Stir-Fried Chicken w/ Black Bean Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• sea salt (to taste)
• 1 tbsp peanut oil
• freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 2 tbsp fermented black beans
• 1 tbsp garlic (about 3 cloves)
• 1 tsp Shao Hsing rice wine (or dry sherry)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/8 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 2 tsp oyster sauce
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp corn starch
• 2 cups Chinese long beans*
• 1 cup red pepper
• 1 long Thai red chili (optional)
• 1 tbsp fresh garlic (about 3 to 5 cloves)
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger (about 1")
• 1/2 cup Chinese chives**
• 2 tbsp toasted cashews
• 1 to 2 tbsp peanut oil