Lean Mean Sze Chuan Chicken

Ingredients

• 20 mins
• 1 Tbsp light vegetable oil
• 1 generous Tbsp garlic and black bean paste
• 1 generous Tbsp thick mushroom or oyster sauce (I like the deep, woodsy flavour of mushroom sauce)
• 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
• Pinch sugar (optional)
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• 150 g (generous handful) green asparagus, trimmed, peeled if preferred and cut into lengths
• 200 g mushrooms (1 punnet), sliced (I used buttons but shiitake or oyster mushrooms are good too)
• 2 tsp hot chilli or red pepper flakes