Stir-fried Beef in Black Bean sauce
At this time of year I don’t often write about food, because I normally want to describe what’s going on in the garden. It doesn’t mean that I’m not cooking though. For practical reasons Jane does most of the cooking, but I try to cook at least one main meal a week. So here is one of my offerings: Stir-fried Beef with Black Bean sauce and tomatoes. I’ll admit straight away that I used commercial Black Bean sauce from a packet!
This was the first stage of the proceedings – prepare and marinate the main ingredients.
The meat I used was described as “Frying Steak”. I sliced it into very thin strips so that it would cook quickly. My marinade included Garlic, Chillis and fresh Ginger, and was moistened with Soy Sauce. I used a number of different chillis, some to add flavour (especially the yellow “Aji Limon”), and some to add heat (e.g. the “Scotch Bonnet”). My intention was that the chillis would be discarded before cooking commenced, so I marinated the meat for about 12 hours so that the flavours had plenty of time to permeate it.
I made sure to chop everything up small and I used my hands to mix everything very thoroughly before covering the bowl with clingfilm and placing it the fridge.
Is that colourful, or what??? |
To serve, simply put some of the cooked rice onto a plate or bowl, and spoon the Beef over the top…
And enjoy! (We did.)
I have to say that this meal was not the sort of thing I usually make. I tend to go for things that require longer, slower cooking, but my repertoire is expanding rapidly. I think the key to success with a dish like this is careful preparation of the ingredients in advance, and the courage to cook at a very high temperature. In respect of the latter I was considerably aided by the fab new Delimano ceramic wok that Jane recently won in a competition. It heats up very rapidly and maintains a very even temperature. It even has a thing to tell you when it is hot enough: there is a ring at the pan end of the handle, which glows red when the correct temperature is reached. You can see it in a couple of the photos above.
Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2014/05/stir-fried-beef-in-black-bean-sauce.html
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