BBQ Ribs

For those who are new to keeping kosher, and searching for new entrees for the BBQ season, let me share the deliciousness of beef short ribs.  When I was a kid, we'd always get to have our favorite meal for our birthday and my request was BBQ short ribs.  I was truly saddened and dismayed when years later I was offered those odd little slab ribs that looked so greasy and didn't appear to have any meat on them . . .

Beef short ribs are wonderful, they just require a bit of cooking before the grill.  I've even prepared them completely in the oven.

5# Beef Short Ribs
Water
Liquid Smoke
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Ground Mustard
Dashes of Ground Turmeric
Salt & Pepper
Favorite BBQ Sauce

Preheat oven to 300°.  In oven safe pan that will hold 5# of ribs, place just enough water to cover the bottom.  Add a few drops of liquid smoke.  Sprinkle spices on each piece of meat and arrange in pan, leaving room for steam to saturate the meat.  Cover and bake for 4 hours.  Turn off oven and leave pan in to cool about 30 min.
Remove from oven.  If you want to finish cooking in the pan, drain liquid and cover in BBQ sauce.  Place back in oven in covered pan for 2 hours @ 250° or place in outdoor smoker for 2-3 hours.  Meat will fall off the bone . . .