Baby back ribs are a favorite dish of many and a very popular item on restaurant menus. They're often eaten with barbecue sauce, and are eaten with your fingers instead of with a fork and knife. Baby back ribs are cut from the center and blade section of the pork loin [source: askthemeatman]. They're usually prepared on the grill, but can also be made in the oven. The one thing that's required is patience, since cooking baby back ribs usually takes 2-3 hours. The ribs come out tender and juicy when cooked in the oven. So let's not waste time! Let's learn how to cook baby back ribs in the oven.
Ingredients
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- 1-2 baby back ribs
- 2 tablespoons granulated onion
- 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Liquid smoke
- Barbecue sauce
Here's what you do:
- Prepare the dry rub, by mixing together the granulated onion, garlic, salt, paprika and pepper in a bowl.
- Take the ribs and peel off the white skin from the back.
- Apply a generous amount of liquid smoke to both sides of the ribs.
- Sprinkle the dry rub on both sides of the ribs.
- Wrap each rib separately in aluminum foil.
- Place the ribs on a tray and refrigerate them for at least three hours. It's best to leave them over night.
- Take the ribs out of the refrigerator and unwrap them.
- Place the ribs on a cookie sheet and cover them with foil.
- Leave the ribs out for one hour until they reach room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius).
- Place the racks in the oven and bake the ribs for between 2 and 2½hours, or until they're tender.
- Remove the ribs from the oven and uncover them.
- Let them to cool for 15 minutes.
- Apply the barbecue sauce liberally to the ribs and return them back to the oven, leaving them uncovered.
- Let them bake for another 30 minutes [sources: Baby Back Grill, Mahalo].
Your baby back ribs are finally done and will be finger lickin' good.
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