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BBQ pork rib elote taco

BBQ Pork Rib Elote Tacos

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BBQ Pork Rib Elote Tacos are some of the best tacos you’ll eat! Smoked pork, grilled corn and zesty chipotle lime ranch

  • Total Time: 5 hours 20 minutes
  • Yield: 24 tacos 1x

Ingredients

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For the ribs

  • 1 rack of pork baby back ribs
  • 3 tbsp BBQ rub
  • 1 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup apple juice
  • 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce

Chipotle Lime Ranch Ingredients

Mexican Street Corn Salad Ingredients 

Instructions

  1. Fire up the smoker and get it set to a temperature of 225°F.
  2. Use yellow mustard as a binder and season the ribs on both sides with a BBQ rub.
  3. Place on the smoker for 3 hours and spritz them every hour with some apple juice.
  4. Wrap them in foil with butter, brown sugar, honey and apple juice then place back on the smoker for 2 more hours.
  5. Make the Mexican street corn salad and the homemade chipotle lime ranch.
  6. Unwrap them from the foil, add BBQ sauce and let them cook for another 30-45 minutes until the BBQ tacks up.
  7. Cut the ribs individually then assemble them on a corn tortilla with Oaxaca Cheese, Mexican street corn salad and chipotle lime ranch.
  • Author: Nick Nesgoda
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 hours
  • Category: Main course
  • Method: Smoking
  • Cuisine: American