INGREDIENTS
½ chopped onion
1 clove garlic
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
4 Tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tsp honey
juice of ½ a lemon
salt and pepper
METHOD
Sweat the onions and garlic in a pan for 3-4 minutes until soft, then add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 2 minutes. Strain the mixture and discard the onion and garlic. With half the mixture, marinate the ribs for at least a few hours or, even better, overnight.
Cooking the ribs: For best results, cover the ribs with foil and bake at 140degC for 3-4 hours, then finish them off on the barbecue (this is good if the ribs have a good amount of meat and fat on them). When the ribs are cooking on the barbecue, brush them with the remaining half of the rib marinade. This will give you that really sticky juicy rib.
If you don't have time to cook them in the oven first, you can just put them straight on to the barbecue, but cook them over a low heat to start with, then turn the heat up when the ribs are just about cooked. Give the ribs a final brush of the marinade to finish off.
