Name: Pai-Ngapi Shan-Style Black Bean Chicken
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Myanmar (Burma)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons potato starch; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ small onion, chopped; 4 tablespoons oil; 2 cloves garlic; 4 tablespoons fermented black beans; 6 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 kg chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 2 medium onions, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Brick Lane Cookbook

By Dina Begum

Published 2018

About

Pai-ngapi is a popular pungent seasoning paste used all over Burma but originating from the highland Shan state. Added to everything from stir-fries and soups to curries, it’s made from fermented black soy beans and is earthy and garlicky with a touch of sweetness. Soe, the founder of Soe Burmese market stall, wanted to sell Shan-style black bean chicken so he came up with a homemade soy bean paste recipe similar to pai-ngapi but made with ingredients that are readily available in the UK. F