How to make tough pork ribs tender?

4 Ways to Achieve Tender Baby Back Ribs Rub method. The least strenuous method is to coat your ribs with a rub. ... Steam method. If you want to lessen the time required in the previous method, you can try steaming. ... Boil method. Are you planning to grill your ribs or finish them in the oven or broiler? ... Brine method.

What makes the best ribs?

The secret to incredibly tender ribs is baking them low and slow . Baking ribs in the oven is so easy. 95% of the cooking time is spent relaxing while your ribs transform into fall-off-the-bone perfection.

How many ribs should be in a full rack of ribs?

A rack of ribs will have a minimum of 8 ribs, but can also include up to 13 depending on the butcher and how it was prepared. Butchers will call it a “cheater rack” if it contains less than 10 ribs. In general, a rack of ribs is 10-13 ribs in a full pork rack, 9 in a full beef rack, and 7 or 8 in a lamb rack .

Bar "b" Barn Ribs Recipe - Food.com (2024)

Submitted by Nat Da Brat

"This is a copy kat recipe from the famous Bar "B" Barn restaurant in Montreal. Simmer the ribs early in the day and then refrigerate until ready to BBQ. This recipe is for pork but beef ribs can be substituted with no problem."

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photo by FrenchBunny

Ready In:: 4hrs 20mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 6

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ingredients

4 lbs baby back ribs
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt and pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon thyme
1 small bay leaf
¹⁄₂ stalk celery, chopped half
¹⁄₂ onion, chopped half
SAUCE
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt and pepper
¹⁄₄ teaspoon garlic powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ cup ketchup
1 cup brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup applesauce
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

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directions

In a large saucepan or stock pot, cover ribs with cold water; add thyme, salt, pepper, bay leaf, celery and onion.
Bring to gentle boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes or until ribs are tender.
Remove ribs place in shallow glass dish.
Set aside.
(Strain cooking liquid and refrigerate or freeze to use as soup stock).
Sauce.
In small saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients, bring to gentle boil; reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes to blend flavors.
Let cool.
Cut strips of ribs into serving portions of 3 to 4 ribs.
Pour sauce all over ribs in dish and marinate for 3 to 4 hours in refrigerator or for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Remove ribs from sauce, reserving any remaining sauce.
Cook ribs on greased grill over medium-hot coals or medium setting, turning and brushing occasionally with reserved sauce, for about 20 minutes or until meat is browned.
NOTE:Double the sauce recipe for lots of basting sauce.

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This recipe is excellent. The ribs were so tender and tasty. I have never been to Bar "B" Barn so I couldnt tell you if they taste the same but this recipe is out of this world. I will be making this again. Thank you for posting it.

Gingerbear
I was a chef (retired) I was born and raised in Montreal I have probably been to Bar B Barn 20 times and I can assure you that the Bar B Barn In those days did not use Baby back ribs They used Pork side ribs (a much better chose for ribs anyway) Much more meat and Flavor

Alana T.
i have worked in this restaurant,i was responsible for making a sauce and this recipe is not a copy of theirs...i'm sure the ribs will be fine cooked according to this recipe but it won't be a real thing

Maciej B.
This recipe really made my Fourth of July BBQ a success! Great flavor. Very easy to prepare. I definitely will be using it again. I used this recipe with regular ribs.

NormaJJ
I have had this same recipe for over 30 years now. I never posted it here because there are already 2 of them. So I am going to post my pics here. I have always loved these ribs. I parboil the ribs for about 1/2 hour. I spread half the sauce on the ribs and bake for an hour then turn them and spread the other half of sauce and bake another hour. These are absolutely delicious ribs, sweet but delicious.

FrenchBunny

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Tweaks

1/2 cup molasses 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire 3 cloves of garlic 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard 2 Tablespoons soya sauce 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper -cook ribs in sauce, when almost done, sprinkle brown sugar on ribs and cook for another 20 minutes at 300 deg.

Johnny.Pupil
This has to be the best tasting sauce I've ever had, it brought back memories of the Bar B Barn. I had many compliments. It was so simple to make, the only change I made was to use beef ribs instead of pork.

Moethetoe

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Nat Da Brat

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<p>My husband and I are mostly retired but we love renovations so we tend to buy, fix and sell a lot :) We love to travel and our favorite and yearly destinations are Negril, Jamaica and Isla Mujeres Mexico.</p>

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