{"id":367,"slug":"black-bean-stir-fry","title":"Black Bean Stir-Fry","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["3 cloves garlic, minced","1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root","1–2 fresh hot chiles, minced (or ½ teaspoon hot red pepper flakes)","4 scallions, separated: white part minced, green part cut on the diagonal in ½-inch pieces","3 tablespoons Chinese black beans","¼ to ½ cup chicken stock","2 tablespoons soy sauce","2 teaspoons sugar","½ teaspoon sesame oil","1 teaspoon cornstarch","1 tablespoon rice wine or sherry","2 pounds (900 g) shellfish (clams, mussels, crabs, and/or lobster) or 1 pound (450 g) of shrimp, fish, poultry, or pork","1½ tablespoons canola oil","½ cup onion cubes","1 red bell pepper or ½ red and ½ green peppers, cut in cubes","2–3 cups, thinly sliced vegetables (cabbage, snow peas, and/or carrots","Steamed white rice, optional"],"ingredients_norm":["garlic","fresh ginger root","fresh hot chili","green onion","chinese black bean","to cup chicken stock","soy sauce","sugar","sesame oil","cornstarch","rice wine or sherry","shellfish or pound of shrimp fish poultry or pork","canola oil","onion cube","red bell pepper or red and green pepper","snow peas and/or carrot","steamed white rice"],"steps":["In small bowl, combine garlic, ginger root, chilies, scallion whites, and black beans.","In another small bowl, combine ¼ cup stock, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil, and stir until sugar dissolves.","In a third small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in wine or sherry.","Scrub clams, if using, cut shellfish into 1-inch pieces or thinly slice poultry or meat.","Just before serving, heat a wok over high heat.","Swirl in canola oil.","Stir-Fry onion and bell pepper for a minute then add garlic and bean mixture and cook for 15 seconds, or until fragrant but not brown.","Add seafood and stir-fry for 1 minute.","Add stock-based sauce and cook for 2 to 5 minutes, or until seafood is cooked; if necessary to prevent mixture from sticking to pan, add remaining stock. (If steaming clams, tightly cover wok.)","Stir cornstarch mixture and add to stir-fry along with scallion greens and sliced vegetables.","Bring sauce to a boil.","Serve immediately along with white rice if desired."],"categories":["Asian recipes","Bean recipes","Recipes using rice","Stir fry recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using red bell pepper","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using chile","Recipes using cornstarch","Douchi recipes","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using fresh ginger","Recipes using chicken broth and stock","Recipes using green onion"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Black_Bean_Stir-Fry","source_ref":"4523914","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Black_Bean_Stir-Fry&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f687d4c1401fd3838691c5f1621bd1475dc1c076b1a59c987185c48d451250e0","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:15Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:15Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/black-bean-stir-fry"}