This is perhaps a very Chinese dish.
I don’t usually eat pork as but the ribs on the supermarket shelved looked too enticing and fresh. I just had to grab one home. So, the first thing that came into my mind is steaming it like how both my grandmothers do with their meats sometimes, using sauces and ingredients that compliments the strong flavors of the pork.
I am not a huge pork fan because I thought the meat has a slightly strong odor that I don’t really like. The only pork I’d eat is spam or luncheon meat because it smell so good when fried…:) But, i liked this steamed pork riblets with garlic and black bean sauce although I wouldn’t eat it everyday. I added a ton of aromatics like garlic and ginger into the marinate to cover the pork smell and it did a pretty good job of it too. Ginger is a really awesome for getting rid of gamey and fishy tastes and smells.
Let’s move on to my recipe.
For my marinade, I used:
2 tablespoons full of preserved black bean sauce
4 garlic, chopped
3 slices of ginger, minced
2 tablespoon of Chinese cooking wine
2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
300grams of pork riblets (You can also use other types of meats, like beef and lamb or even chicken drummets)
Method:
1. Mix all the ingredients for the marinade together in a ziplock bag and toss in the ribs. Squish until all is covered with marinade and let it sit for a 3 hours on the counter or overnight in the fridge..
2. After marinating, take the ribs out and place them on a plate in a steamer. Steam for 3 hours because you want the meat to fall apart. Add more water whenever the steamer dries out.
3. Serve 
This recipe is quite fuss free, you just need to wait. It would be perfect for dinner if you do it during lunch or something. You could even pop it into a slow cooker, like how another food blogger did with her steamed ribs using preserved bean sauce instead: Slow-cooked pork ribs with salted soy beans, garlic and red chili from Teczscape
This dish goes very well with rice and veggies on the side. Simple and yet delicious.
wow, you did a good cook here, all your cook looks very delicious, drooling now…
Your cooking style is just my piece of cake, all are simple to cook. Will link up your blog to find more good food. Somehow I find that cooking is another pleasure things to do
hi Judy,
I hope you will find more recipes that will inspire you more 
Thanks for your kind words and for dropping by my humble blog
OOOMMMGGG elaine – HALAL fooooood YAY !!!!
Wow, you waited long for the meat to fall apart while steaming…3 hrs…wow!
Can smell the aroma from the steam…this is soooo appetizing with rice.
sasi: LOL..
tigerfish: Well, the wait was almost nonexistent really, i was working while my dinner was cooking hehehe
Wah! This one must eat using hands. Else the chopsticks won’t be able to hold onto the oh-so-tender-wanna-fall-off ribs.
pablopabla: LoL yea..so much for trying to be dainty. I end up using my hands to eat these ribs anyway hehe.
Commenting on this flog is like an English lesson to me. After the 5ht of 6th time, I’m out of words to describe they way your food looks. Have used nice, good, awesome, appetizing all before. Today’s new new word is…
Porkylovedroolinggoodness.
6 o’s.
Now pls don’t post a veggie dish up tomorrow ok? Better dooooooon’t ya? 7 o’s.
YUM!! I think I’m going to have to make this tonight. Fingers crossed the evil global supermarket I frequent has ribs!!