Lu Rou (Triple-Cooked Spareribs with Chiles) | Saveur

Lu Rou (Triple-Cooked Spareribs with Chiles) | Saveur

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These lavishly spiced ribs are based on a recipe from Chengdu home cook Ivy Hui.

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb. pork spareribs, cut into 3" pieces
  • 2 cups Chinese rice wine
  • 2 tbsp. Chinese five-spice powder
  • 3 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cups canola oil
  • 10 cloves garlic, 4 sliced, and 6 minced
  • 1 (8") piece peeled ginger (3" sliced into "coins," 5" minced)
  • 4 dried chiles de árbol
  • 3 tbsp. fennel seeds
  • 5 star anise
  • 2 sticks cinnamon, broken in half
  • 2 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 4 xiao mi la or red Thai chiles, stemmed and sliced
  • 2 erjingtiao or green Thai chiles, stemmed and sliced
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>3</sub> cup hong you (Sichuan red chile oil; <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Sichuan-Red-Chile-Oil/">see recipe</a>, or use store-bought)
  • Steamed rice, for serving

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