Peppers with black beans - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1½ tbsp groundnut oil or vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp finely chopped shallots
• 2 tbsp coarsley chopped salted black beans
• 1½ tbsp finely chopped garlic
• 1 tbsp peeled and finely chopped fresh root ginger
• 2 red, yellow and green peppers, all seeded and cut into 2½ cm/1in squares
• 2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 tbsp chilli bean sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 150ml vegetable stock or water
• 2 tsp sesame oil