sticky 5 spice ribs

This is also nice on chicken but is extremely easy and tasty.

1kg pork ribs
3tbsp hoi sin sauce (blue dragon is 2 syns per tbsp)
2 tsp 5 spice powder
1/2 tsp baking powder

Boil the ribs for 20 minutes
meanwhile mix the remaining ingredients together.
Drain the pork ribs and rinse them under cold water and put in the slow cooker. pour over the sauce and coat the ribs then cook for 2-4 hours on high
or alternatively put the ribs in a sandwich bag with the marinate for 20 minutes then cook in the oven at 190degrees celcius for 20-30 minutes.
very very morish!

Beef with ginger and spring onion

Quick, easy and delicious this stir fry is good on its own or with rice.
4-6
500g of steak thinly sliced
1 thinly sliced onion
1 thinly sliced green bell pepper
1tbsp grated ginger
4tbsp soy sauce
1tbsp oyster sauce
1tsp sesame oil (2 syns)
1tsp baking powder
generous pinch of salt and pepper
1 bunch of spring onions chopped into 1 inch pieces.

mix the steak with salt, pepper, baking powder, sesame oil, oyster sauce and soy sauce.
Get a pan nice and hot and add the onion and green pepper along with the white parts of the spring onion. toss and stir fry until they char and the spring onion is a little limp.
remove to the side and add the steak along with the ginger. let sit in the scorching pan for a minute or so then toss and let rest again.
when the steak is almost cooked add back in the vegetables including the green parts of the spring onion and toss through throughly and if needs be add a little more soy sauce.

quick, easy and delicious.