“Sweet Fermented Flour Paste” (or Tian Mian Jiang in Chinese) is a savory runny paste with salty sweetness made from flour and flour through fermentation. It is an ideal fix for stir-fry dishes, and a dipping for Peking duck. It’s not made from soya bean, and it’s not the same as hoisin sauce or plum sauce. It’s a traditional sauce used in northern Chinese cuisine while hoisin often seen in Cantonese or other southern kitchens and used as a substitute to serve with Peking Duck.
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- Clean the chicken breast and pat it dry with kitchen towel. Cut them into 1-inch dices. Marinate chicken dices with cornstarch solution and salt for 30 minutes. Rinse the carrots and cut into 1-inch dices too.
- In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for the sauce. Set aside. Deep-fry diced carrots for about 5-8 minutes until cooked. Pour all but a tablespoon of oil in the skillet. Add in marinated chicken and stir until tender.
- Remove chicken and add in sesame oil in a skillet, add in the sauce and stir until thickens. Return the carrots and chickens, stir until thoroughly heated.
25 comments:
This looks beautiful and delicous, the sweet fermentes paste is a really new ingridient for me.
How do you find the tian mian jiang in Germany? Amazing & nicely done!
looks tasty
Sounds delicious! I'll have to look for the fermented flour paste.
I learn something new today... thanks for sharing the recipe and delicious looking photographs.
I never knew what went into that particular sauce... This looks delicious!
Sweet Fermented Flour Paste really caught my attention. I didn't know about this and would really like to try! Thanks!
Wonderful recipe. I'm curious too, do you find these particular Chinese ingredients in a Chinese shop?
This sounds delicious but never heard of Jiafan rice wine. Can it be substituted by something else?
This looks great, Angie! There are a few ingredients that are new to me too. I would love to try this!
I've yet to try this sauce! Looks delicious.
@Dajana
In Koeln city center, there's a relative large Chinese store "Far East" offers many different kinds of dressings, marinades and sauces. Some of them I have never even heard of before.
@Ivy, Reeni,
You can use Half-dry sherry wine instead of Chinese Jiafan rice wine.
@pigpigscorner
Nice to see you back from the honeymoon.
hmmmm...I didn't see LKK have this flour paste here yet!! your chic dish look really good!! must look hard at asian market next time when I shop there!
hmm i must use this sauce one day. rili good info angie and this is pretty new to me. how abt beef with this paste? will it taste good as using chicken?
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