Firstly make your black bean sauce. You can buy fermented black beans online. take your fermented black beans cover in warm water and leave whilst you make the base for the sauce.

In a pan heat your ginger, garlic and spring onions and cook for a few minutes. After you have done this uncover your beans and mash with a fork.

Add the beans to the pan and add the wet ingrediants and reduced down for 10 mins.

When the sauce has reduced down add your corn startch to thicken and set aside.

In a serperate pan or wok, heat your onion and pepper and water chestnuts, cook for a few minutes, next add your leftover chicken and warm through.

Add the rest of your ingrediants (excluding the coriander) including your black bean sauce and heat for a couple of mins.

Add the coriander once the wok is off the heat and serve in bowls with either plain boiled rice or eggs noodles and scatterd cashew nuts

. Enjoy x