Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs
Make this delicious Chinese sweet and sour pork ribs in less than 1 hour. Caramelized sugar makes the ribs more fragrant and irresistibly tasty.
Ingredients
- 2 lb pork short ribs
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine) rice wine
- 3 tbsp chinkiang vinegar or brown rice vinegar
- 2 cup chicken stock
- 4-5 dried chili optional
- 3 slices ginger
- 2 green onions sliced into 4 sections
Instructions
- Put pork ribs in a pot and pour water to cover. Bring it to boil and cook for 3-4 minutes over high heat. Drain and rinse under hot water. Put them in a colander and set aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok or a large skillet. Sprinkle sugar and let it caramelize over med-high heat as you stir. When the sugar turns red, add the pork ribs quickly and stir to coat. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the soy sauce, vinegar, chicken stock, chilies, ginger and green onion. Cover with a lid and bring it to a gentle boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
- Uncover the wok and remove the ginger and the green onion. Raise the heat to high and thicken the sauce as you stir occasionally.
- When the sauce starts to thicken and turns into a glaze, reduce the heat a little so that you don't burn the sauce. Continue until it becomes a very thick glaze to coat the ribs. Remove from the heat and garnish with toasted sesame oil and chopped green onion, if you wish.
- Serve warm with rice.