Chinese Tea Smoked Ribs 1977

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 8 tablespoons loose black tea leaves (17 bags)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 lbs lamb spareribs, cut into thirds across the bones
• 1/2 cup kikkoman baste and glaze teriyaki sauce
• 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne ground red pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine tea leaves with fennel, ginger, cloves and black pepper.
• 2 spray a large rack and a shallow pan with cooking spray well.
• 3 sprinkle tea mixture into the bottom of the pan.
• 4 place the rack over top of leaves.
• 5 cut ribs into serving size pieces and place meaty side up onto rack.
• 6 cover whole pan tightly with foil.
• 7 place into oven 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• 8 now combine the teriyaki, ketchup, garlic, and pepper well.
• 9 set aside.
• 10 remove ribs from oven.
• 11 reduce oven to 325 degrees.
• 12 brush both sides of ribs with the sauce, saving some for one more baste near end of cooking.
• 13 bake now uncovered 40 minutes.
• 14 brush ribs again, and bake the last 10 minutes.
• 15 serve.