Chinese spare ribs? What makes them red? Any nice recipe please?

Question

Chinese spare ribs? What makes them red? Any nice recipe please?

Answer 1

Chinese Spare Ribs

Serves 4  

1 1/2 lb Pork spare ribs  

2 tbsp  Oil

1 tbsp  Hoisin sauce

1 tbsp  Soy sauce  

    

Sauce

1/2 inch  Piece of root ginger

1 Green pepper

2 Garlic cloves  

2 tbsp  Oil

1 tbsp  Soy sauce  

2 tbsp  Dry sherry  

2 tbsp  Tomato puree  

2 tbsp Vinegar

2 tbsp Sugar

1 tbsp Cornflour

4 tbsp Pineapple juice  

3 tbsp Water

  

- Separate the pork into ribs

- Cook in boiling water for 15 minutes, then drain and dry on kitchen paper

- Heat oil in frying pan

- Add ribs and stir in hoisin and soy sauces

- Cook gently for 20 minutes

  

Prepare Sauce

- Shred ginger

- Deseed pepper and cut into thin strips

- Peel and crush garlic

- Heat oil in a saucepan, add garlic, ginger and pepper and stir-fry for 2 minutes

- Remove from heat and stir in soy sauce, sherry, tomato puree, vinegar and sugar

- Blend cornflour with fruit juice and water and add to the pan  

- bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly

- Place ribs in a warmed serving dish

- pour sauce over and serve immediately with boiled rice

Answer 2

Ingredients

Amount Ingredient Preparation

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 clove garlic finely chopped

1 package onion soup mix  

16 ounces tomato puree  

1/2 cup brown sugar  

1/4 cup soy sauce  

1/4 cup white vinegar  

1/4 cup chili sauce  

5 pounds spareribs  

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In large saucepan, melt butter and cook garlic with onion

recipe soup mix over medium heat until garlic is golden.

Stir in tomato puree, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and chil sauce.

Bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.

Meanwhile,in large aluminium foil-lined baking pan or broiler

rack, arrange spareribs, meaty side up, and bake 20 minutes.

Brush spareribs generously with sauce, then continue baking, meaty side up, brushing occasionally with remaining sauce, 50 minutes, or until spareribs are done.

The red comes from the tomato puree but probably some colourant down the local take-out :-)

Answer 3

The Hoison sauce that is used to baste them

Answer 4

You can get a rack of ribs, and grill them on you BBQ or in your broiler and right before you are done brush them with AH-So brand sauce...it is red and sticky and a truely nice Chinese red rib sauce...also incredibly good on pork tenderloin ...and you can cut up a few slices for fried rice.

Link is to the company whihc makes and markets the sauce.

Answer 5

Mix together tomato puree with quite alot of chinese 5 spice and a litle water to get a smooth paste.    marinade the ribs then grill.

To make them red, add artificial food colouring - but i wouldnt bother.

Answer 6

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/databa...

Answer 7

D   is right on the money....it's the Char Sui sauce....it can be made easily......1/4 soy sauce

                           1/4 cup honey

                           1 tbsp dry Sherry

                           2 tbsp Hoisin sauce

                           1/2 tsp five-spice powder

                           salt and pepper

mix it all together and pour over your ribs and let them marinate...then cook your ribs...using the leftoversauce to glaze them the last hour!!

Answer 8

Ingredients (serves 4)

800g pork spare ribs

1/4 cup char siu sauce

1 large orange, rind finely grated, juiced

1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 cup jasmine rice, well rinsed

4 green onions, thinly sliced, plus extra, sliced lengthways, to serve

Method

Using a mallet, pound pork ribs until 1.5cm thick. Place in a ceramic dish. Combine char siu sauce, orange rind, 2 tablespoons orange juice, Chinese five spice and garlic in a bowl. Spoon marinade over ribs, turning to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a roasting pan with baking paper (this prevents the sauce that drips to the base of pan from burning). Place a wire rack in pan. Sprinkle rind of each rib with 1/2 teaspoon salt and place, in a single layer, on rack. Roast ribs, turning once, for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden and just cooked through.

Meanwhile, cook rice by absorption method, following packet directions. Stir in green onions. Spoon rice onto plates. Top with pork spare ribs and extra green onions. Serve.

Notes & tips

Tip: Spare ribs will turn out even crisper if cooked in a fan-forced oven. However, be sure to reduce oven temperature by 20°C and cooking time by 5 to 8 minutes.

Char siu is a rich, sweet sauce made from soybeans, honey and spices. Look for it in Asian food stores or the Asian food section of your supermarket.

To make them have that red color.. simply add a few drops of red food dye to the sauce.

Answer 9

Authentic hoisin or Chinese BBQ sauce is brown, not red. Char siew or char siu (Chinese BBQ pork) sauce may be red, but it comes from added red food coloring. Many recipes for char siew say to add a few drops of red coloring but that's not necessary as the main thing is the taste and not the lurid red color.

Chinese Spareribs:

500g spare ribs, cut in bite sized pieces

Marinade -

1 tblsp cornflour

1 red chilli, chopped & de-seeded

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tblsp chilli sauce

1 tblsp mashed fermented soy beans (tau cheo)

2 tblsp sugar

1 tblsp dark soy sauce

4 tblsp water

a few dashes of pepper

2 tsp sesame oil

1 tblsp corn oil (optional)

- wash pork ribs and dry with paper towels.

- mix all marinade ingredients, adding sesame oil & corn oil last. Marinade for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.

- Pre-heat oven at 200 deg C for 10 mins.

- Lay ribs on baking tray, pouring over remaining marinade. Alternatively baste with marinade regularly while roasting for 30-40 mins. Turn over ribs half way through cooking.

Answer 10

Hoison sauce generally, but different recipes differ.