Fresh vegetables and protein arranged on a plate, ready to stir-fry with a bowl of black garlic stir fry sauce sitting on top, ready to use

Easy Black Garlic Stir-Fry Sauce

This easy black garlic stir-fry sauce is a quick way to add rich, savoury flavour to chicken, beef, prawns, tofu or vegetables. Made with soy sauce, Neudorf Black Garlic Essence, Neudorf Black Garlic Honey, sesame oil and ginger, it comes together in minutes from a handful of pantry ingredients.

Black Garlic Essence adds deep umami and rounds out the saltiness of the soy sauce, while Black Garlic Honey brings gentle sweetness and helps create a glossy, well-balanced sauce. A simple cornflour slurry thickens everything so the sauce coats your stir-fry rather than disappearing into the bottom of the pan.

cooked black garlic stir fry on a white plate

Quick tip

Because soy sauces vary considerably in saltiness, taste before adding any extra salt. If you'd like more sweetness, add another little drizzle of Black Garlic Honey.

What can I use this Black Garlic Stir-Fry Sauce with?

This versatile black garlic sauce is perfect for using up whatever vegetables are lurking in the fridge — which, frankly, is half the point of a stir-fry. It also works with almost any combination of protein and vegetables. Try it with:

Chicken – sliced breast or thigh
Beef – thinly sliced steak
Pork – strips of pork fillet
Prawns – particularly good with the sweet and savoury sauce
Tofu or tempeh – for an easy meat-free stir-fry
Mushrooms – their natural umami pairs beautifully with black garlic
Mixed vegetables – try broccoli, capsicum, courgette, carrots, green beans or bok choy

Serve your stir-fry over steamed rice or noodles, and finish with spring onions, sesame seeds or fresh chilli if you fancy it.

Easy Black Garlic Stir-Fry Sauce

Neudorf Black Garlic

Servings

4

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

7 minutes

Cuisine

Asian

Category

Dinner

This easy black garlic stir-fry sauce is a quick way to add rich, savoury flavour to chicken, beef, prawns, tofu or vegetables. Made with soy sauce, Neudorf Black Garlic Essence, Neudorf Black Garlic Honey, sesame oil and ginger, it comes together in minutes from a handful of pantry ingredients.

This recipe is good for approx 500 - 700g of meat and vegetables.

Easy Black Garlic Stir-Fry Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 1 tablespoon Neudorf Black Garlic Essence

  • 2 teaspoon Neudorf Black Garlic Honey

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  • 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger or ½ tsp ground ginger

  • 1 teaspoon cornflour

  • 1 teaspoon water

Directions

  1. Make the sauce. Combine the soy sauce, Black Garlic Essence, Black Garlic Honey, sesame oil and ginger in a small bowl. Stir until well combined.

  2. Make the cornflour slurry. In a separate small bowl, mix the cornflour with 1 teaspoon of water until completely smooth, then add this to the rest of the sauce and set aside.

  3. Cook your stir-fry. Cook your choice of protein and vegetables until almost done.

  4. Add the sauce. Pour the black garlic stir-fry sauce into the hot pan and toss everything together.

  5. Thicken. Give the sauce 1-2 minutes to coat everything and thicken a little.

  6. Serve immediately with steamed rice or noodles.