Coffee Maple Country Style Ribs

original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2020/09/coffee-maple-country-style-ribs.html

Ingredients

For the brine

8 country style Pork Ribs

½ cup sugar

¼ cup salt

water (enough to fully submerge the meat)

For the Rub

4 tablespoon Brown sugar

2 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon smoke paprika

2 teaspoon allspice

2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoon Instant coffee

To cook the ribs

1 cup brewed coffee

1 cup maple syrup

¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

• Mix together salt, sugar, and water and create the brine soak the pork in the brine mixture for 3 to 6 hours
• preheat oven to 300 degrees
• Rinse off the brine and pat dry the ribs thoroughly
• make dry rub sugar, onion powder, smoked paprika, instant coffee, salt, black pepper, and allspice
• season all surfaces of the meat liberally with the dry rub
• Sear on a hot grill for additional flavor, about 3 minutes per side (optional)
• place the meat in a foil pan or on a sheet pan covered in several layers of foil
• Pour in fresh brewed coffee
• Place another layer of foil on top sealing the edges to create a pouch.
• Place in the oven for 2 or 2 ½ hours
• Test the meat at the 2-hour mark it should be fork tender and early pull away from the bone
• Pour off pan drippings into a saucepan if there is too much fat in the drippings you can skim it off the top
• Add maple syrup, for a more intense coffee flavor, you can add a tablespoon more instant coffee here
• cook sauce until thick and bubbly
• Pour all the sauce over the tender meat ensuring to brush it in all the nooks and crannies