Cooking Exceptionally With Gin Lee

  Traditional Labor Day Recipes for a Cookout That Feeds a Crowd The grill is barely hot before someone asks when the burgers will be ready. Traditional Labor Day recipes bring people around picnic tables with grilled meats, creamy salads, sweet corn, ripe fruit, and desserts made for sharing. A strong menu mixes familiar cookout favorites with make-ahead dishes, seasonal produce, regional flavors, and safe outdoor service. Build a Classic Labor Day Menu Around Cookout Favorites A traditional Labor Day meal works best when guests can build a plate at their own pace. Choose two or three grilled mains, then add cold salads, warm sides, fresh produce, and easy desserts. Grill Burgers, Hot Dogs, and Sausages Hamburgers remain a cookout staple because guests can dress them to taste. Season ground beef with salt, pepper, garlic powder, or Worcestershire sauce, then add lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and sliced cheese. Form evenly sized patties, press a sh...

Slow Baked Barbecue Pork Ribs To ensure that the pork ribs cook tenderly, I slowly bake them at a low temperature inside an aluminum foil pack. But not before I lay the pork ribs out on a bed of onions, season them, add barbecue sauce, then finish layering sliced onion rings on top. I use one entire (large) onion for this recipe. As the onion rings cook, they not only add additional flavor to the pork ribs, they also tenderize them. (Onions break down protein when they're fully in contact with meat.) Once the pork ribs are done, you can take the onions off the ribs, or serve them just as they are. Instructions:  You'll need one large sheet of aluminum foil for this recipe. 1 package of pork ribs (It can be country-style ribs, bone-in ribs, or boneless pork ribs.) 1 large onion, sliced into rings (I used some already prepared frozen onion rings today.) ½ cup of spicy barbecue sauce, or your preferred barbecue sauce 1 tablespoon of barbecue seasoning mix Sprinkle with seasoning ...