26th June 2008 - Oven Baked Ribs & Beef Pastrami Salad

Was watching Tyra Banks show the other nite and they demonstrated this ribs recipe on the show. What's interesting was that cola is one of the ingredient. So for tonight, I decided to try this.

Since I wanted to buy cinnamon powder, might as well go to City Supermarket at LuJiaZui. This supermarket would have all the ingredients i need for this ribs recipe and cinnamon powder. I can't imagine why Walmart and Carrefour dun stock cinnamon powder.

Anyway, so happy to be there. But not before some shopping at the nearby Superbrand Mall. hehehe..;p The supermarket reminds me of Cold Storage or the Market Place back home, that's why it feels so comfy here. Got most of the ingredients i need and as I walked past the meat section, I dun see any ribs. Oh no! So I walked the whole length again. Asked the staff and was told that they were sold out. 'duh'

So had to go all the way to Carrefour at Thumb Plaza to get those long ribs which they definitely will have.

Here you go. This was the finger licking good dinner we had last nite.

Beef Pastrami Salad.

Ribs

It was yum yum and we finished everything. The ribs were quite salty though. Should hold back on the ??? Well, let's see next time what ingredients I want to hold back. Cos most of the ingredients have high salt content.

Better record this down so that I can try again in future.

a) Rub ribs with all purpose rub and let it rest.

b) Prepare the coating sauce by combining chilli sauce, worcestershire sauce, steak sauce and cola together. Original recipe calls for liquid smoke but I dun wan to buy it. And when i checked out Tyra Banks webpage, a secret sauce was mentioned. Of cos they wouldn't tell unless you buy the chef's book. Understandable.

c) Put ribs into oven for 30min-1hr. Original recipe calls for it to be under grill for 2-3 hours. I dun have so much time.

d) Take out ribs from oven and coat the ribs with the sauce thoroughly before putting into oven again.

e) Bast and turn the ribs a few times for the next hour or more. I din do so much of these cos was afraid the alum foil would tear. Can't remember how much time I spent on this but it looked ready to me. :)

I have been using aluminium foil to oven bake everything and its stated that its max temperature is 220 deg. So to play it safe, i will only have a max temp of 200 deg. I suppose the ribs shld be put in a higher temp in the beginning but i can't. That's also why my previous chicken dish not so crispy...sigh..Anyway, using foil is so convenient. Use and throw. But back in my mind, I am always thinking how long will the foil stays in the environment. Not so environmental friendly, i suppose.