Raymond van Rijk's BBQed pork spare ribs with Oriental sauce

Ingredients

• 6 Racks of 100% NZ __pork ribs
• ½cup paprika
• 1Tbsp black pepper freshly ground
• 1Tbsp dark sugar
• 1tsp salt
• 1tsp garlic powder
• 1tsp fennel seeds, crushed
• 1tsp chili powder
• 1tsp Chinese five spice powder

For marinade/mop sauce:

• 1cup rice vinegar
• 2Tbsp Hoisin sauce
• 3Tbsp sweet chilli
• 1tsp salt

Method

1. Prepare spare ribs by peeling the thin white skin off the bones on the inside of the ribs. Mix all the dry ingredients and use half to rub all over the ribs and marinate for 3-4 hours.
2. Mix the ingredients for the sauce.
3. Heat barbeque to medium hot and grill ribs, continuously. When the meat starts to pull away from the bones, sprinkle remaining rub over the meat and brush mop sauce generously over both sides of ribs. Grill for further 5 minutes.