spareribs

Thân thiện

A chef carefully bastes a rack of spareribs in the oven.

Definition

Noun 1. A cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off: This refers to a specific portion of pork ribs where the meat is intentionally left lean, with much of the fat and meat removed from between and on top of the bones, leaving the characteristic long, curved bones. 2. This cut, typically baked or roasted and served with a spicy sauce: The term often implies the common method of preparation and serving, where the ribs are cooked slowly and glazed or served with a tangy, often tomato-based, barbecue sauce.

Examples of Usage

• We ordered a full rack of spareribs at the barbecue restaurant.
• The secret to tender spareribs is slow cooking at a low temperature.
• His special recipe for spareribs uses a homemade dry rub before baking.

Advanced Usage

• "St. Louis-style spareribs": A specific preparation where the rib tips and sternum bone are removed to create a rectangular rack, which is then typically grilled or smoked. This is a common variant in American barbecue.
  • The pitmaster is famous for his St. Louis-style spareribs.

Variants and Related Words

• Ribs (noun): A more general term for the same cut of meat from various animals (e.g., beef ribs, pork ribs). Spareribs are a specific type of pork ribs.
• Baby back ribs (noun): A different, smaller, and more tender cut of pork ribs taken from the loin section, closer to the backbone. They are meatier than spareribs.
• Barbecue (noun/verb): While not a variant, this word is closely associated with the typical cooking method for spareribs.

Synonyms

• Pork ribs: A direct, descriptive synonym, though it is less specific than "spareribs."
• Rib cut: A very general term that could refer to this or other rib cuts.

Related Phrases

• "Fall-off-the-bone": A phrase often used to describe the ideal, tender texture of properly cooked spareribs.
  • After six hours in the smoker, the spareribs were fall-off-the-bone tender.

Học thuật

Noun

1. cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off
2. baked or roasted with a spicy sauce

Từ đồng nghĩa

• barbecued spareribs