BBQ Baby Back Ribs & Cheesy Buffalo Mac
with Buttermilk Ranch Slaw
- Wheat
- Milk
- Eggs
Ready to serve up a full-on feast of a cookout for your lucky friends and family? (Or just for yourself, with a banquet’s-worth of leftovers? Hey, that sounds pretty great to us, too.) Here, we send you all the fixin’s so you can spend less time planning, shopping, and cooking—and more time around the dinner table. You’ll serve up sticky, saucy baby back ribs and a creamy buttermilk ranch slaw, plus an epic take on mac ’n’ cheese with cavatappi noodles, Buffalo seasoning, pepper jack, white cheddar, and a spiced panko crust. If that’s not a perfect evening, we don’t know what is.
Ingredients
2 tablespoon
Sour Cream
6 ounce
Cavatappi Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
½ cup
White Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
8 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
½ ounce
Frank's Seasoning Blend
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
2 unit
Scallions
8 ounce
Coleslaw Mix
1.5 ounce
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
(Contains: Eggs, Milk)
2 unit
BBQ Baby Back Ribs
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust racks to middle and top positions and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Line a baking sheet with foil. Wash and dry all produce. • Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. • In a medium bowl, combine scallion whites, ranch dressing, sour cream, and a dash or two of hot sauce (save the rest for serving). Add coleslaw mix and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Place ribs* on prepared sheet; spread tops with any remaining sauce from package. Tightly cover with foil. • Bake on middle rack until ribs are warmed through and sauce is lightly caramelized at the edges, 22-25 minutes.
• Once water is boiling, add cavatappi to pot. Cook until al dente, 9-11 minutes. • Reserve ¾ cup pasta cooking water, then drain. Keep empty pot handy for the next step. • Meanwhile, place 1 TBSP butter in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave until melted, 30 seconds. Stir in panko and 2 tsp Frank’s Seasoning (you’ll use the rest in the next step).
• Return pot used for pasta to medium heat. Add cream sauce base, cream cheese, and remaining Frank’s Seasoning. TIP: Cut top off carton of cream sauce to open fully; transfer contents, using a spoon or spatula to scrape sauce from carton sides. • Bring sauce to a simmer and whisk until smooth, 1-2 minutes. • Reduce heat to low and whisk in pepper jack and cheddar until melted and smooth.
• Stir drained cavatappi into pot with cheese sauce. If needed, add reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce. • Transfer mac ’n’ cheese to an 8-by-8inch baking dish, then sprinkle with seasoned panko. • Bake on top rack until browned and crispy, 5-7 minutes. TIP: For a crispier crust, broil mac ’n’ cheese for 1-2 minutes more.
• Carefully remove and discard foil covering ribs. Transfer ribs to a cutting board and cut into individual pieces. • Divide ribs, slaw, and mac ’n’ cheese between plates. Top ribs with any remaining sauce from sheet. Sprinkle with scallion greens and serve with remaining hot sauce.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Ribs were sweet, spicy, and fall-off-the-bone tender. Mac and cheese was deliciously creamy with a crispy top 🧀.
- Ease of prep: Instructions were easy to follow, with little hands-on work required for a great meal.
- Suggestions: Consider adding extra seasoning to the coleslaw for more flavor. Adjust hot sauce to taste for desired spice level.
- Portions: Generous servings; some were surprised to receive two racks of ribs.
- Crowd-pleaser: A hit with families; both adults and kids enjoyed the flavorful combination of ribs and mac and cheese.
Reviews from our home cooks
These ribs were delicious! I am not a big fan of BBQ sauces, but I LOVED this one. The mac & cheese was excellent, too. Smooth with a tiny bit of kick. So was the slaw - unique and refreshing. Maybe not the healthiest of meals, but certainly one of the tastiest! It took a while to put the meal together, but nothing was difficult to do.
On a scale of 1 to 4 those ribs were a 10! Loved them. Also enjoyed the buffalo mac n cheese and slaw but those ribs were fantastic. I hope you will continue to source them from the same vendor and offer them more often.
This is one of my favorite meals yet! The ribs were so good. The bbq sauce was sweet, peppery and thick like a glaze. The Mac and cheese was super creamy and yummy. I'm looking for this one to be available again!!
This is a must! Delicious, appropraitely spiced ribs, red cabbage cole slaw was fresh new twist, AND the spicy cheesy mac was outstanding - Worth the extra $$$
The barbecue ribs are the best hello fresh meal that I have ever tasted. The buffalo cheese mac was spicy to the taste but it was good
This was absolutely delicous! So easy to make too. The mac and cheese was so different. We loved the spice to it. The cole slaw was a nice compliment to the ribs! We really enjoyed this. We even had a little extra for lunch the next day.
Delicious! Tender ribs, flavor full creamy mac n cheese and coleslaw my family ACTUALLY ate. We are ordering this one again asap.
Plenty of food for 2 people. The buffalo mac and cheese was very tasty. Ribs could have used more flavor but over all very good
The Buffalo Mac was over and above what I thought. It was delicious. The ribs were good but the BBQ sauce could use some more pizzazz.
Mac and cheese and slaw was really good. However, the ribs sauce wasnt quite to our taste. It was a little too sweet and less smokey.
