Black Bean Sauce Squid

• 1 pound squid cleaned
• 2 tablespoons black beans
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tablespoons rice wine
• 1 teaspoon ginger grated
• 2 each scallions, spring or green onions chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1. Many people shy away from dishes with names like Black Bean Sauce Squid because they think it involves the preparation of a complicated sauce.
2. In fact it is quite easy.
3. The black beans themselves, fermented and salted when you buy them, are the sauce.
4. All you do is add a little rice wine to make a paste.
5. Then it's just like any other stir-fry a couple of minutes of high-heat cooking, continuously stirring, and the dish is done.
6. Prepare black bean sauce mixture by adding to the beans: rice wine, soy sauce and sugar.
7. Let sit for 15 minutes.
8. Saute garlic and ginger in the oil over medium heat in a heavy frying pan or wok until garlic is slightly browned.
9. Turn up heat.
10. Add squid and scallions.
11. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.
12. Pour in black bean sauce mixture, and cook for 2 minutes.
13. Add cornstarch and, when sauce thickens, remove from heat and serve.

black beans, garlic, rice wine, ginger grated, scallions, sugar, cornstarch, water, vegetable oil

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/black-bean-sauce-squid-45683 (may not work)