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Mock Clams With Black Bean Sauce

Type: Vegetables
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Sauce
1/2 cup 118mlWater
2 tablespoons 30mlSoy sauce
2 tablespoons 30mlSherry
1 teaspoon 5mlSesame oil
1 teaspoon 5mlSugar
  "clams"
1 tablespoon 15mlCanola oil - (to 2)
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlSalted fermented black beans - rinsed, and
  Lightly crushed
1 teaspoon 5mlMinced garlic
1 teaspoon 5mlOnion - cut bite-size pieces (small)
1   Green bell pepper - cut bite-size pieces
1   Red bell pepper - cut bite-size pieces
24   Baked or fried seitan "meatballs" - (abt 1" dia)
1 teaspoon 5mlCornstarch - dissolved in
1 tablespoon 15mlWater

Recipe Instructions

Sauce: Combine all ingredients in small bowl; set aside.

"Clams": Heat oil in a work or large deep skillet over high heat. Add black beans and garlic; cook until fragrant, just a few seconds. Add onion; cook 1 minute. Add green and red peppers; stir-fry about 30 seconds. Add seitan "meatballs" and sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.

Add cornstarch solution and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens, about 30 seconds.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, Feb 1995

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