Best-ever Country-style Ribs

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons dry rub seasonings, recipe follows (i usually use a little more)
• 4 lbs country-style lamb ribs (i prefer bone-in, but you could use boneless)
• 3 cups ketchup
• 1 1/2 cups beer (beer is better) or 1 1/2 cups water (beer is better)
• 3/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard (such as french's yellow mustard)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar (light or dark, doesn't matter)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 rub dry rub all over ribs. place in a glass baking dish; cover and refrigerate several hours or, even better, overnight.
• 2 stir together ketchup, beer (or water), vinegar, worcestershire sauce, mustard, brown sugar (add more, if you like your sauce sweeter), oregano, basil, thyme, and pepper in a medium-size bowl.
• 3 transfer ribs to a 5-quart dutch oven. reserve 1 cup sauce for basting later; pour remainder over ribs. cover pot and cook the ribs over low heat for about 45 minutes or until ribs are tender. (ribs may be prepared up to a day ahead and refrigerated.).
• 4 prepare grill or heat broiler. remove ribs from sauce; discard sauce. spread ribs with half the reserved sauce.
• 5 cook ribs over medium coals (or medium direct heat on a gas grill) or broil until crispy and browned, about 5 minutes. turn ribs over. spread with remaining sauce. cook 5 minutes more.
• 6 dry rub for country-style ribs: combine 2 tablespoons salt, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons dried lemon peel (found in the spice section of your supermarket), 3 tablespoons black pepper, and 1 tablespoon paprika in a small bowl. store unused dry rub in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.