Posted on 05/29/2011 5:10:22 PM PDT by beebuster2000
After countless hours in the “lab” I have captured both the crunch and tang of the dry rib, and the flavor of the sauce ribs.
Before I go through it, one key ingredient will be somewhat hard to get. Some time back, a wild swarm of bees showed up in the back yard. I caught them in a box, and then moved them to a hive I got. Since then they have yielded gallons of exquisite wild swarm honey. That is the key ingredient. And no, it doesn’t taste sweet. Here is the recipe:
Go get as many slabs as you want of tasty pork ribs, cut them up individually Get a jug of apple cider vinegar, a jug of molasses. Then go the fridge. Grab what you have: mustard, some ketchup, maybe even a left over bottle of barbeque sauce, left over red wine is good, you get the idea, forage for it. Pepper, some salt.
Mix up the vinegar, molasses (a bunch) and the other ingredients in a big stainless pot or bowl. Dump the marinade and the ribs in a plastic bag and put them in the fridge for at least a day. The key ingredient here is the vinegar, don’t skimp on that.
Now to cook. The key here is low, low heat for a long time. If you can get your grill down to 200 degrees, that’s best. Sure throw in some wood chips or whatever if you want.
This part is important: don’t put the ribs on the grill, put them on a rack, and put aluminum foil under them so there are no flare ups. Indirect heat for a long time is key. If you must, do a little basting but you really don’t need to.
Cook until the meat shrinks back from the bone, that could be an hour or it could be two depending on the grill and the ribs. Tip a few while this is going on. It won’t help the recipe but you will feel better.
Now the honey part. Take the ribs off the grill and pull out the aluminum foil. Put the foil where the dog wont get it, you will regret it if he does. Put the ribs in big bowl and drizzle the honey on each rib till they are coated.
Turn the heat up to high in the grill. Quickly put the ribs directly on the grill. This part should take maybe a minute or two. Keep turning the ribs until the honey caramelizes, you don’t want any un-caramelized honey left or the ribs will taste too sweet. You will have to play with this to be able to see when they are done, but you have to stay on it, turning them.
Take the ribs off and go to town. The outside of the ribs will be crunchy, not sweet, and the inside will fall off the bone and be tangy. The combination of the two is amazing.
Perfect ribs are that easy!!
lol, spiders have the same effect on my wife too. Must be something to do with Genesis and snakes or something.
Did you ever look at smokingmeatforums.com ? All sorts of different ideas there. Come to Memphis May sometime.
re “wild bees”
Thanks for your very informative explanation.
Thanks for the tips.
Now I’m hungry.
They are now my favorite bbq, over Texas bbq and (barely) Eastern NC bbq.
vinegar=tangy taste.
try it. its awesome
>> try it. its awesome<<
The only BBQ I DON’T like is vinegar based. Texas, Midwest, or any other but the vinegar based stuff in the Carolinas etc is awful.
Vinegar also helps break down the texture of the meat. The acid in vinegar will also cook the meat chemically.
That’s right and it helps blend those spices.
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