A slow-cooked, fall off the bone, BBQ style meal for midweek, fills the belly, and sugar-free BBQ sauce so as not to expand it!
Ingredients:
1 kg pack of Beef short ribs
For the rub:
smoked paprika 2 tablespoons
chilli powder ½ tablespoon
ground cumin ½ tablespoon
sea salt ½ tablespoon
cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon
garlic powder 1 teaspoon of
fresh ground black pepper 1 teaspoon
For the sugar-free BBQ sauce:
Tomato puree- 2 tablespoons
Apple cider vinegar- 3/4 cup
Butter- 20g or around 1oz
Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce- 1 tablespoon
English mustard powder- 1 1/2 teaspoons
Smoked paprika 1 1/2 teaspoons
Black pepper 1 teaspoon
Here is how to make this recipe:
Put all the rub ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. Roll the short ribs in the rub mixture, covering them all over, then place the ribs in a bag, pour the remaining rub mixture over the ribs and seal bag. Place this in the fridge for up to 24hrs. This will give you the best flavour. Alternatively, once you have rubbed the short ribs, go to the next stage.
Beef short ribs in the BBQ rub
Line a roasting tin with foil and place the ribs on top. If you got them out of the fridge, let them rest for 20 minutes while you heat the oven. Wrap foil over the ribs and place in the oven heated to 350° F, 117 °C or gas mark 4. While your meat is cooking, make the sugar-free BBQ sauce. Add all the ingredients into a pan and bring to the boil steadily, let it bubble as it thickens for around 6-8 minutes. This sauce will keep for up to a week in the fridge if you’d like to make a batch up for other recipes.
Slow roast for 2hrs, the meat will be soft and tender and falling off the bone. You could choose to shred it with two forks or serve as is. Pour the sugar-free BBQ sauce over the meat.
We had this with pickled red cabbage, this was heated slightly and so gives it a sweet flavour, with mashed brussels sprouts (as we did not have savoy cabbage). However, you may choose to have a coleslaw or salad. This sugar-free BBQ sauce and rub also works well with baby back ribs and the beef steaks.
