Condiment
Chunky Yellow Bean Sauce
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Chunky yellow bean sauce keeps whole or split fermented beans: rustic, more texture, a mapo-adjacent or home-style northern paste. The beans should be tender, not gravel. A braise or a rustic stir-fry. Smooth is easier in a fine sauce.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BraiseHome Stir Fry
Traits
ChunkyCrock FeelNot Fine SauceNot GravelRusticTender BeansTextureWhole Beans
History
CN
Home yellow bean pastes were often left chunky from the crock.
Chunky yellow bean sauce was bottled as a rustic alternative to smooth.
Texture choice—smooth or chunky—appeared on export labels.