Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce

Ingredients

• baby back spareribs
  2 pounds
• fermented black beans (also called salted black beans)
  2 tablespoons
• minced garlic
  1 teaspoon
• minced ginger
  1 teaspoon
• dark soy sauce
  2 tablespoons
• oil for stir-frying

  or as needed
  3 tablespoons
• red chili pepper

  de-seeded and chopped
  1 small
• chicken broth or water
  1 cup
• light soy sauce
  1 tablespoon
• brown sugar
  1 teaspoon
• a few drops sesame oil
  1 unit
• scallions (spring onion

  green onion) cut into 3 - 4 pieces
  2 unit