Best Rib Kickin Rum Ribs Recipes

CARIBBEAN RUM RIBS FROM GRILLING MAGAZINE -SPRING 2010

Steps:

• . Soak wood chunks for at least 1 hour before smoke-cooking. Drain before using.
• For the rub, in a small bowl, combine salt,brown sugar, dry mustard, chili powder, garlic powder, thyme, all spice, cumin, crushed red pepper, and black pepper.
• Set aside 2 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture.
• Sprinkle the remaining mixture evenly over ribs; rub in with your fingers.
• Cover and let stand at room temperature of 15 minutes.
• For mop sauce, in a small bowl, combine nectar, vinegar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the reserved rub.
• Set aside the remaining 2 tablespoons rub for the Caribbean Sauce.
• Prepare the smoker. Add four to six of the drained wood chunks to smoker. (Add one or two additinal chunks when only a wisp of smoke comes through top vent.).
• Place ribs on top and middle racks of smoker.
• Cover and smoke at 225 to 250 degrees F for 3 1/2 hours, brushing with mop sauce after 2 to 3 hours.
• For Caribbean Rum Sauce cook 1/2 cup chopped onion in 1 tablespoon hot vegetable oil in medium saucepan over medium heat until tender. Stir in 1 cup bottled barbecue sauce, 3/4 cup mango nectar, 1/4 cup spiced rum, 2 tablespoons honey, and the reserved 2 tablespoons of tub. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 20 minutes or until sauce reaches desired consistency. Makes 2 cups.
• Remove ribs from smoker. Brush again with mop sauce; lightly brush with Caribbean Sauce. Wrap each slab in foil and return to smoker.
• Cover and smoke for 30 to 60 minutes more or until ribs are tender. (When you lift each rack with tongs, the meat should tear easily.).
• Unwrap ribs and return to smoker. Cover and smoke 20 minutes more or until tops of ribs appear dry. Brush with additional sauce before serving.

RUM RIBS

Steps:

• Cut ribs into individual pieces. Line a roasting pan with a double thickness of foil. Place ribs in pan and seal tightly in foil.
• Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 45 minutes. Unwrap ribs and pour off drippings.
• Combine remaining ingredients; pour half the sauce over ribs. Return to oven and bake for about 11/2 hours or until meat is tender, turning ribs occasionally and basting with remaining sauce.

RUM RUNNER RIBS

Steps:

• To parbboil ribs, cut each rack into 2-bone portions. Place in a large pot with 1 sliced lime and equal part of each water and chicken broth to cover ribs. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, cover for 45 minutes. Discard lime slices. Cool ribs in cooking broth for 1 hour. Drain well. Grill as directed or wrap tightly and reserve for up to 24 hours in the refrigerator.
• Stir Heinz Chili sauce with Heinz Tomato Ketchup, pineapple, HP sauce, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil in a saucepan set over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in the green onion, rum, lime zest, ginger and allspice until well combined. Cool slightly.
• Preheat grill to medium-high. Toss ribs with half of the sauce mixture; grill, turning and basting often with remaining sauce, for 10-15 minutes, or until glossy and well marked.

RUM RIBS

Steps:

• Bake ribs in the oven at 350F for 1 1/2 hours. Drain oil and return ribs to roasting pan.
• In a saucepan, mix together brown sugar, barbecue sauce, dry mustard, cinnamon, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and pepper. Heat until almost boiling.
• Add cornstarch to rum to thicken, then add to saucepan mixture. heat thoroughly until thickened and almost boiling.
• Pour mixture over ribs, cover, and return to oven for another 1 1/2 hours, but at 250°F
• Makes 4-6 servings.

SPICY SMOKED RIBS WITH PINEAPPLE RUM GLAZE

Steps:

• Remove the membrane from the back of the ribs. This is easy to do by using a paper towel to get a good grip on the membrane at one end of rack with your fingers, and then simply peel it off. It seems to go easier by starting at the more narrow end.
• Combine all the dry rub ingredients in a bowl and mix, then rub generously all over the ribs. Place the ribs in large ziplock bag and place in the fridge for 4 hours to marinate.
• Place the wood chips in water to soak for an hour. If using a gas grill, only soak half of the chips, otherwise soak all of them for use on a charcoal grill.
• Prepare the barbecue for indirect grilling by preheating to 225-240°F with only the burner on one side on and the grate above it removed.
• For a gas grill you will make two smoke pouches. Divide the soaked wood chips onto two separate sheets of aluminum foil at one end of each one after squeezing out the excess water from the chips. Divide the dry chips and add them to each pile. Mix the dry and wet chips up a bit and fold over the other end of the foil to meet the end the chips are near, crimp along the edges to seal all around and poke holes into both sides with a fork. Repeat to create the other pouch. Place one of the smoke pouches directly over the hot burner. Close the lid and wait for smoke to start.
• For a charcoal gill, simply squeeze out the excess water and add half of them directly onto the coals after they have turned ash white.
• When the smoke starts to billow, place the ribs on the "cool" side of the grill and then close the lid. Cook for 3 hours. Replace the smoke pouch (or add the rest of the wood chips onto the fire bed for a charcoal grill) after it stops smoking, about an hour.
• After the ribs have cooked for 1 hour, spray both sides with the pineapple juice in a spray bottle. Spray them again after two hours have passed, then a third time after 3 hours.
• After they've cooked for 3 hours and the third spraying of pineapple juice has had some time to set in a bit, completely wrap up the ribs tightly in foil wrap and return them to the grill and close the lid to continue cooking this way for 2 hours. This is where the real cooking takes place.
• In the meantime, combine the pineapple rum glaze ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until sauce has reduced to about half and has thickened, then set aside.
• In another pot, start the rib sauce by bringing the pineapple juice, hot sauce and cilantro to a boil, and then reduce to medium heat. Add the remaining sauce ingredients and cook for 13 minutes. Reduce to low and simmer for 10 minutes, or until slightly thickened and then set aside.
• After the ribs have cooked for 2 hours wrapped in foil, remove them from the foil wrap and return them carefully to the grill. At this point, the ribs are extremely tender and can easily fall apart, so you may want to slid them onto the grill from the foil, rather than lift them on.
• Continue to cook for 1 hour, hence the term '3-2-1' (hours). Baste the ribs frequently with the rum glaze during this last hour.
• Remove the ribs from the grill (they will have firmed up after this last hour of cooking in the open again, and will be much easier to handle) and let them rest for 10 minutes. Serve with the rib dipping sauce.