Crispy Fried Pork Ribs

Name: Crispy Fried Pork Ribs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 400 g pork ribs (first cut into strips, then chopped into 3 cm pieces); 1 egg; 2.5 tsp fine salt; 1 tsp minced garlic; 3 chili peppers (washed, minced); 0.5 tbsp dry starch (for coating); 0.5 tbsp wet starch (for mixing); 3 tbsp sweet and sour sauce; 1500 g peanut oil (for frying)

A traditional Zhejiang dish: pork ribs coated in egg and starch, fried until golden and crispy, served with a sweet-and-sour dipping sauce.

35 min

Easy

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Ingredients

pork ribs (first cut into strips, then chopped into 3 cm pieces) 400 g

egg 1

fine salt 2.5 tsp

minced garlic 1 tsp

chili peppers (washed, minced) 3

dry starch (for coating) 0.5 tbsp

wet starch (for mixing) 0.5 tbsp

sweet and sour sauce 3 tbsp

peanut oil (for frying) 1500 g

Instructions

Marinate the ribs

Wash the ribs, cut them into strips first, then chop into 3 cm pieces. Place in a bowl, add fine salt and wet starch, mix well, then add beaten egg and mix evenly, then coat with dry starch.

Prepare side ingredients

Peel the garlic and mince it; wash the chili peppers and mince them.

Fry the ribs

Place a wok over high heat, heat it and add peanut oil, heat to 70% of its smoking point, add the ribs and fry until golden brown, remove, drain excess oil and place on a serving plate.

Make the dipping sauce

Return the wok to the heat, add minced garlic, minced chili peppers and sweet and sour sauce, stir in wet starch until smooth, divide into two small plates and serve for dipping.