Stir-Fried Kingfish with Black Beans & Cucumber

Name: Stir-Fried Kingfish with Black Beans & Cucumber
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 3 tablespoons fresh chicken stock; 2 teaspoons shaoxing; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 4 cloves garlic, finely sliced; 1 tablespoon fermented black beans; 350 g (12 oz) kingfish fillet, cut into bite-sized pieces; ½ teaspoon sugar; 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 1 red capsicum (pepper), thickly sliced; 1 Lebanese (short) cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced on the diagonal

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

This nice simple stir-fry has a great texture from the cucumber and a little kick from the black beans. The combination of ingredients here is all about enhancing the natural flavours of the fish.

Ingredients

350 g (12 oz) kingfish fillet, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tablespoon fermente

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Mix together the kingfish, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and sea salt and leave to marinate for 30 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the kingfish.

Heat a wok until just smoking. Add the oil and, when hot, stir-fry the kingfish in batches until golden, then remove. Add the black beans, garlic and capsicum to the wok and stir-fry until fragrant. Deglaze the wok with s