Broad bean paste
My first contact with this was when my attention got drawn to the Mapo Tofu. On Kenji López-Alt’s Serious Eats recipe and a comment by author xiaozi both Kenji and xiaozi say[^1] the proper paste to use is Pixiandouban.
Alternate names
🇺🇸 Chili bean paste
🇺🇸 Chili bean / broad bean sauce
🇩🇪 Saubohne / Paste / Sauce
Online findings of this paste
🇺🇸 Pixian red-oil broad bean paste (Hong you douban / doubanjiang)
Store findings
Last modified: 07 August 2024