Fall off the bone tasty ribs

Friends are coming this weekend to visit us here on the mountain.  I want to be a good hostess and offer some yummy food.  So I have opted for some fall off the bone delicious ribs and some tri tip.  Of course with guests here I'll be chasing Roo around and will not have time to 'man' the barbeque myself.  I am having one of the menfolk take over grill duties but not before I prep the meat!

For the past few days I have had the ribs soaking in a pot of citrus juice and spices.  Once they are ready I will rinse them and rub them down with my fab rib rub that makes them soooooo yummy!

Rub Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 tablespoons black pepper
• 1 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons cumin powder
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 to 4 tablespoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

Hey Grill, you rub me the right way!

I love barbeque.

Let me correct myself.

I love GOOD barbeque.

For this reason I am always looking for good recipes for rubs and trying them out.  Here is my most recent experiment...


I got a good deal on tri tip and wanted to grill it.  I am sick of bottled sauces so I wanted to try my hand at a rub.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried chipotle chile powder
• 2 tablespoons peppercorns (fresh ground pepper should be fine)
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin 
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder 
• 1 teaspoon dried cilantro 

Preparation

Grind peppercorns in the spice mill; transfer to bowl with chiles. Stir in brown sugar, cumin salt, and mustard powder.

Spread on tri tip to coat and let the meat rest in the fridge for at least an hour. 

Grill to your taste.

I know tri tip is suppose to be pink in the middle but while I was grilling we had a "visitor" come up to the house and we had to go inside til he left.

 

I used the leftover rub with a little olive oil to coat the veggies and grilled those too.  Everything was spicy and yummy!