Oven BBQ Ribs

This is another of my Mom 's old recipes, and I don 't know where she got it. I never wrote it down before, I just made it when the mood struck me, but this is how I do it when I get the urge. As no outdoor grill is necessary, its great in Montana's climate.

• Preparation Time: 2 hr
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 858 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed
• 5 pounds pork spareribs
• 1 cup thinly sliced onions
• 2 (8 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with juice
• ½ tablespoon hot pepper sauce
• ½ lemon, sliced into rounds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Pour beer and water into a large stock pot. Add salt and stir to dissolve. Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat.

Step 3

In a large skillet or frying pan, heat vegetable oil over high heat. Sear ribs on both sides. Place on paper towels to briefly drain. Add seared ribs to the beer/water mixture. Add more water as needed to cover the ribs. Cover pot and simmer for 2 hours.

Step 4

While the ribs are simmering, melt the butter in a sauce pan and saute the onions and garlic until onions are translucent. Stir in tomatoes, ketchup, molasses, Worcestershire, mustard, salt, hot pepper sauce and vinegar. Bring to a slow boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and leave it simmering until the ribs are finished.

Step 5

Drain ribs and arrange them in a shallow roasting pan, or pans. Ladle the sauce over the ribs evenly, slice each slice of lemon in half, and distribute the half slices on top of the sauce. Cover with foil loosely, and place in the oven for 15 minutes, and then uncover for the last 10, a total of 25 minutes oven time. Remove rind from lemon slices, discard rind, returning lemon "meat" to sauce on top of the ribs, and serve ribs covering each with sauce on the plate.