How to make home-style Chinese pork ribs tender without over-cooked? Today I would like to recommend this popular dish which is one of our family favourites. The recipe is super easy, the added sweet and sour taste would make your mouth water.

Yield: 3-4 servings / Start to finish : 20 mimutes

Ingredients:原料：

. 1 + 3/4 cup(300g)pork spare ribs，cut to small pieces (2 inches).

. 1/3 cup (about 8)small baby carrots.

. 2/3 cup yellow onions，shredded.

. 1/2 cup yellow or green peppers，cut to strips

Seasonings and Sauces:

(1)

. 2 Tbsp. Chinese cooking wine

. 2 tsp. Chinese vinegar

. 1 piece ginger

. 1 clove garlic，crushed

. 3-4 pieces dry orange peel

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. 6-8 pieces Szechwan peppercorn

. 2 pieces anise

. 2 tbsp. water

. 3 tbsp. light soy sauce

(2)

.1 tbsp. starch

(3)

.2 tbsp. vegetable oil

(4)

. 1 tsp. dark soy souce

. 2 tbsp. crystal rock candy

. 3/4 cup water

Method:

1. Combine the pork ribs with the marinade sauce (1), set about 10 mimutes

2. Then mix the pork ribs with the starch (2), set about 1 mimutes.

3. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the pan at medium-high heat. Add the ginger first then stir in onion, stir together for half a minute,or until onion is translucent.

4、Add the pork ribs and continue stirring for about 2 minutes,until the pork ribs turn lightly brown on both sides.

5、Then add the rest of remained marinade sauce (1),and sauce (4),stir a few times,then cook at medium heat with cover until one third of the sauce is left.

6、Add the carrots and peppers,stir a few times, cover then cook until the meat is tender and the sauce starts to thickene slightly, ( add 1 tsp. Chinese aromatic vinegar for better smell and taste), now it is ready to serve. Enjoy!