black bean spare ribs.

years ago, i went to a friend's house for dinner.  he made black bean spare ribs for us.  he gave me the recipe, it's been sitting in my inbox since then.  for some reason, i've been having a strong craving for those spare ribs!  so i decided to give it a try.


the recipe calls for:
1 slab of pork spare ribs
1 small bottle of garlic black bean sauce
soy sauce
wondra
vegetable oil


i went to foodland and had the butcher cut half a slab of pork spare ribs into smaller chunks.  

i marinated the ribs with the black bean sauce and shoyu for a day and a half.  (it shouldn't have been that long but my hectic schedule didn't allow for me to take it out earlier.) 

i then browned the ribs, added water, bringing it to boil, allowing it to simmer for about an hour and a half.  after the ribs were fork-tender, i added the "gravy" - wondra+water.  

this is the outcome.  it looks like... barf, but it was really tasty!

i had maile from maile's thai bistro taste it and she loved it too!  i'm pretty proud of myself.  :)  i wonder if there's a way to NOT make it look like crap..  any tips?