Stir fried caribou with black bean sauce
Yield: 4 Servings S
Ingredients:
- 3/4 c Dried black beans
- 3 c Stock
- 1 1/2 ts Fresh ginger; chopped
- 2 cl Garlic; minced
- 1 Chile pepper; chopped finely
- 3 tb Sherry wine vinegar
- 1/2 ts Salt STIR-FRY:
- 8 oz Caribou deer or beef steak
- 1 tb Sesame oil
- 1 tb Chopped fresh ginger
- 1 cl Garlic finely chopped
- 2 Celery ribs; julienned
- 1/2 c Mushrooms; fresh sliced
- 1/2 md Onion; sliced vertically -into crescent fans
- 1 c Bean Sprouts
Instructions:
To make sauce: Soak the beans in water overnight rinse and drain. Combine black beans stock ginger garlic chile and vinegar in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer covered until beans are tender about 1 hour. Pour into blender or food processor add the salt and blend until smooth. Return to the saucepan and hold over a low heat. To make stir-fry: Trim all the fat from meat and cut against the grain into quarter-inch strips. Place oil in a nonstick skillet or wok over high heat. Add the meat and stir fry for a few seconds. Add ginger garlic celery mushrooms and onion; stir fry until vegetables are tender-crisp. Add sprouts and and a cup of the sauce cover and cook a further 30-40 seconds and remove from heat. Serve with steamed rice and pass the rest of the sauce at the table. Jim Weller



