Once you cook juicy fragrant lamb ribs, they will firmly take center stage among your favorite meat dishes. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of baked lamb ribs in the oven. Rules for choosing lamb ribs. Video recipe.
Lamb is undeservedly excluded from the diet in most families in our country. Do not use it for various reasons. Some people find the meat tough, others with an unpleasant odor. However, professional chefs are sure that we simply do not know how to cook it properly. Lamb can be cooked so deliciously that it can easily replace the main course of a festive feast and will delight you on weekdays. In addition, lamb is considered the second dietary product after chicken, and it has tremendous nutritional benefits. Meat is rich in amino acids, protein, microelements, while there is no cholesterol.
I suggest cooking baked lamb ribs in the oven. In the Caucasus, this part of the carcass is considered a real delicacy. The sweet taste of meat on the bone goes well with many spices and herbs. To add sophistication to the ribs, use any spicy herbs in the recipe: cumin, thyme, rosemary, saffron, turmeric … More original combinations of lamb with grapes, sour berries, lemon, dry wine are possible.
See also how to cook lamb ribs in honey and ginger sauce.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 245 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Lamb ribs - 1 layer of ribs (about 1 kg)
- Saffron - 0.5 tsp
- Basil - 1-2 branches
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Cumin - 1 tsp
- Salt - 0.5 tsp
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
Step-by-step cooking of baked lamb ribs in the oven, recipe with photo:
1. Combine soy sauce, mustard, saffron, cumin, black pepper in a small container.
2. Stir the sauce until smooth.
3. Wash the lamb ribs under cold water, dry with a paper towel and place in a baking dish.
How to choose lamb ribs
In order for baked lamb in the oven to turn out delicious, it must be chosen correctly. Buy lamb ribs. They are medium-sized, odorless, the meat is light in color, the fat on them is white or light yellow, without pronounced yellowness and there is practically no smell. The ribs of an old ram have a sharp and unpleasant smell and have a rich red tint. If you feel a pungent, unpleasant smell, then refuse the purchase.
4. Spread the sauce over the ribs.
5. Wash the basil, dry it, tear into small pieces and grind the meat. Salt the meat a little. But you have to be careful with salt, because for the sauce, soy sauce is used, which is already salty. Cover the dish with cling foil and send the lamb ribs to bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 40 minutes. Although the cooking time of lamb ribs depends on their size and the age of the meat. Lamb ribs are baked for 1-1.5 hours, for an adult ram - 1.5-2 hours. Cooking time will be shortened if the ribs are pre-marinated for 3-4 hours.
See also the video recipe on how to cook lamb ribs in the oven.
