Sunday Afternoon Slow-Cooked Spare Ribs

Description

I reviewed all the recipes for spare ribs and then borrowed ideas from many of them to come up with a blend that we tasted and loved. Great accompaniment to Sunday afternoon football games on TV.

Ingredients

  • 8 meaty pork loin spareribs
  • 1 tablespoon light olive oil
  • 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
  • ¼ cup dried minced onion
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Place the ribs into a large pot
  2. and cover with lightly salted water. Bring the ribs to a boil
  3. and boil for 45 minutes. Drain off the water and set the ribs aside.
  4. Heat the olive oil in a large
  5. heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until the oil shimmers
  6. and brown the ribs on all sides
  7. about 10 minutes per side. Remove the ribs
  8. and pour in the beef broth
  9. ketchup
  10. brown sugar
  11. lemon juice
  12. vinegar
  13. Worcestershire sauce
  14. soy sauce
  15. red pepper flakes
  16. seafood seasoning
  17. dried onion
  18. nutmeg
  19. and salt and pepper. Stir the ingredients until the sauce has dissolved any brown bits of flavor from the bottom of the pan. Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium-low heat
  20. and transfer the ribs back into the sauce.
  21. Coat the ribs with sauce
  22. cover the pan
  23. and simmer over low heat until the meat is very tender and falls off the bones
  24. about 3 hours.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs 15 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 8

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