Deep-Fried Home-Style Spareribs

Name: Deep-Fried Home-Style Spareribs (Yen su hsiao p’ai ku)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon wine; ½ cup cornstarch; 1-¼ pounds spareribs; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 6 cups oil

Yen su hsiao 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 spareribs
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon<

Asia
Taiwan
Starter

Method

Cut spareribs into pieces 2” long, marinate in soy sauce and sugar for about ½ hour.
Mix cornstarch, salt, MSG and black pepper in a bowl and coat the spareribs.
Deep-fry spareribs in oil (250°F.) over low heat for 3 minutes, remove. Reheat oil, then deep-fry again over high heat for 20 seconds until golden brown, Serve.