ingredients:
- 500 g pork spareribs
- 250 g japanese white radish
- 5 garlic cloves
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 100 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:
Peel the Japanese radish and cut into 3-cm. wide slices; then cut into halves.
step 3:
Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high flame. Lower to a medium heat and sear the spareribs on each side with the whole garlic cloves for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat.
step 4:
Put the spareribs, Japanese white radish, garlic cloves, sake and water in a pan. Bring to a boil on high flame. Skim off the surface scum and cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes on low heat.
step 5:
Add the sugar and soy sauce. Simmer for about 25 minutes on low heat.
comment:
The umami of the spareribs soaks into the Japanese white radish, and, combined with the soy sauce taste of the soup, makes this a very delicious dish.
