Vegetarian Ribs
Crispy fried dough sticks stuffed with taro are simmered with broad beans and pineapple for a perfectly balanced sweet and sour flavor.
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This inventive vegetarian dish offers a creative, flavorful twist on a beloved staple of Chinese home cooking, delivering the same hearty, satisfying texture and bright, well-balanced sweet and sour profile that makes the original such a crowd-pleasing favorite, perfect for both casual weeknight meals and special family gatherings.
Ingredients
Fried dough stick (cut into segments, hollowed out in the middle with chopsticks)
2 sticks
Taro (cut into strips)
100 g
Pineapple (cut into chunks)
10 g
Onion (peeled, cut into chunks)
20 g
Ginger (minced)
1 small piece
Broad bean
12 tablespoons
Cooking oil (for frying the fried dough sticks)
500 g (actual consumption 30 g)
Aromatic vinegar
2 teaspoons
white sugar
2 teaspoons
tomato sauce
to taste
water (for cooking)
to taste
onion
Instructions
1
Prepare ingredients
Cut the fried dough sticks into individual segments, hollow out the centers with chopsticks; cut the taro into strips; peel the outer skin of the onion and cut it into chunks; mince the ginger; cut the pineapple into chunks
2
Make vegetarian ribs
Stuff the cut taro into the hollowed fried dough sticks, then place them in a hot oil pan and deep-fry until crispy, remove from the pan and drain off the excess oil to complete the vegetarian ribs
3
Cook the dish
Add oil to the pot, sauté the minced ginger over medium heat until fragrant, add broad beans, pineapple chunks and onion chunks and stir-fry to combine, then add the vegetarian ribs, water and all seasonings, bring the mixture to a boil and it is ready
