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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.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Servings 4 serves
Calories 432 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

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
    Chinese Seasoning Ingredients for beef
  • Add the beef to the seasoning and combine by hand until the beef is completely coated.
    400 g rump steak
    Coating the beef with the seasoning ingredients.
  • 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)
    black bean sauce ingredients

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
    Chopped and cook garlic, ginger onion and chili.
  • Add the beef to the Thermomix Bowl. Saute 2min/Varoma/Speed 0.5.
  • 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.
    Cooked beef for black Bean Sauce
  • 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.
    Snow Peas in the Varoma Tray
  • Place the Varoma on the TM Bowl lid instead of the MC. Cook 5min/Varoma/Speed 1.
  • Combine vegetables and beef in serving bowl.

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.

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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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