Beef and black bean sauce go well together, so tonight’s improv cooking result was this. I used flat green beans, leeks and spinach for vegetables. For the sauce I combined black bean sauce (甜麺醤) with a little bit of sake and soy sauce and added chili sesame oil (rayu) before serving.

I used to love beef chow fun with black bean sauce back in NYC from the nearby Chinese place. Having no chow fun here though, I used udon noodles. Out came a Chinese variation of Yakiudon (焼うどん).