Spicy St Louis Ribs – made with large pork ribs and a sauce chock full of flavor, you’ll need a knife and fork for these Asian inspired ribs!
One of the things I always miss about summer is the taste of barbecue meat, but no more. Spicy St Louis Ribs slow baked in the oven can be just as delicious and flavorful as off the grill. The secret is in the technique and the sauce.
This is truly the only rib recipe you will ever need for Spicy St Louis Ribs. Ribs simply don’t get any better than this! You’ll need a fork and knife to eat these, as they will fall off the bone and be tastier than you can imagine.
While the ribs are slow cooking, they’re tightly wrapped in foil to prevent drying out the meat. To give the ribs a real flavor hit, they’re bathed in a spicy sauce right before going in the oven.
The sauce slow bakes right into the meat. Toward the end of the cooking time, the ribs are then uncovered and coated with sauce again, this time to form a nice sticky topping.
INGREDIENTS TO MAKE ST LOUIS PORK RIBS
- St Louis Style Pork Ribs – meatier ribs than baby back, cut from the belly of the hog.
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Chinese Five Spice – this is a ground combination of star anise, fennel seeds, szechuan peppercorns, cinnamon and cloves. If you don’t have five spice powder, you can substitute cayenne, cinnamon and ground cloves instead.
- Sesame Oil
- Rice Vinegar
- Garlic
- Soy Sauce
- Honey
- Hoisin Sauce
- Minced Ginger
- Tomato Sauce
HOW TO MAKE EASY PORK RIBS IN THE OVEN
This is a totally simple dish to make. The deliciously basted ribs will be moist and tender and literally fall off the bone.
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Spicy St Louis Style Ribs
Ingredients
- 2.5 pounds St. Louis style pork ribs
- 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp chinese five spice
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tsp fresh minced ginger
- 1/3 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet or dish with foil. Lightly grease or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, blend all of the ingredients except ribs.
- Cut ribs into serving size pieces. Place ribs on greased, foil lined large baking pan or casserole dish. Brush both sides of ribs using 1/3 of the sauce, coating completely.
- Bake uncovered for 45 minutes bone side up. Drain the grease off the ribs.
- Pour another 1/3 of the sauce over the ribs. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Uncover and bake for an additional 30 minutes, basting the ribs with the sauce 2-3 times during final cooking time.
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Yes, the entire baking time I leave the ribs alone. I turn them over when doing the final basting. Great question and thanks for asking!
Do you keep them bone side up the entire coking time?