I have 3 hours to cook spare ribs...

[icetea]

They've already been marinaded and I've just stuck them in the oven at 120 degrees C at 5.10pm.



I need them getting ready to serve around 8pm as I'll have hungry kids ready to eat then. I had planned to cook them slowly (starting earlier than this) then finish them off on the barbecue but she wanted me just to cook them in the oven at a high temperature for 45 minutes.

How best to do this? Maybe oven at 120 till 8pm then a quick 10 mins on the barbecue while I get the rest of the meal ready? Will that be enough to make sure they're ready to eat?

thanks!

[Big Al.]

Low temp would be good, do you have a lid for that dish as bit of steam in the early (First 1 1/2 hours) might assist in getting them tender.
Then take the lid off, baste and finish.

ETA

If no lid tight fitting Ali foil.

Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 16th January 17:37

[icetea]

Cheers, no lid but do have foil on them and fully pushed in.

[dazco]

Do you have a pressure cooker?

[icetea]

No pressure cooker

Kids were crying they were hungry so turned the heat up then took them out at 7.45pm, they're eating them now. I had a few, a bit tougher than I'd have liked but wasn't worth suffering a couple of complaining children for another 2 hours to get them perfect !

[Hoover.]

I stick mine on a wire rack on a backing tray with either water or a can of beer poured on the tray... covered in foil and 140 deg, for 2 hrs..... then remve foil, up the temp, brush over sauce of choice every 10 - 15 mins for about half and hour....... result is sticky coated ribs, that come clean off the bone...

a bit late though for helping you tonight

[Big Al.]

If you hadn't already shoved them in the oven I would have suggested boiling them for 1/2 hour or so, then roasting them.

[xuy]

Big Al. said:

If you hadn't already shoved them in the oven I would have suggested boiling them for 1/2 hour or so, then roasting them.

+1 but I simmer them in the marinated for a couple of hours