Hawaiian Spicy Mango Glazed Pork Ribs and Chicken Drumsticks

With the weather being dreary and wet, thoughts of our recent trip to Hawaii come to mind and especially the fruit glazed pork ribs that we sampled at Duke's on Kauai'i and the Kiki Grill and Bar in Honolulu.

Duke's Kauai
3610 Rice St, Lihue, HI 96766, United States

From the Restaurant's web site

In his lifetime, Duke Kahanamoku traveled all over the world and introduced people to the Hawaiian lifestyle and the sport of surfing. Duke visisted Kauai' and enjoyed the beach and bay right out in front of what is now Duke’s Kauai. He was a friend and mentor to Kalapaki Beach’s own legendary Beach Boy, Percy Kinimaka. You are invited to enjoy this stunning beach setting with views out to the crystal blue waters of Nawiliwili Bay and the Hoary Head Mountains beyond.

MANGO BBQ BABY BACK RIBS 

Slow cooked, mango barbeque sauce glazed, grilled Big Island style, with steamed white rice and coleslaw

Tiki's Grill & Bar 

 2570 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
at the ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Hotel, Second Level ... Fabulous views of Waikiki Beach

From the restaurant's website

A hip, open-air restaurant with a retro South Pacific design and experience, Tiki's Grill & Bar features a menu highlighting the flavors of the islands prepared in an open exhibition kitchen. The restaurant appeals to residents and visitors alike and draws the late-night crowd with live contemporary Hawaiian entertainment every evening. Tiki's Grill & Bar provides a casual American and Pacific-Rim menu with flavors of the islands, using fresh local produce. Tiki’s offers lanai seating with beautiful sunsets on Kuhio Beach. Established in October of 2002 as a family restaurant and bar, Tiki's is located on the second floor in the newly renovated ResortQuest Waikiki Beach Hotel. Lined with 13-foot tiki torches and topped with a 30-foot, red-glowing volcano, capping the outside bar area. A full service dining establishment, Tiki's is only a brief drive from Honolulu International Airport and offers the finest in Hawaii regional cuisine, wine and spirits.  

Guava Glazed Baby Back Ribs 

A rack of St. Louis-style baby back ribs glazed with our 

signature guava barbecue sauce

Roll your own Korean Taco's 

Thinly sliced & marinated beef ribeye, served sizzling

on a cast iron skillet. Island made Sinaloa white corn

mini pups, lomilomi tomatoes, Mrs. Chengs tofu, Nalo

Farms honey & ko chu jang dipping sauce, housemade

kimchee & Kula butter lettuce for you to roll & eat. 

Yesterday, I saw Caribbean Pot do Spicy Mango Chicken Wings and I did follow his recipe for the Mango sauce but used chicken drumsticks and pork recipes in place of chicken wings. 

I marinaded the meat in the juice of two orange in place of lime juice, chopped fresh spring onions from the garden, salt and pepper.

Spicy Mango Sauce

 2 cans of Mango puree
Chopped Jalapeno pepper
Fresh chopped thyme from my garden
1 T corn syrup/honey
2 T butter
salt and pepper
 1 T fresh ginger


The mango puree was placed in a sauce pan and simmer to reduce the volume. I was not pleased with the reduction as it was not thick or sweet, very bland.  I usually use honey, but had used it up at Christmas so used the corn syrup which Caribbean Pot does suggest.  He also uses thyme for this sauce, but I did find the Thyme too earthy for this sauce.  Maybe it was the freshness of thyme from my garden. 

Since I also did not have a lime, I used oranges instead which did not give it the zip that a lime would, so I added freshly chopped ginger to the sauce. The butter finished off the sauce nicely.

The meat baked in the oven for 30 minutes at 325 until cooked, uncovered.

After the meat was cooked, the meat was covered in the sauce and returned to the oven for 5 to 10 minutes to be browned. 

Interesting enough, Murder She Wrote the murder mystery show last night was filmed in Hawaii! 

The glaze used did brown nicely but lacked flavor.. A mango or peach jam or the spicy Mango chutney I have in the refrig would have worked much nicer.  Definitely the lime would have given better flavor and acidity to the sauce.