Eat-With-Your-Hands Sparerib Marinade (With Onion Salad Idea) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup tomato ketchup (the thick, real-tomato type!)
1 tablespoon coarse grain mustard
1 tablespoon brown sugar
5 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons apricot jam
3 garlic cloves, chopped and bashed a bit
3 tablespoons gingerroot, fresh, cut, chopped and bashed
1 teaspoon dried hot pepper flakes (or to taste)
coarse black pepper, to taste
2 lbs pork spareribs (or use enough for 4 people)

Preparation

Prepare, measure out, and mix all the ingredients for the marinade. Whisk well.
The recipe mentions \"2 spareribs\" but you'll know how much you need, or whether you want to cut it slightly smaller than 2 pieces, which are quite large.
Pour the marinade over the ribs, and brush it on all over. (Use a glass or other non-reactive container).
Loosely cover and leave for a few hours. Overnight is best.
Grill over hot coals until it threatens to catch. Turn once, and grill for about another 10 minutes while you brush on the marinade every now and then.
Leave the grilled ribs under foil (in a warm spot) for a few minutes, cut up into pieces easily taken in hand (!), and present on a heated plate. Whether you need more salt is a question of personal taste.
Surprisingly, this salad idea goes well with it: thinly sliced red onions which were mixed with a little sugar and a pinch of salt, and sprinkled with lemon juice. Do ahead so sugar can melt. (Just use your own intuition: no recipe exists!).