Make these Honey-BBQ Oven-Baked Ribs right in your own kitchen. Grab some wet wipes. Make all the mess you want, and enjoy!
Honey-BBQ Oven-Baked Ribs
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These pork ribs bake in your oven. They bake at a lower temperature – only 300 degrees F – and they hang out in there for a long time. While it’s not quite like slow-cooker short ribs that you forget about all day, you can most certainly ignore these Honey-BBQ Oven-Baked Ribs in your oven for a while.
This recipe works best with pork ribs, not beef ribs. Not sure what the difference is? Find out here.
I love mixing honey with my barbecue sauce. The honey cuts the tartness or spiciness of the BBQ sauce, and gives a nice sweetness. Add in some paprika, and you’ve got subtle smoky undertones to this sauce.
Prep for these ribs is so easy!
You need a baking sheet with a little bit of a lip. And please, line the pan with aluminum foil. (I like the heavy-duty stuff for this.) Some of the sauce will run off your ribs, and you don’t want it to get all over the inside of your oven. (Trust me.) And while the honey and brown sugar are cooking, they will caramelize, and burn on the baking sheet. If this happens on your baking sheet, you’ll be scrubbing for hours. If it happens on the aluminum foil you lined it with, you can just toss the foil!
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I used a full rack of pork ribs. If you can only find St. Louis ribs, those will work too. But they will probably be a bit smaller than 4 pounds. (To make St. Louis ribs, the butcher trims a rack of ribs down to an even rectangle. It makes them easier to cut apart later, but you lose some good meat.) Put the ribs, bony side down, on the baking sheet.
You’ll need two small bowls. In one, mix honey and barbecue sauce. In the other, mix paprika, brown sugar, and salt. Brush the sauce all over the ribs. The sprinkle the sugar mixture over the sauce. Get in there with your fingers and rub everything together so you’ve got the whole surface of the ribs covered. Then toss the ribs in a 300 degree oven.
Come back in about an hour and cover the ribs loosely with more aluminum foil. This will keep the top of the ribs from getting too dried out while they cook. Put the covered ribs back in the oven for another hour to an hour and a half (so 2-2.5 hours total cooking time). When the ribs are done, they will be fork-tender – meaning you’ll be able to pull some meat off with just your fork, no knife needed!
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Watch this short video to see how seriously easy these ribs are to make!
If you want something even easier, grab the recipe for these Honey-BBQ Ribs in your Instant Pot here!
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Honey-BBQ Oven-Baked Ribs
Ingredients
- 1 slab pork ribs approximately 4 pounds (This recipe works best with pork ribs, not beef ribs. If you're not sure about the difference, check out this post.)
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 2 Tablespoons barbecue sauce
- 1 Tablespoon paprika
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Line a lipped baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place ribs, meaty side up, on foil.
- Combine honey and barbecue sauce in a small bowl. Brush sauce over ribs.
- Combine paprika, brown sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over sauce on ribs. Using your fingers, rub sauce and sugar mixture around to evenly cover ribs.
- Bake ribs, uncovered, at 300 degrees for one hour.
- After one hour, loosely cover with aluminum foil. Bake for another 30-60 minutes, until ribs are fork-tender.
- Let stand for 3-5 minutes. Slice between ribs for single-bone sections.
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These look great. I’ll be trying these soon. Thanks for sharing on the Country Fair Blog Party this month!
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve got 2 more rib recipes coming this week, so if you like ribs, check back!
Looks delicious! Stopping by from the Country Fair Blog Party!
Hi Val, thanks for stopping by!
I love these recipes, the ribs and the oven fried chicken. Plan to make both.
I’m looking for a recipe for ” Baked Beans ” will check the recipe column . Thanks for sharing.
Hi Mary. I don’t have a recipe up for baked beans just yet. That’s a great idea for summer cookouts – I’ll get on it!
If I have honey bbq sauce, can I opt on adding extra honey?
Hi! so as a young adult in the beginning stages of learning to cook I found this recipe super easy and helpful! The ribs were AMAZING, thanks so much so haring the recipe! Will definitely be adding it to my cookbook =)
Yay, glad we could help!
If you are starting with a honey-bbq sauce, do a taste test first. If you want it a little sweeter, than add a little more honey. If you like the flavor of the sauce as it is, then don’t add any extra.