Sticky Chinese Pork Ribs

Pork Ribs served in a ‘sticky’ sauce are always a well received dinner in our household.  Although ribs are generally messy to eat, they are just so tasty when marinated and served with a great sauce.  This is a great dish that also adds rice and some greens to round out the meal.

The pork ribs are initially marinated in a ‘sticky’ sauce that includes hoisin, soy, orange juice, brown sugar, ginger and five spice.  They are then slow cooked in the oven to tender perfection and to allow the sauce to thicken and further flavour the ribs.  The meal is rounded out with pak choy and broccolini to perfectly complement the ribs.  Served with jasmine rice to soak up the wonderful sauce.

You will get best results by allowing time for the ribs to marinate in the sauce before cooking.  It’s best to allow at least one hour.  If you are sufficiently organised, you could prepare the ribs in the morning before cooking later that evening or even prepare the night before and allow to marinate in the refrigerator overnight.

Ribs can at times seem like a hassle to prepare and make, however this is a simple to make dish that really produces great results.

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Sticky Chinese Pork Ribs

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

2.5 hours

Passive Time

1 hour

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1.2 kg Pork Ribs use more or less to preference
• 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce
• 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Orange Juice
• 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 1/2 tbsp Ground Ginger
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 1 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 3 whole Star Anise
• 2 bunch Pak Choy
• 1 bunch Broccolini
• Jasmine Rice to serve

Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 2.5 hours Passive Time 1 hour Servings people Ingredients 1.2 kg Pork Ribs use more or less to preference 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce 3 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 tbsp Orange Juice 3 tbsp Brown Sugar 1/2 tbsp Ground Ginger 3 cloves Garlic 1 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice 1 Cinnamon Stick 3 whole Star Anise 2 bunch Pak Choy 1 bunch Broccolini Jasmine Rice to serve

Instructions

1. In a large baking dish, add hoisin sauce, soy sauce, orange juice, brown sugar, ground ginger, garlic, chinese five spice, cinnamon stick & star anise. Stir to mix through.
2. Add pork ribs to baking dish and coat both sides with the marinade. Leave the ribs 'meat side' down to marinate.
3. Place baking dish in refrigerator for at least 1 hour to marinate before cooking. Marinate longer if you can, perhaps in the morning before cooking in the evening.
4. Preheat a fan forced oven to 140°C (285°F).
5. Cover baking dish with foil and place in oven. Cook ribs for 2 hours while covered with foil. After about 1 hour turn ribs in baking dish and return to oven still covered with foil.
6. After the initial 2 hours, remove foil from baking dish and cook a further 25-30 minutes while uncovered, to allow the sauce to thicken a little more.
7. Place the pak choy & broccolini in a steamer over boiling/simmering water for about 1-2 minutes.
8. Remove both from the steamer and place only the pak choy into iced water to refresh. Remove from iced water and set aside with the broccolini to serve.
9. Remove ribs from oven, slice each rib rack into individual ribs and serve with vegetables and jasmine rice. Spoon sauce over ribs and onto rice.