Yeah baby! Let me tell you about the best bbq ribs I have ever eaten. I usually braise my ribs on the stovetop for an hour and then grill them with the sauce for about 10 minutes on the gas grill. I've been wanting to try slow-cooking the ribs completely on a charcoal grill for a long time but I just didn't know how. I finally got a hold of a great recipe from a friend...I couldn't wait to experiment!
First I made my homemade bbq sauce (sorry it's a secret...in fact I might try to sell it). Homemade sauce is so good, so much healthier than bottled sauce which usually has a lot of high fructose corn syrup in them, and it really only takes about 15 minutes to whip up a batch.
I then made the "mop" sauce: butter, apple cider, soy sauce, and a splash of apple cider vinegar(or you could use Bourbon). The recipe said to remove the membrane from the underside of the ribs but when I went to do it I realized my butcher had already removed the membranes from all three slabs...so nice!
Next I rubbed both sides of the ribs with a mix of: sea salt, ground black peppercorns, brown sugar, sweet paprika, dry mustard, and celery seed. Then I wrapped the ribs in cling wrap and put it in the fridge while I got my grill ready.
I grilled the ribs using indirect heat, putting applewood chips on top of the charcoal. While the ribs cooked for an hour or so I would mop them every 15 minutes with the mop sauce on both sides. Finally, I put the bbq sauce on and grilled both sides over direct heat for another 10 minutes until the ribs were nicely carmelized.
These grilled ribs were absolutely delicious...heavenly! They were so finger-lickin', lip-smackin' good. I will never ever ever go back to making ribs on the stove-gas grill again!
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