Ah-So Chinese Ribs, Beef Teriyaki, Fried Rice

[lunchman]

A Friday evening not Chinese Take-Out dinner.

I never realized that Ah-So Sauce is pretty much a regional thing here in New England (even though it's made in New Jersey), so folks in other parts of the country and world probably have no idea what it is. Boneless spare ribs and chicken wings from Chinese Take-Outs often come slathered with this neon pink sauce. It's readily available at Market Basket and its proximity in the store to the pork ribs helped me decide to try it once again. It's literally been about 30 years since I've bought this stuff.



The pork ribs, not boneless -



Normally I would not marinate my ribs in a pseudo bbq sauce, but recipes online state to do so, so I went with the recommendations. Some very pretty pink ribs ready to sit in the fridge for a few hours -



Grilling indirect about 275F on on the Goldens' -



Normally you'd slather more of this on the ribs as they cooked but I decided to simply let them grill as is.

Added some Teriyaki Beef Skewers -



Gotta have Fried Rice with this, so this morning I made use of the rice cooker and let the rice sit in the fridge for the day. Added garlic, diced red pepper, peas, diced carrots, diced Canadian Bacon and scrambled in two eggs at the very end. Along with Soy Sauce, Mirin, Oyster Sauce, Sesame Oil -





Back on the grill, the pork and beef are just about ready -





Dinner is served -










OK, so how is Ah-So Sauce? Honestly, it's pretty good. There's a good hint of garlic and of course that signature red color. Next time I might try basting the pork with it as it grills to get that sticky coating like the restaurants do.

This was a fairly quick and easy not Take-Out Chinese dinner, but no fortune cookies.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read through this post.

Regards,
-lunchman

[ShadowDriver]

I feel fortunate to have seen this thread, Dom!

Killer Chinese not-so-take-out meal.

Have a great weekend!

[PullinPork]

Nice cook, Dom! At first glance, I thought the Ah-So sauce was sweet-and-sour sauce.
Now I’m curious to try it out,

[Moose]

That looks Tso delicious!

[ShadowDriver]

Originally Posted by Moose

That looks Tso delicious!

That's a Generalization, but I stand behind it.

[lunchman]

Originally Posted by ShadowDriver

That's a Generalization, but I stand behind it.

[Mike Twangzer]

Ah-So .... nice ....

[Hoss]

Looks mitee Tastee to me!

[Moose]

Originally Posted by ShadowDriver

That's a Generalization, but I stand behind it.

不要侮辱伟大的曹将军！ 他已经增光烧烤弟兄与中国的回应拿出烧烤弟兄午餐人做的晚餐

[jzadski]

Looks absoluteley fantastic. Kinda jealous too. Was supposed to do some fried rice as well but, things just didn't work out. It's all good though. Thanks for the post

[Stingerhook]

Why do you do this to me Dom?

[Titch]

looks very good, that colour of the sauce, somehow looks wrong.
But the finished colour on the pork looks great

[lunchman]

Originally Posted by Stingerhook

Why do you do this to me Dom?

Just because I can, Marty.

[lunchman]

Originally Posted by Titch

looks very good, that colour of the sauce, somehow looks wrong.
But the finished colour on the pork looks great

Neon pink is a perfectly natural color, don't ya think?

My wife thinks I should have basted them while they were cooking to give them that classic sticky, sweet texture. Next time. I may give it a go on some chicken wings. Stay tuned.

[ronbrad62]

That is a Sweet cook, I'm just Sour that I didn't get any of it. I have no doubt that if I cooked like you, I would weigh WonTon.
Nice job, Dom!