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bbq pork ribs cooked in oven and ready to eat served with mushrooms

Oven Baked Pork Ribs

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Course Main Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs pork baby back ribs or spare ribs
  • 2 cups white or apple cider vinegar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp any barbeque or pork roast rub
  • barbeque sauce (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Trim any silverside or membranes off of the ribs. Cut into individual sections if that’s how you prefer to cook and eat them. Soak the ribs in the mix of vinegar, water, and salt for 2 to 12 hours.
  • Remove the ribs from the marinade. Let them dry on a rack or on paper towels and come to room temperature. If you plan to parboil them, bring a large pot of broth or water to a boil and bring it down to a simmer. Simmer the ribs for 20 to 30 minutes, flipping so they’re evenly covered.
  • Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Set up a large roasting pan or baking sheet with a rack. Dry the surface of the ribs if they were simmered, then apply any rub or seasonings you want to use. Wrap the ribs tightly in aluminum foil, packing the ribs side by side if they’re cut into individual sections.
  • Roast the wrapped bundle of ribs for 2 to 3 hours. Begin opening the foil and checking the texture at 2 hours. When the meat is beginning to fall off of the bone, remove the aluminum foil while wearing oven mitts.
  • Turn the oven to broil. Broil the ribs for a few minutes if you want them bare, or apply a coating of barbecue sauce and then broil.

Notes

*photo by John Dyke licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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