Best 8 Grilled Ribs With Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce Recipes

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Are you looking for a tantalizing and flavorful dish to impress your friends and family? Grilled ribs with cherry cola barbecue sauce are exactly what you need. This smoky, sweet, and tangy dish will leave your taste buds wanting more. Cherry cola adds a unique twist to the traditional barbecue sauce, giving it a delightful fruity flavor. The ribs are first marinated in a combination of spices, herbs, and cherry cola, then grilled to perfection. Finally, they're slathered in a luscious homemade cherry cola barbecue sauce, creating a dish that's both visually appealing and incredibly delicious.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

GRILLED RIBS WITH CHERRY COLA BARBECUE SAUCE



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Lick-your-fingers good! Baby back ribs are a fantastic summertime supper.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Entree

Time 2h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

5 to 6 lb pork baby back ribs
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 teaspoon garlic pepper blend
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup barbecue sauce
1 can (12 oz) cherry cola
1/4 cup cherry preserves
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 to 2 teaspoons buffalo wing hot sauce or other hot sauce

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Cut ribs into serving-size sections. Rub ribs with seasoned salt, garlic pepper and ginger. Place ribs in 15x10x1-inch pan, overlapping slightly. Bake uncovered about 1 hour 30 minutes or until tender.
  • Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, mix barbecue sauce, cola, preserves, mustard and buffalo wing sauce. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until flavors are blended and sauce is slightly thickened.
  • Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Cover and grill ribs over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes, turning and brushing occasionally with barbecue sauce mixture to glaze.
  • Heat remaining barbecue sauce mixture to boiling; boil and stir 1 minute. Serve sauce with ribs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 830, Carbohydrate 31 g, Cholesterol 220 mg, Fat 3 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 53 g, SaturatedFat 20 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 840 mg, Sugar 24 g, TransFat 0 g

RIBS WITH CHERRY COLA BARBECUE SAUCE



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Cooking the ribs in foil assures that your meat will be well cooked without the flare-ups that causes burning so easily when grilling fatty meats like ribs. Be careful when removing the meat from the foil. Often there will be a puddle of melted fat in the foil that can cause serious burns if you spill it on yourself. Take your time and use caution.

Provided by Karen From Colorado

Categories     Pork

Time 1h30m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 lbs pork baby back ribs
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup prepared barbecue sauce
1 (12 ounce) can cherry cola
1/4 cup cherry preserves
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 -2 teaspoon bottled hot sauce

Steps:

  • Mix barbeque sauce, cola, preserves, mustard and hot sauce in a 2 quart saucepan.
  • Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium low and simmer covered for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally until sauce is slightly thickened.
  • Mix together the seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder and ginger in a small bowl.
  • Rub the spice mix into the ribs.
  • Wrap ribs in heavy duty foil; grill over direct heat, turning occasionally for 30 minutes.
  • Carefully open the foil and remove the ribs to the hot grill rack.
  • Glaze the ribs with the sauce and continue cooking until done, watching carefully so that the ribs do not burn and turning to glaze both sides.
  • Heat remaining sauce to a boil; boil and stir one minute.
  • Serve sauce with ribs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1371.6, Fat 107.8, SaturatedFat 39.7, Cholesterol 367.4, Sodium 707.2, Carbohydrate 20.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 13.3, Protein 74.1

CHERRY COLA GLAZED SPARE RIBS



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Provided by Sandra Lee

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h50m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/3 cup Sandra Lee All-Purpose Rub
2 tablespoons teriyaki mix (recommended: Kikkoman)
3 racks pork spare ribs
1 cup cherry cola
1 cup BBQ sauce
1/3 cup cherry preserves
2 tablespoons teriyaki mix (recommended: Kikkoman)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a small bowl, combine All-Purpose Rub with 2 tablespoons teriyaki mix. Sprinkle seasoning over ribs and pat in.
  • Place ribs in a shallow roasting pan. Tightly cover with foil. Bake in oven for 1 hour.
  • While ribs are cooking, make glaze by combining glaze ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer 10 minutes and remove from heat.
  • Remove ribs from oven and carefully drain fat from roasting pan. Generously brush with glaze and continue baking ribs, uncovered for 30 to 45 minutes more or until tender, turning and brushing occasionally with glaze. Remove from grill and cut into servings. Serve hot with glaze on the side.
  • For Outdoor Grill:
  • Set up grill for indirect cooking over medium heat. (No heat source under meat). Prepare ribs as directed. Place ribs in rib rack over drip pan on hot grill. Add a handful of hickory chips to hot coals or smoke box. Cover grill. Rotate ribs around rack every 30 minutes. After 1 hour, add 10 briquettes to each pile of coals and another handful of soaked hickory chips. Cook 2 to 2 1/2 hours. About 20 minutes before ribs are done, remove ribs from rib rack and lay meat side down on grill. Generously brush with glaze and pile ribs in center of grill over drip pan. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Turn ribs and brush on more glaze and re-pile. Cook an additional 10 minutes.

