Sweet and Sour Spare ribs （糖醋排骨）

 

Ingredients:

500 g        Spare ribs

1 pc          Spring onion

1 inch       Ginger

4 cloves    Garlic

1 full pc    Star anise

15 pcs       Pepper corn

1 tbs          Vinegar

2 pcs          Bay leaf

1 stick       Cinnamon 

2 tbs          Soya sauce

1 tbs          Thick soya sauce

1 tbs          Chinese cooking wine

2 pcs         Rock sugar

1 tsp          Sugar (or totaste)

1 tsp          Sesame seeds ( I forgot)

Method:

1.    Cut ribs to bite size.

2.    In a pot, all water just enough to cover the ribs.

3.    Boil ribs, clear the floating residue.

4.    Add ginger, star anise, pepper corn, cinnamon and bay leaf.

5.    Boil big fire for 10 minutes, and reduce to medium fire.  Boil ribs for an hour.

6.    Bring out the ribs and set aside, keep the soup.

7.    In a wok, heat up 2 table spoon of oil.

8.    Melt the rock sugar in the hot oil.

9.    When turn brown, put in the ribs, mix well with the sugar.

10.  Add some soup until half cover the ribs.

11.   Add soya sauce, thick soya sauce, vinegar and wine.

12.   Add more sugar if needed. 

13.   With big fire cook till gravy thicken.

14.   Remove to a serving dish, sprinkle the sesame seeds, serve.