Good morning and I hope you are all well and still hanging in there – I hope some day we are doing more than just hanging in there. 2020 is in my opinion kicking our ass and taking names. The whole saying that things come in 3’s I am fairly certain went out the window a few months ago.
On the lighter side my garden is doing much better; well to the extent we harvested the garlic and it is currently drying and I wasn’t disappointed with what we got; some years I wonder why I keep planting it; OK that’s a lie I will ALWAYS plant garlic. We got to the potatoes before the worms did. And it looks like zucchini will be the winning crop this year. Local friends in need come on over my husband just picked a dozen before 6 am this morning and he is currently out there as I write this.
Before March I was the primary grocery shopper in the house. For a few months that role changed to my husband. I do go once in a while now and the last two times I was SO glad I did. We were making a list for the store and for the most part my husband went off the list. I will admit if I saw something that piqued my interest I would easily stray from my list. Case in point I found beautiful short ribs at one store and was super excited to find brisket at another. I have had brisket on my list for about a month now and it has been marinating in my fridge for almost 48 hours. That’s whats for dinner tonight!
Back to the short ribs, they were probably the nicest, boneless short ribs I have ever picked up so I was excited to cook them. I made a really easy BBQ sauce and baked them in the oven. We are not huge BBQ sauce people. I mean we like it and definitely make and eat it but it’s not our go to if you get my drift. However when we were eating dinner there were a lot of compliments going around about the sauce; most notably was that I could sell it. Plus the BBQ sauced ribs were still being mentioned a week later. So safe to say this recipe is a keeper!
Easy BBQ sauced short ribs
Ingredients
- 4 pounds boneless short ribs
- Kosher salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
BBQ sauce
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300' F
- season the ribs liberally with salt and pepper on both sides, place the ribs in a 9x13 dish
- combine all the BBQ sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir till smooth
- Pour about a 1/2 cup over the ribs. Flip the ribs over and spoon another 1/2 cup of the sauce over top. Reserve the remaining BBQ sauce to spoon over the cooked ribs. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and roast for 2-1/2 hours. Remove the foil and, if the cooking liquid is covering the meat, remove some of the liquid so that the tops are exposed.
- Cook for 30 minutes more, uncovered, until the meat is tender and browned. If needed cut off any excess fat that remains around the short ribs (I did not need to do this) Transfer the short ribs to a serving platter. Slather the reserved BBQ sauce over the short ribs and serve.