The Chinese Stuffed Peppers My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

Learn how to make Chinese Stuffed Peppers from a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef with 60+ years of experience

📝 Ingredients

• 10 oz shrimp
• 10 oz swai fish fillet
• 1 whole green bell pepper
• 1 whole red bell pepper
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp cooking wine
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 0.5 tsp white pepper
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp black bean paste
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 4 tbsp water
• 0.5 tsp dark soy sauce

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Prepare filling: The filling is a paste that's made of shrimp and fish, and while you can sometimes buy this at a Chinese seafood counter, it's good to know how to make it from scratch!
2. 2Cut peppers: Cut the red bell pepper and green bell pepper open and remove the core and seeds.
3. 3Fill pepper: Grab the filling from the fridge.
4. 4Prepare sauce: In a separate bowl, stir together black bean paste, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, cornstarch, and water. This will become a smooth black bean sauce that you'll drizzle over (or drown, up to you) your finished peppers.
5. 5Pan-fry peppers: Grab your favorite flat-bottomed pan. A non-stick pan is really going to help you out here!
6. 6Cook sauce: There's no need to wash the pan; it's fine to cook the sauce in the residual oil.