I love Chinese Barbecued Pork Spare Ribs. I thought that for today I would share a simple, easy recipe for Char Siu ribs with you! Char Siu is Cantonese and means Barbecued Marinated Pork. These take about a half hour of prep work, and four hours to marinate, and a little over three hours to cook. Here is a preview…
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Are you ready to head into the kitchen?
Ingredients
Pork Spare Ribs (you can use baby back if you prefer but spare ribs have more meat on them)
1/2 cup of Hoisin Sauce
1/2 cup of bourbon
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup dark soy sauce
2 TBS sesame oil
2 TBS Tapatio hot sauce
2 TBS powdered ginger
2 TBS onion powder
1 TBS garlic powder
1 TBS 5 Spice powder
1 tsp red food coloring (Optional)
The first thing that I do is take the side of spare ribs and cut them into individual pieces. Set these aside.
In a zipper bag combine the rest of the ingredients, shaking the bag well to get the powdered parts incorporated. Reserve about 2/3 of a cup of this marinade. Add the pork ribs to remaining marinade in the bag. Let the ribs marinate for four hours. Take the ribs out of the refrigerator one hour before cooking.
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees (107C). Take a large baking pan with an edge and fill the pan half way with water. Then lay a rack over the pan.
The pan is ready
Place the ribs on the rack fat side up.
Marinated ribs are positioned and ready for the oven!
Carefully place this in the oven and let this bake for three hours. Over the last half hour baste the ribs three times with the reserved marinade.
Baste the ribs
Now to give this a bit of a crunch set the oven to broil and baste one final time. Set just below the broiler and keep an eye on them so that they do not burn! This will cause the sugars to caramelize a bit. Remove from the oven and serve!
Ribs are ready!
Let me know if you try this recipe! I hope you do as it is very tasty! And, they make good cold leftovers!
Thanks for stopping by and be well!
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