chinese ribs recipe

Coated in a glaze – made from Chinese five-spice, honey and soy – then charred on the barbecue or grill, serve these stickiest-ever pork ribs for an eat-with-your-hands kind of dinner party. For a more American vibe, try our slow-roast baby back ribs with a bourbon bbq glaze.

Chinese-style sticky pork ribs

x 8-rib racks British free-range pork

Glug sunflower oil

onion, finely sliced

ginger,

garlic cloves, crushed

hoisin sauce

1½ tbsp rice vinegar

1½ tbsp soy sauce

tbsp clear honey

tbsp tomato ketchup

Toasted sesame oil, sesame seeds

Heat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas 3. Put the racks in a large roasting tin, bone-side up, then cover with just-boiled water from the kettle and season well with salt. Place a sheet of baking paper on top of the ribs to keep the meat submerged in the liquid, then cover the tin tightly with foil. Put in the oven and cook for 2½-3 hours until the meat is very tender when pressed with a spoon. Lift the racks out of the water, pat dry with kitchen paper, then put on a board to cool a little.

Meanwhile, to make the glaze, heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and cook over a medium-high heat for 10 minutes, stirring often, until very soft and slightly caramelised. Add the five-spice, ginger and garlic, then cook for 3-4 minutes more until fragrant. Stir in the hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, soy, honey and ketchup, then transfer to a blender (or tip into a bowl and use a stick blender) and whizz until you have a smooth glaze. Reserve a ladleful for dipping.

Light a barbecue or heat a grill to high. Thickly brush the glaze all over the ribs, then cook for 15 minutes, turning twice and brushing on more glaze as you go, until the meat is caramelised and lightly charred. If you’re using the grill, put the ribs meat-side up in a baking tray and cook for the same amount of time without turning (brush with more glaze halfway through cooking).

Serve the ribs drizzled with toasted sesame oil and scattered with sesame seeds, sliced chilli and spring onion, with the reserved glaze on the side for dipping.

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