Sweet & Sours – Short Ribs

Sweet & Sours – Short Ribs

Prep 10
Cook 2.5 hours
Total 2 hours 50 minutes

Unfamiliar writing on the card and there's no indication about who it came from.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs ribs* ((beef or pork short ribs))
  • 1 can pineapple tid-bits ((drained - reserve juice))
  • 1 tomato ((cut in wedges))
  • 1 green pepper ((cut in strips))
  • 1 onion ((sliced))
  • 3/4 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp soya sauce
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 Tbsp cold water

Method

  1. Cook ribs* until tender. Drain fat.
  2. While ribs are cooking, combine in a saucepan and brown the pineapple, tomato wedges, green pepper and onion.
  3. In a bowl, combine the reserved pinapple juice, vinegar, brown sugar, soya sauce and add to saucepan with veggies.
  4. In a bowl, combine cornstarch and water and stir well, then add this slurry to the saucepan.
  5. Cook until the sauce thickens.
  6. Pour over the cooked spareribs in the roaster or slowcooker and simmer/bake up to an hour of last of cooking time.

Recipe Notes

*The card assumes you've already at least partially cooked the ribs and this is basically a recipe for the sauce. Roast your short ribs in a roasting pan on low heat (275°F) in the oven or slow cooker for 2-4 hours. In the last hour of cooking, add the sauce to the ribs so they have a chance to soak in the flavour.

Or you could add the sauce at the last minute after the ribs are done cooking and just toss them in the sauce, hot off the stove.