Healty Sweet and Sour Pork Spare Ribs

It’s hard to imagine a Chinese restaurants here in the Philippines without a sweat and sour pork ribs in their menu. Sweet and sour pork ribs basically is a pork stew mainly made up of pork spare ribs flavoured with tomato paste, tomato ketchup, pineapple syrup and etc.

Ingredients

1/2 piece of pork cube

760 g. of pork spare ribs

1 cup. of pineapple chunks

1 cup. of pineapple juice

3 tbsps. of tomato paste

3 tbsps. of tomato ketchup

4-5 garlic gloves (minced)

1 whole onion (diced)

1  carrot

1 tbsp. of sugar

4 tbsps. of vinegar

2 tbsp. of corn starch (disolved in watter)

 Cooking oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

1. Marinade the pork spare ribs with 1 tbsp. of salt and 1 tbsp. of ground black pepper.

2. In large pan pour and fry the seasoned spare ribs (Until golden brown)

3. Pour off the cooking oil

4. Add a tablespoonful of tomato paste, tomato ketchup and Return the pan to heat

5. Add the 1/2 piece of pork cube and the sugar.

6. Add the vinegar, pineapple juice and 1 1/2 cup of water. (Simmer for 40 mins)

7. Add the carrot slices, pineapple chunks, minced garlic and sliced onion.

8. Add the 4  tbsp. of corn starch (Dissolved in water)

-Serve hot