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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (258g)

Recipe makes 2 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

rack of ribs

Season-All salt

Calories 192
Calories from Fat 41 (21%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 4.6g 7%
Saturated Fat 0.7g 3%
Monounsaturated Fat 2.0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 4363mg 181%
Potassium 461mg 13%
Total Carbohydrate 33.4g 11%
Dietary Fiber 3.6g 14%
Sugars 9.8g
Protein 4.7g 9%

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3-Step Fall off the Bone Ribs---- Easy!

Recipe #283936 | 3¼ hours | 10 min prep | add private note
Brittta

By: Brittta
Feb 3, 2008

NOTE THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE HALF WAY THROUGH THE COOKING! The ingredient amounts are completely flexible and are all done to personal taste. I couldn't post the recipe without a measurement, but really... it's your own preference. Don't be afraid of the long list of directions, I tried to be exact. Thankfully, my dad taught me his recipe before he passed away. This is a good recipe to start the cooking, then turn the oven down and forget about it. The house will smell amazing!

SERVES 2 -4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Do NOT boil ribs, but cut away any large amounts of silver skin or some of the fat. Generously season both sides of the ribs with salt, pepper and Season-All.
  2. 2
    Line a cookie sheet (with a lip on all sides) with heavy duty foil. Spray foil with cooking spray lightly.
  3. 3
    Put ribs in 350 degree oven for approximately 20 minutes, until meat starts to brown on both sides, flipping as needed.
  4. 4
    Brush on your favorite BBQ sauce (both sides of ribs) and put back in the 350 degree oven until BBQ sauce starts to caramelize but not burn, approximately 20 minutes. Flip them half way through.
  5. 5
    Once sauce is caramelized and cooked into the meat add another good amount of sauce to the tops of the ribs. Try not to let too much sauce fall to the foil, but it's okay if some gets on it.
  6. 6
    With top of ribs facing up, cover with a low-tented aluminum foil (tented just enough to not let it touch the tops of the ribs) and seal ALL sides TIGHTLY by curling foil under the lip or under the cookie sheet itself. The goal is to not let the steam out as it cooks.
  7. 7
    TURN OVEN DOWN TO 250 DEGREES! VERY IMPORTANT OR THE SAUCE WILL BURN! (As you can tell, I've made this mistake before.).
  8. 8
    Put ribs back in at 250 degrees and set a timer for approx 2 hours. Take cookie sheet out and pull back one corner of the foil (careful of the steam!). Poke a fork at one of the ribs -- the meat should easily come off the bone. If it doesn't, put back in the 250 degree oven and check every 20 minutes or so to see if the steam worked its magic.
  9. 9
    I've done two full sheets of ribs for a total of 4 long slabs of baby back ribs (two slabs per cookie sheet) in around 4 hours total cooking time (time includes browning and steaming).
  10. 10
    You will not believe how easy and tasty these are! Once the browning part is over you basically forget about them. There's really no wrong way to season them or sauce them.
  11. 11
    Serve with your favorite sides and enjoy!
  12. 12
    *** Special note: I have done the browning part (with seasoning, then the first part of the sauce caramelizing) on the grill for a smokey flavor, but prefer just doing everything in the oven. If you grill them, make sure you only put them in the oven for 250 degrees with foil tent on the ribs.

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From: Cynna

On Feb 18, 2008

The technique used to make these ribs is just amazing. Our ribs were indeed falling off the bones and tender. Mmm! The results in taste are endlessly variable with the different sauces you can use. We just used what we happened to have in the fridge, which was Hunts BBQ sauce. A bit too vinegary for me, but next time I'll try a different sauce. =) Thanks so much for sharing this recipe... I think this will become a household standard with us!

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  • From: Chef #767637

    On Feb 17, 2008

    Excellent recipe. They fall right off the bone. I added a little honey to my favorite bbq sauce and they were fantastic.

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  • From: birdie #3

    On Feb 21, 2008

    well it was my first time cooking ribs and they came out great thanks to this recipe. the title says it all! i was also thinking it would be good to maybe cook them for only an hour or so and then put them on the bbq for a bit. i do like them to still be partially attached to the bone. this was great though. very juicy! thank you!

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