Black Bean Sauce

Name: Black Bean Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Fermented black beans (dau see)*; Fermented black beans (dau see)*; Garlic; Soy sauce; Sugar; (Chili)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Cook’s Guide to Chinese Vegetables

By Martha Dahlen

Published 1992

About

Ingredients

Fermented black beans (dau see)^*
Garlic
Soy sauce
Sugar
(Chili)<

Asia
China
Sauce
Vegan

Method

Chinese fermented black beans are soy beans that have been cooked, salted, and fermented in a process similar to making soy sauce; hence, they are oblong in shape, rather soft in texture, and rich in flavor.

General directions for sauce

Use approximately two parts black beans to one part garlic. (Some cooks rinse the beans before proceeding.) Crush