Ingredients
Backstrap of Chinese Water Deer
Shallots
Radicchio
Chestnut Mushrooms
Purple Sprouting broccoli
Ginger
Garlic
Cilantro
Konnyaku Noodles
Oyster Sauce
Sesame Oil
Soy Sauce
Black Bean Sauce
Dried crispy chilli
Salt and Pepper
Method
Finely slice shallots, chop radicchio into two removing the core then slice. Crush a bulb of garlic. Slice ginger into slender strips. Slice Chestnut mushrooms into chunky slices.
Prepare a pan of boiling water.
Remove any sinew from the venison then slice and add to a hot pan, season with pepper and add just a touch of salt (don’t oversalt as adding soy later). Brown the meat and then remove from the pan. This avoids the meat becoming overcooked and chewy.
Add sesame oil to the pan and add in the vegetables, stirring for 2 – 3 minutes, add oil as needed to keep it lubricated
Add the Konnyaku noodles to the boiling water.
To the stir fry add dried chillies, dollop of black bean sauce and add the water deer back into the pan.
Remove the noodles from the boiling water using tongs, straight into the stir fry add roughly chopped Cilantro and a splash of Soy Sauce.