coffeebean53 16 years ago
    Great Recipe!!!!!!
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  • zena824 16 years ago
    This sounds really good...I have a friend in Canada that gave me a recipe similar to this.. she cooked her ribs in the oven for 3 hours too before bbqing them on the grill...She said they never failed...
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  • pudgy47 16 years ago
    This sounds awsome, I printed this recipe. Must try thanks and have a great day.
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