What's the best Sichuan pork ribs stew?

In addition to hot pot base, Sichuan’s more famous specialties include cured meats. During the Chinese New Year, every household will make various kinds of preserved food to celebrate the New Year, as if these are the only things that make the New Year feel like it. Although these foods taste good, they are pickled with a lot of salt, so if they are not prepared properly they will be very salty and affect normal consumption. So, how should we stew the cured pork ribs among the cured products and what should we stew to make them delicious?

Cured pork ribs stewed with winter melon.

practice:

1. First, boil half a pot of hot water in a soup pot, put the cured pork ribs into the hot water in the pot, and soak for more than 3 hours to remove excess salt in the meat.

2. Take out the soaked cured ribs from the water, rinse them several times, put them on a plate for later use. Peel the winter melon, cut it into pieces with a knife, and put them on a large plate (you can keep a few pieces of peel, wash them and cook them with the winter melon. After cooking, you can put them in a large soup bowl as garnish).

3. Pour out the salt water used to soak the cured pork ribs, rinse the soup pot again, add an appropriate amount of clean water to the pot, put the cleaned cured pork ribs into the cold water in the pot, turn on the fire, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for more than 3 hours (the longer the stewing time, the fresher the meat and soup will be).

4. Simmer over low heat until the cured pork ribs can be easily pierced with chopsticks. Pour the chopped winter melon into the pot, leave a few small pieces of winter melon peel, wash them and put them in together. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the winter melon can also be pierced with chopsticks. Turn off the heat, transfer to a large bowl and serve.

Ingredients

Cured Spare Ribs

1 large piece

Potato

3

Excipients

Dried chili pepper

4

Shimizu

Moderate

ginger

Moderate

garlic

Moderate

Sichuan peppercorn

Moderate

step

1. Cut the potatoes into pieces and set aside. Chop the cured pork ribs into small pieces;

2. Put clean water in the pot and add the chopped ribs;

3. After boiling over high heat, remove the ribs and rinse them with clean water;

4. In another pot, add the ribs, water, ginger, garlic, pepper and chili pepper;

5. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour;

6. Add potatoes and stew until cooked.

Tips

1. The ribs should be cleaned after smoking. It is best to blanch them in water before cooking to remove the dirt on them.

2. Salt is added when marinating the cured pork ribs, so there is no need to add salt when stewing. You can adjust the seasoning according to your taste.