Description
A rustic, warm home-cooked dish indispensable to Northeast China's winter tables. Pork spareribs, flat green beans (Dou Jiao), and potatoes are slow-braised in a large iron pot with star anise and soy sauce until falling apart.
Restaurants serving Northeast Pork Ribs and Green Beans Stew
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork spareribs
- Flat green beans
- Potato
- Da Jiang(or sweet bean sauce)
- Soy sauce
- Star anise
- Scallion
- Ginger
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cleave pork spareribs and blanch to purge scum.
- Remove strings from flat green beans (You Dou Jiao) and snap in half. Chop potatoes largely.
- Heat oil; fry ribs until browned.
- Add star anise, scallion, ginger, and Northeast sweet bean paste (Da Jiang).
- Add green beans and fry until bright green.
- Flood with soy, wine, and water; cover and braise on low for
- mins.
- Add potatoes, braise for
- more mins until the sauce thickens.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Rich broth from pork bones and rustic depth of sweet bean paste、甘味噌の素朴なコク
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Can be made with JP flat green beans or regular green beans and spareribs
Pairing
White Rice (Mandatory) / Mantou(Steamed buns)
Trivia
The most representative ingredient combo for 'Tie Guo Dun' (Northeast iron pot stew). A hearty energy meal to survive the long, severe winters.
Eating tips & etiquette
Ladle heavily over rice with the broth. The true stars are not the pork, but the tender 'green beans' and 'potatoes' which have absorbed the meat umami like a sponge.
Allergen
Pork, Soybeans, Wheat