Douchi
Fermented and salted black soybean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Douchi (Chinese: 豆豉; pinyin: dòuchǐ) or tochi (also known as fermented black soybeans, Chinese fermented black beans (Chinese: 黑豆豆豉; pinyin: hēidòu dòuchǐ; Jyutping: haak1dau2 dau6si6), salted black beans, salty black beans, or just black beans) is a type of fermented and salted black soybean most popular in the cuisine of China, where they are most widely used for making black bean sauce dishes.[1][page needed]
Alternative names | Fermented black soybeans, Chinese fermented black beans, salted black beans, salty black beans |
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Place of origin | Chinese |
Main ingredients | Fermented soybean |
Douchi | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 豆豉 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | dòuchǐ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jyutping | dau6-si6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Douchi is made by fermenting and salting black soybeans. The black type soybean is most commonly used and the process turns the beans soft, and mostly semi-dry (if the beans are allowed to dry). Regular soybeans (white soybeans) are also used, but this does not produce "salted black beans"; instead, these beans become brown. The smell is sharp, pungent, and spicy; the taste is salty, somewhat bitter and sweet. [citation needed] The product made with white soybeans is called mianchi.
Douchi, "Chinese salted black beans", and "black soybeans" are not the same as the black turtle bean, a variety of common bean that is commonly used in the cuisines of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.