Spare ribs

[Ozric]

I recently tried this recipe for gorgeous sticky spare ribs:

1kg Ribs
4 Cloves garlic crushed
1 Tbls Grated Ginger
2-3 Tbls Honey
3-4 Tbls Hoi-sin sauce
1 Tbls Soy Sauce
Enough water to cover ribs

Add all the ingredients and boil, as the liquid reduces and starts to thicken lower the heat until you have a thick sticky sauce. Ribs can be served immediatly or stuck on a barbeque to smoke a little.

Gonna be having a barbeque and found a nice little shop that sold me 1/2 a ton of ribs for a reasonable price but I was wondering does anyone else have any rib recipes for a bit of variety?

 

[Ozric]

No one like ribs then?

 

[telbert]

marinate your ribs for a day or two in green chilli,garlic onion&a bit of sugar.then slow roast with fresh chiilli etc. and a good bit of salt&pepper.
This works best with the leaner bacon ribs

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

YUM. I am spare ribs addict!


why are they spare tho? I never got that - they plainly arn't spare. If a beggar asked you in the streets if you had any spare ribs you would think he was a weirdo.

 

[Ozric]

You got me wondering so I looked it up and found a couple of explanations:

The word 'spareribs' is an English alteration
of the German 'ribbesper' which refers to the idea of pork ribs roasted on a spear.

There is also the "absence of fat" which, in 1596, the usuage of 'spare' came about in association to pork ribs.

Source

So there you go...

... I was expecting something a bit more interesting

 

[AnnaKarpik]

My recipe is the similar to yours - equal spoonsful of soy sauce and sugar, a lump of ginger, some chunks of onion, water to cover. Boil until right.

Or, grind garlic, ginger and onion to a paste, add equal amounts of soy sauce and lemon juice, some ground coriander, chili, a taste of sugar. Rub into ribs and leave as long as possible - overnight is good but I'm not usually that well organised - bake in a hottish oven until right, turn once. You could grill them too I guess.

I use trimmed slices of belly pork for both these recipes - our butcher never has spare ribs.

 

[Badgers]

I always think ribs look nice but feel disappointed after eating them...

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I always think ribs look nice but feel disappointed after eating them...

You must be eating them in the wrong place!

our local chinese does honey ribs and they are LUSH! they fall apart in your mouth. delicious.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Why are they spare?

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

...see post number 5.

 

[Badgers]

You must be eating them in the wrong place!

our local chinese does honey ribs and they are LUSH! they fall apart in your mouth. delicious.

Can you post me some?

 

[KellyDJ]

My recipes is:

2 - 3 tablespoons of honey
2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 chopped red chilli
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
4 star anise
2 cloves chopped garlic
pinch of sea salt and freshly ground pepper


Mix together and marinate the ribs overnight. Bung in the over at 180 until done to your liking.

Enjoy

 

[Treebeak]

Recipe:

-Walk to Chicken Chalet at top of Brixton Hill.

-Marvel at the fact you can get one piece chicken, spare ribs, chips and a drink for £2.50

T-ry one mouthful of spare ribs

-Realise they are sinfully grotesque and probably jack russell spare ribs or the like

-Eat your b/fs hot wings

 

[Kanda]

-Eat your b/fs hot wings

 

[dolly's gal]

Recipe:

-Walk to Chicken Chalet at top of Brixton Hill.

this is your first error

 

[Kanda]

this is your first error

I'm addicted to hot wings...

 

[Treebeak]

this is your first error

Sorry, it should have read 'get someone to drive you/get a bus to Chicken Chalet'

 

[dolly's gal]

I'm addicted to hot wings...

there's got to be a 12 step programme out there somewhere for that

 

[Xanadu]

there's got to be a 12 step programme out there somewhere for that

No, just one step. Cut out your tongue. Preferably with a rusty knife.


I love fried chicken