Chinese Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce
Steamy Kitchen recipe - Chinese
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound pork sparerib tips
- 2 tablespoons black bean sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine (or dry sherry)
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger (grate on microplane grater)
- 2 cloves garlic (finely minced)
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (or ground white pepper)
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- 1
Cut between each sparerib to separate each rib tip. In a large bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients. Add in the ribs and toss well to coat the spareribs evenly.
- 2
Transfer spareribs and sauce into a shallow, heatproof pan that will fit inside your wok (a pie plate or 9” cake pan works great.)
- 3
Set steaming rack inside of wok and fill with water almost up to height of rack. Turn heat to high and when water is boiling, turn heat to medium-high. Set pan with spareribs on top of a steaming rack in wok. Steam on med-high heat for 18-20 minutes until ribs are no longer pink. Make sure that when you are steaming that you don't run out of water in the wok. Replenish with additional water, if needed.