Grilled Baby Back Pork Ribs with Mustard-Bourbon Sauce
Source of Recipe
Bon App�tit, July 1998
List of Ingredients
- -- For Sauce --
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 bunches green onions, chopped
- 2 cups chopped white onions
- 8 large cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 cups (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1 cup catsup
- 1 cup tomato paste (about 9 ounces)
- 1 cup whole-grain Dijon mustard
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1 large dried ancho chili (or poblano), stemmed, seeded, cut into small pieces
- 1 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1-1/2 cups bourbon
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- -- For the Ribs --
- Spice Rub (recipe follows)
- 6 lbs. baby back pork ribs (about 3 whole racks)
Instructions
- Make sauce: Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-low heat. Add green onions, white onions and garlic and saut� until tender, about 15 minutes. Mix in all remaining ingredients, adding bourbon last. Simmer sauce until thick and reduced to 7 cups, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Sauce can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
- Make spice rub and ribs: Rub spice mixture (below) over both sides of rib racks. Arrange ribs on large baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Cut rib racks into 4- to 6-rib sections. Arrange ribs on barbecue. Grill until meat is tender, occasionally turning ribs with tongs, about 40 minutes. Using tongs, transfer ribs to work surface.
- Cut rib sections between bones into individual ribs. Arrange on clean baking sheet. Transfer 3 cups of sauce to small bowl; place remaining sauce in small saucepan and reserve. Brush ribs with sauce from bowl.
- Return ribs to barbecue. Place pan of reserved sauce at edge of barbecue to re-warm. Grill ribs until brown and crisp on edges, brushing with more sauce from the bowl and turning occasionally, about 10 minutes. Serve ribs with warm sauce.
Serves 4 to 6
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SPICE RUB
2 Tbsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp dry mustard
1 Tbsp coarse salt
1-1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1-1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Mix ingredients in medium bowl.
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