sticky BBQ spare ribs with a coffee and pepper rub recipe

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg pork ribs
• coffee rub
• 2 T Sea Salt or smoked salt
• 1 T black peppercorns
• 1t sumac
• 3t ground coffee
• 1/2t garlic powder (optional)
• 1t cocoa powder
• barbecue sauce
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 3 T olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 T tomato paste
• 2 T Worcestershire sauce
• 1 T + 1 t Dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/4 cup of tomato sauce
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 3/4 cup of honey
• 1 – 2 T chopped chipotle chilli in adobo sauce (2 = quite hot)
• 1/2t cumin
• 1/2 t smoked paprika
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Instructions

1. Place all the ingredients in a spice grinder and pulse until it turns into a fine powder. Be careful not to inhale this when you open the lid. Rub both sides of your pork belly ribs with the rub, place in a ziploc bag and store in the fridge to marinade over night.Remove your ribs from the fridge about an hour before you cook them, bringing them back to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Place the ribs in a metal oven dish, cover tightly with foil and cook for 2.5 hours.
3. While the ribs are cooking, make the barbecue sauce. Sauté the onion in the olive oil until soft – about 5 minutes. Add the red wine vinegar and allow the liquid to almost cook off. Add all the other ingredients and cook on a low simmer until the sauce thickens – about an hour. If you find it is too thick, thin it down with a bit more water. Allow it to cool and then process this to a smooth consistency using a hand-held blender. Or, you can leave it a little chunky.
4. After 2.5 hours, remove the foil and baste both sides of the ribs with the sauce, and continue to cook. Turn after 15 minutes and cook the other side.
5. You should have a little extra sauce to serve these ribs with, along with wet wipes and loads of napkins.
6. Potato wedges, sweet potato chips and slaw are excellent accompaniments for these ribs.