Red-Cooked Ribs (Recipe)

In Chinese cooking, red cooking refers to the method of braising foods in soy sauce and other dark-colored ingredients, which often turn the foods a reddish brown.  These saucy ribs are succulent and tasty.  Serve with steamed rice and broccoli.

Ingredients

3/4 cup hoisin sauce

3 tablespoons

2 tablespoons

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

1 tablespoon honey

5 garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon ground allspice

1 tablespoon grated orange zest

1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper

6 scallions, cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces

1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained

3 pounds country-style pork ribs, trimmed of fat

Steps

1.  In a small bowl, mix together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sherry, ginger, honey, garlic, allspice, orange zest, and hot pepper.

2.  Place 1/3 of the scallions and water chestnut slices in a 3 1/2 quart electric slow cooker.  Top with some of the ribs and spoon some of the sauce on the meat.  Repeat these layers 2 more times, ending with the remaining sauce.

3.  Cover and cook on the low heat setting 9 to 10 hours, or until the ribs are tender.