Graham's sticky ribs

Sticky and delicious!

Graham's sticky ribs

Feeds 6

Take 1.5 kg of pork ribs

Cut up the ribs 2 or 3 ribs at a time.  Put them in saucepan with half water/half beer to cover, add an onion cut in half with the skin left on and 4 cloves garlic lightly crushed. Add a carrot cut in thirds, and 2 long thin red chilies, cut in half lengthways.  Add one cup of brown sugar, half a cup of white sugar, and one thumb of ginger roughly sliced.   4 tablespoons soy sauce. Salt and pepper to taste and a bay leaf. 1/4 a cup of tomato sauce.   The juice of half a lemon.

Simmer the ribs for 45 mins.

Remove the ribs.

Continue reducing the liquid until sticky.

Quickly brown and caramelise the ribs on the braai or under the grill. 

Put the ribs back into the hot sauce and serve with crusty bread.