Stir-Fried Beef with Black Bean and Chilli

Name: Stir-Fried Beef with Black Bean and Chilli (Jia Chang Niu Rou 家常牛肉)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ¼ green pepper; Small bunch of coriander (about 40 g); 300 g lean beef steak; ¼ red pepper; ½ tsp dark soy sauce; 1 tsp light soy sauce; 1 tsp Shaoxing wine; 1½ tsp potato flour; 3 tbsp cooking oil; 2½ tbsp Laoganma black bean sauce; Salt; 1 tsp sesame oil

Jia Chang Niu Rou 家常牛肉

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Every Grain of Rice

By Fuchsia Dunlop

Published 2012

About

The punchy flavours of Laoganma sauce, a spicy relish made from fermented black beans and dried chillies in oil, give an enticing lift to this colourful stir-fry of beef and peppers. Served with plain white rice, it’s enough for a quick, hearty supper for two.

Ingredients

300 g lean beef steak
¼ red pepper
¼ green pepper

Asia
China
Beijing
Hangzhou
Supper
Christmas

Method

Cut the beef into 1cm strips, each 5–6cm long. Stir the marinade ingredients with 2 tsp water, add to the meat and set aside while you prepare the other ingredients. Cut the peppers into strips to match the beef. Coarsely chop the coriander.

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