Foil-Free Ribs!

Well, this post is a bit overdue, but I tried out a modified rib recipe, and I'm here to report that it was a SUCCESS!

Actually, there's nothing special about the recipe, but the method is different and I'd like to preserve it here since my baby-brain seems to preserve nothing these days.


No-Foil Oven Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients and Supplies:
-1 rack baby back ribs
-Half a bottle of your favorite bbq sauce
-Rectangular cookie sheet
-Roasting pan about the same size as the cookie sheet, roasting rack removed
-Spoon

Directions:
1. Bring ribs to room temp by warming on the counter or in the sink for a few hours.
2. Preheat oven to 300F.
3. Remove white membrane on the underside of the ribs. Usually I can get a finger or knife underneath it, grasp it with a papertowel, and remove. There are several good youtube videos if you are still confused.
4. Slather both sides with BBQ sauce and set on cookie sheet, meat side up. Cover with roasting pan.
5. Cook for 1 hr.  Add oven-safe dish with 1-2 cups of water to the oven.
6. Cook for 1 more hour. Uncover. Add more BBQ sauce to the meat-side (the side that is up already).
7. Cook for 40 min. Remove from oven, rest for 10 min and eat!

A few notes: Some people like to broil at the end to get a really glazed finish. I find that it isn't necessary for our tastes. Also, you can remove the membrane and slather with BBQ and marinate for up to 24 hours before cooking.

These turn out super tender (you can eat them one-handed with a fork!!) and this method is a good starting point for other fancy things like dry rubs, etc.