If you click on my
"Cooking with Soda" tag, you'll see I've often done pork roasts and/or beef roasts with Sprite or cola or root beer. But over the last year or 2, I've been using root beer to help finish off my pork rib recipe. I start by
following this recipe all the way through the dry rub and instant pot cooking (I'm not an instant pot freak, but I use it when it can be helpful). But then when it says to finish under the broiler, I jump outside to my grill instead.
I add some BBQ sauce and a little honey, and I get just a little char forming on both sides (I like just a little char). And then I douse it all in a little root beer.
Here was the scene last night when I did some ribs for supper:
![Root Beer Baby Back Ribs Root Beer Baby Back Ribs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNgRwp9JLuzPWGMywPncE3c1M_jIpLraTjWaizcHzbOAlbR32mfY4TvSmSFZaexPNUIn3cmVmMNuOWIblZs5FEBKxkg4QOnss6OD9LT-obRfvE-kslajzCDlYrU432RNyACzhqOHScSHOKruCuvfFDW2ngvibL7gP9z2eanSixZy0zGDYzKRsNzJSrso/w550-h640/IMG_0937_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
Root beer ready to help finish these ribs. |
![Pork Ribs with Root Beer Pork Ribs with Root Beer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpJkLQKnMxorKHmtPI3D3JBG5BREDhryln114vKeslfJfSBvnk0ZU1Piuf6p8U9789RQGDoDFCqtlzSnhntKhp4GPMu7aGTrXHuosBRszdVPvnq25ID7GCyc3tUtSwTkNx8fpjduApfNMNCxLpXWhez-IlQeVrws1LUZYQjcy8e50ZMZg3erSI6M1azo/w640-h588/IMG_0938_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
Pouring on a little extra sweetness. |
![Pork Ribs with Root Beer Pork Ribs with Root Beer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWvxCu4j6zC4cZBP5Y8eAiQIpOR4yN4WsSLwuVduo4oCRj02WmfgsDWbQm-XNXlyMDkfdn4VtRkYQLzpsDRUFnLR1YLwnTb3Bjy947DQBIgvZYC1e1rWKZg-hmWXoulRheubglBxbdaTgGVw_289VnuHQ0r8hUee24xXAoe7P4a0BYFBSJAf_33xCqSU/w640-h624/IMG_0939_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
Root beer pooling on the "bone" side of the ribs. It stayed nicely, and I closed the lid for a few minutes. |
![Pork Ribs with Root Beer Pork Ribs with Root Beer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjezklzI4ilIlog5tymq8enAHe3SOL2d2ioUEUIPResbKkwYtgkH_Tp7fOF58-gVLGoHLCVLDMQqij5ELlAFZ4NNxr5XYnXUGEDAH-nqZuTudFcdWL73gYrh6bPFpnh3gumgUHpnYwlq2x84b2dMCwtecSpxZQWBeKWpP8hOy7J-uBmUcBG9jt1ihnBY/w514-h640/IMG_0940_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
After grilling both sides, I wrapped it tight with foil and poured some extra root beer in there as well. |
![Pork Ribs with Root Beer Pork Ribs with Root Beer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8KuQAufBD-bmn2EEuqJew1LJtGDx0PGWtycqRp_bD03vgW2DDj6hSs4WDuV9nu6oXgpKwVXnnlOZfzei-Ub2CFTapECfTw7L6ndBrQFNWIPNgtUXb-qrMCz_d0Pam5cZs23zP_w3Fr_T5XiVlsGGlpG6kTYhcBsNCjnY9tXrf0kz99AIZpmaH5NFe98/w532-h640/IMG_0941_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
Back in the house, I opened it after 45 mins after it absorbed some juices/BBQ/root beer. The dry rub is tasty, and the root beer adds to it! Ready to fall off the bone. |
![Pork Ribs with Root Beer Pork Ribs with Root Beer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGDhvrrnPmLAeWKobQ4EtiGV0LoqrNRlaY2SgwEEJ8TZuzpAqEzeAFz6fT98qNmtdYXqzstj5B4N6piAGo_EpB_IL3wHkfJVic8hEwHZbn8tPvherH3LM8r_1H6y3FzoQOhKoRVqJs50o7fcMValvv43g3cyKUDMGsOKgf7MMQrlKB26WqWMNY6YOMkA/w530-h640/IMG_0942_root_beer_ribs.jpg) |
A meal of root beer ribs, cheesy garlic bread, jalapeƱo poppers, and apples. NICE! |
My boys like this a lot too! We had 2.5 lbs of ribs, and we had 0 left overs.
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