Chinese Recipe : Stewed Spare Rib with Mixed Spice

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks meaty spare rib, about 600g

Spices:

• 3 star anise
  
• 3 cm ginger, crushed
  
• 2 stalks spring onion
  
• 2 liter water
  
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
  
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  
• 1 ½ tbsp sugar
  
• 3 tbsp Shaoxing wine

Seasoning:

• 2 tbsp plum sauce
  
• 1 tbsp chili sauce
  
• 1 tbsp cornflour water, for thickening

Directions:

1. Cook meaty spare ribs in boiling water for 5 minutes. Dish and rinse.
2. Bring spices to boil, add in spare ribs and simmer at low heat for 45 minutes or until tender. Dish up.
3. Bring the remaining gravy and seasoning to boil. Thicken with corn flour water and pour over spare ribs. Serve.