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.
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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)
- 🇩🇪 Chili-Bohnenpaste, Pixian Doubanjiang
- 🇩🇪 500g Super Scharfe Pixian Sichuan Saubohne in Chilliöl