Grandma 'drea's BBQ Pork

Submitted by Misses Wilson

"I always loved to come home and smell this in the oven!! You can use ribs, chops or anything really and it's simply mouth watering! The first time I made this I had everything except the tomato paste so I boiled down some V-8, cut back on the amount of water and simmered the whole yummy mess til I got what I was looking for. My mother (now known as Grandma 'Drea) swears this is not an original recipe but that credit is due to Sunset Magazine for first using it as a BBQed beef sandwich/sloppy joe recipe. Either way I now give to you all my favorite recipe of all time..."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs pork ribs or 1 1/2 lbs pork chops
• 1 stalk celery (chopped)
• 1⁄2 small onion (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon garlic (minced)
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste (with enough water to make a thick sauce)
• 1⁄4 cup vinegar
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar (loose not packed)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon liquid smoke (I used a hickory flavored pwdr)

directions

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 350`.
2. Brown your meat in a deep skillet then set in a baking dish (I use our the bottom of our broiling pan).
3. Saute celery and onion in the same deep skillet you just browned the meat add a little bit of whatever you have laying around (ie: olive/vegetable oil, butter/margarine, etc) if needed.
4. Add everything else. bring to a simmer for 3-5 mins or until sauce has reached the consistency of a bottled BBQ sauce.
5. Pour over the meat.
6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 350` for 20-30 mins uncovered then foil and continue baking for 1 hour.

Reviews

[kellychris]

I made this with ribs. This has the BEST sauce!! Kinda "bar-b-que-y", kinda sweet- DH & DD finally decided it was "awesome sauce". Wonderful! And my ribs did NOT dry out (which I hate!!). I will make this over and over!! Definitely will be served to guests!! Thanks so much- made for Spring PAC,2011.