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I was looking for some easy recipes that don’t require a lot of efforts and works, maybe even some magical spells will make the food ready by itself in no time. Enough of imagination. The truth is it’s summer and fun time, I just got lazy to cook :p.  But I found some recipes that would help out — steaming using a rice cooker or on the stove.  Bah, this is just an easy way to cook the food and you can be off to do your stuff. In fact there are many recipes that can be cooked by using the rice cooker, which it is an efficient cooking style for more nutritious and healthy meals.

Steamed tofu with pork ribs provides you an excellent source of calcium and protein. Plus steaming makes it less oily and super fresh, the sweet broth absorbs the nature juiciness from the pork.  You can steam it with your rice cooker, or on stove top. Preferably for 30 up to 40 minutes, then the pork ribs will be much softer and tender.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb cut Pork Ribs
1 pack Soft Tofu
1 red chili (chopped)
1 green chili (optional)
3 slices ginger (minced)
3 clove garlic (minced)
1 stalk Green onion (chopped)

For the Seasoning:
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice wine
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch

Cooking Method:

1. Rinse the pork ribs, drained, slightly wipe it with paper towel to dry. (This is to let the pork ribs marinate more flavorful)
2. Marinate the pork ribs with seasoning of soy sauce, rice wine, salt, sugar and cornstarch, up to 1 hour.
3. Cut the soft tofu (not silk) into 1″ cube, lay it on a platter.
4. Top with chopped garlic, ginger, green or red chilies.
5. Put 2 cups of water into a rice cooker and steam till it is “cooked”, let it rest or warm fbefore serving. Alternatively, steam on stove top on medium high heat for 30-40 minutes preferably till pork ribs are cooked and tender.
6. Garnish on top with chopped green onions and some remaining red chilies.