Description
A Taiwanese eatery staple where bite-sized bone-in pork ribs (Pai Gu) are deep-fried crispy and coated in a fruity sweet-and-sour sauce based on ketchup and black vinegar.
Restaurants serving Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork ribs(bone-in)
- Tomato ketchup
- Black vinegar(Wu Cu)
- Sugar
- White sesame
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cut bone-in pork ribs (Pai Gu) into bite-sized pieces, season with soy sauce, wine, and garlic.
- Coat with potato starch (or sweet potato flour) and deep-fry at 180°C until ultra-crispy.
- [Tang Cu (Sweet and Sour Sauce)] In a pan, boil tomato ketchup, Taiwan's sweet black vinegar (Wu Cu), sugar, water, and a little soy sauce (features more ketchup/sugar and black vinegar richness than Japanese sweet and sour pork).
- Thicken the sauce with potato starch slurry.
- Toss the freshly fried ribs into the pan, tossing quickly until glossy and coated thickly with the sweet and sour sauce (many shops use only meat, no veg).
- Sprinkle white sesame to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Ketchup sweetness and Black vinegar
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pork belly block (boneless)
Pairing
White Rice
Trivia
[For Everyone] The root of Japanese 'Subuta' (sweet and sour pork), but the Taiwanese mainstream uses 'bone-in meat' and 'no vegetables' (or just a little pineapple/bell pepper). Bone umami and sweet/sour sauce are a huge hit with kids.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Put it in your mouth bone-and-all without chopsticks, scraping off the most delicious meat around the bone with your teeth along with the sweet/sour sauce!
Allergen
Pork, Wheat, Soy, Sesame