David Carter's BBQ Beef Short Ribs | Waitrose

beef short ribs

🥗Healthier: pork ribs

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork ribs are often less expensive and chicken thighs are leaner.

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can be lower in sugar and preservatives.

Toast garlic granules, fennel seed, cumin seeds, and chilli flakes until aromatic.

Grind the toasted aromatics in a pestle and mortar.

Add demerara sugar, caster sugar, mustard powder, paprika, and salt to the ground mixture and mix well.

Liberally season the beef short ribs with the spice rub.

Place the seasoned ribs in a smoker at 120 degrees Celsius for 4-5 hours using oak wood.

After 4-5 hours, wrap the ribs in foil or butcher paper and return to the smoker for another hour.

Sweat down onions until translucent and caramelized, then microplane in garlic.

Add chilli flakes, cumin, and black pepper to the onions and cook briefly.

Reduce vinegar until syrupy, then add apple juice and reduce again.

Add dark brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce to the reduced mixture.

Combine with ketchup to create the barbecue sauce.

Slice red chilies thinly and pickle them with water, vinegar, and sugar.

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