Black Bean Beef with Noodles Recipe the Noodles is tasted a little bland, the savory tatse of hoisin sauce in the classic Chinese dish. Yummy and elegant dish
Ingredients:
250g (8oz.) instant noodles
500g (1lb) beef, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
oil, for cooking
6 spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
1 small red capsicum, thinly sliced
125 g(4oz.) snow peas, halved on the diagonal
4 tablespoons black bean and garlic sauce (see Note)
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1/2 cup (60 g/2 oz.) bean sprouts
Method:
Cook the noodles according to the manufacturers directions, then drain and keep warm.
Place the beef, sesame oil, garlic and ginger in a bowl and mix together well. Heat the wok until very hot, add 1 tablespoon of the oil and swirl it around to coat the side.
Add half the beef and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes, or until the beef is just cooked. Remove from the wok, add a little more oil and cook the rest of the beef. Remove all the beef from the wok.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the wok. Add the spring onion, capsicum and snow peas and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Return the beef to the wok and stir in the black bean and garlic sauce, hoisin sauce and 1 tablespoon water.
Add the noodles to the wok and toss to heat through. Serve immediately, topped with bean sprouts.
Black bean and garlic sauce is available at asian grocery stores or goos supermarkets.
Black Bean Beef with Noodles Recipe |