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How To Make BBQ Spare Ribs

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How To Make BBQ Spare Ribs
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BBQ Spare Ribs Recipe. Rip roarin' ribs that should be served with a generous helping of coleslaw and an ice-cold beer - the American way! Taste our BBQ Spare Ribs recipe. Enlarge BBQ Spare Ribs Recipe. Rip roarin' ribs that should be served with a generous helping of coleslaw and an ice-cold beer - the American way! Taste our BBQ Spare Ribs recipe.
Serves:
4
Preparation Time:
2 hours 30 minutes
Cooking Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
2 hours 45 minutes

Step 1: You will need...

  • 1½ kg pork spare ribs, (cut into 4)
  • coriander, to garnish
  • for the marinade:
  • 250 g tomato ketchup
  • 25 ml chilli sauce
  • ½ tbsp cumin powder
  • 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 200 g honey
  • 100 ml soy sauce
  • 8 garlic cloves, minced
  • 250 ml water
  • 50 g sugar
  • 1 medium size saucepan
  • 1 large saucepan with a lid
  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 sharp knife
  • 1 slotted spoon
  • 2 trays
  • 1 tongs
  • 1 brush
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 barbecue, either charcoal or gas
  • 1 bottle of water for dousing any flames

Step 2: Make the barbecue sauce

To make the sauce, add the tomato ketchup, chilli, cumin, vinegar, honey, soy sauce, garlic, sugar and the water to the medium size saucepan. Whisk together and bring to the boil. Cook for 1 minute and remove from heat.

Step 3: Cook the spare ribs

Add the spare ribs to the large saucepan and pour in half of the barbecue sauce. Add water (enough to almost cover the ribs) and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat, cover with the lid and simmer for 2½ hours until the meat is tender.

Step 4: Prepare the barbecue

If you plan to use a charcoal barbecue, light it 30-45 minutes before you cook and wait until the charcoal has turned white and there are no more flames. If you are using an electric barbecue, turn to high and leave for 20 minutes to heat up.

Step 5: Check the spare ribs

Test to see if the spare ribs are done by inserting a knife into the meat (if there is little resistance, the meat is ready). Once the ribs are cooked, use the slotted spoon to remove them from the tray.

Step 6: Barbecue the ribs

Using the tongs, dip the spare ribs into the remaining barbecue sauce and place them on the barbecue. Cook for 2 minutes. Turn the ribs over, brush with more barbecue sauce and cook for a further 2 minutes. Repeat once more then remove ribs from the barbecue.

Step 7: Serve and garnish

Transfer the ribs to a serving dish and garnish with coriander. Serve with coleslaw or corn and an ice-cold beer - enjoy them the American way!
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Tips & Comments
  1. debsy

    I have never cooked ribs myself ..... thats why Im on here ...... the recipe seems pretty good to me ..... I dont happen to like ribs from a chinese they taste dry !! With this recipe im sure they will taste just how i like em ..... I will make more thaan it sais as suggested as we are all big eaters thanx for that tip ..... im tfyin this out on my loved ones at the wkend .

  2. Anonymous

    I'm not sure what everyone's problem with thsi recipie is... just because its not how you do it, dosent mean it's rubbish! I'm 14 and i jave it a try and thought it was lovely. Only criticism would be that 1.5kg of ribs isn't enough for 4 people!!! MAKE MORE THAN IT SAYS!!!! Honestly if you haven't tried it don't knock it!! The meat was lovely and tender and really flavoursome!!!!

  3. Anonymous

    i have used this recipe before and i loved it but my mother inlaw had thrown it out by accident so i had to get it again. I also find by boiling the meat in half the sauce puts more flavour into them.Maybe people didn't read the recipe well enough and just boiled them in just water instead of half the mixture with water, i had over 15 people at my bb'q and they were looking for more

  4. Anonymous

    This may not be a traditianal way to do BBQ ribs but I have used this recipe many times now as the sauce is tasty and boiling the ribs makes them so tender and melt in the mouth. It's worth a try!

  5. Anonymous

    BBQ Boot...Horrible method

  6. Anonymous

    lets boil the meat in dirty dish water just to get rid of any flavour and reduce its juicyness then throw onto some flames to make the perfect boot leather!!! mmmmmmmmm

  7. Anonymous

    i really enjoyed the video but it was all a bit frought and long winded - the best video clip on how to cook ribs is: on the joe dias site not sure if im allowed to paste a link but he made cooking ribs look very simple and tasty and he cooked sweetcorn as well all in foil :-) oh wot the heck heres the link: http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/budget-health-nut/ribs

  8. ladyanwyn

    Being a kcbs judge,and competion pitmaster,I find this to be very informative for a non experienced bbq`er. A good place to start. For thoes who would like the real thing and be able to bbq for real, go to the bbq news .com.They have very informative how to articles for beginners.

  9. Anonymous

    WOW..!! That sure ain't BBQ, at best it is grilling and to boil ribs, well... What do you expect, the cooks British.

  10. Anonymous

    this is absolutely rubbish