Dim Sum Steamed Beef Short Ribs with Black Pepper

Ingredients

You'll need:

• 1 pound of beef short ribs, cut across the bone about ¼ inch thick

For the marinade:

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
• 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
• ¼ teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil
• ½ clove garlic, grated or smashed to a pulp
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced

To add before steaming the short ribs:

• 1 teaspoon oil
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• ½ teaspoon coarsely ground/cracked fresh black pepper

Directions

• Rinse the meat cut of beef and trim off any visible fibrous membranes, as these can build your ribs robust. combine all of the marinade ingredients during a massive bowl. Add the cut of beef and onions, ensuring that the cut of beef ar equally coated. cowl and refrigerate nightlong.

• future day, take the ribs out of the icebox, and allow them to return to temperature. Add the oil, cornstarch, and freshly ground black pepper. Mix well.

• created your cooking pan or steamer pot over high heat. Place your bamboo steamers in your cooking pan if that is what you are exploitation. Heat till the water is effervescent. If you are employing a steamer pot, heat the water to a delicate boil.

• whereas you are awaiting the water, prepare the ribs on little heat-proof plates if you’re attending to serve them culinary art vogue, or an outsized plate if you are going to serve them family vogue. fill up with some extra recent ground pepper to style.

• once the steamers ar sufficiently preheated, close up the warmth, and thoroughly add the plate(s) to the steamer. flip the warmth back on, cowl the ribs, and steam for ten minutes. take away from the warmth and serve immediately!