Asian Spare Ribs

Food Network…need I say more? We all know their recipes are tried and true. This recipe is no different and absolutely delicious! My entire family loves this.  It was so different, so full of flavor, sweet, savory and a little salty with the added pinch of salt at the end. I highly recommend using a disposable pan to bake these in.  I used a baking pan covered in foil and well…not a good outcome at the end. I would have spent three days trying to clean the sauce off of this pan so the pan is no more. To sacrifice one pan for those tasty ribs was okay with me!!!

NOTE:  The original recipe calls for them to be grilled,  but I baked them in the oven. For grilling recipes check the recipe out at Food Network.

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of hoisin sauce
1/4 cup of soy sauce
3 Tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 Tablespoons of honey, plus extra to finish
1 Tablespoon five spice powder
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 racks of spare ribs (St. Louis style) sliced individually into single ribs
Sprinkle of salt at the end of cooking

DIRECTIONS
Mix together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, five spice powder, garlic and ginger. Take out 1/2 cup of sauce to use while cooking. Place the rest of the sauce in a Ziploc bag and add your sliced ribs. Refrigerate at least three hours, but overnight is best.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place the ribs on cooling rack and then into a large baking sheet (disposable is best). Discard marinade. Cover the ribs and bake for two hours. Remove the tin foil and baste with the reserved marinade. Bake for ten minutes turn ribs and baste ribs, and continue turning and basting one or two more times until all of the marinade is used.and the total cooking time at this point is 2 1/2 hours.  At the 2 1/2 time, drizzle the ribs with honey being sure to coat all of the ribs and sprinkle lightly with salt.  Turn the oven to broil and let the ribs broil without burning.  Your oven door should be left open during the broil time and watch closely as the honey can burn easily at this point. This should only take just a couple of minutes.  Remove from oven and serve warm.

Enjoy!