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.
Notes
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vianney
how sweet of you. I bet the ginger ale adds great flavor. thank you for sharing!
Sara (Belly Rumbles)
Oh wow, ginger ale, that is something I would of never thought of. I really want to give this recipe a go.
Deborah
I actually just made country style pork ribs a couple of nights ago – I wish I would have tried this recipe instead!!
Katrina
What a fun, different recipe and another blog to check out that I haven’t seen before!
Cookin' Canuck
Barbara, I’m so glad you enjoyed these pork ribs. This is one of our go-to meals and, you’re right – you just can’t beat the price.
Becki's Whole Life
This is such a unique dish, but I think it sounds wonderful. Love Hoisin sauce and the combination of the pork with the ginger ale and soy based sauce sounds wonderful!
Lynda
I can’t wait to try these Barbara. I buy country ribs and am looking for new ways of cooking them. Thanks for posting this!
Chris @ TheKeenanCookbook
So glad you liked them Barbara! This recipe was a hit in our house and we’ve made it multiple times already. You really can’t go wrong with Dara’s recipes 🙂
Donna
The flavors sound amazing in this recipe! Thanks for choosing this one!
Barbara | Creative Culinary
I love the combination of ingredients Barbara…in truth I could eat pork everynight…braised, bbq, smoked or bacon. I love the pig!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Aww mum you’re sweet helping out your neighbour! I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t really know mine. This looks delicious too! 😀 xxx
Loy
Wow, does this ever sound wonderful. I am a great fan of pork and hoisin. I will be checking this week’s grocery ads to see if anyone has country ribs on sale. If necessary, I may even thaw a pork shoulder roast and cut it up. I am pretty sure this is going on my table this week. Thanks for sharing.
Melanie
Looks like the perfect supper for me!! Love the pretty pineapple and slaw alongside the pork. Just picked up my ribs at Whole Foods and plan on making this later in the week. Is that homemade coleslaw?
Barbara
Thanks Melanie! It’s a Honey-Orange Broccoli Slaw that was in the November Taste of Home magazine. http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Honey-Orange-Broccoli-Slaw. Be sure and add the almonds right before serving. I’ve made this recipe several times and it’s so easy and delicious.
Veronica
My mouth is watering! That sauce sounds SO good! What a delicious choice for SRC. Great job!
sara
YUM, these look incredible! Love the flavors – hoisin sauce is one of my favs.
Melissa@IWasBornToCook
What a great choice…love these flavors!
Lisa~~
Sounds delicious with great flavors, perfect SRC choice.
Kalyn
So many good flavors in this!
Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Ginger ale, really? This sounds like such a novel idea, not to mention flavorful.
Rosa
Great flavors! Im a big fan of pork, ginger and hoisin sauce.
Cheers,
Rosa