Barbecue Ribs With Special Barbecue Sauce
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-Baby back ribs (1 slab per person)
-1/4 cup red wine vinegar or lemon juice
-1 stick butter, melted
-1 clove garlic, crushed
-1 onion, grated
Remove skin from back of ribs. Cut a small slit between each rib. Mix vinegar, butter, onion and garlic together and use mixture to season ribs on both sides. Place ribs on a preheated grill and close the cover. Turn ribs every 20 minutes and baste with Barbecue sauce until tender.
SPECIAL BARBECUE SAUCE:
-1/2 stick butter, melted
-1 green pepper, chopped
-1 onion, chopped
-3-4 cloves garlic, pressed
-1/2 cup celery (with leaves), chopped
-1 (16 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
-1 (12 oz.) can thick tomato paste
-1/2 can water, from tomato paste can
-1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
-1 tsp. salt
-2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
-2 tbsp. prepared yellow mustard
-4 dashes Tabasco sauce
-8 peppercorns
-1/4 tsp. ground cumin
-8 coriander seeds
-1/4 tsp. oregano
-2 tbsp. molasses
-4 tbsp. brown sugar
-1 bay leaf
-1/4 tsp. celery seed
Melt butter in medium saucepan. Sauté onion, garlic, celery and green pepper until tender. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally. Cool and put through a small sieve colander. Keeps in the refrigerator 6 to 8 weeks.
This recipe may be used on ribs, chicken, or beef in either wood-fired/charcoal pits or gas grill barbecues.