Beef in black bean sauce

Not a great photo i'm afraid - it smelled so good that we couldn't wait to start eating. I'm not that keen on coriander usually but it was quite nice in this. It's also very easy... 5 minutes of chopping and then 5 minutes of cooking and it's ready.

Ingredients (serves 2):

1 large steak (we used sirloin), cut into strips

1 chilli, diced

1 clove of garlic, minced

1cm ginger, minced

1 green pepper, sliced

5 spring onions, sliced

1 handful of chinese cabbage, shredded (optional)

3 tbl sp black bean sauce

2 tbl sp chinese cooking wine

2 tbl sp soy sauce

1 tbl sp sesame oil or veg oil

1/2 tea sp sugar

juice of 1/2 a lime

coriander, finely chopped

noodles (we used garlic & coriander ready cooked noodles)

• Prepare all of the veg in advance and then fry the pepper, spring onions, garlic, chilli and ginger in the oil for a couple of minutes.
• Add the strips of beef and fry for a minute or two.
• Add the shredded cabbage, lime juice, sugar, soy, chinese cooking wine and black bean sauce. Stir well and allow to simmer for a couple of minutes.
• Meanwhile cook your noodles (or buy the straight to wok version for ease), and then add them to the pan.
• Stir everything well again before adding the coriander and then serving in warm bowls.