Honey Barbecue Pork Ribs
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 522kcal
Moist and tender, these pork ribs are enclosed and baked to lock in flavour and texture before they are basted in a deliciously savoury and sweet honey barbecue sauce and broiled until slightly charred. Serve these ribs with lots of napkins, because the sauce is sticky and generous!
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds pork ribs, silver skin removed and rack cut into individual pieces*
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the Sauce:
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried red chili flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Toss the ribs in a bowl with the cooking oil, salt, and ground black pepper. Place the ribs in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet that has been lined with aluminum foil. Cover the baking sheet tightly with foil and bake the ribs for 2 hours. (Remove the ribs from the oven and turn each one over after the first hour.)
- In the meantime, whisk together the sauce ingredients in a saucepan.
- Over medium heat, cook the sauce, stirring often until the sauce comes to a boil. Once bubbling, reduce the heat to simmer and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once cooked, turn off the heat and set aside.
- Remove ribs from oven. Remove and discard the foil cover. Return the ribs to the oven for 30 more minutes.
- Remove the ribs from the oven and turn the heat on your oven to broil.
- Use a pastry brush to baste both sides of the ribs with the sauce.
- Place the ribs under the broiler and broil for 3-4 minutes, turning three or four times, until you have reached the desired level of char. (The ribs in the photos were broiled 3 minutes per side, flipping a total of 4 times.)
- Plate the ribs, garnish and serve with the remaining sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
* about two racks of ribs, or 20 - 22 ribs
Nutrition
Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 674mg | Potassium: 634mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 494IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg