Green Pepper In Black Bean Sauce

Shiitake Mushrooms, Green Pepper and Black Bean Sauce (Vegan)

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Green Pepper in Black Bean Sauce is a popular menu item at Chinese restaurants everywhere. Find out how you can make this delicious dish at home. Best of all, it's vegan!

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Soaking time30

Total Time50

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: Chinese rice wine vinegar, fermented black beans, fermented soy beans, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, spring onions, vegetable stock

Servings: people

Calories: 243.1kcal

Ingredients

3 tbsp fermented black beans
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic minced
1.5 inch root ginger minced
2 spring onions finely sliced
100 ml vegetable stock
2 tbsp Chinese rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp caster sugar
1.5 tsp cornflour
6 shiitake mushrooms sliced
1 green pepper roughly chopped

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Soak the fermented black beans in hot water for 30 minutes.
Drain the soaked fermented black beans then roughly chop them and crush them slightly with the flat blade of your knife.
Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan and add the garlic, ginger and spring onions. Cook on a high heat for 2-3 minutes until they are aromatic.
Add the crushed fermented black beans, vegetable stock, Chinese rice wine vinegar, dark soy sauce and sugar to the pan.
Stir so they are all combined then bring to the boil.
Turn the heat down and let the sauce simmer for 10 - 12 minutes.
Mix the conflour with a tablespoon of the liquid, stir until smooth then add back into the pan.
Once the cornstarch slurry has mixed in completely, pour the sauce into a bowl and place the pan back on the heat.
Add the sliced shiitake mushrooms and chopped green pepper to the pan and stir fry on a high heat for 5-8 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked and the green pepper is just softened.
Pour the sauce back into the pan and cook for a further 2 minutes until the sauce is thick and the dish is hot.

Notes

Fresh shitake mushrooms versus dried shitake mushrooms

If you can't get fresh shitake mushrooms then dried also work well, just re-hydrate them first.

Pro-tip: you can use the liquid you used to re-hydrate the shitake mushrooms in place of the vegetable stock.

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