The Chinese BBQ Spare Ribs My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

Learn how to make Chinese BBQ Spare Ribs from a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef with 60+ years of experience

📝 Ingredients

• 3 lb pork rib
• 1 tbsp garlic salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
• 0.5 tsp five spice powder
• 0.25 tsp red food coloring
• 2 tbsp maltose/honey

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Prepare the spare ribs: Create cuts between the bones and along the thick side of the ribs so that the meat takes on the flavors better and that it cooks faster.
2. 2Rub seasoning: Rub garlic salt onto the ribs. Make sure to cover all surfaces on both sides. Pay special attention to the slits that you made earlier.
3. 3Create marinade: In a medium bowl, mix sugar, salt, white pepper, ketchup, cooking wine, five-spice powder, and red food coloring (which is optional). Set aside for the next step.
4. 4Marinate and refrigerate ribs: Place ribs in a tray lined with a plastic sheet and spread the marinade thinly onto both sides of the ribs. Wrap ribs with the plastic sheet when finished.
5. 5Prepare glaze: For the glaze, you can use maltose or honey. Brush it over the spare ribs and they'll glisten and taste great.
6. 6Rest and bake ribs: Remove ribs from the refrigerator and allow them to rest for about an hour. Preheat the oven to 400° F, which is 204° C.
7. 7Glaze ribs: After 30-35 minutes of baking, remove the ribs and brush your glaze of choice onto them.
8. 8Rest ribs, cut, taste test & plate: Once the ribs have been baking for about 45 minutes in total, take it out and let it rest for 10 minutes.