Excellent recipes for ribs where we don’t mind the mess
- Our best rib recipes of all time
- Beef short ribs in miso and beer
- Sticky pork ribs with mango and jalapeño salsa
- Saba Alemayoh’s derek tibs (Ethiopian beef short ribs with capsicum)
- Paul Farag’s chermoula lamb ribs fatteh
- Birria tacos with beef short ribs and charred pineapple salsa
- Barbecued lamb ribs with yuzu-sesame yakiniku sauce
- Porteño’s beer and miso lamb ribs
- Glazed pork ribs with hoisin and star anise
- Alpha’s slow-roasted lamb spare ribs with thyme honey and ouzo glaze
- Gingerboy’s salt-and-pepper chicken spare ribs with tamarind hot sauce
- Sticky barbecue beef ribs with coleslaw and soft onion rolls
- Pastrami-spiced pork ribs with potato salad and pickles
- Barbecued lamb ribs with smoked eggplant and yoghurt sauce
- Braised short ribs with gratin
- Char-grilled lamb ribs with coriander and pepper
When it comes to ribs, we expect nothing less than a saucy, spicy and sticky mess. In fact, if you’re not left licking your fingers afterwards, you’re not doing ribs correctly.
We like them barbecued, braised or oven-roasted for maximum bone-gnawing, eating-with-your-hands goodness. Elegant these are not, but they rate high on the satisfaction scale.
From glossy beef short ribs to Asian-style sticky pork ribs, these are our favourite ribs to cook.
Our best rib recipes of all time

Beef short ribs in miso and beer
Beef short ribs in miso and beer

Sticky pork ribs with mango and jalapeño salsa
Sticky pork ribs with mango and jalapeño salsa

Saba Alemayoh’s derek tibs (Ethiopian beef short ribs with capsicum)
Saba Alemayoh’s derek tibs (Ethiopian beef short ribs with capsicum)

Monique Fiso’s barbecue short ribs

Paul Farag’s chermoula lamb ribs fatteh
Paul Farag’s chermoula lamb ribs fatteh

Tony Tan’s Nyonya pork spare ribs

Braised pork ribs

Sticky glazed pork ribs

Birria tacos recipe with shredded beef short ribs in yellow baking dish in birria sauce, next to pink plate of charred pineapple salsa and corn tortillas on a birgh blue tablescape.
Birria tacos with beef short ribs and charred pineapple salsa

Glazed lamb ribs with corn salad

Slow-cooked teriyaki beef ribs

Sichuan-spiced lamb ribs

Fennel spiced lamb ribs with goats curd tzatziki

Barbecued lamb ribs with yuzu-sesame yakiniku sauce
Barbecued lamb ribs with yuzu-sesame yakiniku sauce

Beer and miso lamb ribs
Porteño’s beer and miso lamb ribs

Glazed pork ribs with hoisin and star anise
Glazed pork ribs with hoisin and star anise

Slow-roasted lamb spare ribs with thyme honey and ouzo glaze
Alpha’s slow-roasted lamb spare ribs with thyme honey and ouzo glaze

Salt-and-pepper chicken spare ribs with tamarind hot sauce
Gingerboy’s salt-and-pepper chicken spare ribs with tamarind hot sauce

Sticky barbecue beef ribs with coleslaw and soft onion rolls
Sticky barbecue beef ribs with coleslaw and soft onion rolls

Za’atar lamb ribs with quinoa tabbouleh

Pastrami-spiced pork ribs with potato salad and pickles
Pastrami-spiced pork ribs with potato salad and pickles

Barbecued lamb ribs with smoked eggplant and yoghurt sauce
Barbecued lamb ribs with smoked eggplant and yoghurt sauce

Braised short ribs with gratin
Braised short ribs with gratin

Beer-glazed beef short ribs with farro salad

Pork ribs with Sichuan salt

Char-grilled lamb ribs with coriander and pepper