H’s pork ribs in Korean BBQ sauce

October 1, 2008 webmaster 5 comments

Location: my tiny kitchen

As ET mentioned in his recent post, we had a great BBQ at H’s place last weekend. We spent a joyful evening with good conversations while enjoying H’s great BBQ creations. I love every BBQ dish H cooked, but if I had to choose, my favourite would be the pork ribs. H’s ribs are innovative. They are not cooked in a traditional BBQ sauce like the variety made by Tony Romas or Kraft. H’s ribs are marinated and barbecued in a Korean BBQ sauce. The Korean BBQ sauce has a distinctive soy sauce flavour, which makes it the perfect seasoning for pork. Another unique characteristic about H’s ribs is the texture. H’s ribs were tender, but still provided enough firmness to provide a satisfying chew. Before having H’s ribs, I would never be convinced that anything short of fall-of-the-bones tender could taste so fantastic. In fact, I like them so much that on the next day, I rushed to the Asian supermarket and picked up a big bottle of the Korean BBQ sauce. On Monday, that is less than 48 hours after I had H’s pork ribs, I was in my kitchen replicating his creation.

Because I don’t have a BBQ grill (yeah, I can’t believe this either, but it’s a fact), I bake the ribs in the oven. My opinion might be a little biased, but I think the result is quite close to H’s.

You will need:
- 1 slab of back ribs
- 1 bottle of Wang Korean BBQ sauce (if the brand “Wang” is not available, use any Korean BBQ sauce)
- 2 tbsp Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper

Put salt and pepper on both sides of ribs. Place ribs flat in a dish. Pour a generous amount of BBQ sauce all over ribs. Marinate the ribs for at least 12 hours.

Heat oven to 450F. Place ribs in a baking pan lined with foil. Bake ribs for 1/2 hour. After 1/2 hour, bake ribs for another 1/2 hour by basting ribs every 15 minutes with the marinate .

Take ribs out of the oven and let it cool for 20 minutes. Cut and serve.

I try to be good and therefore I also made some veggie to go with the ribs. These grilled zucchinis are sweet and tasty. They are also one of H’s creations.

After discovering the Korean BBQ sauce at H’s, I have been going nuts about it. I have used it at every chance I find, or with every type of meat that I can get my hands on. The application is endless – it’s a great marinate for short ribs, for chicken wings etc.