Making juicy, fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs shouldn’t be only for the pit or grill masters out there. You can make this barbecue staple even in your very own oven at home, especially if you get the craving for having ribs for dinner or when you want a taste of summer any time of the year.
The Recipe
This recipe works both with literally any time of dry rub or barbecue sauce. If you have your own favorite dry rub or barbecue sauce, you can still use this slow and low method of baking. Always remember, this technique is always the best method for oven baked ribs.
Prep time 15 minutes
Cooking time 2 hours 50 minutes
Ready in 3 hours 20 minutes
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup ancho chile powder
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground dried chipotle pepper
1 rack baby back pork ribs
PROCEDURE
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- For the rub: Mix ancho chile powder, white sugar, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, cumin, dry mustard, cayenne pepper, and chipotle pepper in a small bowl until combined.
- Place ribs meat-side down on aluminum foil. Prick back of rib rack several times with a fork or knife.
- Generously apply a coating of dry rub to all sides of rib rack.
- With rib rack meat-side down, fold foil around it to create a tight seal. Transfer to a sheet pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until tender and cooked through about 2 hours. Remove and cool 15 minutes.
- Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Open foil, drain and discard any accumulated juices and fat. Brush barbeque sauce on all sides of the rack.
- Place rack meat-side up and return to oven, leaving foil open. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and brush another layer of barbeque sauce on meat-side only. Repeat baking and brushing with sauce 4 more times, for a total of 50 minutes baking time.
- Cut rack into individual rib segments and serve with more barbeque sauce.
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Maria Emilce Rodriguez, or Em, as her friends and colleagues know her, has been a Staff Blogger/ Media Communications Specialist with District Media Finance Inc. since 2014. She never knew how to cook growing up, however, when she reached her 20s she developed a passion focusing on baking and even took short courses offered at Chocolate Lover Inc. She also used to sell her baked goods and bring in the food she cooked for her co-workers at her former corporate job. Nowadays, during her free time, she still hones her cooking and baking skills, testing out new recipes for her friends and family members to try.
