One-Pan Baby Back Ribs
These baby back ribs are dusted with a homemade rub made with smoked paprika, dried mustard, chipotle powder, garlic salt, pepper, and ground coffee. After the ribs baked for a couple of hours I smothered a homemade barbeque sauce over the ribs and added the potatoes to the pan to cook for an additional hour. It’s an easy one-pan dinner with minimal cleanup!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 2 hr 35 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon ancho chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3 bacon strips
- 1 medium white onion (sliced)
- 1 orange (sliced)
- 1 lime (sliced)
- 1 rack baby back pork ribs (3 1/2 pounds)
- Homemade barbecue sauce or your favorite BBQ sauce
- Potatoes (cleaned and scrubbed)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Handful parsley (chopped)
- Handful cilantro (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped rosemary
- Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup finely chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
- 6 ounce piloncillo or 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground coffee
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- 2
Combine the coffee, mustard, chili pepper, paprika, pepper, and garlic salt together in a small bowl.
- 3
Remove the silverskin (tendon) from the underside of the rib rack piercing it with a pairing knife and using a paper towel to grip and pull off.
- 4
Rub the ribs with the seasoning on both sides and place on a lined baking sheet with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- 5
Top ribs with bacon strips, onion, orange and lime slices.
- 6
With more heavy-duty foil, enclose the ribs in a foil packet.
- 7
Bake ribs until the ribs are tender, about 2 hours.
- 8
Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine potatoes with olive oil, fresh herbs, and salt.
- 9
When ribs are done, open the foil packet carefully, releasing the steam away from you. Drain the juices into a container and reserve if needed to thin barbecue sauce.
- 10
Pour 2 cups of sauce over the ribs and add potatoes to baking sheet and bake uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour until potatoes are fork tender.
- 11
Remove ribs and slice between the bones; serve with extra sauce on the side.
- 12
Barbecue Sauce