Tamarind Glazed Baby Back Ribs

  3.4 – 30 reviews  • Caribbean
Level: Easy
Total: 2 hr 20 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 2 hr
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 racks pork baby back ribs (about 2 pounds each)
  2. Salt
  3. Freshly ground black pepper
  4. 2 aji panca, seeded, ribbed, and soaked in hot water, or 1 fresh poblano pepper, roasted under the broiler on all sides until charred, cooled, skin peeled away, seeded and ribbed
  5. 1/2 cup tamarind paste
  6. 2 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar
  7. 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  8. 1/3 cup lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
  9. 1/2 cup fresh orange juice (about 1/2 orange)
  10. 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F.
  2. Sprinkle the ribs with salt and pepper and place them meaty-side up on an aluminum foil-lined rimmed baking sheet or shallow baking dish. Roast for 30 minutes and then drain off any accumulated fat from the baking sheet. Turn the ribs over and increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Return them to the oven for an additional 30 minutes.
  3. While the ribs cook, make the glaze. Drain the aji panca and place it in a blender along with the tamarind paste, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, orange juice and garlic. Puree to make a thick paste, scraping the jar as necessary. Set aside 1/4 of the glaze for serving.
  4. After the ribs have cooked at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes, begin basting them with the glaze every 15 minutes until the ribs are tender, about 1 hour, turning the ribs meaty side up again after 30 minutes. Remove the ribs from the oven, brush with the reserved glaze and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 1110
Total Fat 74 g
Saturated Fat 26 g
Carbohydrates 24 g
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Sugar 15 g
Protein 88 g
Cholesterol 313 mg
Sodium 1283 mg

Reviews

Debbie Andrade
Excellent flavor and color. Some of the best ribs I have ever made or, eaten with the exception of a local rib joint where the Cordon Bleu trained chef smokes his for hours and hours in his huge smoker. His do not need a sauce or glaze. Ingrid’s are sticky good and this recipe is a keeper for me until I buy a big-boy smoker of my own!
Christopher Brown
We are SOO lucky to have this lady here sharing her talents!! TY Ingrid!

These are perrrfect. Rock on..

Mr. Dakota Thompson
Cambodian style ribs

Ribs and marinade:
? 2 2 1/4-to 2 1/2-pound baby back pork rib racks, cut into 6-to 7-rib sections
? 1/4 cup chopped peeled fresh ginger
? 6 garlic cloves, chopped
? 1 tablespoon sugar
? 1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt
? 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
? 2 tablespoons honey
? 2 tablespoons soy sauce
? 2 tablespoons fish sauce

Basting Sauce:
? 3teaspoons coarse kosher salt, divided
? 3 teaspoons ground white pepper, divided
? 1 large lime
? Nonstick vegetable oil spray

Preparation
For ribs and marinade:
Place rib racks on work surface. Using small sharp knife, carefully pry papery membrane off underside of each rib section. Place ribs on large rimmed baking sheet.
Combine ginger, garlic, sugar, 1 tablespoon coarse salt, and black pepper in processor and puree to blend well. Add honey, soy sauce, and fish sauce and process until blended. Spread spiced marinade on both sides of ribs (about 2 tablespoons marinade per side for each rib section). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
For basting sauce: Use at the very end, last 3-4 minutes on the grill!
Place 2 teaspoon coarse salt and 2 teaspoon ground white pepper in a bowl, then squeeze 1 lime into the bowl.
Spray grill rack with nonstick spray. Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Spoon any juices from baking sheet with ribs over ribs before grilling. Place rib racks, rounded (meaty) side down, on grill rack. Grill ribs, uncovered, 8 minutes per side, then cover barbecue and grill until ribs are cooked through, about 8 minutes longer per side. Baste both sides of the ribs for the final 3-4 minutes.

Raymond Allen
The first bite was a shock since we are used to more traditional baby back ribs but after re-adjusting our taste buds found this to be a great recipe. Grilled the ribs instead of using the oven. A dinner guest agreed with us on the recipe and they were also fantastic the next day after being nuked. Those who didn’t like this recipe the first time should try it again. We really don’t understand the criticism of Ingrid. We have saved more of her recipes to our computer than any other chef on the FN.
Stanley Solomon
I love this rib recipe from Ingrid Hoffman. I have served them to my Latino & Venezualan guests and they rave about them. My husband is Mexican and they are one of his favorites. It was a little hard to find the tamarind paste, but I found a good brand at a Mediterranean store. And instead of Aji Panca, which I couldn’t find, I roasted a pablano, like Ingrid suggestd. It worked perfectly! Thank you, Ingrid and keep on giving us great Latino recipes!
Clifford Watts
I made this for my friends and they loved it. It was not hard to do,but it seemed liked to them that I did some thing special for them and I did thanks to you
Lisa Hines
FN has two really good chefs from the ” Next New chef ” competition, Guy and Amy,where did they find this looser? What a waste of time when someone that really has talent could be on.Let Ingrid go back to whatever she was trying to do !!!!
Steven Johnson
These were some of the best ribs we have ever made. The tamarind was a great addition to this recipe. Awesome.
Michael West
I think they came to be awesome ribs!!…as for you Tania and the rest of ignorants that like to criticize, have you ever stop to think that the show is not based on race and looks of the host…but about the process of making a good meal, if you can do it better may be you sholud all have your own show. And besides the recepies come out great is probably your sorry cooking skills that deserves that lonely star…!!!
William Davis
The children’s hour (Cartoons) are broadcasted early mornings especially on Saturdays. I suggest all those that are being disrespectful to the host (Ingrid) of this show should tune in to those shows instead and leave FN to adult viewing. Why are those disrespectul so called cooks into the host’s hair? I never seen such disrespectul comments on Rachel Ray’s receipe reviews and her hair is always down and dangling in her face. After all, the host (Ingrid) is not in your home preparing food for you to eat, she is just teaching us how to prepare food her way, which is a modern take on Latin food.The negativity need to stop and all those that are doing it should get a life. I tried Ingrid’s receipes many times and loved every one of them. These
ribs are outstanding. Ingrid…you go girl!

 

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