Sweet and sassy spare-ribs

 Recipe from Time Life Family Favorites Made Easy

Prep Time: 8 minutes

Total Cook time: 27 minutes

Best with Vegetable Fried Rice with extra plum sauce on the side

Ingredients

• 2 racks (1 1/2 lbs each) baby back ribs
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/4 Chinese plum sauce or apricot preserves
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp minced garlic; optional

Directions

1. Adjust oven rack to 6" from broiler. Preheat broiler to high
2. Line large shallow baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil. Cut racks into individual ribs and arrange ribs meat side down, close together but not touching
3. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Stir well
4. Spoon 1/3 sauce over ribs. Broil for 10 minutes.
5. Turn ribs meat side up. Spoon another 1/3 sauce over ribs
6. Broil ribs for 6 minutes and spoon remaining sauce over ribs. 
7. Broil an additional 4 minutes or until ribs are crispy