Homemade Chinese Black Bean Sauce
Make your own homemade Chinese black bean sauce in 30 minutes or less. It is potent, pungent, salty, savory, and earthy, which makes it ideal for pairing with various sweet and spicy dishes.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 350 g fermented black beans (Douchi)
- 300 g peanut oil
- 30 g minced garlic
- 30 g minced onion
- 30 g minced ginger
- 30 g Jinhua ham (optional)
- 10 g dried tangerine peel (optional)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the fermented black beans by chopping them into small chunks.
- 2
Then, heat 300g peanut oil in a pan.
- 3
When the oil is hot, add the minced garlic, minced ginger, and minced onions.
- 4
Fry until slightly crisp and golden.
- 5
Next, add the chopped fermented black beans, 10g dried tangerine peel, and 20g Jinhua diced ham.
- 6
Stir the ingredients well.
- 7
Afterward, add 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, and 1 tbsp oyster sauce.
- 8
Stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes until the ingredients are incorporated.
- 9
Turn off the heat and let the black bean sauce cool.
- 10
Once it cools, store it in a glass jar container and seal it.