Hello all,
It took me a couple of trieds to adapt my recipe to my Open Range, but my wife thinks I cracked it. The recipe is less sweet than the recipes I see mostly from the USA, but I suggest you give it a try and see for yourself.
As the Netherlands have a lot of history together with Indonesia, it's easy for us to get the needed ingredients overhere. You mileage may differ. Luckily, the recipe can be adapted so you don't need everything, but it will help if you do.
First you need Ketjap. That is a sweet soy sauce from Indonesia, and totally different from other soy sauces. The best kind looks like old motor oil and is very sticky and sweet.
If you can't get that, step away from this recipe.
For the glaze;
put some ketjap in a bowl
add a mdme Jeanette or other other pepper and let that marinade overnight.
You don't want the glaze to become piping hot, so leave the pepper intact. Cut it in shreds if you're nuts.
For the rub;
you -do- need these;
2 table spoons of black pepper
2 table spoons of coriander powder
2 table spoons of paprika powder
2 table spoons of curry powder
you -can- add these;
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon lemongrass powder
1 teaspoon staranise grounded
1 teaspoon cloves grounded
What, no salt? Of course there's salt, but you add the salt first, and let that get into the meat before you add the rub. Do that right after breakfast. I wanted to make a remark about handling meat in the morning but you could easily rub that the wrong way, so I won't.
Add the rub before you heat up the BBQ.
I add some olive oil with the rub so the meat won't stick to the grates.
If you have a Weber or other Q that will cook ribs in around an hour and a half , add the ketjap glaze now.
Otherwise, smoke the ribs on a low temperature and brush on the glaze when you only have 1.5 hours to go. It will become tar if you cook ketjap for 4 hours, so you shouldn't t do that.
I brushed on the glaze twice; at 1.5 hr BD and 1 hr BD (before diner).
I do have some pictures, but it was raining and getting dark and the quality is terrible. But it will help to see what colour they should be, so here they are;
http://grachtwal.nu/bbq/IMG_20151015_173738757.jpghttp://grachtwal.nu/bbq/IMG_20151015_173742016.jpgAnd that's it. I hope you can get some ketjap and try them.
Martin
