Barbecued Spare Ribs | Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes by Tessa Kiros

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can be lower in sugar and preservatives.

spare ribs

🥗Healthier: pork tenderloin

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork tenderloin is leaner, and chicken thighs are often less expensive.

Melt the butter in a non-stick pan.

Sauté the onions until translucent but not browned.

Add ketchup, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and honey to the pan and gently mix together.

Add water to the mixture and let it simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes to thicken slightly.

Let the mixture cool before marinating the ribs in a Ziploc bag, double bagging to prevent mess.

Let the ribs marinate for a few hours before cooking.

Scrape off any excess marinade while reserving it for the barbecue sauce.

Place the ribs in a saucepan with the reserved marinade and half a cup of water.

Cook until the sauce boils and becomes dark, sticky, and thick, turning the ribs over a few times to coat them.

Serve the ribs.

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