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豆瓣酱
dòubànjiàng
Description
豆瓣酱是一种用豆子做的酱，颜色红红的，味道很咸也有点辣。
Doubanjiang is a sauce made from beans, red in color, salty and a bit spicy.
做四川菜的时候，很多人都会放一点豆瓣酱。
Many people add a bit of doubanjiang when cooking Sichuan dishes.
Meanings
豆瓣酱dòubànjiàng
fermented, often spicy bean paste used in cooking
这个菜要加一勺豆瓣酱才好吃。
This dish tastes better with a spoonful of doubanjiang.
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Notes
- Etymology
豆瓣 (bean halves) + 酱 (paste/sauce), literally 'bean-flake paste'.
- Nuance
often refers to 郫县豆瓣酱, the spicy Sichuan version essential in mapo tofu.
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