simmered pork spareribs & shiitake mushrooms with soy sauce

ingredients:

• 18 ounces pork spareribs
• 5 shiitake mushrooms
• 5 garlic cloves
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2/5 cup sake
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon salad oil

step 1:

Stab both sides of the spareribs 2 or 3 times with a fork. Wipe the shiitake mushrooms with a wet paper towel. Cut off the stems and cut the caps into halves.

step 2:

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

step 3:

Put the spareribs, garlic cloves, sake and water in a pan. Bring to a boil on high flame. Whill still boiling, skim off the surface scum. Then cover, and bring to a boil again. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 40 minutes on low heat.

step 4:

Add the shiitake mushrooms, sugar and soy sauce. Simmer for about 25 minutes on low heat.