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Try one of these Sweet Baby Ray's recipes at your next Chargers tailgate. Each week we will post a new recipe, so check back for new tasty recipes.

Spicy Spare Ribs

Ingredients:

  • Two 4-pound slabs spare ribs
  • Your favorite BBQ rub, as needed
  • 1/2 cup apple juice, divided
  • 2 cups of your favorite flavor Sweet Baby Rays Barbeque sauce
  • 1/2 cup hot sauce or to your taste

Preparation:

Prepare the smoker or grill for cooking over indirect low (275 degrees F) heat, using 2 parts cherry wood and 1 park hickory wood for flavor.
Peel the membrane off the back of the ribs. Season the ribs liberally with the rub. Place the ribs in the cooker, meaty side up. Cook for about 3 hours, or until the ribs have a nice brown color and are beginning to get soft. Remove the ribs from the cooker.

Lay out a big double-thick layer of heavy-duty aluminum foil for each slab. Lay the ribs on the foil meaty side up. As you begin to close up the foil into a package around the ribs, add 1/4 cup of the apple juice to each packet. Now wrap the ribs up tightly, being careful not to puncture the foil with the rib bones. Put the ribs back in the cooker for another 1 1/2 hours, or until they reach your desired degrees of tenderness.

Take the ribs out of the foil, and put them back on the cooker. Mix the Sweet Baby Rays Barbeque sauce with the hot sauce. Brush both sides of the ribs with some of the Sweet Baby Rays Barbeque sauce, and cook for another 20 minutes. Remove the ribs to a platter and let them rest for 5 minutes. Lay each slab on a cutting board, meaty-side down, and cut through the slab to separate every rib. Transfer them to a platter and serve with the remaining sauce on the side.

Makes 6 servings.

Barbecue Baked Beans

  • 3 to 4 16oz cans pork n beans
  • 1/2 Cup Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce
  • 1/2 Cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 Bell pepper chopped
  • 1/4 White onion chopped
  • 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons "Real" bacon bits

Mix all ingredients and heat over low-medium heat about 20 – 30 minutes until hot

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Barbeque Smoked Sausage

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup you favorite flavor Sweet Baby Ray’s bbq sauce
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 tbsp. dried cilantro
  • 2 (16 oz.) pkgs.smoked sausages
  • 1 medium onion, sliced

Directions:

Combine barbecue sauce, pepper, and cilantro in a small bowl.

Place links on foil sheets. Evenly distribute onion and barbecue sauce mixture over links. Fold foil to create a pouch.

Grill for 10—12 minutes until thoroughly heated. Open pouch carefully, and place links in buns and top with onions.

Serving size: 6 servings

BEER BARBEQUED TURKEY DRUMSTICKS 

  • 1 pkg. (2 1/2 lb.) frozen turkey drumsticks, defrosted
  • 1 c. Sweet Baby Rays barbeque sauce
  • 1/2 c. beer
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • Spiced peaches

Arrange turkey in baking dish. Mix barbeque sauce, beer, salt and pepper. Pour over drumsticks. Cover tightly and microwave on high 10 minutes.

Turn drumsticks over. Cover tightly and microwave on medium for 25 minutes. Turn drumsticks again and cover. Microwave until meat feels very soft when pressed, 25-40 minutes.

Barbecue Dip

Ingredients

  • 3 slices crisp and crumbled bacon
  • 8 ounces sour cream
  • 2 T Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce
  • 1/2 t Dill weed
  • Dash Worcestershire Sauce
  • Dash Tabasco Sauce
  • Fresh cracked black pepper

Combine above ingredients and serve with assorted fresh vegetables for a refreshing dip.