Roasted Honey-Glazed Spareribs
"These are yummy ribs. Be sure to line your roasting pan with foil to help in the clean up. These need to marinate for 24 hours, so plan ahead."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (784.3 g)
- Calories 2164.7
- Total Fat - 159.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 51.2 g
- Cholesterol - 544.3 mg
- Sodium - 1953.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 73.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 72.1 g
- Protein - 105.6 g
- Calcium - 119.5 mg
- Iron - 7 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.9 mg
- Thiamin - 2.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Make marinade:
Step 2
With flat side of a large knife smash garlic.
Step 3
In a small saucepan heat brown sugar, honey, and vinegar over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
Step 4
Remove pan from heat and stir in garlic and remaining marinade ingredients until combined well. Cool marinade to room temperature.
Step 5
Fold up spareribs and fit into two 1-gallon heavy-duty sealable plastic bags.
Step 6
Divide marinade between bags and seal bags, pressing out excess air.
Step 7
Marinate ribs in bags in a large roasting pan, chilled, turning them once, 1 day.
Step 8
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 9
Open bags and holding ribs in bags, pour marinade into a saucepan.
Step 10
Discard garlic.
Step 11
Simmer marinade until reduced to about 1 cup.
Step 12
Pour 1 cup marinade into a bowl and reserve as sauce for serving with ribs (remainder will be used for basting ribs).
Step 13
Arrange ribs, overlapping slightly, in 2 large roasting pans and roast in upper and lower thirds of oven 30 minutes.
Step 14
With tongs turn ribs over so they will brown evenly.
Step 15
Roast ribs 30 minutes more and with tongs turn them over.
Step 16
Switch position of pans in oven and baste ribs with some of remaining marinade in saucepan. Roast ribs 30 minutes and with tongs turn them over.
Step 17
Brush ribs with remaining marinade in saucepan and roast 30 minutes more, or until meat is very tender.
Step 18
Ribs may be made 30 minutes ahead and kept, tightly covered with foil, at room temperature.
Step 19
Transfer ribs to a cutting board and cut apart between bones.
Step 20
Serve ribs with reserved sauce.
Tips
No special items needed.