The Best Five Spice Pork Spare Ribs
These have to be the BEST Spare Ribs I have tasted. They melt in your mouth...absolutely delicious!
Servings: 4 yield(s)
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 60 mins
Total Time: 90 mins
Ingredients
    For the spare ribs
  • 750 g pork spare ribs
  • 600 ml groundnut or peanut oil
    • For the marinade
  • 1 tbsp rice wine
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
    • For the sauce
  • 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 2 tsp five spice powder
  • 4 spring onions (finely chopped)
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp rice wine
  • 150 ml chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp dried orange peel (grated)
  • 85 ml cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. Mix the marinade ingredients together in a bowl and place the spareribs in the marinade for about 25 minutes at room temperature. Remove the spareribs from the marinade with a slotted spoon.
  2. Heat the oil in a deep-fat fryer or large pan. When the oil is very hot and slightly smoking, slowly brown the marinated spareribs in several batches until they are brown. Drain each cooked batch on kitchen paper. (Leave the cooking oil to cool. Strain it through a filter if you want to re-use it when cooking pork.)
  3. Put the sauce ingredients into a clean wok or frying pan.
  4. Bring the sauce to the boil and then reduce the heat. Add the spareribs, cover and simmer gently for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Skim off any surface fat, turn onto a warm serving plate and serve at once. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

If necessary, add a little water to the sauce to prevent the spareribs from drying up.