China

Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs

Name: Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 600 g Pork ribs (in pieces); 3 tbsp Black rice vinegar; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1 tbsp each Soy sauce (light & dark); 2 tbsp Rice wine; some of each Ginger & spring onion; to garnish Sesame

Shanghai glazed pork ribs

Tang cu pai gu - sweet and sour ribs - are a classic of Shanghai cooking, famed for their glossy, dark-red glaze.

Pork ribs are braised and reduced with black rice vinegar and sugar into a syrupy sauce - perfectly balanced between sweet and tart.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork ribs (in pieces)600 g
Black rice vinegar3 tbsp
Sugar3 tbsp
Soy sauce (light & dark)1 tbsp each
Rice wine2 tbsp
Ginger & spring onionsome of each
Sesameto garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Blanch and rinse the ribs.
Braise tender with ginger, rice wine and soy sauce.
Add sugar and black vinegar.
Reduce uncovered until the sauce glistens syrupy.
Turn the ribs in the glaze, serve with sesame.

Make it original

Black rice vinegar for sweet & sour spare ribs is in the Asia Boutique.

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