Black Bean Stir-Fry

Ingredients

• garlic

  minced
  3 cloves
• minced fresh ginger root
  1 tablespoon
• fresh hot chilies

  minced (or ½ teaspoon hot red pepper flakes)
  1 or 2 unit
• scallions

  separated: white part minced, green part cut on the diagonal in ½-inch pieces
  4 unit
• Chinese black beans
  3 tablespoons
• chicken stock
  ¼ to ½ cup
• soy sauce
  2 tablespoons
• sugar
  2 teaspoons
• sesame oil
  ½ teaspoon
• cornstarch
  1 teaspoon
• rice wine or sherry
  1 tablespoon
• shellfish (clams

  mussels, crabs, and/or lobster) or 1 pound of shrimp, fish, poultry, or pork
  2 pounds
• canola oil
  1½ tablespoons
• onion cubes
  ½ cup
• Red bell pepper or ½ red and ½ green peppers

  cut in cubes
  1 unit
• cups

  thinly sliced vegetables (cabbage, snow peas, and/or carrots
  2 to 3 unit
• Steamed white rice

  optional
  1 unit