Isan-Style Grilled Pork Ribs with Nam Jim Jaew
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Ingredients
- 700 g pork spare ribs
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp dried red chilli flakes
- 1 fresh lime
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 521 kcal
- Protein
- 30.6 g
- Carbohydrate
- 6 g
- of which sugars
- 4.1 g
- Fat
- 41.3 g
- of which saturates
- 15.1 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
- Salt
- 3.34 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Crush the garlic and rub over the ribs with the soy sauce.
- 2
Marinate for at least 20 minutes, or overnight in the fridge.
- 3
Heat a griddle pan or barbecue to a medium heat and grill the ribs for 10 to 12 minutes each side until charred and cooked through with no pink remaining.
- 4
Mix the fish sauce, chilli flakes, lime juice and palm sugar to make the nam jim jaew dipping sauce.
- 5
Serve the ribs with the dipping sauce and sticky rice.

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