Ferments & funk · sauce

Black bean sauce

Also called black bean garlic sauce, Chinese black bean sauce

Cantonese sauce of fermented black beans with garlic and soy, salty and pungent; for stir-fried beef, spare ribs, steamed fish and clams.

VeganVegetarianDairy-freeContains: soy and gluten

What can replace it

  • T3 · In a pinchChunjang

    Sweeter, roasted and less pungent; add chopped garlic.

  • T3 · In a pinchOyster sauce

    Sweet and savoury but no fermented-bean funk.

  • T3 · In a pinchYellow bean sauce

    Lighter and milder, without the dark black-bean pungency.

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