Nature's Fresh Honey and Soy Braised Short Rib, with Cucumber and Burnt Cabbage Pickle - Nature's Fr

Ingredients

• 4 short ribs (1.2-1.5kg total weight)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup Shao Xing cooking wine or dry sherry
• 2-inch piece ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks
• 6-star anise
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 tablespoon white peppercorns
• 1/3 cup honey
• Cucumber and burnt cabbage pickle
• 3 cups of steamed jasmine rice
• For the cucumber and burnt cabbage pickle:
• 2 packets baby cucumbers
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 cup garlic oil
• 3 small dried red chilies
• 1 large knob of ginger, peeled and cut into a fine matchstick
• 2 long red chilies seeded and cut into fine matchsticks
• 1 head Bambino (sweet baby cabbage) cut into ¼’s
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoons Sichuan pepper roasted and ground
• ½ cup black vinegar