Creamy Gravy Covered Beer Braised Country Style Pork Ribs

Description

Country-style pork ribs are about the cheapest meat available on a regular basis in the store. Due to this, my family eats them fairly regularly. Although we like barbecued country-style pork ribs, we needed a change. This recipe is a compilation of what i liked best from different recipes and put them together to make my own. My 10-year old son deemed “the best ever!” hope you like this change from the ordinary.

Ingredients

• Kosher Salt
• Cracked Black Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Onion Powder
• Oil
• Country-style Boneless Pork Ribs
• Onions
• Beer
• Water
• Pork Gravy Mix
• Cream Of Mushroom Soup
• Lipton Onion Soup Mix
• Fresh Mushrooms

Instructions

1. Mix salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder in small bowl or ziploc bag and then sprinkle liberally over ribs
2. Allow the seasoned ribs to sit for about 20 minutes at room temperature
3. Heat oil in large heavy-bottomed, oven-proof dutch oven
4. Brown the ribs on all sides
5. Do not crowd them while browning, if it takes two batches, let it take two batches
6. Once ribs have browned well, remove them to a plate
7. Preheat oven to 375f
8. There should be ample rendered fat, but if there is more than about 4 tablespoons, remove the excess
9. Place all sliced onions in the bottom of the pan and allow them to start to take on just a bit of color
10. Pour in about 1 / 4 can of beer to deglaze the bottom of the pan while the onions continue to cook
11. Once the bottom of the pan is deglazed, return ribs to the pan
12. Pour in the rest of the beer
13. This should just barely cover all of the ribs and onions
14. Cover and bake at 375f for 1 1 / 2 to 2 hours
15. When you remove the dutch oven from the oven, be prepared for the onions to have cooked down into gooey lusciousness, and the sides of the pan to look like a disaster
16. Dont worry it will taste great
17. Remove the ribs and the onions from the pan
18. Turn oven down to 325f
19. Use the water that you will be using to make the pork gravy mix with to deglaze the bottom on the pan, then add the mix according to the instructions on the packet
20. Once the gravy has thickened, mix in cream of mushroom soup, the dry onion soup mix and the mushrooms
21. Place ribs and onions back in the dutch oven and stir so that the gravy is covering the ribs
22. Cover the dutch oven again, and return to the oven heated to 325f
23. Cook for about 1 hour
24. Serve with mashed potatoes, noodles or rice