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simmered pork spareribs with red miso

ingredients:

  • 500 g pork spareribs
  • 5 tablespoons red miso
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 120 ml sake
  • 600 ml water
  • 1 tablespoon salad oil

step 1:

Stab both sides of the spareribs 2 or 3 times with a fork.

step 2:

Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high flame and sear the spareribs on each side for a couple of minutes on medium heat. Remove from the heat.

step 3:

Put the spareribs, sake and water in a pan. Bring to a boil on high flame. Skim off the surface scum and cover. Bring to a boil again. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 40 minutes on low heat.

step 4:

Put some stock into a ladle. Add the miso, and stir with chopsticks until it is dissolved. Stir into the soup.

step 5:

Add the sugar and soy sauce. Simmer for about 15 minutes on low heat.

comment:

The umami of the meat and miso gives this soup a very deep taste. The meat becomes soft, and the taste of miso soaks into it and makes it more delicious.