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Black Bean Sauce

Condiments - Sauce - -

INGREDIENTS

1/2 T salted black beans
1/2 T soya paste
2 slices root ginger
1 medium onion
2 cloves garlic
4 medium tomatoes
4 T vegetable oil
1 T soy sauce
2 medium courgettes
4 small aubergines
1/2 hoisin sauce
3/4 cup vegetable stock
1/2 t MSG
1/4 cup red wine
2 t sugar
1 T sesame oil

METHOD

Preperation

Soak black beans in water for 1/2 hour and drain. Chop onion finely. Crush garlic and ginger. Skin tomatoes and cut into four pieces. Dice aubergines and courgettes finely.

Cooking

Heat oil in a heavy pan. When hot ass black beans, onion, garlic, ginger and stir-fry for 2 mins on a medium heat. Add tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes and soya bean paste and continue to fry gently for 5 minutes. Add vegetable stock. Stir and leave to simmer for 20 mins. Add wine, sugar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and MSG: stir and continue to simmer for 20 mins or until the liquid begins to thicken. Add sesame oil and stir.

Enjoy.

NOTES

Here's a great recipe for black bean sauce. Eat it quick as it tends to ferment if left too long!

I tend to keep a jar of this in my fridge and add the sauce to loads of different dishes.

posted by Steve_C

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