Rib Tips Noodle Bowl

3-4 lbs rib tips, cut apart
Marinate:
1 cup Dale's Liquid Seasoning
1 cup vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
half a head of smashed garlic cloves
Salt the meat liberally, put in zip bag, add the stuff, marinate for 3 hours to overnight.

I did the meat yesterday because it takes a while. Another advantage to pre-cooking is that you can nosh, evaluate and appreciate plain, seasoned marinated meat which has yet to be assaulted with a sauce, and tweak your basic oven cooking game. "Plain" is pretty awesome and even cold out of the fridge I was mentally adjusting the process for next time.

250F directly on the oven rack with water tray below for 1 hour, turn, another hour, then check tenderness every 15 minutes to half hour. Took me 3 hours this time.

Cook a package of angel hair pasta al dente, rinse to shock cool, set aside. Maybe there's a better way, but I put it in a gallon zip bag and toss the smallest amount of melted butter or olive oil so it will stay loose and not gum up.

Stirfry:
baby carrots
celery
bok choy
snow peas
broccoli
grated ginger
diced garlic
canned straw mushrooms
1 small bird pepper
whatever you like... I like the snow peas to be the star here.

Made cheater pho broth with veg and chicken stock, a teaspoon of ketchup, beef bouillon, 5 spice, garam masala, fish sauce, soy sauce, MSG, splash of vinegar, black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, freshly ground toasted coriander seed and basil. AFTER it cooled, I added sliced white onion and green onion, so it will be crisper after reheating.

Bagged soup with 4 or 5 rib tips each, and pasta in separate bags so it won't get soggy. Got 8 sets bagged and ate one bowl full, and saved one in the fridge for later. Work lunches with panache, yo. :)

Post eating and writing followup: Hooo boy this was so good, it was gone in 5 seconds, and I proceeded to eat the second bowl I saved for later. Perfect balance of excellent tasty broth, noodles, veg, and a little bit of sweet and rich pork-on-the-bone magnificence. Took some work but what treasure I'll have in the freezer! If it all makes it there.