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Beef with Black Bean Sauce
Beef with black bean sauce is a tasty, classic combination found on Chinese restaurant menus around the country, and it’s easy to make at home!

PREP: 20 mins
MARINATING: 1 hr
COOK: 10 mins

NOTES:

* Like many of our recipes, this one is flexible. You could apply this same cooking method to other proteins - pork, chicken, or pan-fried tofu - and adjust the recipe to meet the taste preferences of your family, or what you happen to have on hand.
Ingredients
  • subheading: FOR VELVETING THE BEEF:
  • 450 g beef flank steak or beef chuck
  • (thinly sliced against the grain)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 60 ml water
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
  • subheading: FOR THE REST OF THE DISH:
  • 350 ml low sodium beef or chicken stock
  • 30 ml black bean and garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee)
  • 15 ml oyster sauce
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper (or to taste)
  • 30 ml vegetable oil
  • 70 g onion (cut into 1-inch/2.5cm pieces)
  • 115 g red bell pepper (cut into 1-inch/2.5cm pieces)
  • 15 ml Shaoxing wine
  • 85 g snow peas (trimmed)
  • 11 g cornstarch (mixed into a slurry with 2 tablespoons water)
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