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    Spicy Black Bean Sauce

    Last Modified: June 22, 2022 by Elaine| 25 Comments

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    Homemade spicy version of Chinese black bean sauce uses fermented black beans, peanuts, sesame seeds and garlic with an amazingly yummy taste. We call it spicy and aromatic black bean sauce (香辣豆豉酱).

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    If you ask me about my favorite seasonings, I would put fermented black bean in the first place followed by Sichuan Doubanjiang. Fermented beans enjoy a high popularity inside China. Besides, fermented black beans, we also have homemade fermented soy beans. The later one was one of the common appetizers in my grandmother’s dinner table. Each year, she made large jars of Sichuan pickled vegetables, fermented soy beans and doubanjiang. We would bring large bags of food after each visiting.

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    There are many famous black bean sauces available on Asian market like Laoganma black bean sauce and other brands. The version I shared today is a special version my mother named as “rice suffer” literally means that if you get this black bean sauce, then your rice will be consumed quickly. This is the very basic version and you can definitely add some mushrooms, even beef, chicken to this sauce. Just make sure that each ingredient needs to be fried to dry before mixing to the sauce.

    Fermented black bean, in Chinese Traditional Medicine is a food with medicinal benefits. But for me, I care about the taste mostly.

    Tips for the garlic cloves: I would not recommend smash the garlic clove. Finely chop it to similar size otherwise some of them might be burnt during frying process.

    Tips for keeping: this black bean sauce can be kept for several months as long as the content is soaked with oil.

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    Recipes you can apply this sauce:

    Spicy grilled fish | Steamed ribs with fermented soy beans |

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version

    Elaine
    Black Bean Sauce—Homemade Spicy Version
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Sauce and paste
    Cuisine Sichuan cuisine
    Calories 101 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup fermented black bean
    • ½ cup finely chopped garlic cloves
    • 1 cup vegetable oil
    • 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts
    • 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
    • 1 tablespoon chili pepper powder
    • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
    • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
    • 1 teaspoon sugar

    Instructions

    • Stir fry the fermented black bean in pan without oil for around 1 to 2 minutes until they are separated from each other. Transfer out.
    • Pour around 1 cup of vegetable oil in wok or pan; add chopped garlic cloves to stir fry over medium fire until you can smell the aroma. Add fried fermented black beans. Use slow fire to continue frying for 5~8 minutes.
    • Add roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, chili pepper powder and Chinese five spice powder in. Mix well.
    • Add sugar and light soy sauce in. Combine well. Remove from fire to cool down.
    • Transfer to airtight container for around 1 or 2 days so all the ingredients can combine well.
    • Serve directly as appetizers, with steamed rice or apply in recipes.

    Notes

    1. This yummy black bean sauce can be kept for months in airtight container if the content is well soaked with oil.
    2. If you want to add mushrooms, chicken or beef, do deep-frying or roast them to remove the water.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 100gCalories: 101kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 221mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 415IUVitamin C: 5.2mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Black Bean
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    Comments

    1. Steven

      April 15, 2016 at 10:02 pm

      Guangdong 100g

      Black soybean 55%
      Water 33%
      Salt 12%

      http://www.theasiancookshop.co.uk/chinese-fermented-salted-black-beans-preserved-salted-black-bean-4859-p.asp

      Tung Chun 227g

      Black Soybean 99.5%
      Salt 0.5%

      Reply
    2. Soner Ali

      July 03, 2018 at 4:57 am

      5 stars
      Hi
      Do I need to rinse the beans to get rid of some of the salt.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        July 03, 2018 at 8:45 pm

        If you prefer a light taste, you can rinse the fermented black beans.

        Reply
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