Toby Keith’s Upstairs, Downtown Fried Pork Spare Ribs

Singer Toby Keith is most famous for his country song of the 1990’s “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” but he also has a favorite recipe.

Oklahoman Toby Keith was a rodeo athlete in high school and rode bulls and broncs but not as a professional. He formed a band, spent time in Nashville but his career wasn’t happening. Fortunately for Keith, a flight attendant and fan of his gave a copy of Keith’s demo tape to Harold Shedd, a Mercury Records executive, while he was traveling on a flight she was working. Shedd enjoyed what he heard, went to see Keith perform live and then signed him to a recording contract with Mercury. These days he’s a singer-songwriter, record producer and actor with a dozen best selling albums to his credit. He’s also been in two movies including Beer For My Horses.

But this blog entry is about his favorite recipe called Upstairs, Downtown Fried Pork Spare Ribs.

-Approximately 3 cups of all-purpose flower
-Lemon pepper to taste
-Salt and pepper to taste
-Seasoning salt to taste
-One slab ribs

Combine all the ingredients except ribs. Cut each rib apart and roll in flour mixture. Deep fry the ribs until they are golden brown.

You can get this and other great recipes in the Cowboy Cookbook by Ken Beck & Jim Clark by clicking HERE.