Step 1
Pour sesame oil chile-garlic sauce and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Stir to dissolve salt. Place ribs onto a square of aluminum foil and brush sesame oil mixture onto ribs on both sides. Place ribs into a heavy resealable plastic bag.
Step 2
Pour root beer over the ribs and seal the bag. Refrigerate at least 12 hours or overnight. Remove ribs from marinade; reserve marinade in a bowl and keep refrigerated.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place a large piece of aluminum foil onto a baking sheet.
Step 4
Place rib racks meat-side up onto the foil and season both sides with salt and black pepper. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the meat; place another piece of foil over the parchment paper. Fold edges and seal sides to make an airtight package.
Step 5
Bake ribs in the preheated oven until almost fork-tender about 2 hours. Open foil packet and test for doneness; a fork inserted into the meat will go in with some effort.
Step 6
Transfer reserved marinade to a small saucepan. Add garlic green onions and rice vinegar to marinade and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook until sauce is reduced by half about 5 minutes; stir often.
Step 7
Pour pan juices from foil packet into saucepan with the sauce. Add Asian chile pepper sauce. Bring back to a simmer and cook sauce until slightly thickened to a glaze about 5 more minutes.
Step 8
Increase oven heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line another baking sheet with foil and transfer ribs to baking sheet.
Step 9
Brush both sides of ribs with thickened glazing sauce. Cook in hot oven until glaze begins to cook onto meat 6 to 7 minutes. Brush another coat of glaze onto the ribs; repeat 4 more times cooking 5 to 6 more minutes per time until meat is shiny glazed browned and fully fork-tender. Brush 1 more coat of glaze onto meat.
Step 9
Sprinkle ribs with sesame seeds and cook for 5 more minutes to set the last glaze coat.