sauce:

Heat oil in small saucepan add crushed garlic, ginger and chopped shallots. Cook over gentle heat for one minute. Remove from heat, add plum sauce and chilli sauce, stir until combined. Add combined water crumbled stock cube, soy sauce and cornflour. Return pan to heat. Stir until sauce boils and thickens.

1. Using sharp knife, remove excess fat from ribs.

2. Cover black beans with water, leave 15 minutes drain, mash with fork. In a bowl combine oyster sauce, sherry, soy sauce, black beans, five spice powder, pepper and salt.

3. Coat each rib with black bean mixture. Put under grill for 10 minutes. Turn occasionally.

4. Remove pork ribs from grill, brush on both side with chilli plum sauce. Return pork to grill, continue to cook five to 10 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through. Serve with remaining sauce.

Source: Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook (Australian Women's Weekly Home Library)