Cooking with fermented black beans has been on my list some time while and I have finally gotten around to it. My roommate in university used to make a black bean chicken that had real potential so I have been hoping to relive it a bit. I was able to find the beans in my local Asian grocery for about two dollars.
I wanted to try and use it with salmon since we have so much of it right now and it was a great combination. I found this post and used her recipe pretty faithfully. The only thing I might change next time is to hold back a bit of the cornstarch (maybe use a teaspoon?). I am quite excited to try these beans in beef marinades and maybe a sauce with some greens. Expect to seem them appearing again soon.
(serves 4)
4 salmon fillets
2 teaspoons oil
2 tablespoons fermented black beans, rinsed and chopped
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 cup light chicken stock, or 2/3C stock plus 1/3C water
1 ½ tablespoons cooking sherry or rice wine
1 teaspoon sugar
2 scallions, finely sliced
1. Cook salmon by broiling or pan frying, set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add garlic, ginger and beans. Cook for 1 minute.
3. Whisk together the corn starch, stock (or water if using), sugar and wine and add. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly and simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Spoon sauce over salmon and add scallions over top.
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Looks tasty. I have never used plain fermented black beans before. I have used and really enjoy, black bean sauce. I will have to look for some plain fermented black beans.
An excellent way to use up that BC salmon. I would never have thought of using black bean sauce with salmon, but, it makes sense!!!Hope the weather is nice in Vancouver…headed that way for the long weekend.
It seems like it should be good at least until Monday. Of course my standards for good sunny Vancouver weather may be different then yours
It is a beautiful clear night so far.