John's Marinated Oven Braised Pork Ribs

1 pkg Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs (there were 5 in the package I bought)

1 can Mountain Dew

2 tsp dry mustard

1/4 cup Lite Soy Sauce

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tsp Liquid Smoke

1 tbsp diced pickled jalapeno peppers

2 tbsp olive oil

Garlic Salt & Pepper, to taste

BBQ Sauce (I like Sweet Baby Ray's)

Wash the pork pieces and place in a casserole dish (or you can do this in a ZipLoc Bag). Combine the next 6 ingredients, pour over the pork, cover (or seal the bag) and refrigerate for several hours.

Drain the marinade, reserving about 1/2 cup. Place the reserved marinade in a 9x13" baking dish.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Season and brown the drained pork well on both sides in the skillet.

Place pork in the 9x13" pan with the marinade, cover and seal tightly with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until very tender. Remove the foil, spoon a generous amount of BBQ sauce on each piece of pork and return to the oven for about 10 minutes.

Juicy, Tender and Easy!

Cayenne Cinnamon Baby Back Ribs

Cayenne Cinnamon Baby Back Ribs

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 tablespoon garlic powder

2 teaspoons paprika

2 teaspoons smoked paprika

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoon cayenne powder

1 teaspoon sea salt

3 pounds pork baby back ribs

Your favorite BBQ Sauce, if desired

Preheat oven to 375F (or prepare your grill if you like to sweat). Remove the tough membrane from the underside of the ribs. Wash them well and pat dry.

In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, garlic powder, both paprikas, ground cinnamon, cayenne and salt. Place ribs on a double layer of tin foil (large enough to wrap around ribs) and season the ribs on both sides with the rub. Fold over foil and completely cover ribs.

Place ribs on baking sheet or roasting pan. Bake 1-1/2 hours or until meat starts to pull away from bones.Carefully open foil. Brush ribs with BBQ Sauce if desired. Return to oven (leaving foil open) and roast 30 minutes. Carefully turn ribs over, brush with more BBQ sauce and bake for 15-30 minutes more or until ribs are very tender and browned.

These are delicious! Falling apart tender and very flavorful.

Adapted from a recipe at steamykitchen.com