Awesome BBQ Ribs

My good friend Beth gave me these tips on making ribs....And they turned out incredibly! Ohh they were soo good!  The meat was very tender and fell off the bone in a perfect way!  I used to roast mine slowly in the oven, but that will be a thing of the past!  I love how these have great grilled flavor! They were better than any restaurant ribs I have had! Thanks Beth (and Pete for the grilling tips)!!  This is an overnite recipe so make note!

These ribs are par-boiled, then marinated overnight in BBQ sauce, and then grilled!  Oh so FABULOUS!

I marinated mine overnight in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, and basted with Sticky Fingers barbeque sauce.

You grill them for about 20 minutes, flipping and basting every few minutes.

AWESOME BBQ RIBS

baby back ribs

bbq sauce

Cut ribs to fit into a large stockpot.  Cover with water and bring to a boil.  Keep at a rolling boil uncovered, for 2 hours, adding water if needed to keep them covered.  Remove from water, and cool slightly.  Place in container or ziplock bag and coat with bbq sauce.  Marinade overnight in the sauce.  Heat grill to medium to high heat (about 400-500 degrees).  Place ribs on grill like pictured above.  Cook for 5 minutes covered.  Flip and baste ribs in bbq sauce.  Continue flipping and basting ribs every couple minutes, for about 20 minutes or until meat becomes very tender and starts to fall off the bones.  Serve immediately and dig in!! Make sure you have lots of napkins!

Tangy Pulled Pork Sandwiches

I hardly ever cook pork.  In fact this was only my third time cooking it!  This morning I was trying to find a recipe that would be quick and easy, and I found this!  Tangy Pulled Pork Sandwiches from the February/March 2010 Taste Of Home Magazine.  What made things even more fabulous, was that it cooks in the crock pot AND pork tenderloin was on sale this week at the grocery store!

So I tried it and was pleasantly surprised! It was quite tasty! The only thing was that it tasted pretty salty.  We try to eat low sodium (more heart healthy!) so next time I would probably cut the sauce in half and add a little water to the sauce.  But, if you are used to a regular sodium diet, you probably wouldn't notice it being salty at all! :) So make adjustments as you see fit!

Mmm!

Raw pork tenderloin.  I bought mine on sale for $3.99 a lb.

Mix the sauce ingredients together and pour over pork.  It's quite a bit of sauce, so that is why I figured I could easily cut it in half!

Remove pork after 4-5 hours of cooking on low in the crock pot.  

Then shred with two forks.  The meat was so tender it shredded very easily!  Then put the meat back in the sauce remaining in the crock pot. 

These are the rolls I bought.  I found them in the Walmart Bakery and they were excellent! I even warmed them like the package says :)

I served my sandwiches with Roasted Asparagus. A very yummy and simple meal! 

TANGY PULLED PORK SANDWICHES

 1 pork tenderloin (1 lb.)

1 cup ketchup

2 T. plus 1 1/2 tsp. brown sugar

2 T. plus 1 1/2 tsp. cider vinegar

1 T. plus 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 T. spicy brown mustard

1/4 tsp. pepper

4 kaiser rolls, split

Cut the tenderloin in half; place in slow cooker.  Combine the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and pepper.  Pour over pork.

Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours in slow cooker or until meat is tender.  Remove meat; shred with two forks.  Return to slow cooker and heat through.  Serve on rolls.