These easy oven baked Asian style sticky ribs are baked in the oven at 300F for 2 ½ hours covered. Then turn up the heat to 450F for ~ 10 minutes uncovered to get those sweet sticky pork ribs.
This oven baked sticky ribs recipe makes ribs so tender that they will fall off the bone. Asian style finger lickin' pork ribs are easy to make and easy to eat.
5 Ingredient Oven Baked Asian Sticky Sauce for Ribs
This 5 ingredient sticky rib sauce is an easy game changer for flavorful sweet ribs. Mix together these simple five ingredients for an easy sauce for Asian style pork ribs.
- hoisin sauce
- bbq sauce - Choose your favorite or go the extra mile and pick up an Asian style one.
- ketchup
- 5 spice powder (generally ground star anise, fennel, cloves, cinnamon, and pepper)
- gochagura (a Korean red pepper flakes) - Substitute red chili flakes, crushed red pepper or chili powder.
Ingredient Variations and Substitutions For Sticky Ribs
This sticky ribs recipe works for both St. Louis Style Ribs or Baby Back Ribs. The recipe instructional video is with Baby Back Ribs.
Here are some ingredient substitutions:
- Leave out five spice or use garam masala instead. Or just add a sprinkle of what you've got that's generally in 5 spice powder mix: cinnamon, cloves, fennel, pepper, or star anise.
- BBQ Sauce - I wrote this recipe using regular bbq sauce because that's what's readily available. Up your game on this recipe and use Asian barbecue sauce - it has soy sauce, ginger, and rice wine vinegar among other ingredients.
- Ketchup - In a pinch, use ¼ cup tomato paste with a splash of vinegar and 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Hoisin Sauce - Mix 2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 ½ tablespoon molasses or brown sugar, 1 tablespoon peanut butter, ½ teaspoon corn starch OR use oyster sauce, or just extra bbq sauce with with soy sauce added to it.
How To Make Asian Style Sticky Ribs
These easy oven baked Asian Sticky Ribs are so tender that they will fall off the bone if you follow these simple steps:
- Preheat oven to 300F and line a sheet pan with aluminum foil (for easy clean up).
- Take 2 sheets of aluminum foil that are long enough for the size of the ribs.
- Make the easy sticky sauce and slather all over all the rib sides.
- Wrap ribs up (bone side down, meat side up) in 2 sheets of aluminum in a tight package and bake for 2 ½ hours covered.
- Take the ribs out. Carefully uncover. Slather on more sauce and broil for a couple minutes watching carefully or bake at 450 F uncovered ~ 10 minutes or until ribs are glossy.
- EAT!
Pro - Tips For Asian Baked Sticky Pork Ribs
- Line your baking sheet with another sheet of aluminum foil in case the ribs leak from the package so no juices burn on your sheet pan. This makes clean up easy.
- Take out a little of the sauce mixture before basting the raw ribs if you're into dipping.
Things In My Kitchen:
- "Jellyroll" Baking Sheets - for slow cooking these ribs.
- Silicone Basting Brush - for slathering on sauce
- Teak Cutting Board - Sustainably harvested, easy on knives, got the juice grooves, and pretty.
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Easy Baked Asian Style Sticky Ribs
These easy oven baked Asian style sticky ribs are baked in the oven at 300F for 2 ½ hours covered. Then turn up the heat to 450F for ~ 10 minutes uncovered to get those sweet sticky pork ribs.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 160 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Low Fat
Ingredients
- 1 rack pork ribs (~ 2 ½ pounds) - baby back or St. Louis style
- ⅓ cup hoisin sauce
- ⅓ cup bbq sauce
- ⅓ cup ketchup
- ½ teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- ¾ teaspoon gochugaru or red chili flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- Salt the ribs on both sides.
- Line a baking sheet with 2 sheets of aluminum foil (long enough to hold the length of the ribs.
- Mix together: hoisin sauce, bbq sauce, ketchup, five spice powder, and gochugaru. Set aside ⅓ of the mixture for dipping later if preferred.
- Baste ribs with remaining sauce on both sides.
- Place ribs bone side down in aluminum and wrap tightly to cover.
- Bake for 2 ½ hours.
- Take ribs out and turn heat up to 450F.
- Open up aluminum to uncover ribs and bake for 10 minutes or until sauce is shiny, sticky, and caramelized. Broil if needed but watch carefully so it doesn't burn.
- Happy eating! Beckie
Notes
- Pro - Tip - line your baking sheet with another sheet of aluminum foil in case the ribs leek from the package so no juices burn on your sheet pan.
- Take out a little of the sauce mixture before basting the raw ribs if you're into dipping.
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Serving Suggestion
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