Easy Fall Off the Bone Oven Baked Ribs Recipe

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + spices

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

pork ribs

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken thighs are leaner and often cheaper.

Remove the thin membrane covering the rack of ribs using a knife to wiggle underneath and pull it away from the bones.

Cut the rack of ribs in half to fit into a baking dish.

Season both sides of the ribs with salt and black pepper.

Cover the baking dish with foil or wrap the ribs in foil packets if baking more than one rack.

Preheat the oven to 275°F (135°C) and place the ribs in the oven.

Bake the ribs for 2 ½ to 3 ½ hours, checking around 2 hours for doneness by piercing with a knife or gently bending them.

While the ribs bake, make the barbecue sauce by cooking onions in oil until soft, then adding ground cumin, ketchup, hot chili sauce, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar; simmer for a couple of minutes and set aside.

Remove the ribs from the oven and drain the juices from the baking dish.

Slather the barbecue sauce all over the ribs and place them back in the baking dish.

Broil the ribs under a hot broiler to caramelize the sauce for a minute or two.

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