Summer is still a few months away, but start barbecue season early with this simple recipe for delicious pork ribs that fall right off the bone. Here's what you'll need:
• one rack of pork ribs
• 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• one bottle of your choice of bbq sauce (suggestion: Sweet Baby Ray's)
• one roll of heavy duty aluminum foil
• baking pan,with a lip
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Lay the rack of ribs on a long plate, and sprinkle the garlic powder on top of it. With your hands, rub the powder thoroughly in to the meat. Repeat the process with the brown sugar.
Now, lay the ribs on to a sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil (repeat, heavy duty, don't skimp) with at least 5 inches sticking outward on both the sides and the ends of the rack. You're going to want to "tent" the ribs with the foil, meaning fold the foil up on the sides and the ends, completely insulating the meat. This is what steams the ribs and makes them tender, making them "fall off the bone" so to speak.
Cook for three hours on a baking sheet with a lip in case the juice leaks a bit from the foil. You'll probably be tempted to peek in before they're done, but resist. Any heat you release will take away from the tenderness.
After three hours, remove and carefully unfold the tin foil. Now, douse the ribs with your sauce of choice and put them back in with the tin foil un-tented for 15 minutes or until the sauce starts bubbling.
Remove, let them cool for a bit, and enjoy! If you did everything right, they should look something like this: