Super Easy Chicken and Black Bean Sauce Recipe

My mom used to cook delicious chicken dishes before she had stroke. She was the best chef in the household that nobody could beat her talents in Asian cuisine.

One of her favorite chicken recipes is Chicken and Black Bean Sauce. As the title of the recipe said it all, it is a combination of chunks of chicken stir fry with black bean sauce and a handful of vegetable.

Sometimes, she would choose bittergourd which we hated the most when we were young. You know, this wrinkle vegetable is so bitter that it could cringe our face!

Sometimes, she would toss in green bell pepper, also known as capcium, an apple alike shaped vegetable that tasted a bit raw but crunchy, we could accept that.

Now the min reason why we love this chicken recipe is not just the chicken itself but the CASHEW NUTS! Yup, mom was very generoud in toasting cashew nuts and toss them into this super delicious Chicken and Black Bean Sauce. Generally, we were grabbing up all the cashew nuts that we could find before ate the chicken and capcium. It had became a bad habit to grab kids’ favorite nuts.

Luckily before mom had the stroke, I did remembered vividly how she had cooked this chicken dish since I often helped her out in the kitchen.

Here is what you should do:

• Choose chicken breast or chicken keel or chicken fillets
• Cut them into chunks but not too huge because kids would feel full by the time they had gobbled up 3 pieces.
• Remember to remove all fats and skins on the chicken meats.
• Get a packet of RAW cashew nuts if you want to save money. Ready to eat cashew nuts are expensive and most of them are coated with sugar or salt.
• Toast the cashew nuts in the oven for 10minutes until brownish. Then, break them into halves like a crescent.
• If you are out of dry sherry, you could opt for Chinese cooking wine or Worchestire wine.
• I prefer green bell pepper since my kids don’t like the taste of bitter gourd. You could also toss in slices of carrots, assorted bell pepper ( green , red or yellow).
• You could buy a jar of black bean sauce in the supermarket. It is also known as fermented black bean paste. A small jar could last you a year!

Here is the recipe, Bon Apepetit !

Chicken and Black Bean Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tsp corn flour
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce, less salt
• 1 slice of ginger, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 350g chicken keel, cut into small chunks
• 1 gree/ yellow/ red bell pepper ( capcium), remove seeds and cut into squares
• 2 spring onion-sectioned
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• A handful of raw cashew nuts, toasted and break into halves
• 2 tbsp dry sherry
• 2 -3 tbsp black bean sauce

Method to prepare this dish:

• In a bowl, marinate chicken chunks with light soy sauce and a little pepper.
• Coat the chicken with corn flour and deep fry in a wok with sufficient oil for a few minutes. Semi-cook the chicken. Set aside.
• Remove the oil. Now use the olive oil.
• Saute the ginger and garlic until aromatic.
• Add in green bell pepper, spring onions, semi-cooked chicken, stir fry for 5minutes.
• Add in dry sherry, black bean sauce and a little water if it is too dry.
• Keep stiring to ennsure that all the ingredients are well blended with the sauce.
• Lastly, pour in the roasted cashew nuts before turn off heat.
• Serve hot with brown or white rice.

Written by peachpurple

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