Wu Xi Spare Ribs

Tonight I cooked Wu Xi Spare Ribs for dinner and my hubby and two sons loved it. I marinated the spare ribs two days ago (too busy to cook them yesterday), so I cooked it tonight. It is so easy, just marinated the pork one day in advance and before you cook it , prepare the seasoning in a bowl. Then just brown the spareribs and add the seasoning from the bowl and simmer them. Yummy. INGREDIENTS:
5 to 6 spareribs (i cut them into half for easy biting)

(A) Marinate:
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp Shaoxing wine


(B) Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
5 slices of ginger
½ onion, sliced
2 stalks spring onion
6 cloves garlic
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp Shaoxing wine
2 whole star anise
2cm cinnamon stick
1-2 tsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce
2 cups water
Salt & ground black pepper to taste

METHOD:
Marinate the spareribs with ingredients (A) overnight.
Heat oil in a wok. Brown the spare ribs on both sides. Put aside.

Fry ginger, spring onion and garlic until fragrant. Add spareribs and the remaining marinated sauce and seasoning(B). Bring to boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour until meat is tender and gravy is thick, almost dries up.
Remove from heat. Sprinkle chopped spring onions on spareribs and serve.

Recipe Source: adapted from Jo's Deli
Photo Source: alicecozycorner