Georgia's Healthiest & Tastiest Pork Ribs (C)
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
2-8
ingredients
- 4 lbs ribs
- 20 ounces catsup (get the kind that is free of high fructose corn syrup)
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 3 1⁄2 cups water
- 1⁄2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup amber beer
- 2 ounces kentucky bourbon whiskey (I am partial to maker's mark)
- 1 pint fresh blueberries (chopped)
- 1 pint fresh apple, with the skin (chopped)
- 1⁄2 pint chopped carrot
- 1⁄2 pint chopped celery
- 1⁄2 pint fresh green onion (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (chopped)
- 8 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon red pepper
- 1⁄2 tablespoon black pepper
- 5 drops lemon juice
- 3 drops hickory liquid smoke (exactly three no more, no less)
directions
- 1. Place the ribs on the OUTDOOR grill, on high, for 15 to 20 minutes to brown the meat and drain some (but not all!) of the fat.
- 2. Place everything but the ribs in a large sauce pan on low heat, the order doesn't matter.
- 3. Let the ingredients simmer (covered) in the sauce pan for 60 minutes, stir slowly at 20 and 40 minutes.
- 4. After 60 minutes, skim the large pieces of blueberry, apple, onion, etc from the top and place in a blender with 1/4 cup of water, and puree for 1 minute (note: after 60 minutes, most of the "chunks" will rise to the top of the sauce pan, but you should stir to ensure you capture most of the larger pieces).
- 5. Poor the puree back into the sauce pan and continue to simmer for 1 more hour (keep the lid off to ensure proper reduction, stir very frequently).
- 6. After reducing, place the ribs and sauce in a slow cooker on low for 4 to 6 hours (until the pork is loose on the bone), you may need to remove the lid intermittently to assist with further reducing the sauce (note: I recommend that you hold back 1/2 to 1 cup of sauce for dipping later).
- You have two options from here --.
- 1. Eat immediately (they are delicious now!).
- 2. Cool everything in the fridge overnight and then reheat in the slow cooker on low for 1 hour -- this, for me at least, brings out a more nuanced flavor, but this step is unnecessary for most palettes.
- Enjoy!
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