Five Spice Powder Ribs
September 24, 2008

Ribs are an awesomely easy meal to make well, and only require some preparation ahead of time to really shine. These particular ribs are spiced up with some fantastic Chinese five spice powder which lends them a unique, strong and unexpected flavor that totally rocks. They just need a little dry rub, a little marination and then about 45~60 minutes in the oven. Simple.

Ingredients

• Ribs. I used beef short ribs here, but pork or beef ribs in general will work well with this method
• Chinese five spice powder
• Garlic powder
• Red chili flakes
• White sugar
• Brown sugar
• Salt
• Soy sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• Chicken stock

The Method - Flavoring

These require some time spent up front, but its mostly hands off. Mix up all of your dry ingredients in roughly equal proportions (except the garlic powder, use about half of your proportion) and start rubbing it nice and hard into the meat. You're doing a dry rub here that's going to be spending about a day melding its flavor into the meat, so use some elbow grease.

Once you've got the meat rubbed down, plop it into a high rimmed bowl or baking dish, cover and stick it in your fridge for at least 8 hours. Let those flavors permeate nice and deep.

Now, 8 hours have passed and your meat's got a lovely fragrance to it. Take your soy sauce and chicken stock and fill the bottom of your bowl about 3/8 of the way (I know, I had to be difficult) and squirt in a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce. Go ahead and toss your ribs around to get liquid all over them and then put 'em back in the fridge for at least 2 or 3 hours. If you can, toss 'em around a bit half way through to get some nice easy coating.

The Method - Cooking

This is where the ribs become dirt simple. Once you've got your ribs all marinated and flavored up, kick your oven up to 350. If they're not already in one, get your ribs and they're tasty marinating juices into a high-rimmed oven-safe container and cover them in foil. Stick it in and wait about 45 minutes to an hour. The meat should easily come off of the bone when you've poked it with a fork and oh, the delicious smell will be filling your house.

These weren't actually dinner, I had already eaten about 4 hours earlier. Despite the fact that I was already utterly full I sat down and consumed three of these babies to great satisfaction. The five spice powder could be a bit difficult to find, but its certainly worth it once you obtain some. Once you do, be sure to give these ribs a try as they're a nice change from bbq / teriyaki ribs.

James McConnell 2008/09/26

Mmmm.... ribs. Should've thrown those puppies on the grill, my good man.

Jordan Cox 2008/09/27

If only my neighbors weren't always outside and three feet from
my house. :)

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