Posted on Fri 11th December 2020

Sweet and Sour Ribs

These melt-in-the-mouth sweet and sour pork ribs are sticky, full of flavour and taste as good as they look. There's no tidy way to eat these delicious ribs - so get stuck in!

Cuisine

Chinese

Time

2 hrs

Servings

4 people

Ingredients

1.6kg pork rib rack
2 spring onion
1 red chilli
A small handful of coriander

Marinade

4tbsp hoisin
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
3 tbsp black rice vinegar
2 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp honey
3 garlic cloves finely chopped
a thumb-size piece of finely chopped ginger

Method

Preparation

In a mixing bowl mix all the marinade ingredients together.

Place the rack of ribs on a baking tray lined with aluminium foil. Massage half the marinade onto the ribs, cover with foil and marinade the ribs for 30 minutes, ideally overnight.

In a small sauce pan on medium heat, reduce the remaining of the marinade for 5 minutes until it gets a syrup like consistency and set aside.

Finely slice the spring onions, red chilli and roughly chop the coriander.

Cooking

Preheat the oven to 160 °. Roast the covered ribs for 45 minutes - 1hr.

Uncover the tray, baste the ribs with its own meat juices and pour the reduced marinade over the whole rack. Cook for another 30 minutes at 200° until the ribs have a crispy and charred finish.

Serve with the spring onions, chillies and coriander.