Someone was nagging me to get an air fryer and not to use my deep fryer. But I wanted a deep fryer for years and the skinny boys 2 men here love that stuff. I know it would be healthier...
How do you do your ribs? I have a cheating ribs recipe. Mind you, we only cook beef ribs here but still. Ribs are still ribs.
My cheat cheat for them is to buy as many as fit in a pile in my slow cooker. Add some commercial BBQ sauce (I like Stubbs for this) and cook on high for about 4 hours. Not much longer. You do not want the meat falling off the bone. You want to lightly chew it off! Then arrange on baking or broiler pans and put them High under the baking thing or under a broiler in an oven - for only a few minutes until they char ever so slightly. Add more sauce.
Are they as spectacular as properly smoked ribs? Heck no. Will they do? Oh yes.
But I found a rib place not far from here and brought a mess of them home recently in a rainstorm (yay rain), and they were almost too good to make them myself ever. They didn’t even need BBQ sauce. They were perfect. And yet the place made the worst cole slaw we all ever tasted. It was mushy with zero bite, zero acidity. They should have been knighted for the ribs but shot in the kneecaps for that cole slaw. Oh well.
As for the Ribs, since I live alone I cut the ribs in slices and put the rest away in the Freezer. I then cook my ribs by first boiling them. Once the meat is tender I take them out and place them on the rack and I don’t do my own sauce but I spread Kraft Hickory Smoke BBQ and leave it for half hour and then turn and spread sauce on the other side for half hour and then remove from oven and enjoy.
It’s too chilly to grill outside so made some pork ribs in the oven the other day. So messy and good.
Pork Ribs
Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, seasoning salt and onion flakes.
Bake uncovered in baking pan 350 for 20 minutes. Turn over halfway through.
Brush with your favorite bbq sauce. Bake another 20 minutes to caramelize.
Brush with more bbq sauce and cover. Bake another 20 minutes.