The Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp dried fermented black bean
• 1 tsp dried mandarin orange peel
• 1 lb spare ribs
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• red chili pepper
• 2 pieces scallions
• 0.5 tsp vegetable oil
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 0.5 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 0.5 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

1. 1

   Wash and rehydrate black beans, orange peel: Place our fermented black beans in a bowl, and rinse them under running water for 15 to 20 seconds. Gently massage the beans as you do this.

2. 2

   Cut spare ribs: Cut the spare ribs between the bones into small pieces (about 1 to 1.5 inches), and place them into a bowl.

3. 3

   Rinse and dry ribs: This step is done in three parts.

4. 4

   Marinate ribs: Before we start marinating, if you want to save time for later, start boiling 3to 4 cups of water. This will be added to our wok when we start steaming.

5. 5

   Prepare to steam ribs: We'll start heating our wok on our stove, placing our steamer rack in the center of the wok. Add enough boiling water so that it just barely covers the entire steamer rack.

6. 6

   Cover wok and steam: Carefully place the plate of ribs on top of the steamer rack. Double check to make sure that there's a little bit of water touching the bottom surface of the plate.

7. 7

   Garnish and enjoy!: Do you smell the deliciousness yet?