Honey Garlic Spare Ribs (a.k.a. "Dry Garlic Ribs")
A meltingly tender dry garlic ribs recipe, baked in the oven and basted with a sweet garlic-soy sauce until caramelized. Simmer first for perfect ribs.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 2 racks pork ribs about 3 1/2 lbs total
- 1 medium onion
- salt & pepper
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Place ribs in a large stockpot; fill pot with water until ribs are covered. Add onion, a couple of generous pinches of salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Bring ribs to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer 2 hours, or until ribs are very tender.
- Preheat oven to 300ºF. Whisk together soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, garlic and cornstarch.
- Using tongs, carefully remove ribs from water (discard cooking liquid). Cut into individual portions (about 4 ribs per person) and place ribs, meaty side up, on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- Brush with 1/3 of the sauce and bake 45 minutes, basting twice more with sauce (after 15 and 30 minutes).
Notes
The low oven temperature lets the ribs caramelize without burning.
Be sure to line your pan, as the honey mixture is hard to clean off!
Nutrition
Calories: 508kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 532mg | Potassium: 418mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 0.5IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 2mg