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

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Method:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Drain well. Heat the groundnut (peanut) oil and fry the onion until translucent.

4. Add the stock, remaining soy sauce, ketchup and brown sugar and simmer for 1 minute, stirring. Add the ribs and simmer for 10 minutes.