Steamed pork ribs with fermented black beans

Ingredients

• 600 g pork ribs
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 30 g ginger, minced
• 2 fresh red chili, chopped or sliced to small pieces
• 2 tablepsoons fermented black beans
• a small bunch of spring onions, chopped
• some cooking oil
• 1 tablepsoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

To marinate the ribs :

• 1 tablepsoon cornflour
• 1 tablepsoon ginger juice (pound some ginger and extract juice), or water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• pinch of salt
• dash of ground white pepper
• 1 tablepsoon chinese cooking wine

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Preparation

• Marinate pork rib with the marinating ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.Heat about 1-2 tablespoons cooking oil.
• Saute chopped garlic, ginger and chili until fragrant. Add in fermented black beans and stir for about 1 minute.
• Add the oyster sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil, stir well. Add the pork ribs together with the marinating juices and stir well to combine. It will be dry.
• During steaming, the pork ribs would release its own fats and juices. Transfer pork ribs to a deep steaming plate, making sure the plate is able to hold the juices accumulated from the ribs during steaming.
• Steam over high heat for about 25 minutes or until pork ribs are cooked and tender. Remove and garnish with freshly chopped spring onions.
• Serve hot.