Steamed Tianjin Preserved Vegetable Pork Baby Back Ribs (天津冬菜蒸排骨, Tin1 Zeon1 Dung1 Coi3 Zing1 Paai4 Gwat1)

Here’s another easy to prepare pork rib recipe using Tianjin preserved vegetables and steaming takes only 30 minutes to finish the dish. The preserved vegetables are dried salted mustard greens, and they go well as a topping with the marinated pork spareribs.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

1.5 lb.	700 g.	Pork baby back ribs (排骨, paai4 gwat1), cut into individual ribs
½ in.	15 mm.	Knob of ginger (goeng1, 薑), crushed in a garlic press
2 cloves	2 cloves	Garlic (syun3, 蒜), crushed in a garlic press
1 Tbs.	15 ml.	Corn starch (suk1 fan2, 粟粉)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Soy sauce (si6 jau4, 豉油)
1 Tbs.	15 ml.	Hoisin sauce (hoi2 sin1 zoeng3, 海鮮醬)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Shaoxing rice wine (siu6 hing1 zau2, 紹興酒) or dry sherry
½ tsp.	2.5 ml.	Ground white pepper (baak6 wu4 ziu1, 白胡椒)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Tianjin preserved vegetable (天津冬菜, tin1 zeon1 dung1 coi3), Ducheng brand or equivalent
		Water for steaming

 

Equipment

12 in.	30 cm.	Steamer (or larger)
9 in.	23 cm.	Plate or bowl for steaming
		Plate lifter

 

Instructions

1. Wash and cut the pork baby back ribs into individual pieces. The number of ribs that will fit into a plate will depend upon the size of ribs and the plate or bowl used for steaming. For a 9-inch (23 cm.) plate, approximately 5-8 ribs (about ½ a rack of baby back ribs) can be used.
2. Marinate the pork for at least one hour or overnight in the refrigerator with the ginger and garlic crushed in a garlic press, corn starch, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, ground white pepper, and sesame oil. If marinating the pork overnight, take it out of the refrigerator at least one hour before cooking.
3. Arrange the pork baby back ribs in the steaming plate and top with the Tianjin preserved vegetables.
4. Add water to the steamer and cover. Bring the water in the steamer to a vigorous boil before adding the pork baby back ribs and steam on high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium to medium-low and steam for another 25 minutes.
5. At the end of the cooking time, use a plate lifter to remove the plate with the pork baby back ribs from the steamer. Serve with steamed rice.