How to prepare black bean for stir fry

How to prepare black bean for stir fry. Black bean sauce is a unique Chinese culinary flavour; it’s one of the popular dishes in take ways and in Chinese household. For convenience buy jars of black bean from your local Chinese supermarket. For best taste and flavour prepare your own from dried fermented black bean. Below is how I prepare my own black bean for all my stir fry black bean sauce dishes. Empty the dried fermented black bean into a large bowl and soak it in hot water for about 10 minutes to rehydrate it. Leave it to drain off excessive water for about 10 minutes. Coarsely chop up the fresh garlic and ginger. Heat wok and add generous amount vegetable cooking oil, add the garlic and ginger. Allow them to sizzle for a couple of minutes to extract the flavour. Add the black bean and stir fry for a few minutes adding a dash of cooking wine and white pepper powder. Keep adding some more oil every now and again to maintain the temperature and to keep the black bean from drying up. The amount of oil should be about to cover the black bean. Add half teaspoon of MSG, a teaspoon of sugar and half teaspoon of 5 spice powder. Maintain medium heat and let it fry for about 10 minutes, stirring every now and again to complete. Ingredients; 1 packet of dried fermented black bean 4 cloves fresh garlic 1 piece fresh ginger (30g) Half teaspoon MSG 1 teaspoon sugar Half teaspoon 5-spice powder Dash of wine Dash of white pepper powder Plenty of vegetable oil My blog http://www.khoanvong.com My e-book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wok-fury-How... #howtoprepareblackbean #blackbeansauce #blackbean My twitter feed   / khoanvong