PEPPERS WITH BLACK BEANS

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Stir up a pepper with black bean dish for Chinese New Year

Provided by Ken Hom

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Side dish, Supper

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1½ tbsp groundnut oil or vegetable oil
3 tbsp finely chopped shallots
2 tbsp coarsley chopped salted black beans
1½ tbsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp peeled and finely chopped fresh root ginger
2 red, yellow and green peppers , all seeded and cut into 2.5cm/1in squares
2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 tbsp chilli bean sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tsp caster sugar
150ml vegetable stock or water
2 tsp sesame oil

Steps:

Heat a wok over a high heat until hot, then add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the shallots, black beans, garlic and ginger, and stir fry for 1 minute. Then tip in the peppers and stir fry for 1 minute.
Add the wine or sherry, chilli bean sauce, soy sauce, sugar and stock or water, and continue to cook over a high heat for 5 minutes, or until the peppers are soft and most of the liquid has evaporated.
Stir in the sesame oil, give the mixture several turns to mix well, turn out on a serving plate and leave to cool. Can be made up to 2 hours ahead. Serve at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 101 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 11 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 1.5 milligram of sodium