chinese Sticky ribs

bobian · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject:

For really tender tasty sticky ribs put all your marinade ingredients in a roasting pan - add your spare ribs - although I prefer to use belly pork rashers cut into 3 - usually no bone and easier to eat!
Make sure the meat is tossed around in the sauce then fill up the pan with water and cook in medium oven till the water has evaporated and you are left with a lovely sticky sauce

They should cook for at least an hour preferably longer to ensue they are very tender so you may need to top up with water to ensure the sauce doesnt start to burn.
Once cooked you can finish them off on the barby if you like or just serve as they are. If you are going to do them for the barbie its better to remove them from the pan before the sauce goes sticky...bung the meat on the barbecue but let the sauce finish off in the oven - just put them back in the sauce to serve.
For the marinade I like to use a mixture of Hoisin sauce and plum sauce, tomato ketchup, honey, soy sauce, 5 spice powder...whatever is lurking in my cupboards really

Make them hot and spicy by adding chilli or using a chilli sauce (dont use cook in type sauces they dont work the same)

Paignton · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

Oh your likem e Bobian. Mix it all together from whatever ingredients are lurking in the cupboards! Always taste great though

Acorncup · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject:

sesame oil gives that authentic chinese yummy flavour too...

it's quite expensive but...

1. mix a splash of it with your normal oil, you will still get the flavour

or

2. just use it anyway, cos otherwise it will go past its sell-by date, and you'll wonder why you were economising with it

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bobian · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

So true Acorncup

...Use it sparingly - "dont waste it that was expensive" then find youve still got two thirds left and its 3 months out of date

Paignton

yep thats me heave it all in and hope for the best!

AskCy · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

sesame oil is very strong and if you only use it, it tends to over power the food... imo
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Acorncup · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

Yes that's true AskCy.....

good job they sell it in small bottles nowadays.

A few drops are nice if you ever have those packet noodle soups (not supernoodles but the genuine Chinese ones), we add a few chopped up beansprouts as well into the pan for a minute to cook through. And top with a few prawns if you're feeling extravagant
(or got a BOGOF in the supermarket

) ...makes a nice Sunday evening meal, but it's awful messy to eat without splashing or slurping

..but if you use more than a few drops it does taste bitter somehow

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