Dim Sum Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Beans

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Dim Sum Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Beans

Chinese Steamed Spare Ribs with Black Beans is one of the best and well-known dim sum dishes. This steamed ribs dim sum recipe, is so easy to make at home!

Prep Time8

Cook Time10

Total Time8 10

Course: Pork

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Calories: 270kcal

Author: Bill

Ingredients

1 pound pork ribs (cut into 1-inch/2.5cm pieces; your butcher can do this for you!)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt or kosher salt
1 tablespoon clear rice wine (mijiu; or Shaoxing wine)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons long hot green peppers (roughly chopped and de-seeded)
2 tablespoons long hot red peppers (roughly chopped and de-seeded)
1 tablespoon Chinese fermented black beans (rinsed thoroughly)

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Instructions

Wash the ribs in cold water and soak for 10 minutes. This rinses off any bone fragments and residual blood so the steamed ribs turn out cleaner. Place the rib pieces, sugar, salt, wine, sesame oil and white pepper into a bowl and mix until the ribs are coated. Cover and let them marinate in the fridge overnight for best results, or 30 minutes minimum.
Add cornstarch and water to the marinated ribs and mix well. With the cornstarch, there should be little or no liquid in the mixture. Place the ribs on a heatproof plate for steaming. We used small dim sum style plates as you can see in the photos, but you can use a large, shallow heat-proof bowl for the whole batch. Once you have plated the ribs, sprinkle the peppers and the fermented black beans over the top.
Next, bring some water to a simmer in a metal steamer or in a wok with a steaming rack set in the bottom. Place the plate(s) into your steamer apparatus, cover, and steam for 20 minutes, or until the ribs are opaque and cooked through. Serve as dim sum or as a delicious one plate meal over rice!

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