Step 1

Place cornstarch in a plate then dredge the fish pieces on it until it’s lightly coated.

Step 2

Heat up oil in a wok and shallow fry fish quickly on each side until it becomes golden brown, it will take around 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

Step 3

In the same wok where fish is fried sauté garlic, shallot and ginger.

Step 4

Add green capsicum then stir fry for a minute. Then add fish and tofu.

Step 5

Add water, black bean sauce, soy sauce, sugar and black beans bring to a boil, turn fish once and simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce becomes thick. If the sauce is thin you can add a bit of cornstarch slurry to thicken it.

Step 6

Flavour with fish sauce and season with freshly ground black pepper.