Braised Pork Rib Recipe (2lbs standard)

1. Cut ribs into separate pieces

2. Wash with water
3. Parboil ribs
4. Wash again with cold water
5. Cut 3 chunks of ginger, 1 whole anise star, break into many pieces and use half a cinnamon stick,
cut one stalk of green onion into big pieces, dried red chillies, 4 spoons of dark soy sauce, 3
spoons of light soy sauce, 1.5 spoons of rice wine, 1.5 spoons brown sugar.
6. Boil 6 eggs in 1.5 cups of water, boil from cold, use high heat but not the highest, boil for 8 mins
7. Dump the hot water and immediately fill pot with cold water for ease of peeling eggs
8. Peel eggs and set aside after poking uniformly with toothpicks 7 to 8 times
9. Use the big pot and put in half spoon of oil on medium low heat to not burn the sugar
10. Put in brown sugar and mix with oil constantly stirring
11. Once the sugar has melted and incorporated, put all the ribs in and cover uniformly with sugar
12. Add water to the point that ribs are covered and add in all spices and liquids but no eggs. Mix
13. Add eggs now. Turn heat to high and cover
14. Once boiling, switch heat to medium low. Stir occasionally and mind the eggs. Keep covered and
let simmer for 1 hour
15. Check up on it every 15 mins and stir
16. After about an hour, use chopsticks to check tenderness of meat
17. Once tender, add salt to taste (third of a spoon is a good benchmark)
18. Simmer for another 15 mins
19. Turn off heat and let settle with lid on