Oven BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Carole Webster of Penn Valley, California won first place at the Nevada County Fair with this oven-roasted recipe. Serve with roasted potato spears and your favorite salad.

Recipe Ingredients:

2 racks baby back pork ribs, about 4 pounds total
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 (12-ounce) can beer
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce, or to taste

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C).
2. Combine onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper, stir until well blended.
3. Rub onion powder mixture evenly on ribs.
4. Place ribs on broiler rack and pan and place in oven.
5. Pour beer and water in bottom of pan through spaces of broiler rack.
6. Cover ribs with foil, seal tightly, cook 1 1/2 hours or until tender.
7. Heat broiler.
8. Remove foil, brush barbecue sauce evenly over both sides of ribs and broil 4 inches away from heat source 2 to 3 minutes or until bubbling and beginning to brown.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of National Pork Board.