Chinese Deep Fried Fish With Spicy Black Bean Sauce Recipes

STIR-FRIED FISH FILLET WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat up the wok and add in some cooking oil.
• Add sliced ginger, onions, bell peppers, dried red chilies and stir fry them until aromatic.
• Add in the fish and do a quick stir.
• Add the black bean sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and sesame oil and stir fry until the fish is cooked.
• Add in the corn starch mix to thicken the sauce.
• Toss in the chopped scallion and do a quick stir, dish up and serve hot.

CHINESE WOK-TOSSED MUSSELS IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse and debeard the mussels.
• Prepare the ingredients and organize your mise en place. For this dish, you need to have everything ready to go before you start to cook.
• Place the aromatics (dried chiles, scallions, ginger, Chinese black beans, garlic and chile bean paste) in a small bowl. Reserve.
• Combine the chicken stock and cornstarch in a small bowl; stir to incorporate.
• Preheat a large wok fitted with a domed lid over high heat. Add the oil and swirl to coat. Add the bowl of aromatics and cook for 30 seconds, tossing with a wooden spoon or spatula. Then add the sugar, mussels, sake and carrot ribbons, and shake the wok or toss to coat. Cover and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir the cornstarch-chicken stock mixture again, add to the wok, then cover and cook for 3 minutes, shaking the wok or tossing every minute.
• Remove the lid. Arrange any mussels that are cooked and open in serving bowls.[Cover and continue to cook any remaining mussels for another minute. Transfer open mussels to serving bowls; discard any that do not open. Pour the sauce over the mussels and serve.