Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce

Recipe: Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce豆豉蒸排骨

Serves: 2

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Ingredients

300g pork spare ribs Ingredients A 1½ tsp. grated garlic 1 tsp. grated ginger 1 stalk spring onion (white part) 1 bird's eye chili (sliced diagonally; reduce or add more chilies to adjust spiciness) Ingredients B 1 stalk spring onion (green part) 1 bird's eye chili (julienned or slice diagonally)

Marinade 1 tsp. sesame oil 2 tsp. ShaoXing wine 1 tsp. light soy sauce 1½ tsp. black bean sauce ½ tsp. sugar 1 tsp. oyster sauce ½ tsp. tapioca starch / corn starch

Measurements: tsp. = teaspoon | TBSP = tablespoon

Preparation
1. Grate ginger and garlic. Mince or finely chop them if you do not have a grater.	2. Chop spring onion into approximately ½-inch sections or shorter (divided into white part & green part). Slice 1 chili diagonally, and julienne another one.	3. Clean spare ribs. Remove any excess fat. Cut ribs into serving size. Then, put them into a medium mixing bowl.
4. Mix ribs with the marinde until incorporate.	5. Combine all ingredients A into ribs mixture in step 4.	6. Cover ribs and let marinate for at least 30 minutes.
7. Heat up steamer over high heat until steamy hot. Place ribs into steamer and steam over high heat for 12 to 20 minutes, or until ribs are cooked.	8. Transfer cooked ribs into a serving bowl or plate if necessary. Garnish with ingredients B.	9. Serve steamed spare ribs hot with rice.

Notes

Store ribs in refrigerator if marinate more than 30 minutes. Ribs can be marinated overnight in refrigerator.