Choco-whiskey ribs
original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/chaco-whiskey-ribs.html
Ingredients
1 rack of spare ribs
1 cup Jack Daniel’s whiskey
Dry rub
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon Onion powder
1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
1 ½ tablespoon Cacao powder (or unsweetened coco powder)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon Smoked paprika
1 teaspoon Black pepper
2 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Brown sugar
For the sauce
Drippings from foil
1 oz semi sweet bakers chocolate
¼ cup Ketchup
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoon Sugar
Greedy tips:
- Removing the membrane is optional and not really a must since these will be cooking at a low temp for a long time. However I feel like the membrane prohibits the dry rub from soaking into the meat on the bone side, so I remove it. Another theory is that the membrane holds in the fat into the ribs and removing it will yield a dry rib, but this has not been my experience using this cooking method, far from it.
Instructions
- Trim excess fat from the spare ribs and remove the thin membrane on the bone side by sliding a knife or your finger at the edge of the ribs and peeling it away.
- Combine all the dry rub ingredients in a bowl
- Season the meat both sides liberally and rub it in.
- Set aside seasoned ribs in the refrigerator for 30 minutes up to 8 hours
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F
- Create a pouch of foil by laying several layers of foil on a baking tray place the ribs on top place another layer of foil over top that and seal three side leaving one side open
- Pour the whiskey into the open side and seal it up. The ribs and whiskey should be completely encased in the foil and there should be no leaks
- Place in the oven for 3.5 hours
- After 3 .5 hours remove from the oven pour the liquid contents into a sauce pan, skim off any excess fat. Place the ribs in a baking dish
- Add ketchup, chocolate, soy sauce and sugar to the drippings mixture and bring to a boil, reduce until syrupy
- Pour the chocolate whiskey sauce over top the ribs and place back in the oven at 450 to caramelize
- Remove from the oven rest for 5 to 10 minutes then serve