Comforting Food For A Disappointing Friday

If you were like me, hugely dismayed by the results of UK referendum, cooking your way out of blues can be an option. This is a very versatile recipe and you can use also lamb chops, rabbits etc. other than spare ribs. This recipe is also a good example of different spices can perfectly balance each other in one pot resulting meltingly good deliciousness ; so yep and yummy- 'united we stand'...

Six-spice spare ribs

Preparation time: 1.5 hours

Serves 4

Suitable for all season

INGREDIENTS

• 500g pork spare rib sliced into individual ribs

For the marinade

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp rice wine or red wine

• 1 tbsp light soy sauce

• 1 tbsp rice vinegar

• 2 tsp sesame oil

• 1 tbsp corn flour

For the sauce

• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped

• Five spices: a handful of Sichuan pepper, star anise, cinnamon, clove and fennel

• 2 medium-sized rock sugar or 1 big rock sugar

• 3 tbsp rice wine

• 150ml homemade spare rib stock (see Spare rib and daikon soup for reference)

• 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce

• A handful of sun-dried mandarin peel

• 85ml rice vinegar

PREPARATION

1. Mix the ingredients for marinade in a bowl and marinate the spareribs for 30 minutes.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, when the oil is hot, brown the spare ribs on each side and set aside.

3. Mix the ingredients of sauce in a bowl and add it to the pan, bring the sauce to a boil and reduce the heat. Add the spare ribs, cover and simmer gently for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Note: Serve this with a simple and heart-warming vegetable side-dish such as stir-fried bok choy.

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