Short Rib, Slow Cooked with Chinese Flavors

By Snook

Ingredients

• 8 short ribs, about 3 pounds
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup sugar or honey
• 3 star anise
• 6 scallions, trimmed
• 1 3-inch piece cinnamon
• 5 nickel-size slices of ginger
• 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
• Salt
• Cooked white rice for serving
• Chopped scallions or fresh cilantro leaves for garnish

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all ingredients, except salt, rice and garnish, in slow cooker. Cover and cook until meat is very tender and falling from bone, 5 hours or more on high, 7 hours or more on low. Taste and add salt if necessary.
If you like, remove meat, strain liquid and refrigerate meat and liquid separately; skim fat from liquid, and reheat with meat. Serve hot over white rice garnished with scallions or cilantro.