When planning to make ribs one day, I remembered that a friend had given me homemade plum jelly. I stirred some into the sauce for a pleasant fruity accent.
—Ila Mae Alderman, Galax, VA
Prep: 5 min. • Bake: 11/4 hours Makes: 8 servings
4 to 41/2 lbs. bone-in country-style pork ribs
1 bottle (12 oz.) chili sauce
1 jar (12 to 13 oz.) plum preserves (or preserves of your choice)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 tsp. hot pepper sauce
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Place ribs in two ungreased 13x9-in. baking dishes. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes; drain.
2. In a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Set aside 3/4 cup of the sauce for serving.
3. Brush the ribs with some of the remaining sauce. Bake ribs, uncovered, until ribs are tender, for 30-45 minutes, turning and basting frequently with remaining sauce. Serve with reserved sauce.
8 oz. cooked ribs: 391 cal., 14g fat (5g sat. fat), 86mg chol., 1214mg sod., 40g carb. (35g sugars, 0 fiber), 27g pro.