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Stir fried Beef in Black Bean Sauce

Stir fried Beef in Black Bean Sauce recipe, eat well on universal credit

No bought sauces were harmed in the creation of this dish!

Ingredients:-

2 Steaks, cut into strips. Ours were middle slices from a Salmon Cut.
1 Tbsp of Seasoned Cornflour
2 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce
1 Onion, diced
1 Red Pepper, sliced
200g of Tender stem Broccoli
2 Tbsp of fermented Black Bean Sauce. (Recipe here)
1 Thumb sized piece of Ginger, grated
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of Rice Wine Vinegar
2 Spring Onions, chopped
A handful of fresh Basil including the stems
1 Tsp of Thai Basil Paste
2 Tbsp of Shaoxing Wine
1 Red Chilli, deseeded and chopped
50ml of Water
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Place the Cornflour and Oyster Sauce in a bowl and stir to combine.
(2) Add the Beef strips and coat well.
(3) Set aside to marinade.
(4) Heat a Wok or large frying pan over a high heat with a little Oil and fry the Beef strips for a minute on each side.
(5) Remove and set aside.
(6) Pour in a little more Oil and add the Onion, Thai Basil Paste, and Red Pepper.
(7) Stir fry for 2 minutes.
(8) Add the Garlic,Chilli, Ginger and Broccoli and stir fry for a further minute.
(9) Add the Shaoxing Wine, Soy Sauce and water.
(10) Continue stirring for 2 minutes.
(11) Add the Black Bean Sauce and return the Beef strips to the Wok.
(12) Stir fry until heated through.
(13) Garnish with Spring Onions and Basil Leaves.

Probably the best version of this recipe so far. The fermented Black Beans are inexpensive and available is Chinese / Continental supermarkets.

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Leftovers Soup!


We have a confession to make…. We often cook far too many vegetables and also end up with bits of leftover meat. Most folk would throw these in the bin, but we’re a bit tight like that. So it all ends up in the freezer in boxes. But the freezer is not a bottomless pit.

So yesterday we had a “Soup Making Day” Nothing goes to waste here. I can’t give you exact ingredients for this soup but basically you’ll need the following.

Ingredients:-

Vegetables and meat leftovers from the freezer
2 Stock cubes
1 Wuzzer ( We got ours as a freebie via Amazon when we switched energy suppliers) – That’s a food processor to most folk.

Method:-

(1) Thaw everything you have stored in boxes.
(2) Boil 2 Stock cubes in 500ml of water.
(3) Blitz everything apart from the stock.
(4) Place in a large pan and add enough stock to make a reasonable soup liquidity.
(5) Bring to boil.
(6) If you are not going to eat today allow to cool and freeze in portions.

We have a few verbs and bits an bobs which we are growing in tubs on our balcony, so I dressed the soups up with those, a Gluten free cracker and a bit of grated Cheese. Looks good, tastes better!

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