I hear a collective gasp from the masses (also known as the 3 people that read this blog)...because it is INGRAINED in our collective psyche that ribs should be GRILLED...or else they are not to be considered ribs.
But see, several years ago I stumbled upon a recipe in a familiar culinary tome known as The Joy of Cooking (heard of it?)...and it recommended slow-cooking ribs in your oven.
For hours.
And I said...hey, lets try that.
And I did.
And it ROCKED.
And I've cooked them that way ever since.
So here is the INSANELY easy, no-thought , surefire way to have tender, mouth-watering, barbecued spareribs for dinner. Just know that you need 4 HOURS to cook ribs this way...and there ain't no shortcuts, baby. This is NOT a wait-to-the-last-minute-oh-crap-what-am-I-making-for-dinner-hey-how-'bout-these-ribs kind of recipe.
I totally doubled the sauce on this because I cooked eight MAMMOTH beef spareribs, and we ate it with German Potato Salad and buttermilk biscuits. Mmmmm...heaven....
Country-Style Ribs Baked in Barbecue Sauce
4 pounds country-style ribs (pork OR beef)
1-1/2 cups barbecue sauce (pick your poison...we used a Spicy Honey barbecue sauce by Kraft)
1 cup orange juice
1. Preheat your oven to 300. Arrange ribs in a 13x9 inch baking dish.
2. Whisk together barbecue sauce and orange juice in a bowl. Pour over ribs, turning ribs to coat evenly. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 3 hours.
3. Uncover, increase temperature to 350, and bake another hour, turning the ribs once after 30 minutes. Don't worry if they fall apart a bit while turning.
4. Remove ribs to a warmed platter and let stand for 15 minutes. Spoon off fat from the sauce and serve the ribs with the sauce.
5. Resign yourself to the fact that you are NEVER grilling ribs again...
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