At first, learning how to prepare baby back ribs can be intimidating but it is actually rather easy. There are various ways to cook baby back ribs – deep fried, on the grill, in the oven, or even in a slow cooker or crock pot. You may not be a skilled chef but what is important is the patience to let those baby back ribs marinate for sufficient time and cook them very slowly.
Patience is the key to delicious baby back ribs because these are great when cooked slowly. Well, you can actually cook those ribs in just fifteen minutes if you don’t have patience but they certainly won’t have the best tenderness and taste! The standard cooking time for this meat takes about 2 to 3 hours. Cooking them slowly may take more time but it is worth it if you like your baby back ribs to be tender (the way most people prefer them).
One of the many ways and the simplest technique for cooking tender baby back ribs is cooking them in oven. It is very suitable to make them no matter what type of climate and no matter what the weather is like. If it is snow season, you can still cook baby back ribs without worrying about firing up the grill.
There are a lot of different ways of cooking the ribs. Several people want them dry or with no sauce or barbeque sauce at all. Others like them sticky, messy, wet and dripping with barbeque sauce. There are hundreds of different recipes and variations for making baby back ribs. It would depend on what type you want and the various flavors that you like.
The very significant step in making baby back ribs is the preparation. If you plan to make them the day before you cook it, you can let your baby back ribs marinate for several hours or even overnight for the best outcome and the best flavorful ribs possible.
Here is a very simple recipe that anyone can follow. All you need is a rack of baby back ribs and a bottle of barbeque sauce.
Step 1) Cut the rack of baby back ribs into 3 chunks so that it will fit in the pot. Fill the pot with water and boil it.
Step 2) Put the sliced ribs into the pot with water and boil it for about 45 minutes.
Step 3) When the ribs are already boiled for 45 minutes, take them out and place them in a big rectangular casserole baking dish.
Step 4) Smother the ribs with barbeque sauce then cover them with tinfoil and refrigerate.
Step 5) Remove the covered ribs from refrigerator after several hours and cook them in the oven at 250 Fahrenheit for three hours. Remove the tinfoil from the top and broil them for five to ten minutes to make a crispy top.
If you don’t like to broil your baby back ribs, cook them using the grill for more than a few minutes and grill until it crisps up.
