My local Costco sells Pork Sparerib Portions, which are ribs that are made by cutting a regular slab of spare ribs lengthwise into strips. I like to buy it and cut the ribs into riblets, smaller bite-size pieces, to make soup and or braise for many Vietnamese recipes, but for this cook, I switched it up and smoked the riblets to enjoy with rice.
The smoked dry pork riblets turned out great! The seasonings are similar to how mom would season pork ribs for frying to enjoy with bowls of steamed Jasmine rice and canh, without all the frying! I think I’ll be doing more of this in the future and try to infuse other Vietnamese flavors I like for family meals. This is a winner!
Ingredients:
4 pounds Riblets
1 tablespoon @redboatfishsauce Salt, or kosher salt
1 tablespoon coarse black pepper
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon paprika
3 tablespoons butter
Steps:
Prepare Riblets – Cut cross-cut sections of pork spareribs into riblets. Season riblets with seasoning.
Smoke Riblets – Setup the grill/smoker and rotisserie insert to 300 degrees indirect BBQing. Smoke riblets at 300 degrees for 1.5 hours or until the internal temp of riblets reaches 165-170 degrees. Add riblets and butter to a foil pan, wrap, and smoke for another hour or until the internal temp of the ribs reaches 200 degrees. Toss the ribs in the foil pan with the pan juice and smoke the ribs uncovered for another 30 minutes.
Tips:
- This cook took me about 2.5 hours, but may take longer depending on different variables like temperature and amount of ribs smoked.
- This method will work with sliced ribs or whole rack of ribs. Time may be longer.
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