Perfect Pork Ribs: How to cook ribs in the oven
Want fork-tender, fall off the bone ribs but you’re unable to grill? Let me show you how to cook ribs in the oven the easy way!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hours 35 minutes
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 lbs pork ribs
- 4 tbl of your favorite dry rub
- 5 oz apple juice or stock
- BBQ sauce to taste (This is the best store bought sauce that I have found so far)
Instructions
- Remove ribs from refrigerator at least 30 – 60 minutes before you are ready to cook.
- Preheat the oven to 225F.
- Flip the ribs so that they are laying meat side down on a cutting board.
- Use a sharp knife and slide it under the white membrane on the back of the ribs so that the knife is between the meat and membrane. Cut a hole into the membrane.
- Use your fingers to slide under the membrane and pull it away from the meat. If it is hard to hold onto, use a paper towel for extra grip. Remove all of the outer membrane and discard.
- Flip the ribs so that they are now meat side up. Pat them dry.
- Press the dry rub onto the ribs so that they are evenly coated.
- Cut the rack of ribs into thirds.
- On a large piece of foil, place the ribs meat side up in the middle. Fold over 3 sides of the foil to create a pocket: pour the apple juice into this pocket and then fold over and seal the 4th side.
- Tightly wrap the ribs again in a 2nd layer of foil and place on a baking tray.
- Cook for 4 – 4 1/2 hours. The ribs are ready when you can pierce them easily with a fork.
- Remove the ribs from the oven and preheat the broiler.
- Unwrap the ribs and place them on a baking tray, meat side up. Use a BBQ mop to baste the ribs with BBQ sauce.
- Place the ribs under the broiler and broil until the BBQ sauce sauce is bubbling and browning. Watch carefully so that they do not burn – the more sugar there is in the BBQ sauce, the quicker that will happen.
- Remove from the broiler and serve.
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