CANTONESE BEEF

Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 medium onions, peeled and finely shredded
  • 4 large tomatoes, peeled, cut in eighths
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon fermented black beans, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • 1 cup beef stock
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch blended with 2-1/2 tablespoons stock or water
  • Green tops of green onions, sliced

Preparation

Step 1

Heat 3 tablespoons oil. Add onions, stir fry 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, sugar and salt, stir-fry 1 minute. Cover and cook until tomatoes are just tender and retain shape. return to bowl.

Heat remaining oil, add black beans, ginger and garlic. Stir-fry 1 minute. Add beef and cook over high heat until color changes 2-3 minutes. Add soy sauce, tomato mixture and beef stock.

Stir in blended cornstarch and stock to thicken, without breaking tomato pieces. Serve garnished with green onion tops.