Five Spice Pork Ribs With Smothered Onions And Spicy Dried Cranberry Bbq Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pan, place the Chinese 5-spice powder, sugar, salt and a generous amount of cold water.
• Mix together until the sugar and salt have dissolved.
• Add the baby back pork ribs into the liquid, so that they are totally covered.
• Chill in the refrigerator overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 300°F.
• Line a roasting tray with enough kitchen foil to completely cover and seal the pork ribs.
• Evenly spread the sliced onions on the foil and place the butter on top.
• Remove the ribs from the liquid and season both sides with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Place the ribs in one layer on top of the onions, and fold the foil over making sure to tightly seal the package.
• Roast undisturbed for 2 hours.
• Meanwhile heat the canola oil in a small saucepan.
• Add in the onion and garlic and fry gently, stirring often, for 10 minutes.
• Add in the sugar, craisins, cranberry juice, vinegar and chipotle peppers.
• Simmer until the liquid is reduced by half. Puree the sauce in a blender until very smooth, season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Remove the ribs from the oven, unwrap and baste them with Spicy Craisin BBQ Sauce.
• Increase the oven to 400°F.
• Bake the ribs uncovered for 10 minutes until the sauce is lightly browned.
• Divide the smothered onions onto four plates and serve with one half rack per person.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together garlic, ginger, five-spice powder and oil. Sprinkle salt over pork. Rub pork evenly with spice rub; refrigerate at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 450°F Place pork on a rack in roasting pan; bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250°F Bake an additional 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 145 F to 150°F.
• Remove pork from oven, cover loosely with foil. Let stand 15 minutes.