Name: Baby back ribs with Carolina baste
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 50g light brown soft sugar; 2 tbsp smoked paprika; 2 tbsp English mustard powder; 1 tsp celery salt; 1 tsp garlic granules; 4 racks baby back pork ribs (about 450g each); 250ml yellow mustard (we used French’s Classic); 150ml cider vinegar; 2 tbsp treacle; 75g light brown soft sugar; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1-2 tbsp hot chilli sauce; 2 tsp hot chilli powder

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Baby back ribs with Carolina baste

Baby back ribs with Carolina baste

Jennifer Joyce

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 3 hrs and 10 mins

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This American pork rib recipe is sure to satisfy at a barbecue - roast until tender, then finish with a sticky glaze for melt-in-the-mouth meat

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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50g light brown soft sugar
2 tbsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp English mustard

powder
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp garlic granules
4 racks baby back pork ribs

(about 450g each)

For the baste

250ml yellow mustard

(we used French’s Classic)
150ml cider vinegar
2 tbsp treacle
75g light brown soft sugar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 tbsp hot chilli sauce
2 tsp hot chilli powder

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal477
fat26g
saturates7g
carbs34g
sugars31g
fibre2g
protein25g
salt2.3g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Combine the sugar, paprika, mustard powder, celery salt and garlic granules in a bowl, and rub all over the ribs. Place in 2 large roasting tins with racks set inside (if you don’t have racks, that’s fine). Pour 150ml water into the bottom of each tin, cover tightly with foil and roast for 3 hrs until nearly falling apart. If your roasting tins are on different shelves, swap them over halfway through the cooking time. Once cooked, remove and drain the cooking liquid.
step 2

Meanwhile, to make the baste, mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
step 3

Heat an outdoor barbecue. Whether your grill is gas or charcoal, use low heat to barbecue the ribs. Cook the ribs for 3-4 mins each side, brushing regularly with the baste, until golden and sticky. Alternatively, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/ gas 7 and roast the ribs for 25-30 mins, turning the ribs over and rotating the tins halfway through the cooking time.

RECIPE TIPS

OTHER WAYS TO COOK RIBS

You could cook the ribs, two racks at a time, in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes, or in a slow cooker, using the short cycle of four hours.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2015

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