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A white plate containing stir fry chicken with bell peppers, spring onions, garlic, and fermented black beans.

Chicken with Black Bean Sauce

Easy Chinese chicken with bean sauce recipe made with juicy tender chicken slices, onions, peppers, and savoury umami black bean sauce. You can make it at home with minimum ingredients and is ready in 30 minutes. Taste just like you've had at your favourite restaurants and takeaways!
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 397kcal
Author: Khin

Equipment

  • 1 Large wok/pan

Ingredients

Chicken & Marinade

  • 300 g Boneless chicken thigh/breast About 10.5 oz, Cut thin slices
  • 1 tsp Light soy sauce Or all-purpose soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil Or cooking oil
  • 1 tsp Corn starch Or potato starch
  • 1 tsp Shao Xing wine Chinese cooking rice wine, see details in note
  • ½ tsp Baking soda

Stir Fry Ingredients

  • ½ Onion Cut thin slices
  • 2-3 cloves Garlic Finely chopped/minced
  • 1 tsp Ginger Finely chopped/minced
  • ½ Red bell pepper Cut small squares
  • ½ Green bell pepper Cut small squares
  • 1 tbsp Fermented black beans Roughly chopped (see recipe note for details)
  • 2-3 Spring onions Cut 2" pieces
  • 2-3 tbsp Cooking oil Or sunflower, canola, vegetable, peanut oil, etc

Sauce

  • 1 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
  • 3 tbsp Water
  • 2 tsp Sugar
  • ½ tsp Corn starch or potato starch

Instructions

  • Cut chicken into thin slices and mix it well with soy sauce, sesame oil, baking soda, Shao Xing wine, and corn starch. Set it aside and marinate for 15 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, combine all the stir fry sauce ingredients, mix it well, and set it aside.
  • Heat the large wok or pan over medium-high heat, drizzle 2 tbsp of oil and add the marinated chicken slices. Flatten and sear the chicken for 2 minutes then flip and continue stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add onions and bell peppers and cook for another 1 minute. Remove everything from the pan and set them aside.
  • In the remaining pan, drizzle 1 tbsp of oil, saute the garlic and ginger for a few seconds until fragrant. Add fermented black beans and stir fry for a few seconds.
  • Pour the sauce mixture in and stir it well until the sauce is slightly thickened.
  • Add the cooked chicken and vegetables back in the pan and combine well with the sauce and stir fry until the sauce is thick and glossy.
  • Finish with spring onions and toss it well with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Transfer to serving plate. Serve with plain rice or noodles.

Nutrition

Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 1625mg | Potassium: 795mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1207IU | Vitamin C: 69mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg
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