I have always been inspired by Jessie’s (The Hungry Mouse) ribs of the week, any ribs she made always seemed just SO good. Much as I love ribs, we seldom have those at home. Mainly because we aren’t really major pork eaters and we don’t eat beef. Still, sometimes, thanks to Jessie’s wonderful recipes, I’d get a craving for some delectable ribs to chew on.
One day, I had this crazy craving (and no, I am not pregnant) for ribs so on the way back, I bought about 1kg of pork ribs to prepare for dinner. This is despite the wonderful meal my Personal Chef has prepared for us. Now, we don’t usually have much time to prepare for dinner so I wanted it to be quick, simple and fuss free. Thus, the three-step ribs which turned out like this…
Here’s the recipe for:
Three Step Blueberry Ribs
Ingredients
1kg pork ribs
a dash of salt
2 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp garlic powder
3 tbsp sugar-free natural blueberry jam
Instructions
1. Rub the pork ribs with the salt, chili and garlic powder.
2. Pour on the blueberry jam and make sure the ribs are completely covered with the jam
3. Grill in the oven for between 20 minutes to 30 minutes until it turns dark brown with a crust.
The ribs should look like this when it's done.
The preparation only takes 5 minutes and after that, just let the oven do the magic while you do other things like preparing a bowl of salad to go with this or take a shower.
Although it may sound weird to combine blueberry jam with pork ribs and chili, let me tell you it is just the perfect combination. The blueberry gave it a sweet fruity flavour while the chili adds some spice to it. So, a bite into the succulent flesh brings forth a burst of sweet fruity flavours interpersed with spiciness. Ahhh..it really do hit the spot (and add at least a few more inches to my hips but I don’t care!). Best of all, we all know that blueberries are one of the food in my fat burning food list so these ribs are not as sinful as it looks.
Of course, if you stick around here more, you may find more baby back rib recipes in future.
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Wow…never tasted blueberry pork ribs… the last two photos of the ribs is so juicy and tempting.
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Ahhh I love your spirit – experiment experiment experiment! Even if at the detriment of the waistline, yee ha! Thanks for this, I will definitely try this!
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Hi Foong!
I love your spirit in exploring new ways to do “classical” recipes.
Certainly perfect because you balance the sweetness of the blueberry more the hot touch of the chili. Bravo a delight!
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That’s a really funky combination.
I’m wondering how tender the meat was, if you only baked it for 30 minutes.
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ck: then try it out lor. It is really as good as it looks!
550ml: ah, without experiment we won’t get wonderful creations!
Gera: thanks! Yes, this is indeed a sweet delight.
Nate: I forgot to mention, I use quite a high powered microwave which burns my food quite a lot if I cook my food too long in it. So, 30 minutes in my 1200w microwave oven is really good enough to produce juicy ribs without drying it out too much. So, I guess the cooking time really depends on the oven and its power.
Oh wow. Wow. *speechless*
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