[illiac]

And now for something different....used to be a store with the same name on Maui where you could buy these ribs and toss them on the BBQ. Due to the advancing age of the family, the store is no longer in business, but here is the recipe...

Azeka Style Ribs

Your choice of ribs

MARINADE:

Soy sauce
Honey
Rice wine vinegar
Sesame Oil
Minced garlic
Minced ginger
Cornstarch

The amounts vary with the number of pounds of ribs you want to use. The marinade should have a salty, sweet, smoke sesame taste. If it does not, adjust to get that taste. Mine tends to the salty from soy sauce, so I add more homey.

Cut ribs into two bones each and place in marinade overnight or up to 4 days. The longer, the more intense the Asian flavor.

Place on BBQ grill and cook over low heat until the meat begins to fall off the bone. This time will vary depending on the amount of time they were marinated.

While the ribs are cooking, boil the remaining marinade for 5 - 10 minutes and use as additional sauce to pour over the ribs when serves. The cornstarch will thicken the sauce a little. Don’t use too much sauce as a little goes a long way.

These tend to disappear in our family. Enjoy!

[fish hawk]

Your recipe is a “guess”. I’ve done that too. Most of us who live here on Maui have tried to copy the Azeka Ribs and like my tries, close is the best we can do. I know the Azeka family and the elders are gone now but some still have the recipe but it is kept a dear family secret. That is why people call their recipe “Azeka Style” ribs as they are not Azeka Ribs true recipe.

[dforest]

for later