Chinese Honey Garlic Ribs coated in a honey garlic sauce just like the ones at a Chinese restaurant. Plus, you can make the honey garlic sauce as thick or thin as you want for honey garlic dry ribs or coat them in that honey garlic sauce as a glaze or a thickened honey garlic sauce.This recipe prepares the ribs just the same as a Chinese restaurant. You'll need a hefty cutting board and a butcher knife. Because you will be chopping each individual rib in half right through the bone to create the short ribs.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 Rack Pork Ribs
Honey Garlic Sauce
- 3 C Water
- 2 C White Sugar - Brown for a deeper taste or equal parts
- 1/2 C Soy Sauce - Dark soy sauce for a darker color or half and half
- 1/4 C Molasses
- 2 Heads Garlic - whole cloves
- 1 Tbl Rice Vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Dry Mustard, Onion Powder & Garlic Powder - each
- 1/4 tsp Ginger Powder
- 1/8 tsp White Pepper
Starch Slurry
- 1/4 C Cornstarch & Cold Water - added last - see notes
Instructions
- Honey Garlic Sauce: Add all the ingredients for the Honey Garlic Sauce into a pot large enough tohold the ribs and sauce. Mix well and set this over medium heat while you prepare the ribs.
- Ribs: Remove the rib tips/cartilage with the sternum and chop in between the soft bone/cartilage into bite-size pieces and throw into the pot with the honey garlic sauce. Trim off the flap and either chop into bite-size pieces to include or freeze to use for pork fried rice.Slice in between each rib to get individual ribs. Then, with some force, chop the ribs in half right through the bone and add to the pot. Don't hold the rib with your other hand. Just set the rib down and aim for the center with some good force to chop through the bone.
- Boil & Simmer: With all the ribs in the honey garlic sauce, turn the heat to max.As it comes to a boil, scoop off the scum that rises to the surface and discard. Once clean, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour covered.
- Thickened Honey Garlic Ribs: Combine 1/4 C of cornstarch & cold water, or 2-3 Tbl of each, for a thinner sauce. Mix well and pour into the Honey Garlic Ribs while gently mixing. Remove from the heat once thickened and let rest 10 minutes before serving. Dry Ribs: You can also skip the thickening of the sauce and serve these up as dry ribs.