Description
Take BBQ rib season right into fall with theses slow cooked oven BBQ bourbon ribs slathered in a sweet and savory honey sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
For the ribs:
- ~4 pounds pork spare ribs (baby back ribs would work too)
- ¼ cup your favorite store-bought rib rub
For the honey bourbon BBQ sauce:
- ½ of a white onion (sliced into strips)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup ketchup
- ½ cup bourbon
- ½ cup honey
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup Worcestershire
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
To prep the ribs:
- Spread rub all over ribs and massage in with your hands.
- Wrap in foil or plastic wrap on a baking sheet and let sit overnight in the refrigerator.
- To make the honey bourbon BBQ sauce:
- Place all sauce ingredients into a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce has reduced by about ¼. This will take ~30 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Place sauce in a high powered blender and blend until well combined and smooth.
To cook the spareribs:
- Place spare ribs in slow cooker.
- Slather with ~½ of the BBQ sauce.
- Cook on low for 8-9 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours.
- Once cooked, carefully remove the ribs from slow cooker and place on foil-lined (for easier clean up) baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Slather ribs with more of the BBQ sauce and cook for 10-15 minutes in preheated oven, until slightly crispy on the edges.
- Serve immediately with remaining BBQ sauce.
Notes
Prep time includes letting the ribs marinate in the rub overnight.
- Prep Time: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Main