Roasted Honey-Glazed Spareribs

How to Make

• 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.