Beef and Black Bean Stir Fry

Beef and black bean stir fry with vegetables in a bowl.

Don’t worry about heading out for takeaway, if you are craving delicious Asian food, you can whip up this quick and tasty Beef in Black Bean Stir Fry for a fraction of the cost!

Beef and Black Bean Stir Fry

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: DinnerCuisine: AsianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

4

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Calories

300

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes
Cook Mode

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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp Cornflour

  • 2 tsp Light soy sauce

  • 2 tsp Dry sherry

  • 500 gram Beef rump steak-thinly sliced diagonally

  • 0.33 cup Chicken stock -salt-reduced

  • 0.25 cup Black Bean Sauce

  • 2 tsp Caster sugar

  • 0.5 tsp Sesame oil

  • 1.5 tbsp Peanut oil

  • 1 Brown onion-halved, thinly sliced

  • 1 green Capsicum-halved, seeded, coarsely chopped

  • 2 tsp fresh Ginger-finely grated

  • 2 Garlic cloves -finely chopped

Directions

  • Combine the cornflour, half the soy sauce and half the sherry in a bowl.
  • Add the beef and stir to coat. Set aside for 10 minutes to marinate.
  • Combine the stock, black bean sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and remaining soy sauce and sherry in a bowl.
  • Heat 2 teaspoons peanut oil in a wok over high heat until just smoking.
  • Stir-fry half the beef for 2 minutes or until browned.
  • Transfer to a plate.
  • Repeat with 2 teaspoons of remaining peanut oil and remaining beef, reheating the wok between batches.
  • Heat remaining peanut oil in wok.
  • Stir-fry the onion and capsicum for 3 minutes or until tender.
  • Add ginger and garlic. Stir-fry for 30 seconds or until aromatic.
  • Add the beef and stock mixture. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until sauce thickens.

Notes

  • Beef and Black Bean Stir Fry is not suitable to freeze.
  • It can be served with steamed white rice or egg noodles and sliced spring onions as a garnish.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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