Grilled spareribs

Grilled spareribs

30 min
Summer cookouts call for delicious pieces of meat to be enjoyed with friends and family, and what better way of celebrating good weather than by getting your hands dirty eating sweet and smoky grilled spareribs. While they seem to be most popular in the United States, countries all over the world love to indulge in their versions of the grilled spareribs – and you should too. With our sparerib marinade, you are bound to feel your mouth watering and your nose sniffing extra intensely when the ribs sizzle away on the hot BBQ. Accompany the meat with a wide selection of fresh sides or, perhaps, even different types of meat, if you are having a day full of food, friends, and family. Just make sure that there are enough for everyone. Trust us: they disappear quickly.
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Instructions

  • Salt the rack and cook over a hot flame for about 10 minutes on each side.
  • Mix barbecue sauce of butter and rapeseed oil, chilli sauce, soy, ginger, and sambal oelek.
  • Brush the rack on both sides with half of the barbecue sauce. Continue cooking for about 5 minutes on each side.
  • Cut the rack into long pieces along the legs.
  • Stir honey into the barbecue sauce and brush on the cut surfaces and all around. Cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Serve with sour cream.
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Tips

To ensure that the grilled ribs are evenly cooked, try to monitor the temperature throughout the cooking process. By doing so, all the meat will be perfectly done at the same time, meaning that every bite is as good as the previous one.

Tips

A simple way to give your meat that extra flavour boost is to let it rest for a few minutes before serving. We know it looks delicious and ready to eat, but by letting it rest, you allow the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, giving it a lovely moist bite.

Questions about grilled spareribs

Below, we go through some frequently asked questions on how to cook ribs on a barbeque to prepare you for a summer full of BBQ.

How to cook ribs on a BBQ?
Cooking spare ribs on the BBQ is as easy as it comes, but you will still feel like a BBQ master doing it. Start by salting the rack and cook it over a hot flame for about 10 minutes on both sides. After that, brush both sides of the rack with a sparerib marinade to give it a nice flavourful coating. Barbecue for another 5 minutes on each side. Now, cut the rack into pieces along the legs and coat with another layer of marinade – preferably with added honey this time. Another 5 minutes should do it – now get ready to get your fingers dirty.
How long to barbecue spareribs?
Spareribs need to be grilled for a total of about 30-35 minutes. Remember to flip them several times during the cooking process. The first part will take about 10 minutes on each side, whereas the second will be 5 minutes on each side. After cutting the rack into smaller pieces, they need about five minutes in total on the BBQ, and then they are ready to eat.
What marinade to use for grilled spareribs?
Our sparerib marinade with, among other things, chilli sauce, soy sauce, ginger, and sambal oelek coats the meat in a delicious layer of sauce with a bit of heat. Add honey, and the meat will slightly caramelise lending yet another irresistible flavour to the ribs.

Ingredients

Spareribs:
Spare ribs or loin bones
1½ kilo
Salt (approx.)
1 tsp
Barbecue sauce:
Butter and rapeseed oil
3 tbsp
Ketchup-type chilli sauce
1 tbsp
Soy sauce
1 tsp
Ground ginger
1 tsp
Sambal oelek
1 tsp
Honey
2 tbsp
Serve with
Sour cream with paprika and chilli
200 ml
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Try our recipe for grilled spareribs – a must-have on the BBQ table

The world is full of great and fun suggestions, but our recipe for grilled spareribs is a go-to for anyone who appreciates a great-tasting and great-smelling piece of meat. Serve those glistening, smoky racks as the centrepiece of the party, and the meat will be gone in no time. You could also serve it as a part of a big summer cookout with plenty of different meats – all we know is that our grilled spareribs are a must-have on the BBQ table. When the meat is cooked on the BBQ, it gets a nice juicy moistness, while the sugar from the honey caramelises and gives the meat another dimension of indelible sweetness.

Make a savoury marinade

A quality rack of ribs goes a long way, but to make the best grilled pork rib, you need a flavour-enhancing element like the savoury sparerib marinade. Some people enjoy a classic BBQ marinade, but to truly steal the spotlight at any summer cookout, coat your ribs in our delectable sparerib marinade with a twist. The different but carefully chosen ingredients craft a complex yet well-balanced marinade full of the sweetness, richness, and spiciness you want when eating grilled ribs.

How to serve grilled spareribs

Grilled spareribs are great not only because of their incredible taste but also because of their versatility. Plate with a beautiful fresh salad and a bit of sour cream, and you have a wonderful weekday dinner for the whole family to enjoy. But summertime tends to be a social time, meaning summer cookouts, birthday parties in the sun, and outdoor potlucks. Grilled spareribs will dazzle at any event.

You can serve grill ribs with a vast variety of salads and sides. A traditional BBQ choice would be to serve the meat with a delicious potato salad with tangy apples. It is easily made in advance and can be brought to any picnic or BBQ party. For something even lighter, a simple watermelon salad is both easy on the eye and the taste buds. It perfectly combines the naturally sweet with the naturally fresh that fits so well with the savoury grilled spareribs. Maybe, just maybe, you find yourself in the mood to go all in on summer – then try our aptly named summer salad stacked with strawberries, peas, tomatoes, and different types of salad. Serve, if you like, with homemade olive bread, perfect for soaking up leftover juices.

Ideas for modifying the recipe

With most meat you cook on the BBQ, you can try various ways of experimenting with the marinade. Here, we give you a few suggestions if you are in an adventurous mood.

A spicy chipotle marinade is quite like the original savoury marinade, but there is an added touch of smoky flavour from the chipotle peppers. Combine oil, lime juice, honey, garlic, cumin, smoked paprika, salt, and chipotle peppers for a warm and smoky marinade perfect for a day out in the sun.

Grilled spareribs and BBQ in general are extremely popular in Asia as well, so why not try an Asian-inspired teriyaki marinade? The soy sauce, honey, ginger, sesame oil, and rice vinegar will imbue the meat with savoury, slightly sweet, and tangy flavours and give the ribs an irresistible glaze when grilled.

You could also go with a classic BBQ marinade that will give a familiar rich and sweet flavour profile. We suggest well-balanced ingredients such as tomato ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, mustard powder, salt, and black pepper.

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