# Beef in Black Bean Sauce

A flavorful dish featuring tender beef slices cooked in a rich black bean sauce with onions and capsicum, served over rice.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup preserved black beans (salted black beans, fermented black beans)
- 400 g beef rump steak (US: top sirloin)
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 1 brown onion
- 1 green capsicum (bell pepper)
- 0.5 cup peanut oil (or veg, canola)
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (shaoxing wine)
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy
- 2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch
- 0.25 tsp baking soda (bi-carbonate)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
- 2 tsp white sugar
- 1 cup water

## Instructions

1. Get salted dried black beans
2. Soak the beans in hot water.
3. Drain the beans.
4. Mix soy, oyster, sugar, sesame, and cornflour to thicken.
5. Slice the beef
6. Use the same ingredients for the sauce and the marinade.
7. Marinate the beef in baking soda to tenderize.
8. Cook the beef first.
9. Shallow fry the beef to lock in flavor and juiciness.
10. Add black beans and garlic first.
11. Add the onion and capsicum.
12. Add beef back in with the sauce.
13. Cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny.
14. Serve over rice and enjoy.

## Equipment

- wok

## Tips

- The key flavour in this dish is salted dried black beans
- Marinade the beef in baking soda to tenderize.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIOOdFMzI_u/?igsh=OGNjaHJrMzlpeWxl
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d9713dc3-2346-4209-8700-8910dbc44e39
- Extracted: 2025-05-20

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