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Spareribs At Your Next BBQ

The next time you cook spareribs use this easy recipe for a dry rub to enhance the naturally sweet flavor of the pork. Have you noticed that eating these ribs without them falling off the bone is a sensual experience and you should try it? After you have eaten the meat off the bone try sucking on it to get the left over flavor out of it. It is so good; just make sure you have plenty of napkins nearby.

This dry rub recipe is for pork ribs, cooking with your cast of ingredients which are pork spareribs, white pepper, freshly ground black pepper, ground red pepper, dried ground mustard, garlic powder, and ginger ale. Mix dry ingredients together and then rub into both sides of meat. Place in pan and pour in some ginger ale to cover bottom of pan. Cover with foil and refrigerate for at least 2 hrs. Turning once, overnight is better.

You can cook your own bbq sauce with these ingredients and without using ketchup that is full of sodium. Olive oil, minced garlic clove, unsalted tomato paste, finely chopped sweet onion, cumin, turmeric, water, you can use honey, brown sugar, or molasses, spicy brown mustard, freshly ground black pepper, a few shakes of crushed red pepper, and ground pepper. In sauce pan heat oil over medium heat add onions and cook until soft, add garlic and cook briefly. Turn down heat, add tomato paste, and rest of ingredients. Stirring often let simmer for one half hour. Adjust to taste. Or you can reduce the marinade and use it as your barbeque sauce. Be creative.

Remove ribs from marinade and you can grill, oven bake or smoke the spareribs. For oven baking preheat oven to 250 degrees and cook covered with foil to prevent drying out for about 2 – 2 ½ hours or until meat is tender. Baste with barbeque sauce the last hour of cooking. Do the same if grilling. If you’re using a smoker follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

Any leftover ribs can be covered and refrigerated. What to do with the extra. Cut the meat from the bone and mix them with some fresh vegetables and serve with basmati rice or pasta for a quick stir fry.

You can even try bison spareribs enlarge your world. A friend gave us ribs from a hog they caught. Try something different.

What are the benefits of pork? Lean pork is low in salt and a good source of protein. It offers several vitamins and minerals. The varying cuts do have different fat contents. If the pork is trimmed it contains more unsaturated fat than saturated. You can use low-fat cooking methods and eat a reasonable portion size.

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Try using different sauces for your ribs.

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