Local Style Sweet Sour Spareribs

Hawaii favorite Chinese inspired sweet sour spare ribs.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 50 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4  lbs  pork spareribs or 4  lbs pork, rib tips cut into 2 inch pieces
• 2⁄3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1  cup dark brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 6  garlic cloves, minced
• 2  ounces  piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely minced
• 1⁄4 cup  chinese fermented black beans, rinsed to remove excess salt and rough chopped
• 20  ounces pineapple chunks
• 1  cup daikon radish, peeled, cut long ways into quarters, then sliced 1/8 inch thick
• 1  cup  all purpose flour for dredging  spareribs
• 3  tablespoons  oil (for frying)
• 3  tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons water

Directions

1. Cut spareribs into 1.5"-2" pieces or have your butcher cut the ribs for you.
2. Dredge spareribs in flour and brown them in a thick gauge pot large enough to hold all the ribs. You will probably have to brown the ribs in small batches.
3. When all ribs are browned, place spareribs back into pan and add in the cider vinegar, water, salt, sugar, shoyu, garlic, ginger and Chinese black beans. Bring to a boil then simmer gently until the ribs are tender, approximately 1- 1 ½ hours.
4. Add pineapple chunks with juice into pan and sliced dikon and cook until the dikon in tender.
5. Combine cornstarch with water and add to spare ribs. Bring sauce to a full boil to properly thicken the sauce until the sauce is shiny and slightly thickened.
6. Note: This dish is best when cooked a day in advance' refrigerated overnight an defatted. Serve over rice. Traditionally it is plated over shredded cabbage. to absorb the oil. Hot Oolong tea is served with the meal.