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Easy Healthy Recipes - BBQ Ribs

Can homemade comfort foods like barbecue ribs be healthy? Maybe not as healthy as steamed broccoli, but certainly healthier than the high fructose corn syrup drenched options at most chain restaurants. The recipe below is a cleaned up version of an American Classic - Barbecue Baby Back Ribs. Serve with beans and a huge salad - enjoy!

 

PREHEAT OVEN TO 300 DEGREES

 

INGREDIENTS

4 LBS. (two full slabs) of pasture-raised or acorn-fed baby back ribs

 

1/4 Cup organic sugar

 

1 Tbs. organic smoked paprika

 

1 Tsp. organic garlic salt

 

1/2 Tsp. ground black pepper

 

2 Cups organic barbecue sauce

 

DIRECTIONS

 

PREHEAT OVEN TO 300 DEGREES

 

1. Mix together sugar, salt, paprika, and pepper

 

2. Rub sugar and spice mixture generously onto both sides of ribs

 

3. Place ribs meaty side down onto heavy duty foil with the shiny side facing out

 

4. Put another sheet of foil onto ribs and seal by crimping edges

 

5. Place onto a baking sheet and bake 2-1/2 hours

 

6. Take ribs out of oven and turn on the broiler

 

7. Slice ribs into 4-rib servings and brush boney side liberally with barbecue sauce and broil 2 minutes; flip and repeat on meaty side

 

8. Let ribs rest 5 minutes, then serve and enjoy