China

Wuxi Spare Ribs

Name: Wuxi Spare Ribs
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 kg Pork ribs; 3 tbsp each Soy sauce (light & dark); 4 tbsp Rice wine (Shaoxing); 3 tbsp Rock sugar; some of each Ginger & spring onion; some Star anise & cinnamon

Sweet glazed braised pork ribs

Wuxi spare ribs from the city of Wuxi on Lake Tai belong to Jiangsu cuisine, famed for its sweetish, balanced art of braising.

The ribs braise long in soy sauce, rice wine and sugar until the sauce glistens like syrup and the meat falls off the bone.

Servings4

Time90 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Pork ribs1 kg
Soy sauce (light & dark)3 tbsp each
Rice wine (Shaoxing)4 tbsp
Rock sugar3 tbsp
Ginger & spring onionsome of each
Star anise & cinnamonsome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Blanch and rinse the ribs.
Set up with soy sauce, rice wine, ginger and spices.
Braise covered about 1 hour until tender.
Add rock sugar and reduce the sauce uncovered.
Turn the ribs in the syrupy glaze, serve.

Make it original

Shaoxing rice wine and rock sugar for Wuxi spare ribs are in the Asia Boutique.

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