| I stir fry with black bean sauce all the time, but I never use a
recipe, so I'll try to wing it. To start with, you should go to
Chinatown and buy a package of black beans. The kind I buy comes
in a round cardboard container and it does say "Black Beans" on
the container. The trick is to take some black beans and place
them in a bowl ~1 tablespoon. Mash the beans with the back of
a knife handle. Add fresh crushed garlic and mash it in together.
To stir fry, add some oil in a wok ~2-3 tablespoon. Heat the oil
until it smokes. Swerve till oil covers surface of pan. Add
blackbeans and garlic and stir fry for about 10-20 seconds. Add
chicken wings and stir fry for about 1 minute. Add some water,
let boil, and then cover. Cook for about 5 minutes or until
wings are cooked (depends on size of wings). Lift cover and add
seasoning to taste (I usually use white pepper, sesame seed oil,
and soy sauce). Add cornstarch and water mixture to thicken (follow
any standard recipe for thickener). Let it come to a boil and
serve. To make it spicy, use peppers. I usually use the red stuff
that comes in a bottle. That's sold in Chinatown also.
Sorry for a recipe that's not exact, but I stir fry all the time,
and never use a recipe. I think you could pick up any Chinese
cookbook and find a recipe for chicken and black bean sauce. Black
beans are use commonly in Cantonese cooking, so I'm not sure if
you would find it in a Mandarin cookbook. If you've never stir
fried before, you may want to try the bottled black bean sauce,
though I've never used it, so I can't tell how it will come out.
Good luck!
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