Spareribs with Fermented Black Beans

Name: Spareribs with Fermented Black Beans (Shih chih p’ai ku)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons dried fermented, black beans; 1 tablespoon oil; ¾ pound pork spareribs; 2 tablespoons chopped garlic; 2 tablespoons chopped hot pepper; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon wine; 2 tablespoons dried fermented, black beans

Shih chih p’ai ku

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

¾ pound pork spareribs
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoons</

Asia
Taiwan
Dinner

Method

Cut the spareribs into ½ inch-wide by 1 inch long pieces. Wash and soak the fermented black beans about 5 minutes. Strain off water then chop finely.
Heat the oil in frying pan. Stir-fry the fermented black beans. Add the wine, sugar, salt, and soy sauce. Stir for only 10 seconds. Remove to a bowl. Mix with the spareribs.
Add cornstarch to spareribs.