Beef in Fragrant Black Bean Sauce

I have just had this for tea from Gok Cooks Chinese  It work out at 13 propoints for the whole recipe if doing points. For Filling and Healthy, you need to make a couple of changes or count some pps.

Sesame Oil is not f&h, 3 tsp is 4 pps.  I think it's worth keeping in the recipe for the nutty flavour. Up to you  if you want to leave it out.

Groundnut oil is not f&h, I replaced it with olive oil.

I don't know if fermented black beans have any pps but to be honest there is only 1 tbsp.

Dry sherry is 1 pp per tbsp.

So there are some pps to count on F & H.

As it happens it served 3 of us, with noodles for the others, courgette noodles for me!


Beef in Fragrant Black Bean Sauce

Serves 2 6 pps per serving 13 per whole recipe.

1 small head broccoli cut into small florets
3 tsp sesame oil *
pinch salt
1 tbsp groundnut oil*
2 cm fresh ginger, finely chopped
2-3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
1 spring onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp fermented black bean, soaked for 5 mins in warm water then drained
1 beef sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped (deseeded if you prefer)
pepper
1 tbsp Shaoxing Rice Wine or dry sherry
light soy sauce to taste

Blanch the broccoli in slated boiling water for 2 minutes.  Drain and season with the sesame oil and a pinch of salt. Mix well and set aside.

Heat the wok over high heat.  Add the groundnut oil.  Add the ginger, garlic and spring onion and stir fry for 10 seconds then add the black beans and cook for 20 seconds, stirring and tossing.

Add the steak strips and cook for 2-3 minutes to seal on all sides.  Add the chilli, broccoli, a pinch of salt and pepper along with the rice wine or sherry, 1 tsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp water.  Toss to mix well.  Taste and adjust seasoning.

Serve with noodles, rice or courgette noodles.

Note: Noodles are not f&h so you would need to count pps for them.