Cocoa chipotle babyback ribs

original blog post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2017/01/cocoa-chipotle-baby-back-ribs.html

Ingredients

To season

2 babyback ribs

4 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

½ teaspoon instant coffee

1 ½ teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Black pepper

1 teaspoon Chipotle powder

2 tablespoon oil

To Glaze

1 tablespoon brown sugar

½ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ cup dark rum

¼ teaspoon salt

To grill

4 pimento leaves (optional)

Instructions

Wash and pat dry the ribs
Season with cocoa powder, coffee, salt, black pepper, chipotle powder and oil
Make sure to rub all the ingredients into the meat
Wrap in foil place in the refrigerate and allow it to marinate for 24 hours
After it has marinated allow the meat to rest and come to almost room temp
Preheat the oven to 230 degrees F
Heat the grill to high heat, place the pimento leaves down on the grill and rest the ribs on top
Cover and allow it to infuse the smoke about 5 minutes per side
In a bowl combine all the glaze ingredients
Periodically baste the glaze on both sides of the ribs
Remove from the grill when a nice charred bar begins to develop
Place it onto several layers of thick heavy duty foil pour the remaining glaze ingredients onto the meat and wrap tightly with foil, but making sure to tent it so that there is room for steam to develop in the parcel.
Allow this to cook in the oven for 3-4 hours
After the time has elapsed remove from the heat and allow the ribs to rest
Pour off the excess juices and mix with salt, brown sugar, dark rum and cocoa powder, place in a sauce pan to thicken
Pour over the ribs and serve.