Stir-fried chicken with fermented black beans and bell peppers
September 6, 2008 – 2:30 pm by wiffy
Here’s part two of my growing bell peppers post, featuring a recipe cooked with the harvested bell pepper ^_^
This is a deliciously homely and pleasing Chinese stir fry dish which I learned from a cookbook. There were so much flavour in this dish, that we needed extra rice to go with it 
Ingredients
(Serves 2)
Credits: Recipe taken from “100 Homemade Dishes” by Irene Wong
150g chicken, chopped to small pieces
1/2 red bell pepper, cut to wedges
1/2 green bell pepper, cut to wedges
1 tsp fermented black beans (finely chopped)
1/2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tsp chopped shallots
1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (”shaoxing”/”hua tiao” wine)
1 tbsp cooking oil
marinade:
1/2 tsp light soy sauce
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
dash of white pepper
1 tsp corn starch
1 tsp olive/vegetable oil
Seasoning:
1.5 tbsp water
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp corn starch
Directions
1. Mix chicken with marinade and leave on for at least 10 minutes.
2. In a wok, heat oil and stir fry bell pepper wedges until cooked and side aside on a plate.
3. Using the remaining oil, stir fry fermented black beans, shallots and garlic till fragrant.
4. Add in chicken pieces and stir fry for 2 minutes. Sizzle cooking wine, cover the lid and cook for 3 minutes.
5. Pour in seasoning slowly and stir until the sauce is thick.
6. Return cooked bell peppers to wok and stir evenly.
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This is my entry for :Grow Your Own”, a food blog event started by Andrea, and currently hosted by … me!! Do you grow your own food too? Details on how to participate in the current edition here.
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Tags: bell peppers, Chicken, fermented black beans, Stir Fry
Posted in Blog Events, Chicken, Chinese, Grow Your Own, Meat Stir Fries, Recipes, Stir Fry
21 Responses to “Stir-fried chicken with fermented black beans and bell peppers”
Yummy… looking at it I am starting to drools.
By SueSue on Sep 6, 2008
Chicken with fermented black beans is one of my favorite restaurant dishes, but often when I eat it in restaurants, it’s very salty. Nice to make your own, so you can control how salty the dish is. And of course I always make it a little bit hot and spicy, too!
By Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) on Sep 6, 2008
This looks delicious. I bet it would be a great weeknight dish!
By Fearless Kitchen on Sep 6, 2008
Your photographs look so clear and lovely. The chicken with black beans and peppers beckons. I’ll have to come up with a Grow Your Own contribution.
By Rachel on Sep 7, 2008
look so yummy!.I love black bean sauce too,just bought a can of dried black bean.Looking at your photo make me hungry!!Now you remind me of the submittion :
By beachloverkitchen on Sep 7, 2008
Wow, I love this and this dish of yours look really delicious.
By Little Corner of Mine on Sep 7, 2008
You’ve been tagged for a question meme!
By [eatingclub] vancouver || js on Sep 8, 2008
Hi,
Looks and I bet taste, yummy too. My younger girl love all things black beans, she will be thrilled. Will be making this dish for dinner. Hopefully it turns out. I am a klutz where cooking is concerned.
Awesome blog - keep it up!
Cheers!
By skinnymum on Sep 8, 2008
Chicken with bell peppers! Another delicious and healthy dish! Thanks for sharing
By Ning on Sep 8, 2008
Nice dish with fermented black beans. I made a version with fermented beancurd, not too bad.
By didally on Sep 8, 2008
You have such green fingers! Combined with chef fingers, you rock.
By Andie Summerkiss on Sep 8, 2008
Suesue:: Hee, glad it got you drooling
Lydia:: Oh yes, I just know you will make it hot n spicy
Fearless K:: Thanks!
Rachel:: Thanks for visiting me, and for your GYO entry ^^
beachlover:: Hee, I look forward to receiving your entry
LCOM:: Thanks
js:: Hi, thanks, I’ll check it out ^^
skinnymum:: Hi, thanks and welcome
Hope you like the dish when you try it 
Ning:: Thank you for your kind words
didally:: I think your version sounds really good, gonna try it out one of these days
Andie:: Aww you are making me blush. I am just a noob cook
Thanks for visiting me 
By wiffy on Sep 8, 2008
The dish look great noobs! But I really dig the post on growing your own peppers. I didn’t realise we could in this part of the world. Thanks! I (actually, my husband) will get on this asap
By Dee on Sep 8, 2008
Hey GF!I have something for you at my kitchen,hop over!
By beachloverkitchen on Sep 9, 2008
Mmmm black beans. The rice really does seem like it goes really fast whenever I use that seasoning.
By Jude on Sep 9, 2008
This looks great. My stir fries always turn out horribly. I need more practice!
By lisa on Sep 9, 2008
How delicious!
I did try uploading to Wordpress, and it seems only a better camera can produce the perfect pictures that I swoon over. How silly was I? Haha…your pictures sure deserve a good swoon!
By Katie on Sep 9, 2008
Yum, black beans! They’ve been a favorite of mine for years. We like them with beef and bell peppers and some noodles. Lovely dish for Grow Your Own!
By Andrea on Sep 9, 2008
Dee:: ThankS!!
Wish you success in your gardening endeavors! 
beachloverkitchen:: Thankkk yoooouuu for your award! *hugs*
Jude:: Yes … I agree
lisa:: practice makes perfect
Katie:: Thankies! Your photos are good, keep up the good work!
Andrea:: Thanks Andrea … your version sounds great
By wiffy on Sep 10, 2008
What a great round up with lots of recipes to try!
By noble pig on Sep 18, 2008