Baked Tropical Spareribs Recipe

Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a shallow baking pan with nonstick foil.

Place sweet onions in butter in a small saucepan and saute until soft and translucent. Add brown sugar, dry mustard, cider vinegar, pineapple, ketchup, lime juice, pomegranate juice, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir until combined and cook over medium heat until reduced and thickened, 20 to 30 minutes.

While barbecue sauce is cooking, place spareribs, meaty side up, in a single layer in the pan. Sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes and drain off any excess fat.

Remove spareribs and reduce oven to 325 F. Turn spareribs over so bony side is up. Spoon about 1 cup of the sauce over the spareribs and bake 45 minutes. Turn spareribs over again to meaty side up and top with about 1 cup barbecue sauce. Bake an additional 45 minutes until tender.

Let rest 10 minutes, then serve spareribs with any remaining tropical barbecue sauce on the side.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

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