How To Make Smoked Ribs

pork ribs

🥗Healthier: chicken ribs

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken ribs are lower in fat, while pork shoulder is often more affordable.

BBQ sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade BBQ sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup with spices

Homemade sauce can be healthier with less sugar, and ketchup is a budget-friendly alternative.

Remove the silver skin from the ribs to allow seasoning to penetrate the meat.

Sprinkle garlic powder on top of the ribs.

Add onion powder, salt, and freshly ground black pepper, seasoning all sides of the ribs.

Add the ribs to the smoker.

Set the smoker temperature to roughly 100 degrees Celsius (212°F).

Smoke the ribs for roughly one hour, adding a small piece of cherry wood onto the charcoal every 20 minutes for flavor.

After one hour, take the ribs out and place them on a piece of aluminum foil.

Season the ribs with soy sauce and sweet chili sauce.

Wrap the ribs tightly in the foil and put them back into the smoker for another three hours at 120 degrees Celsius (248°F).

After three hours, the sweet chili and soy sauce will have caramelized onto the ribs, making the meat fall off the bone.

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