Sweet and Sour Ribs

Yiran Sun MBA’20

China

Ingredients:

Cooking oil Pork rib tips bone-in: 1lb Ginger slices Rice cooking wine or Shaoxing cooking wine Green onions

Star anise: 2 pieces Chinese black vinegar Soy sauce Rock sugar White sesame

Instructions:

1. In a pot, put in tap water, 4 or 5 ginger slices and 8 to 10 green onions sections and pork rib tips.

Bring the water to boil to remove the impurities from the ribs.

2. Strain the ribs and rinse with water.

3. In a frying pan with medium heat, put oil. Once the oil is hot, add 2 pieces of star anise, 4 or 5 slices of ginger and the pork rib tips. Pan fried until golden brown on both sides. 4. Make the sauce: 1:2:3:4 ratio of cooking wine, soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar, rock sugar, respectively. 5. Once the pork rib tips are golden brown, add in the sauce and half cup of water. 6. Turn the heat down to medium-low. Cover the pan and slow-cook the ribs for 40 minutes. 7. At 20-minute mark, flip sides for the rib tips for even coating. 8. In the last two minutes, if there is too much sauce left, turn up the heat to reduce the sauce. 9. When the sauce is dense and barely covering the rib tips, remove from heat. 10. Serve in a plate, add some minced green onions and white sesame to decorate.