Black Bean Beef and Pepper Stir Fry

2014-06-26 19:46:00

Serves 4

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

20 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

20 min

Ingredients

1. 2 green onions, jullienned
2. 1 cup beef flank steak, sliced
3. 1 medium onion, cut into slices
4. 1 vegetable pepper (I used 1/2 yellow and 1/2 orange pepper for colour)
5. 4 cloves of garlic, minced
6. 1/4 cup of fermented black beans
7. 1 tbsp of corn starch
8. 1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine
9. 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
10. 1 tsp of ground white pepper

Instructions

1. Cut up the peppers, onions and green onions into thin stripes. Mince the garlic and black beans together.
2. Add the soy sauce, corn starch, white pepper and cooking wine to the beef flank. Stir together all the ingredients and set aside.
3. Oil the wok and once it begins to lightly smoke, add in the flank steak and saute until done, ensuring that all sides of the steak is cooked. Set aside.
4. Re-oil the pan, once the oil is hot add in the peppers and onions. Stir fry until onions start to become translucent. Clear a spot in the middle of the wok and add in minced garlic and black beans. Stir fry the vegetables until the garlic is cooked.
5. Add in the sliced green onions and the cooked beef back into the wok. Toss together and serve.

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Step by Step Photos

Assemble the ingredients

Cut up all the vegetables

Mince the garlic and black beans

Fry the flank steak first

Once cooked, set aside the steak

Stir fry the vegetables along with the minced garlic and black beans, once cooked, add the beef back in and toss all the ingredients together before serving

Chayote belongs to the gourd family and can be found in most Asian grocery stores. The texture of the flesh is crisp, full of water and can be eaten raw in slaws or salsa. I prefer my chayote sliced thin and cooked to just soft.

Chayote with Beef Flank Stir Fry

2014-06-21 15:07:39

Serves 2

Great quick and easy stir fry with Asian flavours

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

25 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

25 min

Ingredients

1. 2 large chayote
2. 1 cup beef flank steak, sliced
3. 4 cloves of garlic, minced
4. 1 tbsp of oyster sauce
5. 1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine
6. 1 tbsp of corn starch
7. 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
8. A pinch of white pepper

Instructions

1. Cut chayote in half and take out the core. This can be done easily using a metal spoon. Slice the chayote into slices of even thickness.
2. Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce, corn starch, white pepper and cooking wine to the beef flank. Stir together all the ingredients and set aside.
3. Oil the wok, add in the minced garlic and salt.
4. Once the oil is hot*, add in the sliced chayote and stir fry until the flesh turns just translucent.
5. Remove the chayote from the wok and set aside.
6. Add more oil to the wok and saute the beef flank to the desired doneness.
7. Put the cooked chayote back into wok, toss together with beef and serve.

Notes

1. Tip: To test if the oil is hot, touch the oil with the tip of a dry wooden chopstick. When the oil is hot, bubbles will form around the chopstick.

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Step by Step Photos

Assemble the ingredients

Slice and core the chayote

Season the beef flank

Stir together the beef and seasoning

Add oil, garlic and salt to the wok

Once the oil is hot, add in the chayote and cook until the flesh turns just translucent

Remove the chayote and set aside, re-oil the wok

Stir fry the beef to desired doneness and add chayote back to wok, toss together and serve