Dinner: Beef with Black Bean Sauce

Black bean sauce provides a delicious Asian flavor for this dish which is great with beef, lamb or chicken

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Ingredients

2 lbs sirloin steak, strips
2 tbsps soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 oz corn flour (3 tsp)
1 tsp oil
4 cloves garlic, crushed
3 large spring onions, chopped
1 tbsp black beans, rinsed and chopped
2 tsps ginger, grated
1 medium green pepper, sliced
1 medium sweet red pepper, sliced
1/2 cup slices water chestnuts
2 tsps ketchup manis
1 fl oz rice wine
1 tsp sugar
1/4 cup chicken stock

Instructions

1. Marinate the beef strips for 1 hour in 1 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tsp rice wine, 1/2 tsp sesame oil and 1 tsp cornflour.

2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil to almost smoking in a wok.

3. Add the beef and brown – remove. Add another tablespoon of oil to wok and heat.

4. Stir fry the spring onion, garlic, black beans and ginger for 20 seconds.

5. Add the peppers and water chestnuts and stir fry another minute.

6. Combine the remaining soy, wine, cornflour and sesame oil and ketcup manis, sugar and stockand simmer until thickened.

7. Add the beef and toss lightly in the sauce until cooked through.

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