Delicious spareribs roasted in the oven with a tasty homemade barbecue sauce.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 4 pounds pork spareribs
- 2 cups sliced onions
- 2 cups ketchup
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup white vinegar
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 4 teaspoons mustard powder
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Split ribs down the center between the bones.
- Mix onions, ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside 1/2 of the sauce for basting.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in several batches, add ribs and sear until browned, 4 to 5 minutes per batch.
- Transfer ribs to two baking pans and arrange in a single layer. Pour remaining BBQ sauce over ribs.
- Bake ribs in the preheated oven, turning and basting with sauce every 20 minutes and adding reserved sauce as needed, until meat easily pulls away from the bone, about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of BBQ sauce. The actual amount consumed will vary.
Reviews
Instead of making my own bbq sauce I used store bought because of convenience. Next time I’ll definitely try homemade
This was ok, seemed like a lot of work. Mine didn’t turn out like the picture, sauce was runny & I never figured out what to do with all those sliced onions! I too, cut back on the salt, only used 2 tsp. The search continues!
Based on the comments by other reviewers, I used only 1/2 tsp salt, baked for the first 2 hours covered tightly with foil then the final hour uncovered. They turned out perfect for my daughter’s birthday dinner.
Yumminess everywhere! Best ribs ever!
Too watery, not a sauce as so much a soup for the ribs
Excellent ribs! Better and easier than barbecued! I used half the marinade and covered tightly for two hours, as suggested by other reviewers, then uncovered and basted and turned every twenty minutes with the rest of the marinade. Delicious!
Modifications /extras : Used Keenes as the dry mustard; added 1/4c sriracha; used white wine vinegar; added mushrooms and a couple stalks of celery. Seared ribs, put in all the sauce and veg. and then baked it all at 300 in a Dutch oven.
Great taste. Family loved them. Easy ingredients and falls right off the bone.
My son and I made these ribs for the first time and they were amazing! We cooked them in our Dutch oven for 3 hours – we didn’t even put them on a baking sheet to caramelize – and they were just perfect! Delicious as the recipe is written – you don’t need to change a thing!
No changes – LOVED IT!!!!
This is a great recipe. I have never been able to have my ribs fall off the bone. But I can now.
Unbelievable flavor! I don’t barbecue but don’t need to with this recipe. And so easy. I did the basting and turning because I like the idea of the sauce cooking in over and over for a deeper flavor. It worked!
I had to use different ribs so they only had to cook 2 hours. Also I would use a different sauce. I am from Texas and like a sweeter sauce. I was impressed at how tender the ribs were.
Excellent! A little putzy, but I have never made spare ribs before. The sauce was very yummy, and the ribs were super tender!
Used sweet baby rays bbq sauce with maple seasoning, the combination just tasted great l.
2700 mg of sodium per serving? 4 tsp of salt in the recipe? That is way beyond healthy or believable. Cut the salt to 1 tsp. at most. You will most likely be better off using a prepared sauce that is lower in sodium. It is a yummy recipe otherwise.
These came out bangin! great recipe
Mom and I enjoyed this rib recipe! It was great. We are a bit snobbish as we are Texan..lol and without firing up the grill this did the job. Tender, moist, and delicious. Great, meal in a time of social distancing and staying at home.
Turned out fabulous! Ribs were incredibly tender, the sauce was divine! I will reduce salt a bit next time, otherwise this is a new family favorite!
In step 2 add brown sugar. step 4 cover with foil. Turn after 1 hr. After 2 remove foil add sauce every 20 min or so.
Ribs came out delicious. Will definitely make again. Thanks