Name: Hot and Sour Ribs (酸辣排骨)
Yield: Serves 4, or more with an assortment.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons water; 3 tablespoons sugar dissolved in 3 tablespoons distilled vinegar; 1 teaspoon minced peeled ginger; 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallions; ⅛ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon shredded fresh hot peppers or 4 whole dried chili peppers; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh coriander; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 3 cups oil; ½ cup cornstarch for coating; 1 large clove garlic, minced; 1½ pounds meaty spareribs

Preparation info

Serves
4
, or more with an assortment.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

If you like spareribs and a hot sweet and sour taste, you will love this dish. Dainty and crunchy, these ribs are a superb preliminary to a good dinner.

Ingredients

1½ pounds meaty spareribs
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 3

Method

Preparing and Deep-Frying the Ribs

Chop the ribs into 1-inch pieces. Put them in a bowl, add the marinade, toss well, and let the ribs marinate for about 5 minutes. Add the dissolved cornstarch and mingle well, then toss the coated ribs in the dr