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Asian Braised Ribs

Asian Braised Ribs

These Ribs were actually on offer at the supermarket at £0.90 a bag. They were probably intended for making stock or maybe feeding to dogs? But they looked far too good for that!

Ingredients:-

Beef Ribs
4 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of Ginger, minced
300ml of Beef Stock
2 Tsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free here)
2 Tbsp of Black Bean Sauce
1 Tbsp of Rice Wine Vinegar
1 Tbsp of Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp of Hot Chilli Sauce
3 Spring Onions, Sliced for a garnish
1 Tsp of Five Spice
1 Tbsp of Honey
1 Tbsp of Sesame Oil
4 Star Anise
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 Onion, Sliced
A handful of Coriander, chopped for a garnish
1 Red Chilli, sliced for a garnish
1 Tbsp of Shaoxing Wine
Oil to fry
Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Fry the Onions, Garlic and Ginger until the Onion is translucent.
(2) Add the Beef Stock and simmer.
(3) Stir in the Black Bean Sauce.
(4) Add the Soy Sauce, Rice Wine Vinegar, Hot Chilli Sauce, Five Spice, Shaoxing Wine, Sesame Oil allow to simmer for a few minutes.
(5) Add the Honey and Brown Sugar and stir until the sauce thickens.
(6) Add the Star Anise and Cinnamon Stick and simmer for another couple of minutes.
(7) Season flour with Salt & Pepper and coat the ribs on all sides.
(8) In a large frying pan with hot Oil brown the ribs on all sides and set aside to drain on kitchen paper.
(9) Once the ribs have cooled place in layers in an oven proof dish, dressing with the sauce so everything is coated.
(10) Cover with foil and place in the oven at 160c for 3 hours.
(11) Garnish and serve over Rice noodles.

There was actually so much meat that we have sufficient in the fridge for another meal. So we’re having a go at Steamed Bao Buns this evening.

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This sounds very ‘Chefy’ but the Chicken breasts were of special offer at 7 for £5 so about £0.71 each. We split the pack up and frozen them in potions in bags. We acquire store cupboard ingredients for various recipes. So we didn’t need to buy much else apart from the small pot of Cream.

Ingredients:-

2 Chicken Breasts, cut in half lengthways
1 Tbsp of Wholegrain Mustard
1 Tsp of Dijon Mustard
5 Cloves of Garlic, minced
½ An Onion, finely diced
5 Rashers of Streaky Bacon, chopped
150Ml of Chicken Stock
200ml of Single Cream
1 Tsp of Dried Thyme
1 Tsp of Dried Parsley
5 Mushrooms, finely sliced
½ a Lemon, juiced
Salt & pepper to taste
1 Spring Onion, finely sliced, to garnish
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) In a large frying pan add a little Oil and on a medium heat fry the Bacon until crispy.
(2) Remove and sit aside.
(3) Add a little more Oil and fry the Onions until softened.
(4) Add the Garlic and stir for a further 2 minutes.
(5) Add the Chicken Breasts and fry gently for 8 to 10 minutes, turning regularly.
(6) Add the Mushrooms and season with Salt & Pepper.
(7) Add the Honey, Dijon Mustard, Wholegrain Mustard and stir in.
(8) Add the Stock, Thyme, Parsley and Lemon Juice.
(9) Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
(10) Add the Cream and stir in the Bacon as the sauce simmers. Reserving a little to garnish.
(11) Serve on a bed of Rice and garnish with Bacon and sliced Spring Onions.

Although far from the norm, we fried some Prawn Crackers so we had something to mop the sauce up with. Very tasty indeed!

 

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