BBQ Country-Style Pork Ribs - Sous Vide

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 pound pork spareribs
• 0.5 teaspoons red pepper flakes , Optional
• 0.25 teaspoons five-spice powder , Optional
• 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper , Optional
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring , Optional
• 0.5 cups barbecue sauce , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix salt and sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle all over ribs. Coat with red pepper flakes, five-spice powder, and black pepper. Slide ribs into a large vacuum-seal bag; pour in liquid smoke. Seal.

2. 2

   Immerse bag in a heat-proof container of water with a sous vide cooker. Set temperature to 140 degrees F (60 degrees C); cook for 8 hours.

3. 3

   Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and turn on the broiler. Place a wire rack on top of a baking sheet.

4. 4

   Pull ribs out of the bag; spread onto the prepared baking sheet and brush with barbeque sauce.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and continue baking until other side bubbles, 2 to 3 minutes more.