Name: Cheesy Chili Crisp–Braised Pork Ribs
Yield: Serves 3 or 4
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Cooked rice or noodles, for serving; ⅓ cup [80 ml] maple syrup; 1 medium yellow onion, cut into chunks; 1 apple, cut into chunks (any type of sweet red apple, such as Honeycrisp or Fuji); 2 lb [910 g] pork spareribs (St. Louis-style spareribs), cut into individual ribs if a slab; 6 green onions; ⅓ cup [70 g] chili crisp; 9 garlic cloves, minced (about 3 Tbsp); 3 Tbsp soy sauce; 3 Tbsp oyster sauce; 1 lb [455 g] long, cylindrical rice cakes (tteok); 1 cup [80 g] shredded mozzarella cheese; 3 Tbsp gochujang; ⅓ cup [80 ml] mirin; 3 bay leaves; 10 black peppercorns; 2 tsp ground ginger

Preparation info

Serves
3 or 4

Difficulty
Easy

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Chili Crisp

By James Park

Published 2023

About

I have many happy food memories from growing up in Korea. I specifically remember this one time when I asked my parents to take me to a new restaurant that served spicy braised ribs covered with mozzarella cheese. The image of ribs coated with bright red, intimidatingly spicy sauce was engraved in my hungry and curious elementary-school-student mind. When my mom finally took me to the restaurant and let me feast, I was happily in pain, sweating over these insanely spicy ribs. As a child who