As close to low-and-slow as you can get without all the waiting are these air fryer ribs! Great color and additional flavor are produced by the rub.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 3 pounds baby back pork ribs
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon granulated onion
- ¼ teaspoon Greek seasoning (Optional)
- ⅓ cup barbeque sauce
Instructions
- Preheat an air fryer to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Strip membrane from the back of ribs. Cut ribs into 4 equal portions.
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- Combine brown sugar, white sugar, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, granulated garlic, pepper, cumin, onion, and Greek seasoning in a small bowl.
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- Rub spice mixture all over ribs. Place ribs in the air fryer basket.
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- Cook ribs in the preheated air fryer for 30 minutes, turning once halfway. Brush with barbeque sauce, then air-fry for 5 more minutes.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 615 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 176 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Sodium | 415 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 44 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Flavor of spice rub was lovely, but I the whole air fryer ribs idea just didn’t work. We had really high quality meat and it was almost inedible.
These ribs were everything! Very tender and juicy. I followed the exact recipe. The recipe was easy to follow and I will be making these again. I am very pleased.
The fam loved this! I followed the directions worrying about what reviewers said about being too crispy, so I air fried for 30 minutes and then put the sauce on and put it in the oven with foil on top at 250 degrees for 30 minutes – falling off the bone and moist!!! Ribs cooked in one hour and perfect!
Followed recipe for rub and used Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey barbeque sauce to which I added extra Honey…the ribs were fabulous…cooking them again tonight!
I made this ,but marinated over night with baby rays bbq sauce,soy sauce,worchester,hot sauce,and liquid smoke.Then went by recipe the next day.Use baby ray bbq sauce in the end.It turns out so good I have to double the ribs to feed my family.
Very dry and crispy. Not tender at all.
It was great. Lowered the temp to 300 and turned every 10 minutes and cooked a little longer. I finished the thicker half of the rack in the oven at 300 for 45 minutes, and those were very good too, but the 1st half rack, with that air fryer crisp crust and tenderness of the meat was better in my opinion. Either way they were quick and trouble free.
Easy and delicious
Surprised how great these turned out! Moist and vey flavorful!! Will definitely make these again! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
My favorite rib recipe.
Loved it!!! Threw in a couple of my own twists and it’s amazing
I won’t be making this recipe again. It made a terrible mess in my Airfryer oven. The meat was chewy and did not fall off the bones like my slow-baked in the oven ribs do.
I made it baked. Delicius!
They were very tender. I had to cook a little longer than the recipe stated. I give it a five rating.
They were pretty as a picture and taste was spot on. But tender, falling off the bone they were not. Chewy. Followed recipe exactly and kept close watch. I just don’t think fast cooking can ever create a tender rib no matter the appliance used. Will do these again but will know what to expect so won’t be disappointed.
They came out great. They were a big hit.
Followed the recipe as written using my air fryer. Flavor and appearance were as described. There’s no way however the meat is tender cooking at the time and temperature indicated. I like the rib meat to be fall off the bone tender. If you like a “chew” to your meat this may work for you.
If your ribs aren’t tender, I’m afraid the problem may be with your air fryer, or the ribs you used. I didn’t have the problem the other reviewer had.