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Barbecue Tarrasque Ribs - Monster Hunter Inspired Cooking
Simple, beginner-friendly oven-baked ribs made from the monstrous Tarrasque from Dungeons and Dragons, presented in the style of a Monster Hunter feast!
Servings 4 adventurers
Cost 30 gold
Equipment
- Large baking sheet
- Tin Foil
- Meat Thermometer
Ingredients
- 1 rack of ribs any style, any size
- barbecue spice rub we used a brown sugar sweet rub
- barbecue sauce see the notes for what we used
For a Monster Hunter style presentation
- a bowl of buns we used about 8 garlic knots from the store
- 3 meat/veggie kebabs we used pre-made ones we bought from the store, then fried them in a pan for a few minutes each side
- 1 large slice of watermelon or half a pineapple we used a third of a whole watermelon
- 1 orange sliced into several pieces
Instructions
- Pull the membrane off the underside of the ribs. Some butchers will have already done this for you. To do so, cut a small slice in the direction of the ribs about one quarter away from one of the ends of the rack. You should be able to stick your fingers in the slice and wiggle arround, trying to grab on the edge of the slice until you start pulling up a thin membrane. Gently, applying even pressure across multiple fingers, pull the membrane off the entire underside of the rack. Do your best to get it off in one piece and avoid it tearing to make the job easier. It's no big deal if some is still left on, you won't taste it. All this does is expose more of the meat to absorb the spices better.
- Generously rub your spice mix all over the ribs and leave them out to reach room temp for an hour.
- Preheat your oven to 275°F (135°C) and put the ribs on a large greased baking sheet. You may have to cut the rack in half to fit it, you won't want any dangling off to drip grease into your oven.
- Now you have to decide if you want a small crispy bark on the exterior of the ribs, or if you'd prefer they be as soft and tender as possible.
Bark Approach
- Cook the ribs uncovered until they reach an internal temp of 170°F (75°C), then remove them, cover with tin foil, and cook until 190°F (87°C). The first phase took us about 1.5 hours to reach, then the second phase was about another 20 minutes but this depends on the size of your ribs. Measure at about an hour and 15 minutes so it doesn't slip past you and overcook.
Soft Approach
- Cover the ribs with tin foil and cook until they reach an internal temp of 190°F (87°C), start measuring temp around an hour and a half
Now for both approaches again
- Remove the rack from the oven. Set the oven to a high broil.
- Remove the tin foil and slather the barbecue sauce over the ribs to your heart's content. We like it saucy so we were heavy-handed.
- Pop the uncovered ribs back in the oven to broil for about 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let them rest for at least 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
- Serve with your sides of choice or for a Monster Hunter style presentation skewer some meat/veggie kebabs into a watermelon or pineapple slice, toast some buns to serve in a bowl, and present everything together with garnishes of orange slices!
- Grant everyone a strength stat boost for their next Dungeons and Dragons session!
Notes
These ribs are as easy as can be and are great for beginner chefs looking to get into cooking some more "advanced" meats without getting in the weeds of complexity! We highly recommend using a meat thermometer. Not only for this recipe but for all meat cooking, it's such an easy way to level up your cooking to cook according to temperature instead of time. We've always been in love with how Monster Hunter games portray cooking and eating feasts. We're always hungry and want to go hit the gym and get stronger every time we see it so we wanted to try and encapsulate that style with a monstrous DnD twist! We used Ninja Porter BBQ Sauce and we absolutely loved it. It's made using beer local to us and honestly may be our favorite new bbq sauce (not sponsored!)
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