Steam pork spare ribs with black bean sauce over Vermicelli and lotus leaves @Rosacooks

Instead of dim sum like at restaurants I would like to transfer this popular dish as one of  my usual dish for meals , plus a bit extra with vermicelli and lotus leaves sure it  tastes a bit extra too , thumbs up with bowls of rice….win win situation here for sure !
Ingredients….(4-5 servings )
1 – 2 pound pork spare ribs, cut into 1-inch pieces

   –   bite size for easy cooking

   – usually it is already cut  into  strips at the meat          counter shelve at the store.
2 -2 teaspoons sugar
3- 1 tbsp salt
4- 1 tablespoon Sake or any kindof  kitchen wine
5- 1 tbsp sesame oil , 1 tbsp of white pepper , 2         tablespoons corn starch
6- 3 tablespoon Chinese fermented black beans rinsed thoroughly.

 

7- 3-4 cloves of garlic ,   4- 5 slices of ginger ( chopped and mince finely )

7 – 2 pieces of lotus leaves  wash and oiled , one bundle of vermercilli soaked

 

 

8 – one bamboo steamer..

Steps-

 

1 – Place the rib pieces, blanch and rinse under running water, drain.

 

2 – place the cut rib pieces with suger , salt , wine ,sesame oil ,white  pepper, corn starch into a bowl

and mix until the ribs are coated. Marinate at least 30 minutes for best result.

 *Add cornstarch to the marinated ribs and mix well. With the cornstarch, there should be less water in the mixture for more tasty texture.

3 –  Once you have marinated  the ribs, sprinkle the mince garlic and ginger, and the fermented black bean over the top. Set aside.

 

 

4 – place the lotus leaves onto the bamboo steamer…

5 – place the soak and drain vermicilli on top of the lotus leaves…

         *  ( The Vermeicilli has to be thoroughly soaked so as in a soft and moist form )

6 -place the well prepared ribs onto the bamboo steamer with vermicilli and lotue leaves …

7 –  carefully  place the bamboo steamer with the prepared ribs over a wok of boiling water …

   – steam 8-10 minutes with medium high heat .

    (* Be sure no overcook the ribs otherwise you lose some of the flavourful meat juices. )

8 – once cooked ,  garnish with finely chopped green onion , remove from the wok and place the bamboo steamer direct on your dinning table , serve hot with rice. Done and enjoy.

 

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