Best Sweet Sour Ribs Recipes

SLOW-COOKER SWEET-AND-SOUR COUNTRY RIBS

Steps:

• In slow cooker, whisk together ketchup, sugar, vinegar, mustard powder, cayenne, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Add ribs to slow cooker, and toss with sauce. Arrange ribs, bone side up, in a single row. Cover; cook on high, 6 hours (or on low, 10 hours).
• Serve ribs drizzled with pan juices and, if desired, barbecue sauce.

SWEET AND SOUR COUNTRY-STYLE RIBS

Steps:

• Place ribs in slow cooker.
• Mix pineapple with juice, tomato sauce, green bell pepper, onion, brown sugar, cider vinegar, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic together in a bowl; pour over the ribs.
• Cook on Low until ribs are cooked through and tender, 8 to 10 hours.

SWEET 'N' SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Place ribs in an ungreased 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the next 11 ingredients; pour over ribs. Cook, covered, on low until meat is tender, 8-10 hours., To make sauce, transfer cooking juices to a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into juices. Return to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Serve with ribs.

CROCK POT SWEET AND SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Mix sugar and flour into saucepan.
• Add water, stir.
• Add next 5 ingredients.
• Heat and stir until it boils and thickens.
• Pour over ribs in crock pot.
• Cook on low 8-10 hours or high 4-5 hours.

SWEET & SOUR PORK RIBS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and flour. Stir in the vinegar, water, soy sauce, ketchup and garlic. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Place ribs in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Top with sauce. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Skim fat. Serve ribs with sauce.

CHINESE SWEET AND SOUR SPARE RIBS

Steps:

• Combine pork ribs, soy sauce, 1 teaspoon rice wine, and salt in a large bowl. Marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
• Heat oil in a wok or deep saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook ribs in the hot oil until golden brown and no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes.
• Bring remaining 1 teaspoon rice wine, sugar, and water to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in ribs; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Stir in black vinegar. Increase heat to high; cook and stir until sauce thickens and coats the ribs, 1 to 2 minutes.

SUPER EASY CHINESE SWEET N' SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Boil about 1 L of water in a pot, or enough to cover the ribs.
• Carefully drop the ribs in the boiling water, stir til outside browns, roughly 1 minute (this is to clean out the blood in the ribs so your sauce won't have the 'foamy stuff' later).
• Drain ribs, put in a medium sized pot big enough for the ribs to be layed down in one layer. A deeper pan will work too.
• Add rice wine, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and water in the pot (you don't need to follow the measurements, I usually take a ladle and use 1 ladle of rice wine, 2 vinegar 3 sugar etc).
• Bring to a boil for about 10 minutes then reduce to a simmer.
• Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is very dark and almost dry or to your desired thickness, roughly half an hour.
• Be careful not to dry all the sauce out, the sauce will reduce much quicker in the final stage, so keep an eye on it.
• Serve with steamed rice and stir fried veggies for a great Chinese meal!

MARY'S SWEET AND SOUR SPARE RIBS OR PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cut meat up, and place in a large roasting pan. You can use as much meat as you want to cover the bottom of the roaster.
• Cook for 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Drain off fat. Salt and pepper the meat.
• Combine water, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar and chili powder; pour over the meat and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• When cooked thicken with 2 tbsp of cornstarch.(I mix the cornstarch with a little water and then pour it in the sweet and sour mixture, its a little easier).

HAWAIIAN SWEET AND SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Dust ribs with cornstarch Heat dutch oven or medium pot on medium high heat Sear ribs on each side, 3 - 4 minutes per rib. Set aside ribs Mix all ingredients and add ribs Cook ribs on simmer for 45 - 1 hour until tender

SWEET AND SOUR BABY BACK RIBS SHEET PAN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275°F (140°C).
• Strain the pineapple juice from the can of pineapples into a large saucepan and reserve the fruit for later. Add the rice vinegar, vegetable oil, soy sauce, ginger, ketchup, honey, garlic, and cornstarch. Whisk to combine and cook over high heat for 10 minutes, or until the glaze is reduced by half and has the consistency of honey. Remove from the heat and divide the glaze in half.
• Place the baby back ribs on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Brush half of the glaze all over the ribs.
• Cover the ribs with aluminum foil, wrapping tightly.
• Bake for 2 hours, or until the ribs are tender. Remove the ribs from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 400°F (200°C).
• Remove the top piece of foil and add the red and green bell peppers to the baking sheet. Pour the reserved glaze over the top and toss to coat the peppers. Add the reserved pineapple over the ribs.
• Bake for 20 minutes, until the peppers are softened.
• Slice the ribs and garnish with sesame seeds and scallions. Serve warm with rice alongside.
• Enjoy!

"COUNTRY RIBS SWEET & SOUR"

Steps:

• 1. In slow cooker; add all the Sauce Ingredients.
• 2. Add Ribs and toss well with the sauce. arrange in cooker with bone side up if possible, in a single layer. Cover Cook on High 6 hrs. or on Low 10 hrs.
• 3. Drizzle with pan Juices, and serve. Additional BBQ Sauce can be served with this, on the side. Serve with a baked tater, a Vegie or Salad, and You set for a fantastic dinner. . .and No sweat!

