Stir-Fried Frogs’ Legs in Black Bean Sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fragrant Harbour Taste: The New Chinese Cooking of Hong Kong

By Ken Hom

Published 1989

  • About

Frogs’ legs are a true delicacy everywhere. I much enjoy demonstrating their preparation to my cooking classes in Hong Kong. The freshness of the legs is guaranteed and the ‘chicken of the field’, as they are known in the Cantonese dialect, are transformed into a succulent dish of subtle flavour and pleasing texture. The sauce here is classic Cantonese: pungent black beans with garlic and ginger, but the delicate taste of the frogs’ legs is not overwhelmed. Frogs’ legs may be obtained fresh