Spare Ribs with Mop Sauce

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Spare Ribs with Mop Sauce

Grilled Spare Ribs are a great option for weekend cookouts and get togethers with friends and family. Seasoned with our favorite dry rub and grilled with hardwood smoke for tender, juicy and flavorful pork ribs.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 40

Cuisine: American

Servings: -6 Servings

Calories: 520kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

1 cup V8 Juice
1 cup Real Cane Syrup or Molasses
½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 tablespoon Spicy Brown Mustard
1 tablespoon Hot Sauce
1 rack spare ribs

Instructions

Make the mop sauce for a marinade. Add the V8 juice, cane syrup, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and hot sauce to a saucepan. Whisk together.
Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
Cut spare ribs into thirds.
Place in a gallon size zip top bag.
Pour half of the sauce over the ribs, press the air out of the bag and seal.Turn the bag over several times, coating the ribs. Refrigerate 1 - 4 hours.
Prepare a grill fire to about 350° using pecan or hickory for smoke flavor.
Remove ribs from marinade and place ribs on the grill over indirect heat. Discard marinade.
Cook with the grill closed for about 30 minutes. Brush additional sauce over the ribs.
Continue to cook another 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Check with a digital thermometer, continuing to cook until internal temperature reaches about 190- 200°.
Remove ribs from grill onto a rimmed baking sheet and rest about 10 minutes.
Slice between the rib bones.
Brush with more sauce and serve immediately.

Notes

HOW TO STORE AND REHEAT:

Store leftover ribs in a zip top bag in the refrigerator up to 4 days.
Store mop sauce in a covered container in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
To reheat, brush with additional sauce. Wrap in aluminum foil and heat in a 350° oven for about 15 minutes or place in an air fryer for about 4 minutes at 350°.

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