Mixed Grill with Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce

Name: Mixed Grill with Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Bbq, Barbecue
Ingredients: 2 kilograms baby back pork ribs, cut into 4 slabs; 8 servings Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 3 teaspoons dried basil; 3 teaspoons dried thyme; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 2 teaspoons onion powder; 2 Tbsps smoked paprika or hot smoked Spanish paprika; 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, pounded with mallet to 3/4-inch thickness; 8 fully cooked smoked sausages (such as chicken-apple), pierced in several places with fork; 8 servings Vegetable oil (for brushing)

Mixed Grill with Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 824 calories, 64g of protein, and 60g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up thyme, cherry cola barbecue sauce, sausages, and a few other things to make it today. Father's Day will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mix all ingredients in small bowl to blend. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 weeks ahead. Store in airtight container at cool room temperature.

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Bowl

Remove top rack from grill.

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Grill

Place foil drip pan in center of bottom rack; fill halfway with water (if using 2-burner gas grill, place drip pan on 1 unlit burner).

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Water

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Aluminum Foil

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Prepare barbecue (medium heat).

Sprinkle ribs with salt and 3 tablespoons spice rub. If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney and pour half onto rack on each side of drip pan (you'll need to light more briquettes in chimney to replenish 1 or more times during grilling). If using 3-burner gas grill, light burners on left and right, leaving center burner off. If using 2-burner gas grill, light burner on side opposite drip pan.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Ribs

Salt

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Grill

Frying Pan

Drain wood chips. If using gas grill, stack 2 mini loaf pans and fill with 1 cup drained wood chips. Stack remaining 2 mini pans and fill with 1 cup drained wood chips.

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French Fries

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Grill

Place pans on flame. If using charcoal, scatter 2 cups drained chips over coals.

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French Fries

Brush top grill rack with oil; return to barbecue.

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Place ribs on grill rack over drip pan. Coverbarbecue; grill until meat is coming away from bones, turning and repositioning every 30 minutes and adding more wood chips to pans as needed, about 1 1/2 hours. Maintain barbecue temperature at 350°F, opening vents wider for more heat or partially closing for less heat.

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French Fries

Meat

Ribs

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Grill

Frying Pan

Transfer ribs to rimmed baking sheet; cool.

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Ribs

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Baking Sheet

DO AHEAD: Ribs can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

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Ribs

Remove drip pan from barbecue.

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Frying Pan

Lightly brush grill racks with oil. Prepare barbecue (medium heat).

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Sprinkle chicken with salt and remaining spice rub.

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Whole Chicken

Salt

Place chicken, sausages, and ribs on grill racks; cover and grill 7 minutes, turning occasionally.

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Sausage

Whole Chicken

Ribs

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Grill

Brush ribs with 1 cup cherry cola sauce; cover and grill until chicken is cooked through and ribs are glazed, turning frequently, about 5 minutes longer.

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Whole Chicken

Cherries

Sauce

Cola

Ribs

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Grill

Transfer sausages to platter; transfer ribs and chicken to cutting board.

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Sausage

Whole Chicken

Ribs

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Cutting Board

Cut pork between bones; cut chicken crosswise into 3/4-inch-wide strips.

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Whole Chicken

Pork

Transfer to platter with sausages.

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Sausage

Serve with remaining cherry cola sauce.

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Cherries

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Cola

* Hot smoked Spanish paprika is available at specialty foods stores and from tienda.com; smoked paprika is now available in the spice section of some supermarkets.

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Paprika

Surprisingly, an offdry Riesling is excellent with the sweet and spicy flavors in this menu. We like the 2006 Riesling ($1

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Riesling

from Koehler Winery in California's Santa Ynez Valley. Its citrus and green apple flavors are a nice foil for the smoky chiles here. For a more classic pairing, go for beer: Try a hoppy, malty IPA (India Pale Ale), like Northern California's Lagunitas IPA ($9 for a six-pack).

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Ipa