There are many ways to make bean paste, but the most common one is to mix lobster sauce, pepper, salt and other materials and ferment them. Bean paste can not only improve the taste of dishes, but also increase the nutritional value of dishes, so it is widely used in Chinese food.
Selection of soybean paste
To buy bean paste, we must first look at the color and texture of bean paste. High-quality bean paste is deep red in color and delicate in texture, and the ratio of lobster sauce to pepper is moderate. The inferior bean paste is light in color and rough in texture, and the ratio of lobster sauce to pepper is not appropriate, which makes it taste bad.
Secondly, it depends on the taste and taste of red bean paste. Good bean paste is mellow in taste, rich in bean flavor, slightly spicy but not excessive, which can improve the taste of dishes. Inferior bean paste has rough taste, insufficient bean flavor and excessive spicy taste, which will affect the taste of dishes.
Usage of bean paste
Soybean paste is widely used in cooking in China. It can be used to cook various dishes, such as fish-flavored shredded pork, kung pao chicken and Sichuan-style pork. Here's how to use the bean paste:
1. Add bean paste when cooking: When cooking, you can add a proper amount of bean paste to make the dishes more delicious. Generally speaking, the time to add bean paste should be in the last step of cooking, so as to maintain the flavor and taste of bean paste.
2. Add bean paste when preparing the sauce: When making various sauces, you can add bean paste in moderation, such as spicy sauce and garlic paste. This can increase the taste and taste of the sauce.
3. Add bean paste when curing meat: When curing meat, you can add appropriate amount of bean paste to make the meat more delicious. Bean paste can increase the taste and improve the taste of meat.
Preservation method of soybean paste
Bean paste is a fermented product, so some problems should be paid attention to during storage to avoid affecting the taste and quality of bean paste. Here's how to preserve soybean paste:
1. Sealed storage: the bean paste should be sealed after use to prevent air from entering and affect the quality of the bean paste.
2. Avoid light: The bean paste should avoid direct sunlight, because sunlight will deteriorate the bean paste.
3. Low temperature storage: The bean paste should be stored in a low temperature environment to avoid deterioration.
Method for making soybean paste
Here's how to make bean paste:
Ingredients: 500 grams of lobster sauce, 500 grams of pepper, and appropriate amount of salt.
1. Wash and dry fermented beans for later use.
2. Wash and dry the peppers for later use.
3. Put the lobster sauce and pepper into the casserole respectively, add the right amount of salt and stir well.
4. Dry the casserole in the sun and stir it several times a day until the lobster sauce and pepper are dry.
5. Put the dried lobster sauce and pepper into a stone mortar and mash them with a stone pestle.
6. Put the mashed lobster sauce and pepper into a porcelain jar, add appropriate amount of salt and stir well.
7. Seal the porcelain jar and put it in a cool place for fermentation. Stir several times a day until the bean paste is ripe.
8. Mature bean paste can be stored in bottles or used directly.