Quick and Easy Ribs

If you are looking for a quick game day meal, try serving some pork spareribs. This recipe is quick and easy.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 package spareribs (2 ribs)
• 1 bottle of beer (any type)
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 Tbsp. sea salt
• 1 Tbsp. fresh cracked pepper
• 1 navel orange, sliced
• 1 cup(s) BBQ sauce

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place ribs on a foiled shallow baking tray.
2. Rub with salt, pepper and garlic, and place sliced oranges on top of ribs.
3. Pour beer on bottom of the baking tray and cover tightly with foil.
4. Bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hours.
5. Uncover and baste with BBQ sauce, and then bake an additional 10 minutes.

Yes, You Can Cook Beef Ribs in the Big Easy

Yes, you can and it does a great job of them. Since my wife does not like sauce on the ribs, I left it off. I could have easily added the sauce to the ribs during the last ten minutes of the cooking process to give a nice caramelized and smoky taste.

The one thing I had to do was use bamboo skewers to hold the ribs up against the cooking basket. Make sure your soak the skewers for 30 minutes before using them. If you don't, they will burn and fail to hold the ribs up. I placed the ribs against the basket and then used the skewers pin them to the cage. I put 2 slabs of ribs in the basket which works out to about 6 pounds of beef rib.

For a Christmas party that is coming up at a friend's house, I will be serving these as appetizers.