Spicy Root Beer and Bourbon Glazed Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients

• 2 (12-ounce) cans root beer
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper jelly
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons steak sauce (recommended: Emeril's Steak Sauce)
• 1 teaspoon Caribbean Pick-A-Peppa sauce
• 6 whole cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• + 35 more ingredients
• • 1 orange, zested and juiced
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • ½ vanilla bean, split and scraped
  • 2 teaspoons bitters (recommended: Angostura)
  • 1 cup bourbon
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 to 5 pounds baby back ribs (2 full slabs, each cut in ½)
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • ¾ teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons granulated onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • 2 (12-ounce) cans root beer
  • 2 tablespoons hot pepper jelly
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons steak sauce (recommended: Emeril's Steak Sauce)
  • 1 teaspoon Caribbean Pick-A-Peppa sauce
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 1 orange, zested and juiced
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • ½ vanilla bean, split and scraped
  • 2 teaspoons bitters (recommended: Angostura)
  • 1 cup bourbon
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 to 5 pounds baby back ribs (2 full slabs, each cut in ½)
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • ¾ teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons granulated onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ½ cup chicken stock

1. To make the glaze, place all of the ingredients for the glaze in a 6-quart pot or larger, and cook over medium-high heat. Bring the contents of the pot to a boil, stirring often to dissolve the sugar. Once the mixture has come to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and allow the mixture to reduc...

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