Mommom’s Super Secret Baby Back Pork Ribs

This is a faithful transcription of a recipe called “Super Secret Baby Back Pork Ribs.” They are very good. Some of the instructions are a bit inscrutable, but I’ve recorded them anyways.

Ingredients

• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp grated onion
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1.5 tsp minced garlic
• 3 tsp ground red pepper (the recipe says 3 tsp which = 1 tbsp)
• 1/4 tsp celery salt
• Few grains of allspice
• baby back pork ribs in 2 racks, cracked between the bones (not sure what this means – when I did the recipe I did not attempt to crack the rack of ribs)

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients except ribs in a 2-quart stainless saucepan.
2. Simmer 20 minutes over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1 and 2/3 cups.
3. Brush ribs generously with some of the sauce. At this point they may be marinated for up to 2 hours at room temperature or 6 hours in the fridge.
4. Heat oven to 375. Put ribs on racks set into 2 roasting pans. Pour 1/2 inch of water into each pan.
5. Bake until ribs are no longer pink in the center, basting every 15 minutes with sauce.  (I found it worked better to have the heat at 325 and do this for 3 hours… Even at the lower heat I had to re-add water every other basting to keep it from drying out.)
6. For a true bbq look, broil ribs 4-6 inches from heat source for 3-5 minutes until lightly charred.
7. Makes 5 servings.
8. Any leftover sauce may be used w/ the ribs for drippings but be sure to boil it 5 minutes first.

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