Spare ribs

[sprayer]

Does anybody know a good recipe for CHINESE style spare ribs as we have a large party soon an have been asked for them, I have ordered 10kgs. of ribs so there are lots to do...... should say that they will be cooked in an oven not on a BBQ.

[funnygirl]

I always cook my ribs first and then add the sauce to them, finishing them off in the oven.

[anewday]

hi. boil the ribs for 30 minutes
at the same time in a pan put a carton (or less) into a pan and start to simmer it.
Chop a few cloves of garlick, bit of ginger, chilli and chinese 5 spices.
Also ad soy sauce and optional fish sauce.
simmer untill is a thick mixture.

Take ribs out of water. on the grill, pour over the sauce and then grill for 10 minutes or so.

Absolutelly unbelievably delicioses! Im hungry thinking about it

[anewday]

or u can use an oven instead

[I Love Snow]

boil the ribs for 30 mins. mix 4 tablespoons of fruity brown sauce, 3 of tomato sauce, i brown sugar and 1 of worcester sauce. Drain ribs, put in tinfoil, cover with the sauce and cook in the oven for 20 mins. tastes like the peking sauce from the chinese. Taste the sauce before you put over the ribs if you want ot sweeter just add more sugar.

[sprayer]

Thanx to you all, I will have great fun trying these out !!!

[valerieb1254]

The best ones I do are so simple and so good,just like the Chinese ones. It's in powder form called FLAVA-IT. I get it from Booths supermarket don't know if you've got one near you. Dip the ribs in the powder,wait 5 or 10 minutes till it soaks in then I spray them with oil to stop them drying out,Cook them on low for a couple of hours, turn them a couple of times.I hope you can get some of the powder,believe me you'll love them.so simple and no mess.
Val.

[sprayer]

Cheers Val
we dont have a booths supermarket here in sunny Cambs.
but just looked up Flava-it on google and I can buy it online
so thanx for the tip, will give it a go.....

[valerieb1254]

Make sure you spray them with oil,then they won't dry out.

[WhiteBear]

nooo noooo u doing it all wrong, should NEVER boil the ribs! it makes it taste horrible, my dads a chef , what he does is marrinade the ribs over night with spice n stuff, then u shove it in the oven, turning occasionnally unti crispy n shiny look. thats how u make it.

(my dad owns a chinese takeaway)

i once went to bar n gril n had ribs, u could tell they boiled the ribs, as soon i tasted it i spitted it bk out! it was awful!!!

[sprayer]

TO BOIL OR NOT TO BOIL, that is the question..........
Did'nt Shakespear write something like that ??? perhaps he had trouble with his ribs as well !

[WhiteBear]

lol sprayer :)

watch Saturday Kitchen... now... a chef is making spareribs, but it aint chinese thu!! xx

[WhiteBear]

ohh hes making steak not ribs :P i mis-heard :P sry xx looks yum thu.

[valerieb1254]

Forgot to say sprayer,I always buy the smaller ribs ( just chopped in half ) a lot easier to handle when eating them.you'd probably only need half the amount you've ordered if you got the butcher to chop them in half for you.Would think they would be better for a buffet too. Anyway just a suggestion.
Val.

[sprayer]

Cheers Whitebear, but how do you manage to watch TV and your computer at the same time ?.......

And Val I got the ribs from a cash and carry in a 10kg. box and not from a butcher, so I will have to get my chopper out If you will pardon the expression !!! ( but very good idea though)

[yellow8]

Deep fry the ribs on low heat for 5 minutes to seal the ribs to keep the flavour,if you boiled the ribs you will loose all the flavour of the ribs,all you can taste is the sauce on top of the ribs,trust me,I'm a chinese chief.the rest of the recipe can't provide,but this is a good tip.

[WhiteBear]

your a chinese chef yellow?? my dads chinese and hes a chef he does it diff to u! he marinate it, cook it in the oven, then if u feel like unhealthy fry it, it just makes it tastier!!

oh sprayer i have a study room .. computer in the corner and tv on my right :D x

[sprayer]

You hav'nt got an oven in your study have you whitebear ?
you could do me some ribs look at TV & computer all at once then post em to me. all this talk of chinese food is
making me hungry ( I LOVE IT )

[yellow8]

I'm sure everybody cook it differently, I'm not here to criticise peoples cooking,but one thing for sure,my chinese cooking is restaurant standard,but not what you call takeaway s.........h. Ha Ha