Sticky Spare Ribs with Chinese Leaves and Noodles Recipe

This tasty oriental recipe will get your dinner off to a good start. Don't worry if you haven't cook ribs before - they just need to roast. These ribs are sticky so if you make this starter recipe, you might want to give out finger bowls or wet flannels!

Chinese Spare Rib Starter

Ingredients -

1.5 kg lean spare ribs
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
200 g hoisin sauce
300 g noodles
375 g pak choi
5 cm piece ginger, diced
4 spring onions, chopped
Juice of 1 lime

Preparation:

Stir the spare ribs into the hoisin sauce and leave to marinate for at least an hour.

Heat the oven to 180 degrees C.

Put the ribs in a roasting tin and cook for 20 minutes then turn over and cook for 20 minutes more.

Heat the oil in a big pan and cook the ginger and garlic on a low heat.

Cook the noodles.

Cut the pak choi in half down its length and add to the ginger and garlic.

Add the spring onions, drained noodles and lime juice.

Toss well, cooking for another 5 minutes.

Serves 4