Chinese BBQ Pork Spareribs
Skip takeout and cook your Chinese BBQ Pork Spareribs at home with this easy dinner recipe that will be loved by the whole family.
I know it’s so token to claim a dish is better than take-out or better than a dish served at a restaurant, but these are in fact light-years better than anything on a pu-pu platter. Juicy, sticky, succulent, and just outrageously tasty. And when have you ever seen ribs served with a spicy honey mustard for dipping? This is insane it’s so good!
The silver skin is a membrane on the back of the ribs that won’t break down while cooking. Removing it helps the ribs end up fall off the bone tender.
Ingredients
- 4 lbs pork spareribs silver skin removed and cut into individual ribs
- ¼ c sherry
- ¼ c reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ c hoisin
- 1 T brown sugar
- 2 T minced garlic
- 1 t Sriracha
- ½ t Chinese 5-spice
- ½ t onion powder
- ¼ t ground ginger powder
- 3 T honey
- 1 T sesame oil
- ½ c Chicken Stock
- 2 T spicy Chinese mustard
- 2 T honey
- toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Put the ribs in a large ziploc bag. In a bowl, whisk together the sherry, soy sauce, hoisin, brown sugar, garlic, Sriracha, Chinese 5-spice, onion powder, ginger, honey, sesame oil, and chicken stock, and pour into the bag with the ribs. Marinate overnight in the fridge.
- Heat oven to 275F.
- Remove the ribs from the marinade (reserve the marinade) and place on a rimmed bake sheet. Add 1/2 c chicken stock to the pan. Cover pan with foil and seal tightly. Bake for 1-1/2 hr.
- While ribs are cooking, put the reserved marinade in a small saucepan and simmer until thickened to ~1/2c.
- For the Chinese Honey Mustard: mix the mustard and honey in a small bowl. Serve on the side with the ribs.
- Remove the ribs from the oven, discard the foil, and pour off the juices in the pan. Heat up the oven broiler. Baste the ribs generously on both sides with thickened marinade. Broil until glazed and charred, turning once (~2 minutes per side). Top with toasted sesame seeds and serve with the Chinese Honey Mustard.