Big Beef Ribs with Barbacoa Sauce

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-5

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chiles and Smoke: BBQ, Grilling, and Other Fire-Friendly Recipes with Spice and Flavor

By Brad Prose

Published 2023

  • About

Everyone stops to stare when big beef ribs are sliced open. The blade crushes through the crusty bark, revealing a scarlet ring surrounding impossibly juicy beef. Each bite is incredibly rich, packed with flavors of the smoke and spices. This is a special dish, not your everyday barbecue. I’m inspired by traditional barbacoa, the earthy flavors of chiles, herbs, and spices slowly cooked with meat over the open fire. Barbacoa has evolved over time, more commonly prepared in a steamy environm