Chinese Pork and Ham Recipes - Spare Ribs with Tomato Recipe
Ingredients
900 g/2 lb
pork spare ribs
75 ml/5 tbsp soy sauce
30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or
dry sherry
2 eggs, beaten
45 ml/3 tbsp corn-flour
(cornstarch)
oil for deep-frying
45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut
(peanut) oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup
chicken stock
60 ml/4 tbsp tomato ketchup
(catsup)
10 ml/2 tsp brown sugar
Method:
Cut the spare ribs into 2.5 cm/1/2 in pieces. Mix with
60 ml/4 tbsp of soy sauce and the wine or
sherry and leave to marinate for 1 hour, stirring
occasionally.
Drain, discarding marinade. Coat the
spare ribs in egg then in corn-flour. Heat the oil
and deep-fry the ribs, a few at a time, until
golden.
Drain well. Heat the groundnut (peanut) oil
and fry the onion until translucent.
Add the stock,
remaining soy sauce, ketchup
and brown sugar and simmer for 1 minute, stirring.
Add the ribs and simmer for 10 minutes.