Dinner · 180 min · american

Dry-Rub Baby Back Ribs

An American dinner built around baby back ribs and brown sugar — on the table in 180 minutes. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 9 grams of protein per serving. It scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 racks Baby back ribs
• 1/4 cup Brown sugar
• 2 tbsp Paprika
• 1 tbsp Garlic powder
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 2 tbsp Mustard
• 1 cup Apple juice

Steps

1. Heat the oven to 300°F. Pull the thin membrane off the bone side of each rack — grip it with a paper towel and it peels right off.
2. Rub the ribs with mustard, then coat generously with the mixed dry rub.
3. Wrap each rack tightly in foil with a splash of apple juice.
4. Bake 2.5 hours, until the meat has pulled back from the bone ends.
5. Unwrap and brush with any collected juices.
6. Broil 5 minutes, watching closely, until the rub caramelizes and chars in spots.
7. Rest 10 minutes so the juices settle.
8. Slice between the bones and serve.

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