Salt & Pepper Spareribs

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 lb spareribs
• 4 cups vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 1 tablespoon rice wine
• 5 teaspoons salt & pepper (less if you are mixing it into the sauce)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch (corn flour)

Recipe

• 1 wash the spareribs and chop into pieces, 2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide (5 cm by 2cm ).
• 2 mix the rice wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, and 2 teaspoons water into a paste.
• 3 add the spareribs and stir to coat well.
• 4 heat the oil the work over high heat to 350of (180oc), or until a piece of scallion or ginger sizzles and moves around quickly when tossed into the oil.
• 5 add the spareribs and deep-fry for 1 minute. remove, drain, and set aside.
• 6 reheat the oil to 400of (205oc), or until a piece of scallion or ginger browns quickly and a haze appears above the oil.
• 7 add the spareribs and deep-fry until they are browned and rise to the surface.
• 8 remove, drain well, and place in a serving dish.
• 9 place two piles of pepper-salt on the edges of the dish as a dip, serve.