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Mixed Stew with Spare Ribs and Green Beans

Mixed Stew with Spare Ribs and Green Beans

Spare ribs braise with soy sauce and thirteen-spice until tender, then potato, oil beans, tofu, vermicelli, and leafy greens join the pot for a rustic northern-style mixed stew loaded with comforting flavor.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Prepare the spices.

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    Blanch the ribs in boiling water, add cooking wine, green onions, and ginger, bring to a boil, then cook for 5 minutes.

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    Scoop it out, rinse it clean, and drain the water.

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    Pour oil into the pot, add green onions, ginger, and spices to stir-fry until fragrant, add the ribs and stir-fry, then pour in cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

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    Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, and thirteen-spice powder, and stir-fry evenly.

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    Add water until it covers the ribs and cook for 30 minutes.

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    Pick and wash all the vegetables clean.

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    Cut the tofu and potatoes into large pieces, and break the yardlong beans into sections.

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    After the pork ribs are stewed, add tofu, potatoes, and yardlong beans.

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    Add a large spoonful of soybean paste, and add an appropriate amount of salt according to the desired saltiness.

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    Finally, add the cabbage and vermicelli and cook until done.

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    With meat and vegetables, everything is stewed together in one pot.

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    Serve with staple foods and small cold dishes.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • spare ribs
    to taste
  • potato
    to taste
  • Tofu
    to taste
  • Vermicelli
    to taste
  • Chinese cabbage
    to taste
  • Spinach
    to taste
  • Thirteen Spices
    to taste
  • Star anise and cinnamon
    to taste

Seasonings

  • Yardlong beans
    to taste
  • cooking wine
    to taste
  • light soy sauce
    to taste
  • dark soy sauce
    to taste
  • oil
    to taste
  • Salt
    to taste
  • Bay leaf
    to taste
  • Dried chili
    to taste
  • Sichuan pepper
    to taste
  • soybean paste
    to taste

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Scallions and ginger
    to taste