Beef in Black Bean Sauce Thermomix

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Beef in black bean sauce is a Chinese restaurant favourite that you can now make at home in the Thermomix. With just a little bit of preparation you can have this dish on the table quicker than getting takeaway.

Making black bean sauce from scratch is much easier than you might think. Most of these ingredients you will probably already have in your pantry. The only unusual item is the fermented salted black beans. These are available from any Asian store and some large supermarkets.

If you can't get the black beans or would prefer to use a bottled black bean sauce I have included a "fast track" option. This version of the recipe uses the commercially prepared sauce.

What are Chinese Black Beans?

Before you start this recipe it is important to understand what you are looking for when you buy Chinese black beans. Chinese Black beans are also called Douchi or Tochi. They are made by fermenting and salting black soybeans. You may need to visit an Asian Grocery store to find this product.

Chinese black beans are not the same as canned Mexican Black Beans. These are Turtle Beans and they have simply been boiled to prepare them.

Black Bean Sauce Fast Option

If you don't want to make your own sauce from scratch, ignore all the ingredients for the sauce and substitute with 300gm of store bought black bean sauce. Continue to cook at directed below.

Step by Step Instructions

When preparing this dish its best to have all the ingredients ready before you begin.

1. Cut the beef strips in lengths against the grain approximately ½- ¾cm thick.
2. Prepare the stir fry vegetables
3. Prepare the seasoning
4. Coat the beef in the seasoning
5. Prepare the black bean sauce ingredients

Once these steps have been completed there is not much more to be done, follow the recipe and let the Thermomix do all the work.

More Asian Recipes

If you enjoy this recipe, why not try my Chicken Teriyaki or Japanese Soba Noodle Salad. My daughters favourite recipe is the Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup, but mine is the Twice Cooked Chinese Pork Belly.

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Beef in Black Bean Sauce

Julie Carlyle

Beef in black bean sauce is a Chinese restaurant favourite that you can now make at home in the Thermomix. Made quicker than getting takeaway.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main, Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Servings 4 serves

Calories 432 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Thermomix

Ingredients

 

MetricUS Customary

 

1x2x3x

Seasoning Ingredients

• 1.5 Tbs cornflour (cornstarch)
• 2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon white pepper

Sauce Ingredients

• 80 g water ⅓ cup
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 20 g oyster sauce 4 tsp
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 30 g Shaoxing (Chinese rice wine) 2 TBS

Stir Fry

• 400 g rump steak slice thinly *see note
• 3 cloves garlic
• 10 g ginger 2 tsp
• 1 long red chili cut in half, seeds removed if desired
• 200 g brown onion 1 large cut in quarters
• 45 g oil any lightly flavoured oil
• 1 red capsicum Bell pepper, seeded and diced or sliced depending on preference.
• 40 g salted fermented black beans 2 TBS *see note
• 4 long green shallots stalks of green spring onion
• 200 g snow pea remove any stringy bits then cut in half

Instructions

 

Seasoning Instructions

• Place all the seasoning ingredients to a large bowl.
  1.5 Tbs cornflour, 2 teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoon light soy sauce, 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, ½ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
  
• Add the beef to the seasoning and combine by hand until the beef is completely coated.
  400 g rump steak
  
• Reserve for later.

Sauce Instructions

• Combine all the sauce ingredients to a jug. Reserve for later.
  80 g water, 1 teaspoon sugar, 20 g oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, 1 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce, ½ teaspoon salt, 30 g Shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
  

Stir Fry

• Add the garlic, ginger, and chili to the Thermomix bowl. Chop 3 sec/Speed 9.
  3 cloves garlic, 10 g ginger, 1 long red chili
• Add onion to the Thermomix bowl. Chop 5 sec/Speed 4
  200 g brown onion
• Scrape down the bowl, and oil. Saute 3 min/Varoma/soft spoon (MC OUT)
  45 g oil
  
• Add the beef to the Thermomix Bowl. Saute 2min/Varoma/Speed .5.
• Pour the sauce and the black beans into the Thermomix bowl, stir with the spatula.
  40 g salted fermented black beans
• Cook 5 min/Varoma/Speed 1.
  
• Add the green shallots to the TM Bowl.
  4 long green shallots
• Arrange the capsicum in the deep Varoma dish.
  1 red capsicum, 200 g snow pea
  
• Add the snow pea to the Varoma tray.
  
• Place the Varoma on the TM Bowl lid instead of the MC. Cook 5min/Varoma/Speed 1.

Notes

Beef Strips - cut the beef strips in lengths against the grain approximately ½- ¾cm thick.

Black Beans - These are not your regular canned black beans. They are salted fermented black beans that are sold in Asian grocery stores.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serveCalories: 432kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 24gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 1031mgPotassium: 650mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 1703IUVitamin C: 91mgCalcium: 76mgIron: 3mg

Keyword Asian, Beef, Chinese, Main Meal, Thermomix, Thermomix main

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