Garlic-Scented Pork Ribs is a delicious Han Chinese specialty dish belonging to Shanghai cuisine. It features a rich garlic aroma, tender texture, and savory flavor. It helps regulate anemia, menstrual irregularities, and strengthens the spleen while stimulating appetite. Wash pork ribs and cut into 8cm-long pieces. Marinate with tenderizing powder for 1 hour, then rinse and drain.Blend garlic cloves with a small amount of water in a blender to make garlic juice. Pour the garlic juice over the ribs and toss until absorbed. Add seasonings, glutinous rice flour, and cornstarch, mix well, and marinate for 30 minutes. Heat oil in a wok over high heat until it reaches 80% heat. Add the ribs and fry slowly over low heat until golden brown. Remove and serve.Food Pairing Contraindications
Pork Ribs: Avoid consuming pork with black plums, licorice, crucian carp, shrimp, pigeon meat, snails, almonds, donkey meat, lamb liver, cilantro, soft-shelled turtle, water chestnuts, buckwheat, quail meat, or beef. Refrain from drinking large amounts of tea after eating pork. Method Main Ingredients:Pork Ribs Supporting Ingredients: Garlic, Carrot, Scallion Seasonings: Cooking Wine, Light Soy Sauce, Dark Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Honey, Salt Method:
1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Marinate ribs with all seasonings for 15 minutes.
3. Finely chop scallion, garlic, and carrot.
4. Pat marinated ribs dry with paper towels.
5. Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Sear ribs until golden brown and slightly charred at the edges.
6. In a separate pan, sauté minced garlic until fragrant.
7. Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Sear ribs until golden brown and slightly charred at the edges.
8. In a separate pan, sauté minced garlic until fragrant.
9. Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Sear ribs until golden brown and slightly charred at the edges.
10. In a separate pan, sauté minced garlic until fragrant.
11. Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Sear ribs until golden brown and slig5. Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add ribs and pan-fry until golden brown on both sides with slightly charred edges. 6. In another pan, sauté minced garlic until fragrant. 7. Add minced carrots and stir-fry briefly. 8. Return ribs to the pan, toss with chopped scallions until well combined.
Home-style Ingredients: Crispy bone spare ribs, garlic cloves, scallions, ginger, cornstarch, chili powder; Seasoning Sauce:
Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, white pepper, cooking wine, oyster sauce;
Steps:
1. Finely chop garlic cloves, ginger, and scallions; set aside.
2. Have the butcher cut the spare ribs into pieces. Soak in water briefly, drain off blood, rinse clean. Add seasoning sauce, minced garlic, and minced ginger. Mix well and marinate for at least half a day.4. Remove excess marinade from the ribs (discard the garlic and ginger to prevent bitterness and discoloration during frying). Coat each piece with cornstarch. Fry in batches in the oil used for garlic until crispy and golden brown. Remove and drain.Once all ribs are fried, return them to the hot oil for a second fry. Remove and drain excess oil.Nutritional Value
Pork Ribs: Pork is rich in high-quality protein and essential fatty acids, providing heme iron (organic iron) and cysteine which enhances iron absorption, helping alleviate iron-deficiency anemia. It nourishes the kidneys, enriches blood, moistens yin, and alleviates dryness. However, due to its relatively high cholesterol content, it should be consumed in moderation by those who are obese or have elevated blood lipid levels.Garlic: Hailed as a "broad-spectrum antibiotic," garlic's volatile oils—including allicin—exhibit potent anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Its bactericidal strength reaches one-tenth that of penicillin, effectively eliminating pathogens and parasites. It helps prevent influenza, ward off wound infections, treat infectious diseases, and expel parasites.Additionally, garlic regulates insulin levels, prevents and fights cancer, inhibits tumor growth, lowers blood lipids, prevents blood clots, delays aging, and guards against lead poisoning. Glutinous Rice Flour: Glutinous rice is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, and starch, making it a nutritious, warming tonic food.It fortifies the middle energizer, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and stops spontaneous sweating. It provides relief for spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, poor appetite, abdominal distension, and diarrhea. Glutinous rice has astringent properties, making it an effective dietary remedy for frequent urination and night sweats.