Black Garlic Beef in Black Bean Sauce

Quick and easy stir-fried beef with salty fermented black beans combined with sticky-sweet Black Garlic – full of umami flavour.

Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 5 mins approx. | Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the Black Garlic Black Bean Sauce

1 large onion – peeled and thinly sliced.
1 fresh red chilli – deseeded and finely sliced
1 large red pepper – deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
1 large green pepper – deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
1 ½ tbsp salted fermented black beans – soaked in warm water for 5 minutes then drained
3 tbsp chicken stock
1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 tbsp Black Garlic Soy Sauce or soy sauce
10 cloves Black Garlic – sliced
½ tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp cold water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Garnish

Method

Rub the sliced beef with salt and pepper. Toss in the cornflour and coat in the egg white.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a wok set over a very high heat, until hot. Stir-fry the beef for 1 minute. Remove the beef with a slotted spoon and set aside.
In the same wok add the remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, stir-fry the onion, peppers and chilli for 1 minute over a very high heat. Add the drained black beans and cook for a further 20 seconds.
Stir in the chicken stock, Shaoxing wine and soy sauce over a high heat. Cook for a further 20 seconds.
Return the beef to the wok and add the sliced Black Garlic cloves. Add the cornflour mix. Stir-fry for a further minute over a high heat.
Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper according to preference.

To Serve: transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with sliced spring onions. BGK’s Black Garlic Oriental Mushrooms make a great side dish.