Do you have BBQing and everything summery on the brain right now? Are you desperately trying to cling to the last few weeks like I am? Are you asking yourself how it is possible that we are in the last 10 days of the month of August and what the hell happened this summer? I AM. Waaahhhh!!!!! Where did my Summer go????
Whatever, crying never helps anything. But good food helps everything.
So lets talk about these Sweet and Spicy Plum Serrano BBQ Ribs because they make me see the world through rosy (plummy?) colored lenses.
I know I mentioned our plum tree which is crippled over with plums and broken boughs because of how heavy the fruit was and now I am just plum happy- every recipe has to have plums in it. These BBQ ribs included.
But you will be happy I went this route, because it turns out that plums make an amazing BBQ sauce and a great compliment to spicy flavors. It also happened to be a really pretty color.
Plus this is a really easy recipe:
You just bake your seasoned ribs in beer to get started (so that they will be nice and tender!)
While you are baking them, make the sauce, then slather them with sauce
And grill them.
Perfect! Here is where you can find the recipe for the pickled red onions I sprinkled on top!
- 2 ½ pounds Pork Ribs
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 twelve-ounce gluten free beer
- Plum Serrano BBQ Sauce, makes 3 cups
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 large red onion, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1-2 serrano chili’s, rough chopped (depending how spicy you like it)
- 2½ cups chopped plums
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- kosher salt
- Sliced Serrano chili’s, Sweet and Spicy Pickled Red Onions and sliced plums for garnish if desired.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the pork ribs in a baking dish and sprinkle them generously with kosher salt. Add the beer to the bottom of the dish and then bake the ribs for 1 ½ hours.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat add the oil, and then the red onions, garlic cloves and chili, frying them until golden and tender about 10 minutes. Add the plums and 1 cup of water, deglazing the pan. Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes until the plums are very soft.
- Transfer the contents of the saucepan to a blender and puree until smooth. Add the rice wine vinegar and maple syrup and puree- season to taste with kosher salt and then set aside.
- When the ribs are done baking preheat the BBQ to medium high. Slather the ribs with about 1 cup of the sauce and then grill for 6-7 minutes, meat side down until the ribs are hot and the sauce has caramelized on the pork.
- Pull the ribs off the grill and let them rest for 5 minutes. Slice them and serve with extra sauce for dunking.
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Oh my goodness this sounds amazing! Love me some good sweet and spicy!
Love the sound of these summery ribs!
Are you reading my mind? I have been dreaming of ribs all summer and have yet to make them. The wait is over. This sauce looks too good to pass up. 🙂
I’ve got a house full of rib lovers that will enjoy this recipe!
gorgeous and freaking delicious!