Balinese Betutu Spiced + Sweet Soy-Chilli Sauce Grilled Ribs

Name: Balinese Betutu Spiced + Sweet Soy-Chilli Sauce Grilled Ribs
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 1 kg ribs with bone; sea salt (use coarse); 200 gr shallot; 150 gr garlic; 45 gr turmeric (I use 2.5 tsp of ground turmeric); 40 gr ginger, peeled & crushed; 30 gr aromatic ginger (I couldn't find one, so I added a little more ginger); 50 gr galangal, peeled & crushed; 100 gr big red chilli; 2 tsp fermented shrimp paste/belacan/trassi; 1 stalk lemongrass; 2 cubes vegetable broth; 2 tsp sea salt (use fine); 1 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp sugar; water, enough to dilute the betutu spice until the ribs are drowned; 4 bay leaves; 6 lime leaves; 3 stalks lemongrass; 50 ml sweet soy sauce; 5 cloves shallot, cut into 1 mm rings; 3 cloves garlic, cut into 1 mm rings; 1/2 small tomato, diced into 0.5 cm pieces; 1 lime, squeeze; 5-10 cayenne peppers (adjust the spiciness); 1 dash sea salt

Alifah Syamsul @_alifsky

Back in 2015, when I attended university in Bandung, Indonesia, I used to eat frequently at this local food stall called Warung Aji Anom. They served the best Balinese foods: betutu chicken, betutu duck, and ribs.

The ribs, man. Their ribs were something else: otherworldly tasty, fingerlickingly good.

The chicken and duck were spiced with pure betutu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betutu), but I think the ribs weren't. The ribs were spiced kind of similarly, but also somewhat sweet and hot, which made me think they must be spiced with betutu AND THEN grilled with sweet soy-chilli.

For the betutu part, I got the inspiration from https://youtu.be/xbqmFlV7p_M (video is in Indonesian). However, there was no recipe for "Betutu & sweet soy + chilli sauce ribs" everywhere, so this is a moonshot for my current cooking level.

Nevertheless, they turned out so good! If you have the time and are curious about local Indonesian dishes, I really recommend this one.

Thank youuu @dillasyalala and @rikarumi, for cooking it with me!!! Esp. thank you Dilla for giving the right level of saltiness & the pressure cooker idea; thank you Kak Rika for the life-saving shrimp paste! 🥳

The ribs, man. Their ribs were something else: otherworldly tasty, fingerlickingly good.

Nevertheless, they turned out so good! If you have the time and are curious about local Indonesian dishes, I really recommend this one.

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Balinese Betutu Spiced + Sweet Soy-Chilli Sauce Grilled Ribs

Alifah Syamsul @_alifsky

The ribs, man. Their ribs were something else: otherworldly tasty, fingerlickingly good.

Nevertheless, they turned out so good! If you have the time and are curious about local Indonesian dishes, I really recommend this one.

The ribs, man. Their ribs were something else: otherworldly tasty, fingerlickingly good.

Nevertheless, they turned out so good! If you have the time and are curious about local Indonesian dishes, I really recommend this one.

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1 hr 30 mins

4 people

Main ingredient
1 kgribs with bone
sea salt (use coarse)
Betutu spices
200 grshallot
150 grgarlic
45 grturmeric (I use 2.5 tsp of ground turmeric)
40 grginger, peeled & crushed
30 graromatic ginger (I couldn't find one, so I added a little more ginger)
50 grgalangal, peeled & crushed
100 grbig red chilli
2 tspfermented shrimp paste/belacan/trassi
1 stalklemongrass
2 cubesvegetable broth
2 tspsea salt (use fine)
1 tspblack pepper
1/4 tspsugar
water, enough to dilute the betutu spice until the ribs are drowned
Spices to be added before boiling the betutu
4bay leaves
6lime leaves
3 stalkslemongrass
Sweet soy-chilli sauce
50 mlsweet soy sauce
5 clovesshallot, cut into 1 mm rings
3 clovesgarlic, cut into 1 mm rings
1/2small tomato, diced into 0.5 cm pieces
1lime, squeeze
5-10cayenne peppers (adjust the spiciness)
1 dashsea salt

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Cara Membuat

1 hr 30 mins

1

Take out the ribs from the fridge. Then season the ribs with coarse sea salt.
2

Prepare all the ingredients for the betutu spice.
3

Put all the ingredients into the blender. Add a little water then blend until the spices are thoroughly smooth.
Don't forget to add the vegetable broth! Don't add the salt and pepper yet here.
4

Pour the blended betutu spices into the pot. Since I'm using a pressure cooker, I pour the blended spice into a pressure cooker pot. Add 7 cm of water (roughly until the ribs can be drowned).
Add the salt and pepper. You want to be able to taste the spices and yet have the spice mix be around 60 per cent as salty as you would like. Later on, the spice mix will be absorbed by the ribs during the cooking process.
Add the bay leaves, lime leaves, and lemongrass.
Then, add the ribs.
5

Turn on the pressure cooker. We use *Meat/stew* settings for 35 minutes.
If you're not using a pressure cooker, you can simply boil the betutu spice and ribs for 2-3 hours until the meat is easily separated from the rib bones.
6

While waiting for the ribs to cook, make the sweet soy-chilli sauce. Simply mix all the ingredients.
7

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C.
8

Take out the ribs when they are done.
9

Put the ribs on a baking tray lined with foil.
Brush the sweet soy-chilli sauce onto the meat.
Put the tray into the oven. Top heat is ideal! Grill for 8-9 minutes.
If you can grill with fire directly, that would be much better.
10

Take out the grilled ribs. Enjoy!!!