Country Style Pork ribs braised in a sweet Asian sauce until they’re so tender they fall apart. A mouth-watering, inexpensive weeknight meal.
My blog this month for the Secret Recipe Club is The Keenan Cookbook. A husband and wife team who work together to post their delicious recipes. Chris does most of the cooking and Rachel takes most of the photos. Like me, they started their site to share family recipes and it has grown to include recipes found through friends, neighbors, and even other food bloggers.
Every week on Taste Test Tuesday they pick a recipe from a new food blog, try it out, and feature it. This Taste Test Tuesday recipe, Braised Country Style Pork Ribs, was also on their Top Ten List for 2011. They discovered the recipe on Cookin Canuck. Dara is an amazing cook, so I knew it would be great recipe.
I was taking dinner to a sweet neighbor. She was unable to eat anything spicy, so I toned down the recipe just a bit, and tripled the recipe so there would be enough to feed her family and mine.
The Keenans’ picture of this recipe is much better than mine. Click over and check it out, and while you’re there, take a look at all the other fabulous recipes they’ve posted.
Braised Country Style Pork Ribs in Ginger Ale & Hoisin Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 lbs. country-style boneless pork ribs
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 3 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 3 tablespoons peeled and finely grated fresh ginger
- 6 garlic cloves finely chopped or pressed
- 3 cups ginger ale
- 1 ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Season pork ribs with kosher salt and black pepper. Heat canola oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown the pork, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove the pork to a plate and set aside. (Brown the ribs in batches and don't crowd the pan so they brown and don't steam.)
- Turn the heat to medium and add chopped ginger and garlic. Sauté for 30 seconds. Add ginger ale, chicken broth, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce. Stir with a whisk until the hoisin sauce dissolves. Add the pork ribs to the pan and turn to coat. Cover the pan tightly and cook in the oven until the meat is very tender, turning occasionally, about 2 hours.
- Lower the oven heat to 200 degrees F. Remove the ribs from the braising liquid, place in an oven-proof dish, and keep warm in the oven.
- Skim fat off the surface of the liquid. (I used a fat separator.) In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and water. Whisk into the braising liquid and cook over medium heat until sauce thickens about 5 minutes.
- With two forks, shred the pork into bite-sized pieces, removing most of the fat, and stir into the sauce. Serve over rice. Garnish with sliced green onions.
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Candy de Luna-Asesor
Yummy! Pork was tender. However, I think I should have been more patient and skimmed off more fat so that sauce is more intense ( or maybe add more hoisin) . Loved it
Barbara Schieving
Thanks Candy!
Harry Kingston Hill
Surprisingly this post took my eye away from the “sweeter” posts on chocolate Nutella (oh I love Nutella) and lemon doughnuts – sometimes you can’t beat a savoury dish such as this to make your mouth water. I think i’ll try the recipe this weekend, my girlfriend will love it.
Margaret
Oh, My these look amazing. Love ribs like this so cannot wait to try this one!!
Kim Bee
I have a sudden desire to come to your place for dinner. That’s cool right?!
Asmita
Looks delicious!
Shumaila
I am not a pork lover but I love the flavors!
Maria
I love Hoisin sauce! Great meal!
Blond Duck
Awesome! I love this combo!
Kitchen Belleicious
if you can use cola and beer in sauces why not ginger ale? I love this idea! So clever and it looks delicious
Katherine Martinelli
Yum! I’ve read about cooking with soda before and now I’m convinced. And I love the hoisin in there too! Looks amazing.
Susan
What a wonderful dish to feed a friend and her family plus have plenty left for yours too 🙂 The flavors sound so delicious!
Becky at Vintage Mixer
I have a coworker who brings in real Ginger Ale to the office and it is SO amazing. I bet it would be great in this recipe. Also, I just happen to have some pork ribs in our freezer! looks like I need to make this recipe asap!