How to Make Sweet Soy-Grilled Short Ribs

Warm, sunny days and grilling go together. The next time you fire up the grill, give these sweet and tangy beef ribs with Eastern flavors a try!

Step 1: The recipe

This recipe is adapted from one in the book Raichlen on Ribs, Ribs, Outrageous Ribs but discovered on Epicurious. It serves 4 to 6 people.

You will need:

About 3 pounds beef short ribs

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup Chinese oyster sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sake, Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 one-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled& minced
2 scallions, white parts minced, green parts thinly sliced

Comments

[Douglass]

That looks really tasty !

[silver912targa]

Here in Portugal, we buy our meat in transparent plastic sacks. Very untasteful to look at but handy when you want to marinade. Just poor your marinade in the sack knot it and massage your meat with the marinade. Afterwards you just throw the sack away -which you would do anyway instead now you gave it a second small purpose. I just love marinades, gives it just the extra touch and makes your meat much softer. Michel Portugal

[I Am An Evil Taco]

Great marinade. It's actually screaming for toasted sesame seeds. I'm making this later.

[iLikeCoolStuf]

mmm delicious i change the recipe a little bit, i use meat not ribs and i use sesame oil by the oyster sauce but it was delicious

[lurve3]

MMm these look so good! i've got mine marinading in the fridge as i type :P out of curiosity, how tough are these after marinading? short ribs tend to be on the touch side..

[Laura Rebecca]

The ribs I bought weren't tough, probably because they were well marbled with fat. If you overcook them though, I'm sure the meat will toughen. You might want to try cooking them for 2 minutes per side, and then cutting into one to see if it's cooked to your liking. If not, just toss it back on for a little longer. Good luck; I hope you enjoy them!

[egreen767]

OMG these look AMAZING! I'm going to have to make these sometime.

[canida]

Those look fantastic! Great pictures, too. I can't wait to try it out.