Delicious Stewed Pork Ribs With Mushrooms and Tofu

Delicious stewed pork ribs with mushrooms and tofu.
If you’re feeling a little bored with your meals, try these delicious stewed pork ribs with mushrooms and tofu. (Image: Jenny Low / Nspirement)

These delicious stewed pork ribs with mushrooms and tofu are the kind of meal that your body begs you to cook on a Sunday night after an outdoorsy weekend. I recommend serving them with some steamed rice. The meat is literally falling off the bone after being stewed, and it’s topped with the favorite protein in my family, tofu, along with mouthwatering mushrooms that are rich in B vitamins, which play an important role in your body’s nervous system. Enjoy your night in!

Details

Servings

2 servings

Prep time

40 Minutes

Cooking time

40 Minutes

To prepare the tofu

Ingredients

  • Tofu (firm variety) – 12 ounces (360 g)

  • Salt – 1 tsp

  • Water – 5 cups

Directions

  • Cut tofu into rectangular-shaped pieces.
  • Put water in pot and add salt.
  • Add in tofu to boil for 5 minutes (to soften and get rid of soybean smell).
  • Take out and put aside.

To prepare the pork ribs

Ingredients

  • Pork ribs – 2 pounds (1 kg)

  • Flour – ¼ cup (50 g)

  • Star anise – 3

  • Ginger (sliced) – 3

  • Spring onion (stalk) – 1

  • Cooking wine – 2 tbsp

  • Water – 4 cups

Directions

  • Add flour with a bit of water and thoroughly mix with pork ribs (to get rid of the smell).
  • Rinse pork ribs with water till no more flour is washed off.
  • Put ribs in the pot. Add in 4 cups of water and all remaining ingredients.
  • Boil for 2 minutes, take out, rinse ribs in water again, and put aside. 

To prepare the sauce

Ingredients

  • Soy sauce – 2 tbsp

  • Dark soy sauce – 2 tbsp

  • Salt – ½ tsp

Directions

  • Mix all ingredients together.

To prepare the final dish

Ingredients

  • Mushrooms (sliced) – 10

  • Pandan leaves – 6

  • Coconut sugar – 2 tbsp (25 g)

  • Coconut oil – 2 tbsp

  • Fried shallot – 2 tbsp

  • Desiccated coconut ½ cup
    (Using medium heat, dry-fry till light brown)

  • Star anise – 4

  • Water – 2 cups

  • Ginger – 2 slices

  • Cornstarch – 1 tbsp mixed with 2 tbsp of water

Directions

  • Put coconut oil in a wok. Add in coconut sugar and fry till sugar is melted.
  • Stir in pork ribs and ginger.
  • Add in 2 cups of water, star anise, and pandan leaves.
  • When it is boiling, add in sauce, mushrooms, shallots, and tofu.
  • Once it is boiling again, turn the heat down to between low and medium and cook for 40 minutes.
  • Stir in cornstarch plus water to thicken.
  • Lastly, stir in the fried desiccated coconut.
  • Take out and serve.

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