Recipe courtesy of Alligator Alley
Alligator Ribs
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
- Total: 4 hr 20 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Inactive: 20 min
- Cook: 3 hr 45 min
Ingredients
6 pounds alligator ribs
32 ounces your favorite BBQ sauce
Wood chips, for smoking
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Brush alligator ribs with enough barbecue sauce to coat. Place ribs on a rack set in a baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and then aluminum foil. Bake for 3 hours.
- Remove alligator ribs from the oven. When cool enough to handle, remove the plastic wrap and cover loosely with the aluminum foil; allow the ribs to rest 20 to 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare a smoker with your favorite type of wood chips. Transfer the ribs to the smoker and smoke for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the ribs; alligator ribs are very lean and dry out easily, so you may want to remove smaller ribs from the smoker first. After smoking, coat the ribs with more barbecue sauce.
- While ribs are smoking, preheat a grill to medium-high. Place ribs on the grill and grill just until sauce begins to caramelize. Serve immediately.