Friday

Ribs with Root Beer BBQ Sauce

Barbecued Ribs with Root Beer Barbecue Sauce


Ingredients
2 racks (6.5 pounds/3 kg) pork spareribs, cut into 2-rib portions
1/2 cup/125 mL cider vinegar
2 tbsp/30 mL (any flavor) Original Barbecue Sauce Concentrate, Honey Barbecue Sauce Concentrate, or Mesquite Barbecue Sauce Concentrate
2 tbsp/30 mL Onion Granules
2 tsp/10 mL Garlic Granules
2 tsp/10 mL Cracked Black Pepper
1 tsp/5 mL salt, or as desired
Water
Root Beer Barbecue Sauce
2/3 cup/160 mL Original Barbecue Sauce Concentrate, Honey Barbecue Sauce Concentrate, or Mesquite Barbecue Sauce Concentrate
1-1/3 cups/320 mL ketchup
2 tsp/10 mL Root Beer Extract—Trial Mark Bottle 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL
Ginger 1/4 tsp/1.2 mL
Allspice

Cooking Directions
Combine first seven ingredients in large kettle or Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours; drain. (Can be made ahead to this point. Cool, cover and refrigerate until 1 hour before broiling or grilling.) Combine sauce ingredients in bowl and have ready to baste meat. Arrange ribs on grill or broiler rack. To grill: Grill ribs 10 minutes, turning once. Baste with barbecue sauce; grill 5 minutes. Turn and baste again with sauce; grill 5 minutes more.To broil: Broil ribs about 7 to 9 inches from heat for 20 minutes or until heated through, brushing with barbecue sauce occasionally and turning once. Serve any remaining barbecue sauce with ribs.