{"id":2111,"slug":"mexican-ribs","title":"Mexican Ribs","description":"These ribs use a Southwestern style rub, feature a sauce with a lot of prominent Mexican flavors, and are cooked over mesquite instead of hickory, which isn't very easy to find in the South, however mesquite is.","ingredients_raw":["1 slab St. Louis pork ribs","¼ cup light brown sugar","1 tbsp habanero chile powder","¼ cup ancho chile powder","1 tbsp dried Mexican oregano","1 tbsp salt","1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper","1 tbsp chipotle powder","1 habanero chile, seeded and minced","1 ½ cups barbecue sauce","¼ cup tequila (recommended: José Cuervo Especial)","Large mesquite chunks"],"ingredients_norm":["slab st. louis pork rib","light brown sugar","habanero chili powder","ancho chili powder","dried mexican oregano","salt","ground black pepper","chipotle powder","habanero chili","barbecue sauce","tequila","mesquite chunk"],"steps":["Combine sugar, chile powders, oregano, salt, and pepper. Remove membrane from ribs and rub both sides with mixture. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to marinate.","Combine tequila, habanero, and sauce. Bring to a boil in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Set aside.","Place enough mesquite chunks in a smoker to keep the temperature at 200°F. Place ribs in smoker and cook 7 hours, basting every hour with sauce mixture.","Brush meat side liberally with sauce mixture. Place sauce side-down on a high grill and cook until well-browned. Brush other side with sauce and repeat 1 more time.","Slice ribs into 1-rib portions and serve warm with remaining sauce."],"categories":["Pork recipes","Recipes using pork","Southwestern recipes","Tex-Mex recipes","Barbecue recipes","Smoked recipes","Recipes using habanero chile","Main course recipes","Recipes using tequila","Recipes using light brown sugar","Recipes using ancho chile","Recipes using chipotle chile"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Mexican_Ribs","source_ref":"4504632","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Mexican_Ribs&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"ad00bae46fb42c8f38d2a6c354ce1ac7dca90b048198c72280b17f42f2a3c072","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:09Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/mexican-ribs"}