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Black Bean Sauce

Black Bean Sauce

Our latest challenge is to create 100 authentic Asian style dishes. Obviously we could have bought a jar of Black Bean Sauce, but where is the fun in that?!

Ingredients:-

100g of Fermented Black Beans (These are available in Chinese Supermarkets and are really inexpensive)
80ml of Oil
5 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of fresh Ginger, minced
3 Shallots, finely diced
2 Tbsp of Sugar
2 Tpsp of Shaoxing Rice Wine
2 Tsp of Soy Sauce
¼ Tsp of Five Spice
1 Tsp of Chilli Flakes

Method:-

(1) Rinse and drain the Beans.
(2) Finely chop 2/3 of the Beans, reserving 1/3 whole.
(3) On a low heat, heat the Oil and add the Shallots, Ginger and Garlic.
(4) Sauté into tender and fragrant.
(5) Add the Fermented Black Beans and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
(6) Pour over the Soy Sauce,  Shaoxing Wine, Five Spice, Chilli Flakes and Sugar.
(7) Cook to reduce until the Sauce has thickened.
(8) Cool and transfer to an air tight jar.

This is a very concentrated foundation sauce.

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Special Fried Rice

OK this is far from conventional with Chorizo in it. But Special Fried Rice isn’t traditional anyway in China so we’re cool with that. We had cooked Chicken thigh meat and ½ a stick of Chorizo which both needed using up. So…..

Ingredients:-

3 Chicken thighs, cooked and chopped
Chorizo, chopped
1 Onion, finely diced
1 Carrot, finely diced
1 Cup of Peas, thawed in water (Yes we do buy some frozen things, but not many!)
2 Spring Onions, sliced
2 Eggs, beaten
1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Rice Wine
1 Tbsp of Sesame Oil
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A Thumb of fresh Ginger, minced
1 Cup of Rice, cooked and de-starched by running boiling water through it
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) In a large frying pan / Wok heat the Oil and fry the Onions and Carrots, until softened.
(2) Add the Garlic and Ginger and fry for a further few minutes.
(3) Add the Chicken, Chorizo, Peas and stir.
(4) Add the Rice Wine and then gently fold in the cooked Rice.
(5) Add the Spring Onions.
(6) Push all the ingredients to the side and add the Sesame Oil to the space created.
(7) Pour in the beaten Egg and let it set partially.
(8) Fold into the Rice mixture.
(9) Add the Soy Sauce and gently stir in.
(10) Garnish with chopped Spring Onions.

This was the second meal we’ve had out of the £1.69 Yellow Sticker Chicken thighs and the Chorizo was £0.69. Which we’ve had two meals from and still have a bit in the fridge…..
 

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