Chinese home cooking

Black Bean Steamed Pork Ribs with Tofu Skin

Name: Black Bean Steamed Pork Ribs with Tofu Skin
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: pork ribs; ginger; garlic; fermented black beans; 2 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; a little dark soy sauce; a little salt; pepper; 1 spoonful starch; 1/2 spoonful sugar; a little cooking oil; dried tofu skin sticks, rehydrated; chopped scallions for finishing

豉汁蒸排骨

Pork ribs marinate with fermented black beans and steam over a bed of rehydrated tofu skin sticks.

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Also known as Chi Zhi Zheng Pai Gu.

Published 2026-10-12

Steamed pork ribs with dark fermented beans over tofu skin. — Black Bean Steamed Pork Ribs with Tofu Skin

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

pork ribs
ginger
garlic
fermented black beans
2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
a littledark soy sauce
a littlesalt
pepper
1 spoonfulstarch
1/2 spoonfulsugar
a littlecooking oil
dried tofu skin sticks, rehydrated
chopped scallions for finishing

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Mix ribs with shredded ginger, minced garlic, fermented black beans, soy sauces, oyster sauce, salt, pepper, starch, sugar and oil. Marinate for 30 minutes.
02
Rehydrate the tofu skin sticks and lay them on a heatproof plate. Arrange the marinated ribs evenly on top.
03
Steam over boiling water on high heat for 20 minutes, checking that the ribs are cooked through. Sprinkle with chopped scallions before serving.

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Cooking Method

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