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Beef in black bean sauce
Recipe video above. This incredible Beef in Black Bean Sauce recipe is from Hannah, a chef at our food bank RecipeTin Meals who was born and raised in China, and comes from a long line of chefs. I'll wager this recipe beats any Chinese restaurant you’ve tried - even “fancy” city ones - and it is far, far cheaper. Made from scratch, it leaves jarred sauces in the dust. Shockingly easy!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 30m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
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Abbreviated recipe:
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Marinade beef ⏱️ 1 hour, soak beans, mix sauce. Shallow fry beef ⏱️ 30 seconds, remove. Discard all but 3 tbsp oil. Add and cook in this order: black beans ⏱️ 20 seconds, garlic ⏱️ 10 seconds, onion + capsicum ⏱️ 1 minute, beef ⏱️ 1 minute, cooking wine ⏱️ 30 seconds, sauce ⏱️ 1 minute or until thickened. Serve!
garlic (, finely minced with a knife ~ 4 cloves (Note 3))1 tbsp
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Marinate beef:
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Mix the marinade ingredients EXCEPT sesame oil in a bowl. Add beef, mix to coat. Add sesame oil, mix again.
sesame oil (toasted ie brown, not untoasted which is yellow)1 tbsp
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Marinade - Refrigerate to marinade for ⏱️ 1 hour.
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Preparation:
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Soak beans - Put the salted black beans in a medium bowl and cover with water. Set aside for ⏱️ 30 minutes to ⏱️ 1 hour to soak, then drain.
water1 cup
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Mix sauce - Put the cornflour, soy sauce and sugar in a jug or small bowl. Mix until lump free then mix in the water. Set aside.
water1 cup
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Cooking:
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Cook beef - Heat the oil in a wok (or non stick pan) over high heat. Add the beef and cook, tossing, for ⏱️ 30 seconds until it changes from red to brown. Remove with a slotted spoon onto a plate.
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Discard most of the oil in the wok, keep just 3 tablespoons.
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Aromatics - Return the wok to high heat. Add the black beans and stir for ⏱️ 20 seconds, then add the garlic and stir for ⏱️ 10 seconds. Add the capsicum and onion, cook for ⏱️ 1 minute.
garlic (, finely minced with a knife ~ 4 cloves (Note 3))1 tbsp
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Beef - Add beef and any juices pooled on the plate, toss for ⏱️ 1 minute. Pour the Chinese cooking wine around the sides of the wok so it runs down into the beef then toss for ⏱️ 30 seconds (Note 8)
Chinese cooking wine (shaoxing wine) (Note 5)1 tbsp
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Sauce - Pour the sauce in, then stir and let it bubble for ⏱️ 1 minute or until the sauce thickens, is shiny and coats the beef beautifully.
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Serve - Pour into a serving bowl and serve with rice!
Nutrition Facts
calories
421 kcal
fat Content
22 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
4 g
sodium Content
1740 mg
protein Content
24 g
cholesterol Content
61 mg
carbohydrate Content
16 g
saturated Fat Content
5 g
unsaturated Fat Content
16 g
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