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Pastimes : Diabetic Kitchen -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (449)	5/3/2018 12:29:29 AM
From: da_spot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1096

Neeka, if you've ever enjoyed Cantonese food, you've tasted oyster sauce :) Oystery...hmmm, guess it could be a word lol! Ooh yes, chicken with black bean sauce is good! You can make it so quickly. There is something therapeutic about taking out the chopping board and then smashing up cloves of garlic with a Chinese cleaver to remove the skin lol! Here are the details: 1. Roughly chop about 5-6 cloves of garlic. 2. Rinse 2 tablespoons of fermented black beans and add to the garlic on the chopping board. Chop the entire mixture some more. Voila, your own black bean mixture:) If you prefer more garlic taste, just increase the amount of garlic used. 3. Slice chicken, marinate with a touch of soya sauce, wine. 4. Stir fry (or steam as I prefer) the veggies, then drain and save the water. 5. Heat oil, stir fry chicken. When chicken is lightly browned, add black bean mixture and continue stir frying. 6. Add veggies to chicken, stir some more. Add a bit of the veggie water into the pot. 7. Take 1/4 cup of the cooled down veggie water, add 1 tbs of corn starch, stir to create a smooth slurry and add to the pot. Keep stirring and your sauce will thicken nicely. 8. Enjoy:)

To: Neeka who wrote (449)	5/3/2018 12:33:46 AM
From: da_spot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1096

Neeka, the simple recipe is very versatile. Another much loved Cantonese recipe is beef with bitter melon in black bean sauce. You would just replace the meat in the recipe above with sliced beef and the veggies with bitter melon (I LOVE bitter melon and it is a special and acquired taste lol!) Bitter melon has positive benefits for diabetics. I'll post a detailed recipe if you want it, but here's the bitter melon. I've seen the most beautiful white one as well... I've also made a black bean sauce (like the store-bought one) that can be kept in the fridge and used as a marinade or condiment. It is a variation of what I mentioned above, but with a bit more of a kick and immersed in oil and wine. That will be another post, if you're interested:) Basically, I like simple, healthy meals:)