TANGCU PAIGU (CHINESE SWEET AND SOUR PORK RIBS)

Steps:

• Separate the ribs if the butcher hasn't already done so. They should be roughly bite-size.
• Marinate ribs with wine and soy sauce for 30 minutes.
• Remove ribs from marinade, reserving marinade for later.
• Heat peanut oil (about 6 cups) in wok until it's almost smoking.
• Deep fry ribs for 2 minutes, remove from oil with slotted spoon, reheat oil, and fry for another 1/2 minute until brown. (This is Pei Mei's method. Bruce Cost recommends deep-frying for 5-8 minutes.) Remove ribs from oil.
• Pour oil out of wok into a heatproof bowl (stainless steel or glass). (Once it's cool, you can strain it into glass jar for next time).
• To soy sauce marinade, add sugar, vinegar, corn starch mixture, sesame oil, and green onion to make sweet-sour sauce.
• Heat one tablespoon of oil in the wok, pour in the sweet-sour sauce, and boil and stir until thickened.
• Throw ribs into the wok with the sauce, and stir to coat thoroughly.
• Serve on a platter, hot or at room temperature.
• As the sole meat dish, this is enough for 2-3 people, but as part of a full meal with a variety of dishes, it serves up to 8 or 10.

SWEET-AND-SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Cut ribs into serving-size pieces; place with bone side down on a rack in a greased shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Cover and bake at 400° for 30 minutes; drain. Reduce heat to 350°; cover and bake 1 hour longer. , In a saucepan, saute celery and green pepper in butter until tender. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Set pineapple aside. Combine juice and cornstarch; add to saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. , Add pineapple, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger and remaining salt; mix well. Spoon over ribs. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes longer or until meat is tender.

SWEET AND SOUR BEEF SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Fill a large stockpot with water and bring to a boil. Add the ribs, garlic cloves and bay leaf. Parboil the ribs, covered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until fork tender. In the meantime, make the sauce.
• In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients, except sesame seeds. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for approximately 15 minutes until the sauce has thickened and is heated through. Place a strainer over a bowl and pour the sauce through it to remove the solids. Add the ribs to the bowl of sauce, turning with tongs to well coat. Arrange the ribs in a single layer on a cookie sheet and pour a ladle full of sauce over the ribs so they are well covered. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve with remaining sauce on the side.

SWEET-AND-SOUR SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Season the short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Add the short ribs and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes total. Transfer the meat to a plate.
• Add the onions, garlic, chopped celery stalks and paprika to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions soften, about 4 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it starts to brown, about 4 minutes. Add 6 cups water and 2 teaspoons salt and stir, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Return the meat to the pot and bring to a simmer. Cover, transfer to the oven and cook 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, puree the chopped chard, lemon juice, scallions, celery leaves, 1 1/2 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth. Remove the pot from the oven; stir in the chard puree, beets, carrots, sweet potatoes and sugar. Return the pot to the oven and cook, uncovered, until the meat and vegetables are tender but hold their shape, 1 hour, 30 minutes to 2 hours. Remove the bones from the short ribs; skim the fat off the sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle the meat, vegetables and sauce into shallow bowls.

FALL OFF THE BONE SWEET & SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Put ribs in roasting pan.
• Mix remaining ingredients together.
• Pour over ribs.
• Bake at 325°F for 3 hours.
• Baste or "rotate" the ribs during cooking to make sure all of them get a nice coating of the sauce.

SWEET AND SOUR SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Dredge ribs in flour.
• Melt margarine in dutch oven and brown ribs on all sides.
• Remove from pan and drain.
• Saute onion and garlic til tender.
• Combine other ingredients and add.
• Return ribs to pan.
• Cover and simmer for 2 1/2 hours, longer if necessary.

SLOW COOKER SWEET AND SOUR STICKY RIBS

Steps:

• Place the onion, pepper, garlic, and ginger in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped, about 8 pulses.
• Heat the oil in a medium frying pan over medium-high heat.
• Add the vegetable mixture and tomato paste and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is softened and slightly brown, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in the jam, frozen juice, soy sauce, sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar and red pepper flakes.
• Bring to a simmer and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Pat the ribs dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• Stand upright in the slow cooker insert, winding them around in a spiral, meaty side toward the wall of the cooker.
• Pour the sauce over the ribs.
• Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours until tender.
• Transfer the ribs to a cutting board, tent with foil and let rest for 20 minutes.
• Let the cooking liquid settle 5 minutes and pour off the fat.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium pot.
• Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook down until it measures about 2 cups, about 15 minutes.
• Stir the remaining tablespoon of vinegar into the sauce and correct the seasoning.
• Slice the ribs between the bones and toss with the sauce.
• Serve on a platter garnished with cilantro.

SWEET & SOUR RIBS WITH POMEGRANATE SALSA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Snugly fit the ribs into a roasting tin. Pour over the pomegranate juice and enough water (if needed) to cover the ribs, then cover tightly with foil. Roast for 2-3 hrs, turning halfway through, until the ribs are really tender, but not falling apart.
• Put all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Gently heat, then bubble for about 2 mins, stirring. Set aside.
• When the ribs are done, tip away the liquid and coat all over with the sticky sauce. Cover and marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hr, or better still up to 24 hrs. Can be frozen at this stage.
• To make the salsa, mix together all the ingredients and chill until ready to serve.
• About 30 mins before baking, take the ribs out of the fridge to come to room temperature. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Bake for 20-30 mins, turning occasionally and basting often with the sauce, until sticky, hot and crisping on the outside. Serve with the salsa and flatbreads or rice, if you like.

SWEET AND SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Brown ribs in a large frying pan. Add onion.
• Drain excess fat. Add mushrooms. (optional). Add the pineapple and the juice.
• While the ribs are browning place all the rest of the ingredients from the brown sugar to the consomme into a small saucepan to make the sauce.
• Stir the sauce constantly until it comes to a boil. Pour over the rib combination.
• Cover and simmer for about 2 hours, until the ribs are tender. Enjoy!