this weekend, jully came to visit me. we had been planning this visit for a while and finally our schedules synced up to make it happen. the plan was for us to exchange our birthday/christmas presents and cook some nice ribs. if you have been reading the blog, you know that i have mentioned jully in a few posts before.  jully is one of my many cousins (there are a lot of us in the family, mostly girls). she is two years younger than me and we are really close. i always have fun with her and this time was no exception. we cooked, laughed, shared some chismes (gossip) and, of course, drank some wine.  jully did most of the cooking and food styling while i became her sous chef. it was fun to leave my kitchen to someone else.  

these ribs are easy to make; but the only thing about them is that they take about 3 1/2 hours to make. so if you are really hungry, eat a snack before you start. hahaha!

so here is the recipe for jully’s barbecue ribs!!

INGREDIENTS:
6lbs pork spare ribs
4 tbs of adobo
2 tbs paprika
3 1/2 tbs granulated garlic
3 1/2 tbs of ground, dry oregano
1 tbs of ground pepper
2 pkgs of seasoning powder with achiote
1 1/2 bottles of sweet baby ray’s bbq sauce 
1 cup of water 

INGREDIENTS:
trim the excess fat from the ribs and season them with all of the dry ingredients. 

the adobo:

paprika, dry oregano, pepper:

ground, dry oregano; garlic and achiote:

rub the seasoning onto the ribs. massage the ribs well.

place the ribs bone side down and pour the water onto the sides of the pan. cover the ribs with foil paper and bake for an hour at 375º F.

take the ribs out after an hour.

this is what they looked like right after the oven:

take the ribs out of the baking dish and place them in a plate. 

discard the water from the dish and place the ribs back in it. 

douse the ribs with the bbq sauce. jully insisted on using sweet baby ray’s. i had never even heard of it but now that i have tasted it i can see why she is all about it. sbr’s is awesome! 

coat the ribs with the bbq sauce making sure they are well coated. 

do this with all the ribs and cover them with foil paper.

bake them for 2 hours at 300º F. this is what they looked like after 2 hours in the oven.  

we made all of them. baked them in 2 pans. 

these ribs were juicy and tangy. they were so tender, the meat was falling of the bone. 

i am so grateful to jully for coming to cook with me.  these ribs were delicious!  

hopefully she will come cook with me again. it is always a fun time. 

thank you for stopping by the blog. i hope you have a fantastic week!! 

hasta luego,

as usual, these brands we use (goya, sweet baby ray’s) did not compensate me to use them. as a matter of fact, they don’t even know i am writing about them.