Chǐ Zhī Zhēng Pái Gǔ - 豉汁蒸排骨 - steamed ribs with black beans

Chǐ Zhī Zhēng Pái Gǔ - 豉汁蒸排骨
steamed ribs with black beans

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Ingredients:
450 gr pork ribs
1 tsp baking soda/bicarbonate
450 ml of water
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt

Ingredients marinade:
8 cloves of garlic
5 cm jahe/ginger
1 tbsp Douchǐ / fermented black beans
2 red lomboks
1/2 tbsp light shallot sauce
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp palm sugar
1 tbsp oil

Garnish:
1 spring onion

Preparation:
Cut the ribs into pieces and mix it with the soda and water and let it rest for 1 hour. Then rinse it well and pat it dry. Then mix it with the salt and cornflour.
Finely chop the garlic, jahe and lomboks. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the garlic, the jahe and the douchi for 2 minutes on a low heat. Then add the lomboks, the soy sauce, the oyster sauce, the rice wine, the pepper and the palm sugar and let it simmer for 10 seconds and then let it cool down.
Mix the marinade with the meat and let it rest for at least 4 hours. Then steam it covered for 20 minutes until done. Finely chop the spring onion and sprinkle on topt and serve.