Gluten Free Chinese Black Bean Sauce

This recipe for homemade Black Bean Sauce can be used in many Asian recipes. I keep it in the fridge and couldn’t live without it!

Course Homemade Sauces

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword Chinese black bean sauce

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Total Time 15

Servings tablespoons

Calories 35kcal

Author Cinde Little

Ingredients

2 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil
2 tablespoon Chinese black beans, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
½ cup gluten free chicken stock
1 tablespoon gluten free soy sauce
2 tablespoon Sherry
1 teaspoon sugar
1½ teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

Rinse black beans, drain and finely chop. Set aside with garlic.
In a liquid measuring cup measure chicken stock, soy sauce, Sherry, sugar and cornstarch. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
Heat oil in medium saucepan oven medium-high heat,
Add black beans and garlic. Stir for about 30 seconds.
Pour liquid into saucepan. Cook stirring continuously until sauce thickens, 2-4 minutes.
When cool pour into clean jar and label it. Keeps in refrigerator for several months. Makes about ¾ cup of sauce.

Notes

Chunky or Smooth: Use this sauce as is or puree with a hand blender for a smooth sauce.

Storing: This sauce will last a month if you always use a clean utensil in the jar. If mold grows on your sauce then you know someone snuck in that jar with a utensil that had touched something else.

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