Five-Spice Beef Ribs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 to 4 lb. beef short ribs, cut into serving size pieces
1/2 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. dry sherry or orange juice
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. five spice powder or 1/2 tsp each: crushed fennel seed, ground cinnamon, aniseed, crushed szechwan peppercorns or 1/4 tsp. pepper and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves

Preparation

Place ribs in a plastic bag, set into a deep bowl.
For marinade, combine soy sauce, sherry or orange juice, garlic, sugar, lemon juice and 5 spices.
Pour mixture over ribs.
Seal bag. Marinate in refrigerator 6 to 24 hours turning bag occasionally. Remove ribs from bag, reserving marinade.
Place ribs, bone side down in a shallow roasting pan.
Pour marinade over ribs.
Bake, covered, in a 350\u00b0 oven for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until tender. Makes 4 servings.