Sweet and Sour Spareribs

Name: Sweet and Sour Spareribs (T’ang ts’u p’ai ku)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ tablespoon wine; 3 green onions; 2 teaspoon cornstarch; 4 tablespoon soy sauce; 5 tablespoons cold water; 1-¼ pounds pork spareribs; 4 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 3 tablespoons brown (Chinkiang) vinegar; 6 cups oil

T’ang ts’u p’ai ku

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1-¼ pounds pork spareribs
5 tablespoons cold water
3

Asia
Taiwan
Kiangsu
Dinner
Main course

Method

Cut the spareribs into 1” square pieces, then marinate with wine and soy sauce for 30 minutes. Reserve soy sauce in bowl.
Deep fry the spareribs for about 2 minutes, take out and heat oil again, then fry once more until spareribs turn very brown (about 15 seconds). Remove spareribs and drain off oil from frying pan.
Add sugar, vinegar, water and corns