Recipe File: Country-style Christmas meal

MANILA, Philippines - With some help from Glad kitchen wraps and bags and Eugene Raymundo, chef/food stylist and part-owner of Five Cows Restaurant and Kitch Café, you won’t regret going country style on Christmas Eve. 

 When preparing this recipe, chef Eugene strongly recommends using Glad Aluminum Foil and Glad Zipper Bags. According to him, Glad Zipper bags help cut marinating time in half as the meat absorbs the marinade faster when air is removed before sealing. 

Orange Barbecue Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients:

 2 - slabs - baby back ribs, cut into halves

1 - tsp.  - salt

1/4 - tsp. - pepper

1/2  - tsp. chili powder

1/2 - tsp. - garlic powder

1 - pc. - orange, juice extracted

zest of 1 orange

1/4 - cup - honey

1/4 - cup - brown sugar

1/2 - cup - tomato catsup

1 - tbsp. - Worcestershire Sauce

1 - tbsp. - minced garlic

1/2 - tsp. - chili powder

pinch - cinnamon

1 - tsp. - salt

1/8 - tsp. - pepper

 Procedure:

1.   Pre-heat oven to 175F.

2.   Place ribs in Glad Freezer Zipper Bag. Add salt, pepper, chili powder and garlic powder. Massage for a few seconds and marinate for at least 1 hour.

3.   Wrap each slab in Glad Aluminum Foil and bake for 3 hours.

4.   To make the barbecue sauce, blend all remaining ingredients (orange juice, zest of orange, honey, brown sugar, tomato catsup, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic, chili powder, cinnamon, salt and pepper) until smooth.

5.   Open Glad aluminum foil and pour barbecue sauce over ribs and bake at 350F for 30 minutes, or until golden in color.