Ribs in the oven wth homemade barbecue sauce

This is the best recipe for juicy, fall-off-the-bone ribs in the oven, with spicy barbecue sauce. Easy to make, little prep time.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time3 hrs 30 mins

Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: barbecue, bbq, meat, ribs

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 450kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients for the ribs:

2 kg pork baby ribs (cut in half racks)
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp pepper
1 tbsp sweet paprika
2 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
2 tsp hot paprika (optional)
2 tsp gyros mix (or rib grill mix)
3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil

Ingredients for the barbecue sauce

¼ cup vinegar
1 cup ketchup
¼ cup water
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp soya sos
1 tbsp chilli powder
1 tbsp sweet paprika
1 tsp hot paprika (optional)
3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tsp pepper

Instructions

Seasoning the ribs

You need to brush the ribs thoroughly with sea salt and black pepper. Don’t worry they won’t be salty, even if you put a generous amount of salt.
After you put salt and pepper, you should do the same with paprika and chilli flakes. Season the ribs with sweet and hot paprika and sprinkle some chilli flakes. If you don’t like spicy food, you can put less chilli flakes and hot paprika, but don’t skimp on sweet paprika.
Add some olive oil as well.
Add gyros spice or rib grill mix. If your spice mix doesn’t have any greens, add oregano. Finally, sprinkle chopped garlic on the ribs.
Ribs should be completely covered in foil. Depending on the amount of ribs you prepare and the size of your baking pan, you can put one piece of rib on the other, if you don’t have enough space. Put the ribs in the oven and start preparing the barbecue sauce.

Preparing the barbecue sauce

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook on the stovetop for about 30 to 35 minutes at medium heat.
Stir all the time, if the heat is too high and you see the sauce is about to burn, lower the temperature. The sauce is ready when it is thick or almost thick. It usually gets even thicker when it rests.

Notes

Cook the ribs wrapped in the foil for about 3 hours in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius. Then uncover the ribs, put the barbecue sauce and cook it 20 additional minutes at higher temperature (220 degrees Celsius).