Friday's Jack Daniel's Glaze-Inspired Spare Ribs

April 9, 2014                                                                                                          

If there's something we like at Friday's, it's good food. An American resto, a bit pricey, but worth it. I bought spare ribs intending to just barbecue it, when I saw my son's Jack Daniel's. My son is not really a drinker, he takes sips only on occasions and the bottle of JD here is still 3/4 full. Remembering our fave baby back ribs and spare ribs at TGIF, I searched the web and decided I'll try to make a version of it. It's not a copy, just JD'S glaze-inspired version. For this, I used our Turbo broiler. You may oven bake it also, just make sure you line the pan with foil to catch the drippings :)

Friday's Jack Daniel's Glaze-inspired Spare Ribs

Ingredients:

Dry Mixture:

• 1 slab spare ribs 
• 3 tsp pepper and 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp minced onions
• 3 pieces laurel leaves
• 5 cloves garlic, minced

JD Glaze:

• 4 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 3 Tbsp olive oil
• 4 Tbsp lemon juice
• 3 Tbsp Jack Daniel whiskey
• 1/ 2 cup grated ginger
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 5 tbsp minced onions
• 6 cloves crushed garlic
• 2 Tbsp chili powder
• 3 pieces chopped red chili peppers
• 2 Tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water

Let's cook!

• Wash the slab well. Remove the thin membrane at the back of the ribs if you want a fall-off the bone spare ribs.

• Rub the slab liberally with the dry mixture.

• Wrap with foil and marinate for 1 hour (or overnight if you're not in a hurry, although lessen the salt first) inside the fridge.
• Combine the JD glaze ingredients (except for the cornstarch mixture) and boil the JD glaze mixture for 5 minutes. 

• Add the cornstarch mixture. Check  taste for seasonings. It should be spicy-sweet.
• When the sauce has thickened. Turn off heat.
• Unwrap spare ribs slab.
• Brush with the JD glaze front and back.

• Spread in the Turbo rack. Set it to 150 degrees C, 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, brush the slab again with the JD glaze and cook for another 10 minutes.
• Done! Transfer in a serving platter and serve with steamed veggies, fried potato rings, rice or whatever you like. You may want to top it again with the JD glaze. Don't forget the ice-cold drinks! Lots of it!

Note: If you want more kick, spike it with 1/4 to 1/2 cup JD, instead ;)