Chinese Beef and Peppers in Black Bean Sauce Recipe

Ingredients (16)

• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3/4 pound sirloin steak, or flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain
• 2 medium bell peppers (1 green and 1 orange or red)
• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 large, thin ginger slices
• 1 tablespoon fermented black beans, or black bean sauce, to taste
• 4 tablespoons oil, divided, for stir-frying, or as needed
• 1/2 cup chicken stock, or broth or water
• 1 dash salt, or to taste
• 1 dash ground black pepper, or to taste
• 1 dash soy sauce, or to taste