Baby Pork Back Ribs

Yields: 4 servings

Preparation Time: 20 minutes, Marinating Time: 30 minutes and up to 4 hours,
Cooking Time: 2½ hours

Ingredients

Ribs:

• 3 full racks of baby pork back ribs, 8 ribs each
• Mildly flavoured vegetable to brush on the cooking rack

Barbecue Sauce:

• ½ cup of Hoisin sauce – (125ml)
• ¼ cup of plum sauce – (60ml)
• ½ cup of oyster sauce – (125ml)
• ¼ cup of red wine vinegar – (60ml)
• 1/3 cup of honey – (75ml)
• 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce – (30ml)
• 2 tablespoons of dry sherry – (30ml)
• 2 tablespoons of sesame oil – (30ml)
• 1 tablespoon of Sambel Olek– (15ml)
• 1 teaspoon of five spice powder – (5ml)
• 1 tablespoon of pepper (15ml)
• 1 tablespoon of finely grated orange zest – (15ml)
• 8 cloves of finely minced garlic
• ¼ cup of finely minced ginger – (60ml)

Directions

1. In a glass bowl combine all the ingredients for the barbeque sauce and mix well. Rub over the ribs making sure to coat the ribs evenly. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
2. Thirty minutes (30 min) prior to cooking the ribs, remove them from the fridge. Place the ribs on a baking sheet and reserve the marinade for basting. Let the meat come to room temperature.
3. Preheat grill to 300°F (150°C). Just before use, brush the grilling rack with flavourless cooking oil.
4. Place ribs meaty side up (bone side down) in the centre of the rack. Close the lid of the grill and regulate the heat so that it remains at 300°F (150°C).
5. Grill the ribs until the meat begins to shrink away from the ends of the rib bones, approximately 2 hours.
6. After 2 hours, begin basting the ribs every 5 minutes for a total of 25 minutes until ribs are done.
7. To serve, cut ribs into individual ribs and heat warm.