Ribs Rubbed with Secret Chipotle-Honey Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Ribs Rubbed With Secret Chipotle-Honey Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 sides of spareribs or your favorite ribs

CHIPOTLE – HONEY BARBECUE SAUCE

• 10 cloves garlic with skin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 medium vine-ripened tomatoes
• 1/4 cup minced fresh oregano
• 1/4 cup chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons dark sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Place the ribs, meaty side down, on a flat surface.
2. Using your fingernail, loosen a little of the membrane along the end of the last rib bone.
3. Then, grasp the membrane firmly with a paper towel (so that the membrane doesn’t slip from your grip).
4. Holding the ribs down with the other hand, pull the membrane away.
5. If it doesn’t pull away in one piece, dislodge any remaining membrane, grip it with a paper towel, and pull the membrane away.
6. Then place the ribs in a rectangular dish or baking pan.
7. To make the barbecue sauce, preheat the oven to 450F.
8. Rub the garlic cloves with oil.
9. Seal the cloves airtight but loosely in aluminum foil.
10. Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
11. Then squeeze the garlic from its peel.
12. Cut the tomatoes in half and char the halves on both sides on an outdoor grill or under the broiler until nearly black Place all the barbecue sauce ingredients in a food processor.
13. Puree until smooth.

Makes 2 cups.

1. Coat the ribs evenly on both sides with half the sauce.
2. Marinate the ribs, refrigerated, for at least 15 minutes.
3. For more flavor; marinate for up to 8 hours.
4. Reserve the remaining sauce to serve as a sauce for the ribs.
5. If using a gas barbecue, preheat it to medium (325F).
6. If using charcoal or wood, prepare a fire.
7. When the coals or wood are ash covered, push them to the outside of the grill.
8. Place a pan of water in the bottom of the grill among the coals, and cover the coals with the cooking grate.
9. Place a rib rack on the cooking grate and add the ribs.
10. Alternatively, brush the cooking grate with a flavorless cooking oil, such as safflower oil, and then lay the ribs meaty side up in the center of the grill.
11. Cover the grill.
12. Regulate the heat so it remains at a medium temperature.
13. Occasionally during cooking, baste the ribs with extra marinade.
14. Grill the ribs until the meat begins to shrink from the ends of the rib bones.

Approximate Grilling Times.pork baby back ribs and country-style spareribs, 75 minutes; spareribs and beef ribs, 90 minutes; lamb ribs, 40 minutes.

1. Occasionally during cooking, baste the ribs with extra marinade, stopping 15 minutes before removing the ribs from the grill.
2. To serve, cut each side of ribs in half, into 3 sections, or into individual ribs.
3. Transfer to a heated serving platter or 4 heated dinner plates and serve at once accompanied by the sauce.

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