The trouble with so many recipes today is : 1) the limited number of ingredients utilized and 2) the emphasis is rapid preparation.Frankly, I really don’t care how many ingredients something takes or how long it takes to prepare IF the final product is worth all the time, energy and expense.
There are any ways to prepare BBQ’d ribs and there are many ways to cook them. Some folks like to take ribs, slap some sauce on them, and throw them into a brick oven; however, when eating these, one has to assume you still have all your teeth as it can be a bit chewy. In defense of this method, you can feed a lot of people quickly and easily. A second common way to prepare ribs is to boil them first and this has a number of proponents as the meat easily peals from the bone; unfortunately, most of the flavor is lost in the boiling process and all you end up tasting is the sauce.
Now, if you want to be more adventurous and you would like to make the meat more flavorful, all you have to do is throw your favorite seasonings into the pot while boiling the ribs and the rest is magic.
There is one more thing you can do and that is to soak your ribs in your favorite cure. When the ribs are ready to be boiled I throw the entire mixture into the pot and boil away, replacing whatever extra liquid might be necessary. The liquid the ribs have been soaking in for a couple of months is…. beer.
Your Barbecue sauce should be something special and there are many fine recipes on line… look for those that use ample brown sugar and are more than just a tomato base. You’ve worked this hard on the meat, you might as well find a great sauce for it. You might be interested to know that a lot of folks have come up with their own ‘sauce’… like Teddy Roosevelt. You might like to try one of these.
That is the way of good ribs… lots of preparation and gone in a second!
