Description
Easy Oven Baked Ribs (Ribs in the Oven) – a delicious, moist and juicy oven baked rib recipe that is perfect for your next get together! So amazing!
Ingredients
Scale
Ribs:
- 2 racks of baby back ribs
- 1–2 tablespoons liquid smoke
- 1–2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- 2–4 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 bottle of your favorite (smokey) barbecue sauce (we also like this homemade bbq recipe!)
Dry Rub:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 tablespoon smoked garlic powder
- 1/2 tablespoon onion powder
- 1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees F.
- Remove Membrane: Take ribs and remove the thin layer of connective tissue on the non-meat side (aka the membrane).
- Make Dry Rub: Combine dry rub ingredients in a small bowl. and set aside.
- Prep Ribs: Pat ribs dry with a clean paper towel. Rub liquid smoke all over ribs. Followed by the worcestershire and then the yellow mustard. Rub dry rub all over ribs.
- 1st 4 Hours at 225: Place ribs on a foil-lined baking sheet (or large roasting pan), meat-side up. Bake for 4 hours (middle rack, uncovered).
- 1 Hour at 250: Turn oven up to 250 degrees F and let ribs cook for another hour.
- Finish at 275: Turn oven up to 275 degrees F and let ribs cook for another hour or until ribs have reached an internal temperature between 190 – 203 degrees F (approximately 1 hour) remove ribs from oven and turn oven up to 350 degrees F.
- Sauce: Sauce the ribs generously with your favorite BBQ sauce and place back in oven for 6-8 minutes, or until the BBQ sauce becomes tacky (you can also do this under the broiler – just watch them closely so the sauce doesn’t burn).
- Rest: Remove ribs from oven and let rest 15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Fav BBQ Sauce: Feel free to use whatever sauce you want but we do have a smokey + sweet homemade barbecue sauce recipe if you want to use that or you can grab a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray’s or any other brand of your favorite barbecue sauce!
- Type of Ribs: feel free to really use any type of rib for this recipe: spare ribs, baby back ribs, etc.
- Brown Sugar: feel free to add a bit of brown sugar to our homemade dry rub – just a tablespoon or two works great!
- Liquid Smoke: Liquid smoke is amazing and can be found at most grocery stores typically by the bbq sauce, etc.
- Paleo/Whole30: to make Paleo/Whole30 simply omit the Worcestershire sauce and ensure your bbq sauce is compatible.
- Let them rest: don’t skip this step!
- Leftovers: store leftover pork ribs in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 rack ribs
- Calories: 183
- Sugar: 28.5 g
- Sodium: 1661.6 mg
- Fat: 2.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 10.2 mg