Kansas City Sweet-and-Smoky Ribs

Name: Kansas City Sweet-and-Smoky Ribs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 whole lemons (optional), halved; 710 milliliters your favorite homemade barbecue sauce or your favorite commercial brand; 4 spareribs (4 to 6 pounds total)

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Kansas City Sweet-and-Smoky Ribs a try. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe has 1112 calories, 26g of protein, and 63g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of lemons, commercial brand, spareribs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the M&M'S Brand Chocolate Candies you could follow this main course with the Gluten Free Buttermilk Pie (Lemon Option) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Trim each rack of ribs or have your butcher do this for you.

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Ribs

Place the ribs in a large nonreactive roasting pan.

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Ribs

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Roasting Pan

Pour the cider over the ribs. Squeeze the juice from the lemons over the ribs, catching the seeds with your fingers. Turn the ribs a couple of time to coat all over with marinade. If desired, let the ribs marinate in the refrigerator, covered, for 4 to 6 hours, turning several times.

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Marinade

Lemon

Cider

Juice

Seeds

Ribs

Drain the ribs and blot dry with paper towels.

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Ribs

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the rub on both sides of the ribs, patting it onto the meat with your fingers.

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Ribs

Dry Seasoning Rub

Let the ribs stand in the refrigerator, covered, for 1 to 2 hours.

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Ribs

Set up the grill for indirect grilling and preheat to medium. If using a charcoal grill, place a large drip pan in the center. If using a gas grill, place all the wood chips in the smoker box or in a smoker pouch and preheat to high until you see smoke, then reduce the heat to medium.

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French Fries

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Grill

Frying Pan

When ready to cook, if using charcoal, toss 1 cup of wood chips on the coals.

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French Fries

Place the ribs in the center of the hot grate, away from the heat. Cover the grill and cook the ribs for 2 to 3 hours. After 30 minutes, spray the ribs with apple cider and continue to spray every half hour until ready to brush with the sauce. If using a charcoal grill, you'll need to add 12 fresh coals and 1/2 cup wood chips per side after each hour.

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Apple Cider

French Fries

Sauce

Ribs

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Grill

Lightly brush the ribs with 1 cup of the sauce 20 minutes before the ribs are done. When the ribs are fully cooked, the meat will have shrunk back from the bones about 1/4 inch, and the meat will be tender enough to tear apart with your fingers. But don't overcook; the ribs should have some chew to them. If the ribs start to dry out, wrap them in aluminum foil for the last hour of cooking.

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Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Transfer the ribs to plates or a platter.

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Ribs

Sprinkle the ribs with the remaining rub and lightly brush again with barbecue sauce.

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Barbecue Sauce

Ribs

Dry Seasoning Rub

Let the ribs rest for a few minutes, then serve with the remaining barbecue sauce on the side.

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Barbecue Sauce

Ribs

You can also cook the ribs in a smoker. Smoke them for 4 to 5 hours at 225°F

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Ribs

This is a wonderful way to prepare baby back ribs. In this case, you'll need to allow 1 to 1 1/2 hours for indirect grilling or 2 to 3 hours for cooking in a smoker.

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Baby Back Ribs