Vietnamese Caramelized Spare Ribs| Suon Ram Man

I prepared this for tonight's dinner.  The pork is marinated in a mixture of garlic, shallot, sugar and soy sauce.  The meat was incredibly tender and having absorbed the sweetness of the coconut juice, it tasted delicious!
Btw, recipe is for the gorgeous AubreyohDang.  Hope you enjoy this Suon Ram Man recipe as much as I do! :)

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Ingredients:

2 lbs of spare ribs
1 cup of young coconut juice or 1/2 can of coconut soda ( coco rico)

1 cucumber,  thinly sliced (optional)

1 tomato, thinly sliced (optional)

Marinade: 1-2 hours

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon of minced shallot

3 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Method:

Cut spare ribs in small pieces ( 1.5 inches).  Soak ribs in cold salt water for about 30 minutes and rinse. In a large mixing bowl add ribs, shallot, garlic, black pepper and 2 tablespoons  of soy sauce for at least an hour.

In a large nonstick pan, heat oil add 2 tablespoon of  sugar into pan. Stir sugar unit it caramelizes to a medium brown color.  Add spare ribs and cook for 2 minutes.  Add coconut juice or coconut soda.  Let the meat braised in the sauce for 10-12 minutes on medium heat.  Once browned on all sides. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and stir. Turn the heat up a little and let it cook until the sauce begin to charring the outside of the meat.  Be careful not to let it burn.

Serve with a bowl of white rice. Enjoy!

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