Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

Chinese Sweet and Sour Ribs have an excellent taste. This version is a simplied one that can be made at home easily.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 pound spare ribs ( , cut into 1 to 1.5 inch sections)
• cold water to cover
• 4 green onion
• 3 ginger slices
• 2 tbsp. cooking oil
• 35 g rock sugar
• 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. shaoxing cooking wine
• 3 tbsp. black vinegar
• 1 star anise ( , optional)
• hot water as needed
• 1 tbsp. extra black vinegar
• 1/2 tbsp. white sesame seed for garnishing
• Spring onion for garnishing

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cut ribs into 1-inch to 1.5-inch sections. Load a wok with cold water, add the ribs, ginger, scallion, and Shaoxing wine. Continue cooking for around 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer out and rinse under running warm water. Set aside to drain. For beginners, I recommend pat dry the ribs with kitchen paper to avoid oil sprinkling.
2. 2Melt the sugar – Add cooking oil and smashed rock sugar in a wok, and heat over a slow fire. Keep stirring until the sugar melts and turns into dark red.
3. 3Add ribs to coat the sugar color, fry until the ribs are well colored.
4. 4Pour enough hot water to cover. Add light soy sauce, black vinegar and optionally add star anise to add a naughty flavor.
5. 5Cover the lid and simmer for 25 minutes over slowest fire. Stir once or twice in the process.Turn over the fire to the middle, remove the lids, and start thickening the sauce. Keep stirring at the last stage so the sugar can cool down during the moving and attach to the ribs.
6. 6Add extra 1 tablespoon of black vinegar before transfer out. Watch out carefully at this stage, don’t get the ribs burnt.
7. 7Garnish chopped spring onions before serving.