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Sweet Heat Ribs

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner

Ingredients
  

  • 3-3 ½ pounds pork spareribs
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Aleppo pepper
  • 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne
  • Olive oil

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a metal bowl, mix all the spices together
  3. Drizzle olive oil over the ribs and sprinkle the rub. Using your hands, evenly coat the ribs with the rub on both sides
  4. Place the ribs on a metal baking sheet and place on the lower rack of the oven.
  5. Keep an any on the ribs. About half an hour of cooking, flip the ribs and cover with aluminum foil, and move onto the middle rack. If you also see the brown sugar darkening, you can flip the ribs then as well. Continue cooking for the remaining time
  6. Once finished, let ribs rest, and serve with your favorite side
  7. For the Potatoes
  8. Peel and clean about 5 or 6 large Russet potatoes and let them soak in hot water for about 10 minutes
  9. Dry them off and cut them in wedges
  10. Place them on a baking sheet and drizzle olive oil over them. Sprinkle some of the dry rub on them
  11. Place in the over for the last 30-35 minutes of the ribs baking or until the potatoes become fork tender
  12. Serve with the ribs