Original Chinese Recipes: Spare Ribs with Sour Plum

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For about 5000 years Ancient Chinese people have been perfecting their Art of Chinese Traditional Cooking Styles.

From various kinds of Soup Dishes, Noodles, Dim Sum (Yum/Yam Cha), dumplings to Peking Ducks. Chinese Dishes especially Soup Dishes consist of various herbs and spices.

Some of the recipes have been developed for hundreds of years to be beneficial for health. And some have withstood the test of modern science.

There are also Secret Recipes that are being passed down from generation to generation only to the descendants of The Clan. These recipes are developed by The Elders and carefully passed down as Precious Heritage of the Clan.

Spare Ribs with Sour Plum

Ingredients:

350 gr spare ribs

a pinch of shredded red chilli

3 sour plums

1/2 tsp crushed garlic

1/2 tsp crushed shallot

1 tbsp soy bean paste

sectioned welsh onion

Marinade:

1 1/4 tsp oil

1 1/4 tsp sugar

1 1/4 tsp cornflour

1/2 tsp ginger sauce

a pinch of pepper

1 1/4 tsp light soy sacue

1/4 tsp wine

Method:

1. Rinse sour plums, remove pits and crush., combine with soy bean paste, garlic and shallot. Stir fry the mixture over low heat until fragrant. Allow to cool.

2. Wash and cut spare ribs into long strips then marinate for 1 hour.

3. Arrange spare ribs on plate. Pour prepared sour plum mixture on top.

4. Steam for 10 minutes over high heat. Add red chilli and welsh onion.

5. Steam for 1 minute more.

6. Serve hot.

Source:
Gourmet Steamed Food