Baby Back Ribs

This Baby Back Ribs recipe needs no oven, no grill, or any machine, you’ll just need a pot and you’re ready to go! From simmering in salt and bay leaves, to simmering till tender with a sauce made of barbecue marinade, pineapple juice, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, garlic, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, paprika, and some salt. Then seared then basted till you get a nice glossy and fabulously colored ribs.

Baby Back Ribs Recipe :

Ingredients

• 2 slabs of ribs
• Salt 
• Bay leaves (for pre-boil)

Sauce

• ½ cup barbeque marinade
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup tomato ketchup
• 2 bulbs garlic, finely minced
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• Oil for cooking

Buttered vegetables

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 cup mixed vegetables
• Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1. Prepare the pork ribs; remove the membrane. Place the ribs in a pot filled with salt, bay leaves and water. Boil for 10 minutes, before discarding the water and wash the impurities off the ribs.
2. For the sauce; mix in barbecue marinade, pineapple juice, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, garlic, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, paprika, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a pot with some oil, sear the ribs till light brown on both sides. Take the oil out and pour the sauce and water over the ribs. Cover and cook for 2 hours at low heat.
4. After 40 – 45 minutes, flip the ribs to cook evenly. Continue to simmer. Take the ribs out and keep the leftover marinade.
5. Place the ribs in a non-stick pan for ‘grilling’. Baste with the sauce, flipping and basting till you get a nice caramelized color. 
6. For the buttered vegetables; melt butter then add in the mixed vegetables. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for a few minutes. Serve as a side dish to the ribs.

How to cook Baby Back Ribs?

For these tender and melt in your month stickily delicious pork ribs. All you need are a few ingredients. First are the ribs, taking off the membrane which is the part of the ribs that holds these together. This has to be taken off to make it easier to tenderize and for the meat to pull apart from the bone better. The ribs are then simmered in a water bath of salt and bay leaves which help remove any foul smells or taste the pork might have. Then strained and cleaned of the impurities. Set aside to cool for a bit.

Then make the main flavoring and reason why these ribs taste so good… The “Baby Back Ribs Marinade” made of barbecue marinade, pineapple juice which acidity help penetrate the sauce better to the pork ribs, soy sauce, tomato ketchup which makes up the color and really heightens the savory taste, garlic, brown sugar for caramelization, Worcestershire for that umami and rich flavor, black pepper, paprika for a slight spiciness, and salt. The marinade is mixed and set aside to blend together while you read the pork ribs in another pan with a bit of oil. Once both sides have browned, take the oil off the pan before pouring in the marinade with some water. Cover and simmer for over 2 hours till the pork feels tender. Flipping the ribs halfway through to make sure everything cooks evenly. Take these out, keeping the leftover marinade for basting later on. In a clean pan, sear the ribs, flipping and basting with the sauce till you get that deliciously caramelized, shiny, red colored ‘crust’. Serve with some buttered vegetables on the side. A highly addictive pull-apart dish that’ll surely WOW the crowd!

Questions :

• Smoked Baby Back Rib Rub recipe

This is for those who prefer to add more flavor into the ribs. After boiling, season the ribs with this smoke rub made of salt, pepper, paprika, sugar, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and mustard powder. Following the steps after searing. 

• Different methods of cooking
  • Use an oven similar to this Yummy Kitchen recipe: Baked Baby Back Ribs for a simple “How to Cook Spare Ribs in the Oven” (oven baked spare ribs) recipe.
  • For those who have a grill questioning “How to Cook Ribs on the Grill ?” wrap the ribs in foil, which also helps reduce the mess, cooking in the grill for 30 – 40 minutes before flipping. Then using 30 – 50 minutes to baste and flip till you get a nice glossy grilled look.
  • You can also slow cook baby back ribs. Season the ribs with salt and pepper before placing everything in the slow cooker. Cook for 4 hours in high or at low for 8 hours. If the sauce does not stick enough to the ribs, place these in a pan and sear while basting.

Other Yummy  Ribs Recipes!

• Braised Beef Ribs
• Braised Pork Spare Ribs
• Pork Ribs in Sweet Sauce (Pork Ribs in Sweet Sarsa)
• Sweet and Spicy Pork Ribs
• Fried Beef Ribs
• Baked Baby Back Ribs (baby back ribs recipe oven)
• Sinarsahang Pork Ribs (Filipino style pork ribs braised in a sweet tomato based stew )

Baby Back Ribs Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 2 ribs
• Asin
• Dahon ng laurel (pang kulo)

Sarsa

• ½ tasa barbeque marinade
• 1 tasa pineapple juice
• ¼ tasa soy sauce
• ½ tasa tomato ketchup
• 2 bawang tinadtad
• ⅓ tasa kayumangging asukal
• 2 kutsarang worcestershire sauce
• 1 kutsaritang paminta
• 1 kutsaritang paprika
• 1 kutsaritang asin
• 1 tasa tubig
• Mantika panluto

Para sa mga gulay

• ¼ tasa mantikilya
• 1 tasa mixed vegetables
• Asin at paminta panlasa

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga ribs; tanggalin ang lamad. Ilugar ang mga ribs sa palayok na may asin, dahon ng laurel, at tubig. Pakuluan ng 10 minuto, pagkatapos tanggalin ang tubig at hugasin ang mga dumi na nakakabit sa ribs.
2. Para sa sarsa; haluin ang barbeque marinade, pineapple juice, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, bawang, asukal, worcestershire sauce, paminta, paprika, at asin. Itabi.
3. Sa palayok, lagyan ng kaunting mantika at pasuin ang bawat gilid ng mga ribs. Tanggalin ang mantika pagkatapos at ibuhos ang sarsa at tubig sa palayok. Takpan ito ng 2 oras sa mababang init.
4. Pag nag 40 o 45 minuto, baliktarin ang mga ribs para pumantay ang pagluto. Pakuluin at tanggalin sa marinade. Wag tapunin ang natirang marinade.
5. Ilipat ang mga ribs sa kawali para ‘i-ihaw’. Gamitin ang natitirang sarsa at ipahod ito sa ribs habang binabaliktad hanggang makulo ang kulay na gusto.
6. Para sa gulay; Itunaw ang mantikilya bago ilagay ang mga gulay. Timplahan ng asin at paminta panlasa. Lutuin ng ilang minuto bago ihanda sa tabi ng ribs.