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Friday, October 24, 2014

Beef Ribs and Beans on the Campfire




Another tractor rim cook from my last camp out. I've slow cooked a lot of pork spare ribs lately on the fire and decided to do some beef back ribs this trip.  I love them slow roasted over an open fire. I've tried foiling them half way through cooking......     Foiled ribs   .....but prefer un-foiled ribs the best.

Soaked some anasazi beans overnight...



Then placed them on the heat first, to let them simmer all day. I added beef stock, smoked pork, onions, garlic, red pepper flakes and a few herbs to the pot, then added more stock when needed.


Slathered the ribs with bacon drippings then seasoned with black pepper and coarse salt...



I let the ribs slow cook on the low heat side of the fire..flipped and rotated them every once in awhile. Added a log of wood when needed...










The ribs cooked for about 6 hours. I watched for the pullback on the bone that I wanted. Same as with pork ribs.



Added a few ears of corn...



and supper was ready!





I just needed one more hand to hold my cold beer. :)



Beef back ribs aren't very meaty but they sure taste good!

Still having photobucket, computer and blogger issues. I think it took over an hour to post these pics. lol
Maybe it's time for me to buy a new laptop!


8 comments:

cjbstar said...

That looks like a tasty meal. I have not cooked that kind of beans in a long time, but they are very good. Love corn on the cob, especially on the grill. Hope you caught some fish.

Rob said...

Looked good. The shot with the food cooking & the fishing poles looked great!

I just backed up my stuff onto a 1TB external hard drive (they are cheap these days), you are not the first person I've read about today having lap top problems..

cowgirl said...

Thank you cjbstar! I caught quite a few fish, enough to bring some home. :)
Hope you have a great weekend, thanks for stopping by!

cowgirl said...

Rob thanks! I set the poles out as soon as I got to the lake and they pretty much stayed baited and ready all week. :)
Thank you for the info on backing up the puter. I need to do that!

Hope you have a great weekend too, thanks for stopping by!

Jim Dorchak said...

Jeannie I am still working out the meat thing here in Chile. They do not have cuts of meat per say, they just cut up the meat and throw it in the display case at the butchers. The good news is that I can special order easily and that soon I hope to raise my own meat. Your beef ribs look great.

cowgirl said...

Jim that is interesting! I have friends in Europe that say the same thing as far as not being able to find the same cuts as here in the U.S.. I'm sure you will do great when you start raising and butchering your own. Nice that you can special order items too!
Bet the food and culture is wonderful down there!!
Thanks for stopping by, hope your weekend is going well. :)

Chris said...

I'm a big big fan of beef ribs but have never tried them on our tractor rim fire pit. I'll have to give that a shot this fall, great idea!

cowgirl said...

Thanks Chris! :)
Good to see ya!