Best Chinese Tea Smoked Ribs Recipes

CHINESE TEA SMOKED RIBS 1977

Steps:

• Combine tea leaves with fennel, ginger, cloves and black pepper.
• Spray a large rack and a shallow pan with cooking spray well.
• Sprinkle tea mixture into the bottom of the pan.
• Place the rack over top of leaves.
• Cut ribs into serving size pieces and place meaty side up onto rack.
• Cover whole pan tightly with foil.
• Place into oven 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Now combine the teriyaki, ketchup, garlic, and pepper well.
• Set aside.
• Remove ribs from oven.
• Reduce oven to 325 degrees.
• Brush both sides of ribs with the sauce, saving some for one more baste near end of cooking.
• Bake now uncovered 40 minutes.
• Brush ribs again, and bake the last 10 minutes.
• Serve.

TAKEOUT-STYLE CHINESE SPARE RIBS

Steps:

• Mix together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, five-spice powder, garlic, ginger and food coloring in a metal, non-reactive bowl. Pour the marinade into a large zip-top bag, reserving 1/2 cup on the side for basting later. Add the ribs to the bag and marinate, refrigerated, for at least 3 hours, though longer is better and overnight is ideal.
• Heat a charcoal or gas grill to 275 degrees F for direct and indirect grilling.
• Remove the ribs from the marinade (discard the marinade) and place onto a wire rack. Place the rack directly on the cooler side of the grill. Cook until the meat is very tender, basting with the reserved marinade 3 times during the cooking process, 2 to 3 hours.
• Drizzle the ribs with honey, move them to the direct heat side and quickly char each rib to caramelize.

OVEN-BARBECUED SPARERIBS WITH LAPSANG SOUCHONG TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. For the Rub: Combine mustard, ketchup, and garlic in small bowl; combine pepper, paprika, chili powder, cayenne, salt, and sugar in separate small bowl. Spread mustard mixture in thin, even layer over both sides of ribs; coat both sides with spice mixture, then wrap ribs in plastic and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours. 2. Transfer ribs from refrigerator to freezer for 45 minutes. Adjust one oven rack to lowest position and second rack to upper-middle position (at least 5 inches below broiler). Place baking stone on lower rack; heat oven to 500 degrees. Sprinkle ground tea evenly over bottom of rimmed baking sheet lined with tinfoil; set wire rack on sheet. Place ribs meat side up on rack and cover, with heavy-duty foil, crimping edges tightly to seal. Roast ribs directly on stone for 30 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees, leaving oven door open for 1 minute to cool. While oven is open, carefully open one corner of foil and pour apple juice into bottom of baking sheet; reseal foil. Continue to roast until meat is very tender and begins to pull away from bones, about 1 1/2 hours. (Begin to check ribs after 1 hour; leave loosely covered with foil for remaining cooking time.) 3. Remove foil and carefully flip racks bone side up; place baking sheet on upper-middle oven rack. Turn on broiler; cook ribs until well browned and crispy in spots, 5 to 10 minutes. Flip ribs meat sitJe up and cook until well browned and crispy, 5 to 7 rniautes more. Cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into individual ribs. Serve with barbecue sauce, if desired. STEP BY STEP: Homemade Indoor Smoker You can crowd ribs or duck into an indoor smoker, but we prefer our roomier makeshift version. Spread tea leaves on a rimmed baking sheet, place a wire cooling rack on top, followed by the ribs or duck and heavy-duty foil. A pizza stone gets the tea smoking quickly.