Awesome Hot Garlic Baby Corn

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 20 -25 baby corn, washed, trimmed and cut diagonally into 1 1/2 inch pieces
• 4 tablespoons cornflour
• 3 tablespoons oil
• oil, to deep fry
• 1/2 medium green bell pepper, washed, stems removed, deseeded and cut into 1/2 inch sized pieces
• 1/2 medium red bell peppers or 1/2 medium yellow bell pepper, stems removed, de-seeded and cut into 1/2 inch sized pieces
• 2 -3 whole red chilies, stems removed
• 1 spring onion, washed, trimmed and finely sliced
• 1 medium onion, peeled, washed and cut into quarters
• 10 -12 garlic cloves, peeled, washed and finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 tablespoons red chili paste
• 1 tablespoon hot black bean paste
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon red chili pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle 2 tbsp cornflour over the baby corn in a bowl and mix well.
• 2 if it is too dry, sprinkle 2 tbsp of water.
• 3 heat enough oil in a wok to deep fry the baby corn.
• 4 once the oil is hot, deep-fry the baby corn for 3-4 minutes or until it is crisp on either side.
• 5 drain on clean absorbent paper kitchen towels.
• 6 break the red chillies into two.
• 7 separate each layer of the quartered onions.
• 8 blend 2 tbsp cornflour in a cup of water.
• 9 heat oil in a wok. add the red chillies and chopped garlic. stir-fry it briefly.
• 10 add tomato sauce, vinegar, red chili paste, hot black bean paste, sugar and salt to taste.
• 11 now, gently stir in the vegetable stock.
• 12 cook on high heat for a minute.
• 13 add onions and bell peppers. cook for 10 more minutes, stirring every 2 or 3 minutes.
• 14 stir in the blended cornflour. cook until the mixture starts to thicken.
• 15 add the deep fried baby corn.
• 16 toss well to coat.
• 17 now, drizzle sesame oil and sprinkle red chili flakes over it.
• 18 serve hot with hot garlic fried rice!
• 19 enjoy!