Braised Sweet And Sour Spareribs Recipes

MOM'S 'SWEET 'N' SOURS' PORK RIBS

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the sugar, flour, salt, pepper, and mustard. Stir in the water, soy sauce, and vinegar.
• Place the ribs in a pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, cook 10 minutes, and drain.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and brown the ribs on all sides. Mix in the sauce mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes. Mix in the garlic, and continue cooking 15 minutes, or to desired doneness.

CHINESE SWEET & SOUR SPARE RIBS RECIPE (TANG CU PAI GU)

Steps:

• Place the ribs in a saucepan of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Skim the water, then add half of the ginger, half of the green onions, the Chinese rice wine and salt. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes until the meat is cooked and tender. Continue skimming the pot. Strain and set aside, reserving the cooking liquid.
• Heat a wok or large saute pan over high heat until very hot. Pour in the cooking oil and add the remaining ginger slices and green onions. Stir fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add in the strained spare ribs and stir fry for 2 minutes in the fragrant oil.
• Add 1 cup of the cooking liquid, the dark soy sauce and sugar. Simmer over a medium flame, spooning the liquid over the ribs, until the sauce has reduced to a heavy, syrupy consistency.
• Add the vinegar and cook for another 1-2 minutes, until the flavors have fused. Off the heat, stir in the sesame oil.

BRAISED SWEET AND SOUR RED CABBAGE WITH COUNTRY STYLE PORK SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Slice, grate, or food process with the grater and/or slicing blade the cabbage, apple and onion and set them aside. I like to vary the size of the dice so some slices are larger than other so some can cook away and the thicker pieces will retain their integrity. Don't forget to core the apples.
• In a large heavy pot with a lid that will accommodate all the cabbage and meat heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Season the spareribs on all sides with the salt and pepper. Once the oil is hot put the ribs into the pan. Let the meat sear on each side until the rib releases from the pan with only a gentle tug. Don't move the meat around as it sears just wait until it releases on its own, it will about 5-8 minutes per side. Remove the ribs from the pan and set aside. Don't over crowd your pan; you can sear the meat in batched if you need to.
• De-glaze the pan with 1 cup of red wine; be sure to scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Then add the cabbage, onion, and apples to the pan. Stir in the sugar, a half teaspoon of salt, and the vinegar, being sure to mix well.
• Return the meat to the pot in a layer on top of the cabbage. Put the lid on and turn the temperature down until the pot bubbles gently, be sure you don't get it too low or the meat will not cook, and not too high or it will burn.
• Leave the pot on the stove for at least one hour stirring a few times. The ribs are done when they are nicely tender. If you have a lot of liquid in the cabbage and want to concentrate the flavors at the end of cooking remove the pot lid and turn up the heat a notch letting the sauce cook down. I normally do this as I make the mashed potatoes. Be sure to taste the cabbage and meat and adjust the sugar, salt, and pepper to taste.
• When you plate the cabbage pour some of the broth from the bottom of the cooking pot into a gravy boat to serve with the meal. I always serve this meal with basic mashed potatoes and corn. It's a very simple German inspired meal so nothing fancy is really needed.

SUPER EASY CHINESE SWEET N' SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Boil about 1 L of water in a pot, or enough to cover the ribs.
• Carefully drop the ribs in the boiling water, stir til outside browns, roughly 1 minute (this is to clean out the blood in the ribs so your sauce won't have the 'foamy stuff' later).
• Drain ribs, put in a medium sized pot big enough for the ribs to be layed down in one layer. A deeper pan will work too.
• Add rice wine, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and water in the pot (you don't need to follow the measurements, I usually take a ladle and use 1 ladle of rice wine, 2 vinegar 3 sugar etc).
• Bring to a boil for about 10 minutes then reduce to a simmer.
• Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is very dark and almost dry or to your desired thickness, roughly half an hour.
• Be careful not to dry all the sauce out, the sauce will reduce much quicker in the final stage, so keep an eye on it.
• Serve with steamed rice and stir fried veggies for a great Chinese meal!

BRAISED SWEET AND SOUR SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from the spareribs. Rinse in cold water and pat dry with paper towels until almost dry to the touch. Place spareribs in a 3 quart saucepan. Sprinkle them with sugar and toss to combine. Marinate 30 minutes. Pour off excess liquid. To the same pan, add thin and black soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, rice wine, and 1/2 cup cold water, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat. Covered. Reduce to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally to make sure the sauce does not dry up (add a little water if necessary), for 1 hour, or until the spareribs are tender when pierced with a knife and the sauce is thick enough to lightly coat a spoon. Transfer to a plate and skim excess fat from sauce. Pour sauce over the spareribs. Serve immediately.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Ginger slices, green onions cut into small pieces, white sesame seeds fried (too annoying, bought in the market, mainly decorated after the pan).
• Chop even-sized pieces of small ribs, and wash them (such as ribs, which are basically standard meat, which does not taste strong).
• Boil water in the wok, boil the water in a small drain, rinse out of the pan, and drain the water for later use.
• Heat the wok and pour the oil into it, then add the ginger slices and fry them until the aroma is released.
• Put in the small ribs and stir-fry until the water dries out and the oil is ready.
• Pour in cold boiled water (even with the ribs), add a spoonful of dark soy sauce, a spoonful of light soy sauce, a spoonful of rice wine, and a spoonful of sugar. Bring to a high heat.
• Bring to a boil and put salt (according to your own taste) on low heat for 20 minutes. After the ribs are cooked, add 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, change the sauce to high heat (some can add water starch). Basically, there should be no marinade, all sticking to the ribs, a few drops of sesame oil can be dripped before it is out of the pot, it looks good and fragrant.
• After serving, sprinkle with chopped green onions and white sesame seeds.