Name: Chili Spare Ribs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 14 oz pork spare ribs; 1 egg, beaten; 2 medium red chilies, seeded and finely chopped; 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder; 2 tablespoons shaosing rice wine or dry sherry; 1 teaspoon crushed dried chili flakes (optional); sea salt and ground white pepper; 1¾ cups peanut oil; 2 tablespoons potato starch; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

OK, this one is addictive and not ultra-healthy as it is fried but it is so tasty you can have it as a treat. If you don’t want to fry the ribs, you can bake them, in which case you won’t need the potato starch and egg mixture. Bake them in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6 for 25 minutes, put some sea salt, ground white pepper and chopped c