Legume
Paste
Black bean paste is cooked beans mashed or puréed—ranging from Mexican refritos-style skillets with fat and onion to East Asian fermented black bean sauces (often soy-based and saltier; check labels). Unfermented paste is mild and earthy; fermented pastes are intense umami bombs used by the spoonful. Use as a burrito filling base, soup thickener, dip, or marinade component. Thin with stock or cooking liquid; season with cumin, chilli, or citrus for Latin profiles. Fermented Chinese douchi-style products are a different derivative tradition—do not swap 1:1 with simple mashed beans.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.78 g
- Saturated Fat 0.21 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.21 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 9.98 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
- Total Carbohydrate 19.9 g
- Dietary Fibre 6.36 g
- Total Sugars 1.99 g
- Complex / starch 11.7 g
- Protein 9.07 g
- Water 65.4 g
- Energy 116 kcal
- Water 65.4 g
- Carbohydrates 19.9 g
- Protein 9.07 g
- Fat 0.78 g
- Saturated Fat 0.21 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.21 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Omega-3 0.03 g
- Vitamins 171 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.21 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.76 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.58 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 5.7 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 136 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.56 mg
- Vitamin K 8.8 µg
- Minerals 369 mg
- Major Minerals 368 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.21 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.08 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.76 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.58 · vitamin-b6: 0.23 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 5.7 · vitamin-b9-folate: 136 · vitamin-e: 0.56 · vitamin-k: 8.8 ·
Minerals
Paste of Black Bean: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Mashed black beans became everyday accompaniments to tortillas and rice.
Canned refried-style and prepared pastes extended black bean convenience cooking.