My husband absolutely loves beef ribs, he thinks of them as a special treat, and I am hoping he never sees this post to learn my secret of how easy they are to make! This truly is a “Finger-Lickin’ Good” recipe.
I make these three-ingredient barbecue beef ribs as appetizers for special dinner parties I host or a special dinner treat. They are so incredibly easy and always come out delicious. After you make these once, you will see why they are always the hit of the party. Enjoy!
Finger Lickin' Good 3-Ingredient Beef Ribs
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Author: Momma Chef
Serves: 5 servings
Ingredients
- Rack of beef ribs (about 4 pounds)
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup of your favorite barbeque sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Season all sides of the ribs with salt
- Add ¼ cup water to the bottom of a small pan (I like to use a disposable pan).
- Place ribs over water and bake 2 hours, covered tightly.
- Remove from the oven, uncover and brush generously with barbecue sauce.
- Bake uncovered another 30 minutes.
- Add one more coat of barbecue sauce before serving.
- *you can also make these in the crockpot/slow cooker. Place your ribs on the bottom of the slow cooker, pour ¼ cup water over the ribs and then pour ¾ cup barbeque sauce over the ribs. Bake on high for 3 hours then transfer ribs to an oven tray, add the remaining ¼ cup barbeque sauce on the ribs and broil for 5-10 minutes until the top is bubbling.
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I’ll have to share this recipe with my husband!!
I am SO excited for rib season! I love this simple straight forward recipe.
These look yummy! By the way, I love Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce, too.
My husband loves ribs! I’ll have to give this a try.
sounds good, I’m interested to try this recipe. do you lay the rib rack right on the water or on a metal rack suspended above the water? and, do they fall off the bone?
Hi William,
You put the ribs directly on the water, meat side up. Ribs are normally curved a bit, so it is really only the tips of the ribs that will be in the water. Hope that helps! Karen
That sure helped me. I had the same question!
Can ribs be put in a slow cooker?
Excellent. Thanks
Can beef ribs be cooked in a slow cooker?
Yes- absolutely! On low for 6-8 hours. Enjoy!
Either way you cook them in the oven or slow cooker are they covered? Sorry just learning
Hi-
If cooking in the oven you do not need to cover them, but in the slow cooker, you always want to cover whatever you are cooking. Hope that helps! Karen
Oh wow! This is really good! Can’t wait for our weekend BBQ gathering!
These sound so good! I love cookin up some good meat on a summer day!
Oooh! I have GOT to try these!
I can’t wait to make these!
I will have to try this for sure! We love ribs.