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Back Ribs with Sweet-Savory Sauce

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Oct 19, 2010
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Want the secret to tender and juicy ribs? These ribs are gently simmered then grilled, producing tender meat that falls from the bone.

Back Ribs with Sweet-Savory Sauce

  • Prep Time 45 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 6
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup chili sauce
  • 3/4 cup grape jelly
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons dry red wine or Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 4 1/2 lb pork loin back ribs
  • 3 cups water
Make With
Progresso Broth

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    To make sauce, in 1-quart saucepan, heat chili sauce, jelly, wine and mustard over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until jelly is melted.
  • Step 
    2
    Heat coals or gas grill for indirect heat. Cut ribs into serving pieces. Place ribs in 4-quart Dutch oven; add water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 5 minutes; drain.
  • Step 
    3
    Cover and grill pork over medium coals 15 to 20 minutes, brushing with sauce every 3 minutes, until pork is no longer pink and meat begins to pull away from bones.
  • Step 
    4
    Heat any remaining sauce to boiling, stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minute. Serve sauce with ribs.

Nutrition

585 Calories
37 g Total Fat
36 g Protein
28 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
585
Calories from Fat
335
Total Fat
37 g
Saturated Fat
14 g
Cholesterol
150 mg
Sodium
550 mg
Potassium
580 mg
Total Carbohydrate
28 g
Dietary Fiber
1 g
Protein
36 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
6%
6%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
14%
14%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 4 1/2 High-Fat Meat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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