You can buy fermented black beans in several forms: plain (usually sold in small bags), in jars (usually labelled "black bean sauce") or flavoured with garlic and chillies (not that common).

Black bean sauce comes in jars, cans and vacuum packs and is sometimes flavoured with garlic, ginger, chillies or spices. Do not use black bean sauce interchangeably with yellow bean sauce ...

Can you guess what smells bad but tastes good? It is definitely stinky tofu, a traditional Chinese snack. Stinky tofu is made from soybeans, fermented black beans, sodium carbonate and others, whose w ...

Find fermented soy beans in Asian supermarkets or online to make this sauce, then enjoy it in a stir-fry with steamed fish, meat, shellfish or tofu Prep: 15 mins Cook: 20 mins Easy Easy Makes 280g ...

An authentic version of the classic beef in black bean sauce from Jeremy Pang. This recipe uses feremented black soy beans, which you can find in Asian supermarkets, online and in large supermarkets.

Chicken with black bean sauce is a popular restaurant dish. Too often, however, one is served overcooked vegetables with scraps of chewy chicken swimming in a gloopy sauce. This version is a ...

without reaching for that shop-bought sauce. Beef goes particularly well with black beans, the salty and pungent flavour of which is so distinctively southern Chinese. This simple, homely ...