Thai-influenced Sticky Peanut Butter Ribs Recipe :: The Meatwave

Ingredients

• For the Sauce
• 1/2 cup finely minced shallots
• 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh garlic
• 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh ginger
• 3 Thai bird's eye chilies, thinly sliced
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1/3 cup palm or light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon tamarind concentrate
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• For the Ribs
• 3 tablespoons palm or light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
• 1 tablespoon Kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 2 racks St. Louis-cut spare ribs
• 2 fist-sized chunks of light smoking wood, such as apple or cherry
• 1/3 cup Roughly chopped roasted peanuts
• 3 tablespoons roughly chopped cilantro
• 4 Thai bird's eye chilies, thinly sliced