This five-spice pork ribs recipe brings familiar ingredients together in a straightforward home-kitchen method. Read the ingredient list before starting, prepare the equipment in advance and follow the temperature and chilling guidance where relevant.

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilograms American-style pork ribs
  • spring onions (shredded, to serve)
  • 2 Tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
  • 2 Tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 1 Tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
  • 125 Milliliters tomato sauce (ketchup)
  • 2 Tablespoons five-spice powder
  • 2 garlic cloves (crushed)

Instructions

  1. Whisk rice wine, soy sauce, honey, sweet chili sauce, ketchup, five-spice and crushed garlic into a marinade.
  2. Coat ribs, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Heat oven to 160°C / 325°F.
  3. Place ribs in a covered roasting dish with a few tablespoons of water. Bake about 75–90 minutes until tender.
  4. Uncover, brush with reserved clean sauce and roast 10–15 minutes at 200°C / 400°F until glazed. Pork ribs should be thoroughly cooked and tender; garnish with spring onion.

Recipe details

Prep: 20 min · Cook: 95 min · Yield: 4

Editorial note: This recipe has been reconstructed from an archive and has not been independently kitchen-tested.