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Beef with Black Bean Sauce

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Beef with Black Bean Sauce (Photo by avlxyz/flickr)

Spice up your lunch or dinner with beef simmered in a savory black bean sauce.

Serves 4-6.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb lean rump or fillet steak
2 tablespoons canned salted black beans
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
3 tablespoons water or stock
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 teaspoon cornflour (cornstarch)
1 teaspoon oriental sesame oil

Directions

Freeze beef for 1 hour or until firm enough to slice paper thin. Put
black beans into a small strainer and rinse under cold tap for a few
seconds. Drain, then mash roughly with a fork. Combine with the soy
sauce and water. Put chopped garlic on a board and crush with the sugar
to a smooth paste.

Heat a wok, add peanut oil and swirl to coat the wok. Add beef and fry
over high heat, tossing and stirring until beef is no longer red. Add
garlic and fry for 30 seconds, then add bean mixture. Bring to the
boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 2 minutes, then stir in
cornflour mixed with a tablespoon of cold water and let sauce boil and
thicken. Stir in sesame oil and serve with steamed rice.


Recipe excerpted from Encyclopedia of Asian Food by Charmaine Solomon (Periplus Editions, 1998)

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