Beef with black bean sauce

A super tasty and healthy stir fry recipe

SERVES 4
TIME TO MAKE 15 - 30 mins
MEAL TYPE Dinner
SERVES 4
TIME TO MAKE 15 - 30 mins
MEAL TYPE Dinner

Method

Sauce

  1. Heat first measure of canola oil in a wok or large frying pan
  2. Add fermented black beans, garlic and ginger and sautee briefly
  3. Add oyster sauce, water, soy sauce, rice wine and brown sugar
  4. Bring to a boil
  5. Mix cornflour with a little water to form a paste
  6. Gradually stir cornflour mixture into sauce until it thickens
  7. Remove from heat and reserve sauce for later

Stir-fry

  1. Heat second measure of canloa oil in wok or large frying pan
  2. Add sliced beef and brown all over
  3. Remove beef from the wok and set aside
  4. Add capsicum, onion, beans, spring onion, shiitake mushrooms and carrots to wok and stir fry until cooked
  5. Add beef and sauce back to vegetables in the wok and heat through
  6. Remove from heat and serve

Tip

Many of the ingredients in this dish are available at most super markets, some specialty Asian ingredients will be found in Asian food supply shops.

  •  
    Sauce
  • 1 tsp
    canola oil
  • 1 tbsp
    fermented black beans
  • 2 cloves
    garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp
    fresh ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp
    oyster sauce
  • 1/4 cup
    water
  • 1 tsp
    soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp
    rice wine
  • 1/2 tsp
    brown sugar
  • 1 tsp
    cornflour
  • 1/2 tsp
    sesame oil
  • 1 tsp
    chiangshing vinegar
  •  
    Stir-fry
  • 1 tsp
    canola oil
  • 135 g
    lean fast cooking beef, sliced
  • 1/2 medium 
    capsicum, sliced
  • 1 medium 
    onion, sliced
  • 1/2 cup
    green beans, sliced
  • 3 
    spring onions, sliced
  • 1/3 cup
    shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 medium 
    carrots, sliced
Per serve
  • Energy
    512kJ
  • Total Fat
    5.0g
  • Saturated Fat
    1.2g
  • Total Carbohydrate
    9.1g
  • Sugars
    7.3g
  • Dietary Fibre
    3.2g
  • Sodium
    327mg

Method

Sauce

  1. Heat first measure of canola oil in a wok or large frying pan
  2. Add fermented black beans, garlic and ginger and sautee briefly
  3. Add oyster sauce, water, soy sauce, rice wine and brown sugar
  4. Bring to a boil
  5. Mix cornflour with a little water to form a paste
  6. Gradually stir cornflour mixture into sauce until it thickens
  7. Remove from heat and reserve sauce for later

Stir-fry

  1. Heat second measure of canloa oil in wok or large frying pan
  2. Add sliced beef and brown all over
  3. Remove beef from the wok and set aside
  4. Add capsicum, onion, beans, spring onion, shiitake mushrooms and carrots to wok and stir fry until cooked
  5. Add beef and sauce back to vegetables in the wok and heat through
  6. Remove from heat and serve

Tip

Many of the ingredients in this dish are available at most super markets, some specialty Asian ingredients will be found in Asian food supply shops.