ume spareribs

On the page opposite the Sweet Sour Spareribs recipe was the recipe for Ume Spareribs which caught my eye.

Since the market we were shopping at was having a sale on spareribs, I bought some to try this recipe.

From "Recipes Please"

3 pounds spareribs

Sauce:

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup catsup

1/2 cup shoyu

1/2 cup oyster sauce

2.5 tablespoons ume juice

2 cloves garlic, grated

1 piece ginger, grated

1/2 cup miso

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Mix all sauce ingredients thoroughly

Marinate ribs in sauce overnight

Bake at 350F (180C) or cook in a slow cooker until done

NOTES: I only bought 1 pound of meat so I cut the sauce down to 1/3-ish

I was a little disappointed that the sauce didn’t use much ume.

Also, I wasn't too sure how long to bake this or how to bake this

I ended up putting it into a baking dish with the sauce and covered it with foil to bake for 1 hour

Then I took off the foil and baked it for 30 minutes.

This tasted similar to hoisin sauce ribs!

I didn't have ume juice so I used ume vinegar instead

I also did not add the sesame seeds 

Satoshi enjoyed this and I had to stop him from drinking all the sauce!

Since hoisin sauce is not readily available these days in our markets, I would definitely use this sauce to make hoisin sauce chicken or ribs and want to try this sauce with chicken next.