Ingredients:
1 rack pork spare ribs, trimmed and membrane removed
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon dried lemon peel
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Thai Barbeque Sauce:
3 cloves garlic
1 bunch – cilantro
3 green onions, sliced to fit in food processor
1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce (Mae Ploy)
1/2 cup Hoisin sauce (Premier is gluten free)
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon gluten-free soy sauce
1 to 3 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Combine all of the herbs and spices in a shaker-top container and shake well to combine. Lay the ribs out on a baking sheet and coat heavily with the rub, working it in on both sides. This recipe should make just enough for one rack of ribs, so use it all up.
Cover the ribs with some cling wrap and stash in the fridge until just before you fire up the grill.
Make the sauce up the night before to give all the flavors time to develop. Put the garlic, green onions, and cilantro in a food processor and pulse until minced. Add the chili sauce, Hoisin, vinegar, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, fish sauce, and sesame oil and blend until well combined. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Pour into a covered container and store in the fridge overnight.
Plan on a 5 to 6 hour cook. You want the ribs over indirect heat at 300°. Add some hickory wood for smoke. Use an inverted plate setter to diffuse the heat and a pan with some water in it to catch the drippings.
Cook the ribs for 3 hours at 300°, flipping every 30 minutes.
Sauce the ribs on both sides and then wrap in two layers of heavy-duty foil or arrange them in a flame-proof 9×13 jelly roll pan and cover tightly with foil. Return the ribs to the grill and cook for another hour.
Carefully pull back the foil and check to see how done the ribs are. If the meat has started pulling back from the bone, they are ready to come out of the foil. If not, seal them back up and check again in 30 minutes. Repeat as needed.
When the ribs are ready, move them out of the foil and back onto the grill. Sauce both sides and cook for 20 minutes. Now check for doneness – the meat should have pulled well back on the bones and tugging on a bone should show that it’s ready to come apart. If the ribs are done, sauce them again and put them back on for another 10 minutes. Sauce them one more time and take them off the heat.
Let them rest for 10 minutes, then cut them along the bone into individual ribs and serve with more of the barbecue sauce, or plain sweet chili sauce, on the side.
We also sautéed every color bell pepper and an onion with sweet chili sauce, hoisin sauce, soy sauce sauce, chili garlic sauce and anything else in the fridge that might have an Asian flavor. This turned out very good also.
And the finshed product. One word...... AWESOME!!!
