Condiment
Whole Fermented Black Beans
S tier
Whole fermented black beans are the douchi themselves: salted, dry-ish, to be rinsed or not, chopped or left whole in steamed spare ribs. They are an ingredient more than a ready sauce. A pinch goes far. The garlic jar is convenient; this is the source.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Chop Or WholeSteamed Ribs
Traits
DryishNot Ready SaucePinchRinse OptionalSaltySourceSource IngredientWhole Douchi
History
CN
Douchi—fermented black soybeans—were an early Chinese keeping condiment.
Bags of whole fermented black beans travelled with Cantonese cooks.
Recipes again called for whole beans instead of only the garlic jar.