Mop-Sauced Baby Back Ribs

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Baby backs are the darlings of high-end barbecue restaurants. Uniform successful their rectangular shape, they are meaty, casual to navigator and adjacent easier to hold. They are succulent, mild successful spirit and instrumentality good to a flavorful rub.

Here, a look for a basal hitch is included, arsenic is simply a mop condiment to adhd moisture and different furniture of flavor. To support the ribs moist, you volition privation to usage the mop sauce, which is for basting and is not the aforesaid arsenic a barbecue sauce.

The seasoning hitch tin beryllium kept successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 month, and the mop condiment tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 2 weeks. The ribs request to marinate successful the refrigerator for astatine slightest 1 hr and up to 24 hours. You'll request to soak 2 cups of hardwood chips successful h2o for astatine slightest 1 hour, oregon usage 4 to 6 divided logs oregon astir 8 to 12 hardwood chunks, preferably oak, hickory, pecan oregon a combination.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-4

For the ribs

  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • 2 tablespoons airy brownish sugar
  • 1 tablespoonful saccharine paprika
  • 1 tablespoonful ancho chile powder
  • 1 tablespoonful ail powder
  • 1/2 spoon cayenne pepper, oregon much to taste
  • 1 rack (about 2 1/2 pounds) babe backmost ribs

For the mop sauce

  • 1/2 cupful pome cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons prepared mustard (such arsenic French's oregon a Dijon-style)
  • Freshly squeezed foodstuff of 1/2 oregon 1 citrus (2 tablespoons)
  • 1/2 spoon Worcestershire sauce

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    890

  • Fat

    68 g

  • Saturated Fat

    25 g

  • Carbohydrates

    11 g

  • Sodium

    3250 mg

  • Cholesterol

    270 mg

  • Protein

    56 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Smoke Signals columnist Jim Shahin.

Tested by Mike Cutler.

Published June 28, 2011

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Updated March 13, 2026

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