Title: Kangaroo Strips with Bok Choy and Chilli Black Bean Sauce
Categories: Chinese Kangaroo
Yield: 6 Servings

400	g	Kangaroo fillet, trimmed and sliced into thin strips
1	bn	Baby bok choy, washed
2	ts	Birdseye chillies, chopped
1	ts	Shallots (not spring onions), chopped
1	ts	Garlic cloves, chopped
1	ts	Fresh green ginger, chopped
25	ml	Chinese brown rice wine
1	tb	Black beans, washed and drained
150	ml	Light beef stock
50	ml	Soy sauce
1	ts	Fish sauce
1	ts	Freshly ground black pepper.

Trim bok choy leaves, slice larger ones in half lengthways, leaving stalks attached. Heat some oil in wok; add shallots, 3/4 of chillies, 3/4 of garlic and ginger and saute quickly for 30 seconds until aromatic. Add the brown rice wine and reduce until it thickens. Add black beans, stock, soy sauce, and bring to boil. Cook for five minutes then take off heat and set aside.

Heat some oil in a clean wok; add the remaining garlic and chillies, then kangaroo strips. Toss quickly for a few seconds over high heat. Add the warm sauce and the bok choy leaves. Cook quickly for a few seconds until leaves are wilted, for one minute only. Season with fish sauce and freshly ground black pepper. Pile onto centre of plate and serve immediately.

Recipe by Chris Manfield from the Paragon Cafe, Circular Quqay. From an article by Shelli-Anne Couch in the Sydney Morning Herald, 3/2/83. Courtesy, Mark Herron.

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