Broiled Ribs with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

How to Broil Ribs and a Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe

I scored a great deal on boneless pork ribs and made plans to grill them. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate with my plans. 

Fall arrived last weekend at our house and brought high winds and rain with it, so my plans for barbecue ribs was shifted from the grill to my oven where I broiled them.

Broiling ribs is actually quite easy.

How to Broil Ribs

My very old oven did not come with a broiler pan, so I improvise and place foil over a large cookie sheet. Before broiling the ribs, I created a rub and worked it into the meat. Then I broiled the boneless ribs for 10 minutes on each side.

After broiling the ribs for 10 minutes on each side, I coated them with homemade barbecue sauce and broiled them for another 10 minutes.

I made a triple batch of ribs. One for dinner and two for the freezer. Boom!!!

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Broiled Ribs with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

How to broil ribs plus a homemade BBQ sauce recipe. It's way easier than you think, and ridiculously delicious!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: how to broil ribs

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

Ribs and Rub

• 3 lbs. boneless ribs
• Tbsp onion powder
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 1 Tbsp paprika or smoked paprika
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Homemade BBQ Sauce

• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp ground mustard

Instructions

• Preheat oven to broil.
• Remove the fat from the ribs if necessary.
• Combine the onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and pepper. Rub it into the meat.
• Broil ribs about 5 – 6 inches from flame for 10 minutes on each side.
• While the ribs are cooking, combine all of the barbecue sauce ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook over a medium flame until it reaches a boil. Lower flame and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour half of the barbecue sauce in a bowl and save it for serving with the cooked ribs.
• Use the other half of the sauce to coat the ribs. Once the ribs are coated, broil them for 10 more minutes.
• Serve the ribs immediately. You can pour the remaining barbecue sauce over the ribs or serve it on the side for dipping.