Stir-Fried Chicken And Tomatoes With Black Beans

Soak fermented black beans.

Skin and bone chicken; then dice. Peel and dice tomatoes. Mince garlic and mash with soaked black beans.

In one cup, combine sherry, sugar, salt, soy sauce and pepper. In another,blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste.

Heat oil. Add garlic-black bean mixture; stir-fry a few times. Add chicken and stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes)

Sprinkle with sherry-sugar mixture; stir-fry 1 minute more. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. Stir in tomatoes gently to heat through.

Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Serve at once.