Lazyman’s pork spare ribs
Ingredients :
1 kilo of meaty pork spare ribs
1 whole garlic
1 whole onion
3-4 stalks of leeks (green part only)
6-8 peppercorns
salt
1 tbsp. of finely minced garlic
6 tbsps. of finely chopped onions
6 tbsps. of coarsely chopped pimientoes
1 tsp. of dried basil (or 2 tsps. of fresh basil)
1 tsp. of dried parsley (or 2 tsps. of fresh parsley)
1/3 c. of butter
1 chili pepper, finely chopped
Cooking procedure :
You can cook the ribs whole and cut them just before serving (which is what I did out of laziness) or you can cut them into segments before cooking. Your choice. Cutting them before cooking will shorten the cooking time.
Place the pork spare ribs in a large cooking pan and cover with water. Add the whole garlic, whole onion, leeks, peppercorns and salt. How much salt? A lot so that the liquid is actually too salty. Bear with me. There’s a reason for all that salt. Bring to a boil, skimming off scum as it rises. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for about an hour or until the meat is fork tender. Do not add any additional liquid. You’re about to make all that liquid evaporate. What you want is for the meat to absorb all the salt so that you won’t need to add any more salt later.
When the meat is tender and there is only about half a cup of liquid left, remove all the vegetables with a slotted spoon. Add the butter, minced garlic, chopped onion, chopped pimiento, basil and chili pepper. Cook over medium-high heat, uncovered, until the broth has evaporated. Lightly fry the ribs in the hot butter, turning often for even browning. Turn off the heat and add the parsley. Stir lightly.
If the ribs are still whole at this point, transfer them to a chopping board and cut into serving pieces, cutting parallel to the bones. Arrange on a serving platter and drizzle a tablespoonful or two of the butter. Scoop out the garlic, onions, pimientoes, basil, parsley and chili pepper from the pan and place them on top of the spare ribs. Serve hot.
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hey, avid reader here. just wondering…so have you ever gotten around to trying to make salt and pepper spare ribs ala Causeway? If so, can you post the recipe? Been dying to know how to make it.
Hi Gus, actually, this was my attempt LOL
Hi, Ms. Connie. How much salt is too much? I cooked this dish tonight and it came out very very salty.
By the way, do you know of any remedy I can do to make it edible? Thanks!