Oven baked ribs and cheese potatoes

Hello and once again welcome to cooking crisis! Today I am here with Jordan to share a wonderful recipe for oven baked ribs and cheesy potatoes that are sure to impress anyone you have over. Honestly, this is one of the easiest ways to make friends that I have ever experienced, and the end product is really, really good!

What you are going to need:

1. A good set of pork spare ribs
2. A bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
3. Tin foil
4. Baking pan
5. A nice spicy rub
6. Time! It takes around 2 and a half hours to bake.

For the rub you'll need:

(Credit goes to Jordan completely for this)

2 1/2 T chili powder
2 T ground cumin
1 T ground coriander
1 T salt
1 T paprika
1 T dark brown sugar
1/2 T black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp garlic powder

The rub is completely optional, but highly recommended.

For the cheesy potatoes you need:

1. A five pound bag of red potatoes
2. 2% milk
3. Cheddar cheese
4. Garlic powder
5. Season salt
6. Italian blend seasonings
7. Corn starch

The corn starch isn't required, but if you want thicker sauce then add the starch.
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So let's get this started!
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First thing you want to do is prep your pan and your pork spare ribs for baking, after turning the oven at 350°. All you really need is a baking pan and tin foil lining it. You may have to cut your ribs so it'll fit.

Like this:

Now that your ribs are prepped you'll cover them with the rub, after you mix it up. Since it'll be all dry ingredients it's pretty simple to get it blended up.

Apply rub:

Then cover your ribs with a tin foil cover and throw them in the oven for a solid hour at least. (I waited one and a half)

Once your ribs are done, pull them out and get your BBQ sauce and spread it over the ribs. I cheated and put in all the extra rub I had and blended it up.

 Then you stick it in the oven and wait another hour or so. The finished product will look like this:

Now the ribs are cooking after putting it in the oven for the start of the second time and still have 45 minutes or so to go, usually at this point I like to make my cheesy Cheddar potatoes. This recipe was my literally running around the kitchen fooling around with food, but dang these are tasty!

First thing you'll want to do is chop up your potatoes. I used the entire 5 pound bag but it was me and my really good guy friends, cut as many as it'll take to feed you guys.

Get those sicker into boiling water and you'll start making sauce! Keep in mind that when it comes to cheese you use as much or as little as you want. I use a lot of cheese but I love it.

So get your little pan, I always use my quiche pan. If you have something else to use go for it, but no metal! 

You'll want to add about 2 cups of milk and as much cheese as you want.

 Then add the garlic powder,  salt and Italian seasonings, stick it in a microwave for around 4 minutes until the cheese is melted and pull it out. Take a whisk and blend it together. I use around three tablespoons of corn starch but if you want thinner sauce I'd use half.

So check the potatoes, if they are tender then drain and pour into pan with the sauce, after spreading a generous layer of cheese and some more salt/seasonings. Then throw it in the oven with the ribs. At this point the ribs should only have around 10-15 minutes.

This is what the end product should look like:

Super tasty right? For a salad I'd recommend something very light, we make a spinach salad with arugula, green olives and olive oil which was perfect!!

Thank you so much for once again checking out cooking crisis! Sometime next week me and my very good friend Jordan I'm going to be making a sweet and delicious treat for you all, as well as another delicious meal!

- A.K

Cream Cheese Cake

No, not cheese cake. Cream cheese cake, two totally different things, I promise. I've made it enough and it always gets complimented, so I finally thought I would share! That and I figure it's a good introduction to the blog as well!

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Cream Cheese Cake stats:

Difficulty level: Easy

Prep time: 10 minutes

Bake time: 30-45 minutes

You'll need: 

One box of cake mix plus all ingredients listed on box.

Cream cheese mix:

Two 8oz packages of cream cheese softened

Two eggs

2/3 cup granulated sugar

Step one: 

Preheat oven to 350°, or 325° for a non-stick pan.

follow instructions clearly stated on cake mix box. Mix until smooth and without lumps, then put into a prepared greased pan for baking. 

Step two:

Put cream cheese, eggs, and sugar into a bowl. Mix until mixture is smooth, a few lumps are okay. I cannot stress how much easier this will be a with aregular mixer, or a handmixer!

Step three:

Poor prepped cream cheese mixture over the cake batter in the pan. Then take any butter knife and run it through the batter and mixture, this will help distribute the cream cheese mixture and allow for more even baking.

Step four:

Bake for 30 to 45 minutes. This is what the mixture, properly baked, should look like:

  

Step five:

Cut, and serve! Enjoy!

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The best part about the simple recipe is the topping that you choose to add can you anything that you desire! If you want to add chocolate, you can go right ahead! Me, personally I like to add strawberry jam on top. It gives it that strawberry shortcake and strawberry cheesecake taste.

Trust me, although this recipe is incredibly easy to make, but for the most part it should impress all of your friends!

Thanks for tuning in, and you have a stellar night!

- AK

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to cooking crisis! A blog dedicated to all things tasty, lovely, and delicious! The primary reason for the creation of this blog is to bring some creativity back into cooking for me. I'd like to bring recipes to the table for people, and have them bring suggestions to me!

So I'll be attempting to update twice a week, the first update of the week, I'll be making an easy recipe, and later in the week I'll be making a much harder recipe, with a dessert included. Later on, if the blog catches on, I'll be coming up with a third update a week, with a hard (like slaying a dragon hard) recipe. Much laughter will be had from my attempts to tackle a new recipe.

I'll be open for any suggestions as to what to cook next, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'll also be taking pictures for my step by step process, (if you'd like). Also, a list of ingredients will be at the top of the post, as well as cooking degrees and such. I may throw in what I use to make the food, as well. Prep time and cook time will be included.

Anyways, I'll be attempting my first update either the end of this week, or the beginning of the next!

Anyways! If you guys have a suggestion for the VERY FIRST UPDATE, please comment!

-A.K.