CANTONESE BEEF

By gaster16

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.