COLA BARBECUE RIBS



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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 2h20m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 20-ounce bottle cola
2 cups ketchup
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 racks baby back ribs (8 to 10 pounds total), membranes removed
Vegetable oil, for the grill

Steps:

  • Make the barbecue sauce: Bring the cola to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Cook until reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Add the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne and 2 teaspoons paprika. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
  • Preheat a grill to medium and prepare for indirect grilling: On a charcoal grill, bank the coals to one side; on a gas grill, turn off half the burners. Combine 2 tablespoons salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper and the remaining 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon paprika in a bowl. Rub the salt mixture all over the ribs. Remove 1 cup of the barbecue sauce to a small bowl; brush over the ribs.
  • Wrap each rack of ribs separately in foil. Put the racks, overlapping if necessary, on the cooler side of the grill (indirect heat). Cover and cook, flipping the ribs after 30 minutes, until just tender and beginning to pull away from the bones, about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.
  • Remove the ribs from the grill and carefully unwrap; pour any juices into the pan with the remaining barbecue sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium heat and cook until thickened, 5 to 7 minutes.
  • Increase the grill heat to medium high. Brush the ribs with some sauce from the pan and grill over direct heat, flipping every 5 minutes, until glossy and crisp at the edges, about 20 minutes. Transfer the ribs to a large cutting board and let rest 5 minutes. Cut the ribs between the bones and serve with the remaining barbecue sauce.
  • If you're making the ribs on a charcoal grill, you'll need 3 to 4 pounds of charcoal. Add several new briquettes to the coals every 30 minutes to maintain the heat.

CHERRY BARBECUE SAUCE



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You can use fresh or frozen cherries to make this flavorful barbecue sauce. It tastes phenomenal on ribs and chicken! -Ilene Harrington, Nipomo, California

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 30m

Yield about 3-1/2 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups fresh or frozen dark sweet cherries, pitted and coarsely chopped
1 cup ketchup
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon Liquid Smoke, optional

Steps:

  • In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 20 minutes or until cherries are tender and sauce is thickened, stirring occasionally.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 74 calories, Fat 2g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 3mg cholesterol, Sodium 184mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (12g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.

SWEET CHERRY COKE BARBECUE SAUCE



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Make and share this Sweet Cherry Coke Barbecue Sauce recipe from Food.com.

Provided by GingerlyJ

Categories     Sauces

Time 1h5m

Yield 3 cups, 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 1/2 cups ketchup
1 (12 ounce) can cherry cola
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Steps:

  • combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

CHERRY-BARBECUE PORK RIBS



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This goof-proof recipe for lip-smacking ribs features microwave ease and smoky grilled flavor. You'll love the jazzed-up barbecue sauce. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 35m

Yield 8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 pounds bone-in country-style pork ribs
1/2 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons Liquid Smoke, optional
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2/3 cup barbecue sauce
1/3 cup cherry preserves
1 tablespoon molasses

Steps:

  • Place the ribs in a 3-qt. microwave-safe dish. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, Liquid Smoke if desired, garlic powder and pepper; pour over ribs. Cover and microwave on high for 15-20 minutes or until meat is tender., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the barbecue sauce, preserves and molasses. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally., Drain ribs. On a greased grill, cook ribs, covered, over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until browned, basting with sauce and turning occasionally.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 301 calories, Fat 14g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 86mg cholesterol, Sodium 255mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 27g protein.

GRILLED SPARERIBS WITH CHERRY COLA GLAZE



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Categories     Pork     Summer     Grill/Barbecue     Bon Appétit

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 12-ounce cans cherry cola (flat)
2 cups cherry jam or preserves
2/3 cup Dijon mustard with horseradish
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons malt vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
7 1/4 to 7 1/2 pounds well-trimmed pork spareribs

Steps:

  • Boil cherry cola in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 45 minutes. Stir in next 5 ingredients. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until mixture is reduced to 2 1/2 cups, stirring occasionally, about 35 minutes. Transfer glaze to large bowl. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)
  • Position racks in top and bottom thirds of oven and preheat to 325°F. Sprinkle ribs with salt and pepper. Wrap each rib rack tightly in foil, enclosing completely. Divide foil packets between 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until ribs are very tender, switching positions of baking sheets halfway through baking, about 2 hours total. Cool ribs slightly in foil. Pour off any fat from foil packets. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep covered in foil packets and refrigerate. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before continuing.)
  • Prepare barbecue (medium-low heat). Cut each rib rack between bones into individual ribs. Set aside 1 cup glaze. Add ribs to bowl with remaining glaze and toss to coat. Grill ribs until brown and glazed, turning to prevent burning, about 5 minutes total. Serve, passing reserved glaze separately.

Tips:

  • Choose the right ribs: Baby back ribs are the most popular choice for grilling, as they are tender and flavorful. However, you can also use spare ribs, which are meatier and have a more robust flavor.
  • Prepare the ribs: Remove the membrane from the back of the ribs to help them cook more evenly. You can also trim off any excess fat.
  • Season the ribs: Season the ribs with a rub made from your favorite spices and herbs. This will help to enhance their flavor.
  • Grill the ribs: Grill the ribs over indirect heat until they are cooked through. This will usually take about 2 hours.
  • Make the cherry cola barbecue sauce: While the ribs are grilling, make the cherry cola barbecue sauce. This sauce is made with cherry cola, ketchup, brown sugar, and spices.
  • Glaze the ribs: Baste the ribs with the cherry cola barbecue sauce during the last 30 minutes of cooking. This will help to caramelize the sauce and give the ribs a delicious glaze.
  • Let the ribs rest: Once the ribs are cooked, let them rest for 10-15 minutes before serving. This will help the juices to redistribute throughout the ribs.

Conclusion:

Grilled ribs with cherry cola barbecue sauce are a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. The ribs are tender and flavorful, and the cherry cola barbecue sauce is sweet and tangy. This dish is sure to be a hit with your friends and family.

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