Oven Roasted Pork Ribs

Doesn't it not look yum..Not bad for a for a first timer.

I love it but as usual the home crowd felt it needed a little kick and the meat was a wee bit dry...that's because I did not cover the ribs while baking, my bad call! So guys please cover the ribs.

So the next round I might add some chili flakes and a little more chili powder, that would take care of it. And I might pressure cook the pork first, say for 30 min then put the dry rub on and bake it.  You may try it and let me know., will let you guys know how that goes but for now I'm off for some ribs.

one rack of pork ribs - mine was about 1.5 kg
juice of one lemon
1/4 cup dry rub
1/2 cup barbeque sauce 

Dry Rub
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons chili powder (not powdered chili)
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Barbeque sauce

2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic, minced


1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons molasses
2 Tablespoons spicy mustard (I use Guldens' Spicy Brown Mustard)
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 teaspoons chili powder (NOT powdered chili pepper)


Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat and sauté onion & garlic for 2 minutes until golden brown.
Add everything else and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 25 minutes. Sauce with thicken as it cools.

Preheat oven to 300° F/ 150℃

Remove excess fat from ribs. Peel the silver skin off the back of the ribs - lift with a sharp knife and grab with a paper towel to remove. Cut ribs apart into individual pieces. You could get your butcher to do it.

Rub ribs all over with lemon juice.

Coat ribs with dry rub. Place meat side down in large baking pan, & cover tightly with foil, shiny side out.
Bake in the oven for 2 1/2 hours.

Remove from oven & pour off liquid. You can save it for making gravy.
Brush bbq sauce over all sides of ribs.

Grill: To finish ribs on the grill, remove from the pan and place ribs on the grill (I use a basket over direct but low heat) basting and turning a few times for about 10 minutes.

Oven: To finish ribs in the oven, set oven to broil and return ribs to the same oven rack, uncovered, basting and broiling about 5 minutes per side, watching so they don’t burn. 

Serve ribs with mash and sauteed beans with garlic.

Enjoy...jue

recipe from jenny can cook