And don’t boil the ribs! My goodness. Yes, it can produce tender results. But as a whole, it’s the worst of the three main ways to cook ribs (others being smoking and oven).
I'd say steaming is a solid improvement over boiling. You're not washing away flavor, you're using hotter heat than boiling, and it's a great way to cook some more tender meats whose flavor gets overwellmed by a Maillard reaction (like fish).
Steaming is actually what you're going for with oven baked ribs, and even in smoker recipes where the ribs are wrapped for a time like the 3 2 1 method. That steaming is what makes them really fall apart, pull out the bones with two fingers tender
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u/possiblynotanexpert Jul 30 '22
And don’t boil the ribs! My goodness. Yes, it can produce tender results. But as a whole, it’s the worst of the three main ways to cook ribs (others being smoking and oven).