Baked lamb ribs in a sticky, Asian-inspired glaze is a delicious dinner or easy snack recipe. The glaze is super sticky making the ribs irresistible.
Ingredients
Full recipe and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Lamb ribs. I bought riblets (single ribs) but you can use a whole rack if you prefer. Single ribs cook much quicker.
- Honey.
- Soy sauce. Use Tamari or Coconut Aminos to keep this recipe gluten free.
- Garlic.
- Gochujang.
- Brown sugar.
- Rice vinegar. White vinegar can be substituted.
How to cook lamb ribs
Note: Lamb ribs are fatty and need to be cooked a little longer to make sure the fat has time to render out. Asking your butcher to separate the ribs (or cutting them yourself), will ensure quicker cooking time.
- Make the sauce/glaze: Combine honey, soy sauce, Gochujang, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic. Mix well and taste. The sauce needs to be sweet and spicy balanced with the salt from the soy and acid from the vinegar. Place the ribs on a parchment-lined sheetpan and spoon over half of the glaze.
- Bake the ribs: Bake at 180ºC/350ºF for 35-40 minutes. After the ribs are cooked, turn on the broiler/grill of your oven and glaze with the remaining sauce. Cook until they are caramelized and sticky.
What to serve with lamb ribs
- Creamy condensed milk potato salad
- Easy oven baked fries
- Summer grilled corn salad
- Easy spicy garlic baked potato wedges
Lamb recipes
- Easy lemon-garlic lamb chops
- Shredded lamb pitas with fried eggplant
- Lamb ragu with cauliflower gnocchi
- Slow cooked Irish lamb stew
Easy sticky lamb ribs
Baked lamb ribs in a sticky, Asian-inspired glaze is a delicious dinner or easy snack recipe. The glaze is super sticky making the ribs irresistable.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 255kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2 pounds) Lamb ribs (Ask your butcher to separate the lamb ribs so they cook faster)
For the sticky glaze
- 2 tbsp honey
- 4 tbsp soy sauce/Tamari sauce
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1-2 tbsp Gochujang (If you can't find gochujang, any chilli paste can be substituted)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF and line a large baking sheet with baking/parchment paper.
- Combine all the glaze ingredients and mix well. Taste for seasoning and adjust. You want the glaze to be sweet and spicy but be balanced with salt (from the soy) and acid (from the vinegar).
- Place the ribs on the prepared baking sheet and spoon over half of the glaze.
- Place the ribs in the oven and allow to bake for 20-25 minutes then brush with the remaining glaze every 10 minutes. After 40 minutes, increase the temperature to 220ºC/430ºF and allow the ribs to caramelize.
- Remove from the oven when the ribs are sticky and caramelized and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 255kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 1086mg | Potassium: 338mg | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 2.2mg
How would they go on the bbq?
They would be great on the bbq. Just cook them over medium heat to allow the fat to render.
These sound amazing! Question – you don’t need to marinade the ribs in advance at all? Just apply the glaze before cooking?
I don’t, but I suppose you could. I just glaze them while cooking.
Looks delicious!! Think I could chuck it all in the slow cooker!?
The lamb fat needs to render out so it’s not a recipe I would suggest in the slow cooker.
These were next-level good. I didn’t have any rice wine vinegar so used apple cider vinegar which seemed to work just as well, and also used fresh garlic (crushed and finely chopped) and chilli jam, because that’s all I had. But they were AMAZING. Will be making again!
Thankyou so much for this recipe! It’s a real winner in our house and it’s absolutely delicious!
So happy to hear that. 🙂
What Gea well with these Ribs. Or would you serve them on thier own
You’ll see list of what I would recommend serving with this recipe in the blog post.
Hi
I’ve got some lamb chops can I use them instead of ribs for this recipe?
Stephanie
You could but the end result won’t be quite the same. Will still be good, though!
Can I use white sugar at all? ??
You can. 🙂
These turned out amazingly good. Thanks for sharing.
So happy to hear that Manni. 🙂
Really finger licking good. Doubled the recipe for my kids and they ate every last one.
That glaze is the business, right? 😉
These look finger licking good Alida!
Thanks Mary Ann!
Must try this looks delicious
Hope you love it!