These paleo ranch pork ribs are fall-off-the-bone delicious and so ridiculously easy to make!
Holy moly. Anyone else obsessed with ribs? Because if you are, you are in for a real treat. We love ribs in this house and I already have several recipes on the blog that you can check out. But these ranch pork ribs… I think they might be my favorite recipe yet.
But first, I just want to give a short life update. Some of you have noticed on Snapchat that I haven’t been active as much, and the same goes for Instagram stories. Well, that’s because we’ve so crazy busy around here getting ready to get married!
We are actually about a week and half away from our wedding day in Mexico, so my life has been taken over by a combination of planning for that and settling into our new house. I have ZERO clue how people plan out weddings themselves without a wedding planner. We have one and we’ve still been so crazy busy preparing for it.
However, it’s been the good kind of busy and I’m so happy and thankful that we can have our closest loved ones gather for our special day. A reader asked me if I would do a wedding recap post on the blog, so I just might do that if all goes well. So stay tuned!
Okay, back to these ribs. C absolutely loves ranch, which is why I chose to create this recipe. And with no surprise. he couldn’t get enough of these pork ribs. I am not a huge fan of ranch, but these, I could keep eating and eating! The richness of the ribs goes so incredibly well with the tartness of the ranch spices that we both thoroughly enjoyed our meal (and leftovers!).
Yes, it does take a few hours in the oven, but there’s minimum prep involved and the end result is so awesome. I usually start it in the afternoon, and then by dinnertime, we have a delicious dinner ready for us. Set it and forget it: oven edition. And you I can really use those kind of recipes these days with how busy we’ve been.
Hope you enjoy these paleo ranch pork ribs as much as we did!
Ingredients
- 2 lb pork spare ribs
- Sea salt to taste
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- Zest of 2 large or 3 small lemons
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley leaves
- 1 tsp dried chives
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper omit for AIP
- 1/2 tsp dried dill
- Juice from 1/4 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle the ribs with salt on both sides and lay them flat on the baking sheet so they curve down.
- In a small bowl, mix together the rest of the ingredients, except lemon juice, until they form a thick paste.
- Rub the spice paste on top of the ribs until they are evenly coated.
- Bake the ribs for 2.5-3 hours until they are juicy in the inside, and crispy on the outside.
- Cut spare ribs into sections.
- If you want crispier ribs, broil them for 4-5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice before serving.
Where is the ranch in the recipe and how much?
There’s no ranch dressing. The season on the ribs themselves are ranch flavored!
Why do you call them “ranch” when there is no ranch seasoning or ranch dressing in your recipe???
There’s no ranch dressing. The season on the ribs themselves are ranch flavored!
Hi Jean,
Thanks for the awesome recipes. I was just wondering if you had the nutritional information on these ribs like you do for your chili lime paleo pork ribs.
Thanks,
John
Hi John – I just updated it with the nutrition info. Hope that’s helpful! 🙂
Awesome! Thanks! I’m super excited to give it a try
Hi Jean, we made these tonight and they were awesome! I was skeptical about the ranch flavor but to my surprise they tasted just like ranch. There was a very strong garlic smell while they were cooking and I thought I had done something wrong-nope! Perfect! And although the topping gets very dark, almost black, nothing tasted burnt. So, this is a must try, very easy recipe that is sure to satisfy cravings. Thank you for posting. We will be checking out your other recipes. Next up are the chili lime ribs.
Thank you!!!
Thanks so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Hope you enjoy the chili lime ones – they are actually my favorite! 🙂
It’s absolutely true, these ribs really are scrumptious, and super easy! I’ve made them several times and they always turn out great. Such a refreshing change from barbecue sauce, too. Thanks for posting this!
That makes me so happy! Thanks so much.
These were delicious! Everyone in my family (including three kids ages 2-6) loved them and couldn’t get enough! Very flavorful! Will be saving this as a new family favorite recipe!
I’m so glad Staci! Always the best compliment when it’s kid-approved.
These are easily the best ribs I’ve ever eaten… Every time I make them! And so easy!
Thanks so much for this recipe.
?? Instead of mixing up all the dry/fresh herbs, can i just use powder ranch & olive oil? I already have ranch powder on hand and trying to use up what we already have. I am aware that fresh is always better but so is “free/already own”!
Thanks!
Yes, that’ll work!