Cheat's Ribs

Most nights when I get home from work I'm far too exhausted to put much effort into my meals. Don't get me wrong, I love to cook and try new things but after a long working day my energy supplies dwindle.

So came about my Cheat's 4 ingredient ribs (despite the name, please no associations with the book!). In the past when I've cooked ribs I boil up a BBQ marinade/sauce that takes no fewer than 20 very random ingredients. Tonight I cheated and used a pre-made spice blend, a bottle of BBQ sauce and some beer. The results were surprisingly delicious!

Cheat's Four Ingredient Ribs
Serves 2

500g pork ribs
1/4 cup BBQ spice blend (I used Herbie's Smokey Barbecue Spice)
200ml beer
1/4 cup BBQ sauce

Preheat oven to 160ºC. While oven is heating, line a baking tray with foil (be generous as foil rips easily and the ribs get sticky). Lay ribs out on the tray and rub spice blend liberally all over ribs. Pour beer over the ribs before covering with more foil and placing in the oven. After an hour, remove the top layer of foil, pour over BBQ sauce and let bake for another 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven and 'carve' the ribs up into single pieces before serving.