A few weeks ago we went to Carson's in Chicago. Carson's is famous for their ribs. Sometimes after a long day of work nothing sounds better than a full slab of sweet BBQ, fall off the bone baby back ribs.
We were impressed by Carson's but we left debating if we could make our own delicious ribs at home. Lo and behold a few weeks later it was the 4th of July and we decided to give it a try. And thus this blog was born.
What we are going to attempt to do is compete against the best restaurants that our city (and maybe some from our random adventures) has to offer. We may be biased but we will judge as best we can. After all, if there is one thing we like better than cooking together, it's eating together.
Judge for yourself how we did (seen above are our ribs).
General Preparation/Recipe (Note: recipe is a combination from Martha Stewart Living Magazine June 2010 and watching too much food network)
2 full slabs of pork baby back ribs (whole foods - $5.99 lb.)
Coat ribs with your favorite dry rub
Bake ribs until tender in 300-degree oven (approximately 2.5 hours)
Slather ribs with homemade bbq sauce (Matt's BBQ sauce recipe below)
Grill ribs on high heat (450-500 degrees) for 1-2 minutes per side (till gets a good char)
Serve ribs with extra BBQ sauce and your favorite sides.
Matt's BBQ sauce (clearly a large batch of BBQ sauce)
12 oz Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce
6 oz Sweet Baby Ray's Hickory Brown Sugar BBQ sauce
4 oz Honey Dijon Dressing
4 oz Worcestershire Sauce
4 oz Sangria (Red Wine can substitute)
Judgement: Homemade Wins!
Check back soon for more homemade restaurant challenges.
2 comments:
I think you need a neutral third party judge on some of these... I volunteer myself
Me too! Me too!
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