Stewed Spare Ribs with Tomatoes
This Stewed Spare Ribs with tomatoes is a comforting hearty dish simmered in tomato sauce. So perfect to go with hot rice.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 800 g spare ribs, chopped - or use beef
- 1 large onion - shredded
- 3 tomatoes - at step 2**
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp light soya sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soya sauce
- 5 golve garlic
- 2 star aniseeds
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp rock sugar - or to taste
- 600 ml hot water
- 3 tomatoes - wedges
Instructions
- Rinse spare ribs under and place spare ribs in a pot of cold water with 2 stalks of spring onion and 2 slices ginger. Bring to boil for 2-3 minutes to remove the scum bits. Rinse the spare ribs in warm water and strain well, set aside.
- Slice a shallow cross at the bottom of 3 tomatoes. Then drop into a pot of boiling water for about 20 seconds. Dish out once their skins start splitting. Peel off the tomato skin and chop to cubes.
- Pan fry onion and garlic with oil for a while and add in spare ribs. Sear spare ribs on both sides.
- Add tomato cubes, 2 heapful tablespoons of tomato paste, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce and hot water, stir well.
- Lastly add aniseeds, bay leaves and rock sugar and hot water, stir well mixture.
- Bring mixture to the boil and transfer spare ribs to the pressure cooker, turn to medium low heat for about 20-25 minutes. Off heat, allow pressure to come down naturally, about 15 minutes. Or cook spare ribs in a pot, reduce heat and simmer at low heat for about 50 minutes or till soft and tender.
- Transfer spare ribs from pressure cooker into another pot with 3 more tomatoes (cut to wedges) and simmer at low heat for another 10-15 minutes. Off heat and serve immediately. **add 1-2 more tomatoes if you prefer**
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