Pork Main Chinese

Sweet and sour pork ribs

Name: Sweet and sour pork ribs
Prep time: 80 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /chinese
Ingredients: 500g pork spare ribs; 1/4 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine; 1 egg yolk; 1 tablespoon cornflour; Peanut oil, to fry; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 6 spring onions, sliced; 1 green capsicum, cut into thin strips; 1 red capsicum, cut into thin strips; 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons tomato sauce; 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil; 2 teaspoons cornflour; 50ml chicken or vegetable stock

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Challenge your inner MasterChef with this 5-star sweet and sour pork rib recipe.

500g pork spare ribs
1/4 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon cornflour
Peanut oil, to fry

Sweet and sour sauce

2 tablespoons peanut oil
6 spring onions, sliced
1 green capsicum, cut into thin strips
1 red capsicum, cut into thin strips
3 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons cornflour
50ml chicken or vegetable stock

Method

1.

Remove and discard skin and bone from spare ribs, then cut meat into bite-sized pieces. Crush peppercorns and combine with salt and pepper, sugar and rice wine. Toss the pork in the mixture and refrigerate for 1 hour to marinate.
2.

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add spring onion and capsicum and fry for 2 minutes. Add sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, tomato sauce and sesame oil, and stir to combine.
3.

Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to medium so the sauce is just simmering. Combine cornflour and stock, and stir into sauce. Cook for 2-3 minutes until sauce has thickened.
4.

Beat together the egg yolk and cornflour in a medium bowl until a thin batter. Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat.
5.

Preheat oven to 180°C.
6.

Dip pork in batter then fry in batches until very crisp and golden brown. Transfer to paper towel to drain, then place in a baking dish.
7.

Pour sauce over pork, cover and bake for 30 minutes. Serve with the fried rice.