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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Blanch whole scallion in a 4-quart pot of boiling water until softened, about 1 minute. | 2. Transfer scallion to a work surface and return pot of water to a boil. | 3. Add ribs to boiling water and return to a boil, then immediately drain ribs in a colander. | 4. Transfer ribs to a wide 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy pot. | 5. Carefully tie blanched scallion into a knot and add to pot with ribs. | 6. Add wine, soy sauces, 3 cups water, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, rock sugar, and pepper to pot with ribs and simmer, covered, until meat is just tender, about 1 hour. | 7. Remove lid and boil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced by three fourths and meat is very tender, about 20 minutes more. | 8. Whisk together cornstarch and remaining tablespoon water in a cup. | 9. Reduce heat to moderate and add cornstarch mixture to ribs, then cook, stirring, until sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. | 10. Remove from heat and stir in sesame oil. | 11. Serve sprinkled with chopped scallion and cilantro. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
scallion	1		trimmed	32.0	7.34	1.83	0.19
scallion	1	tablespoon	chopped	32.0	7.34	1.83	0.19
pork sparerib butcher	1	lb	cut	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
rice wine	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
dark soy sauce	1	tablespoon	labeled	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
soy sauce	1	tablespoon	labeled	8.48	0.7888	1.3024	0.0912
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ginger	1/2	inch	peeled cut	-	-	-	-
star anise	1 1/2	1/2		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
cinnamon	3	inches		-	-	-	-
yellow rock sugar candy ``	1 1/2	tablespoons	crushed labeled	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
black pepper	1	teaspoon	coarse ground	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
cornstarch	1	teaspoon		10.16	2.4339	0.0069	0.0013
sesame oil	1	teaspoon		39.78	0.0	0.0	4.5
cilantro	1	tablespoon	chopped	0.23	0.0367	0.0213	0.0052

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.