Southwest Riblets Recipe

Wonderful barbeque rib recipe. You will likely find it much simpler is the butcher handles cutting the ribs as needed.

• Meal Type: Entree
• Ethnicity: Other
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 1/2 c Onion; chopped, 1 medium
• 1 tb Red chiles; ground
• 3 Cloves garlic;finely chopped
• 1/2 oz Baking chocolate; grated
• 2 tb Cider vinegar
• 2 tb Sugar
• 2 tb Vegetable oil
• 6 Juniper berries; dried,crush
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 1 c Water
• 6 oz Tomato paste; 1 cn.
• 3 lb Pork back ribs; fresh, cut lengthwise across the bones

Directions

1. Cook and stir onion in oil in 2-quart saucepan 2 minutes
2. Stir in ground red chiles, juniper berries, garlic and salt
3. Cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
4. Stir in chocolate until melted
5. Pour water, vinegar and tomato paste into food processor workbowl fitted with steel blade or into a blender container
6. Add onion mixture and sugar; cover and process until well blended
7. Heat oven to 375 Degrees F
8. Cut between pork back ribs to separate
9. Place in a single layer in roasting pan, pour sauce evenly over pork
10. Bake uncovered 30 minutes; turn pork
11. Bake until done, about 30 minutes longer.