Buta Ribs Japanese Style

My ribs are pretty much the best seller whenever I have my BBQ. The secret is in the sauce which I will not share with you and it is bone sucking good!! However, my Japonphile mother marinated and steamed her rib tips with ume-boshi, a Japanese pickled plum. Well, real man don't steam but grill. I tweaked the ingredients and came up with a Japanese Grilled Ribs. This is not the sauce that they used in Yakitori.

Here's the recipe:

Marinate:
1 tsp Ginger
2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Sake
1 tspLight Miso Paste
1 tsp Rice Vinegar

Ume-Boshi BBQ Sauce:
1 tsp Ginger
3 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
1/2 cup Sake
3 tbsp Light Miso Paste
1 tbsp finely chopped Shiso Leaves
1/2 cup Sugar
3 tbsp Marin
1/2 tsp Sesame Oil
5 tbspUme-boshi Puree (remove pits and puree it in a food processor)

2 Racks of Baby Back Ribs

Steps:
Mix the marinate ingridients and rub it on the ribs
Marinte the ribs overnight
Combine the BBQ sauce ingredients in a food process and puree.

Smoke the ribs for 2 hours and brush the Ume-Boshi BBQ sauce when grilling.

Pair these ribs with a nice West Coast flavored Pale Ale and you are on your way to Nirvana.