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Sichuan / Pixian / Pi Xian Broad Bean Paste 16OZ (454g)

4.1 out of 5 stars 52 customer reviews
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About the Product
  • Pixian Broad Bean Paste; Net Weight: 16oz, 454g; Made in China
  • Recipes rely on Pixian fermented bean paste known as la doubanjiang, considered the soul of Sichuan cooking, for added depth and flavor. The most prized doubanjiang comes from the town of Pixian.
  • The flavor, Pixian doubanjiang is nutty, savory, and has a warming, earthy spiciness with subtle notes of sweetness derived from the fermentation process.
  • When fried in oil and doubanjiang, in fact, are all one needs to whip together an impressive Sichuan dish. Try incorporating it into your favorite burger or chile con carne recipes.

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  • ASIN: B00A9OF6NS
  • UPC: 637077108645 519395030429
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,698 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

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5.0 out of 5 starsFinally, the real thing!
By Leftcoastcat on November 24, 2013
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Finally, the real thing! Full of proper fermented funk, rough and robust fava beans and chilies, perfection for ma po dofu, hot pot, dan dan noodles and other Sichuan delights. You can make a decent dish with Lee Kum Kee Chili Bean Sauce (Toban Djan), but for a real taste of Sichuan, this is the one you need! Excellent!
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5.0 out of 5 starsDo not use anything but Pi Xian Broad Bean Paste
By Laoshi on May 11, 2014
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I've been using Fuschia Dunlop's cookbooks for the past 6 months. In that time, I had been using Lee Kum Kee's Chili Bean Paste. The dishes I'd been making were good, but they were still missing some of that authentic Sichuan taste that I remember from my time in Sichuan. My LKK sauce ran out, and I just in time came across this famous ingredient that Ms. Dunlop claims should be used instead of LKK. I bought it despite it's high price. Well, well, well, this is indeed the real thing. The food that I make now is distinctively different from what I made before. My dishes now are so much richer, spicier, tastier, and authentic. Pi Xian looks so much different from LKK's chili bean paste. It's darker and it contains whole beans. The downside is that the dishes that it produces are oilier than the same dishes that I made with LKK.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Stuff! Overpriced like crazy.
By JMForester on April 30, 2015
Great stuff! BUT, my local Asian market carries this for $2.19 for this size package.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe real deal for Sichuan dishes
By E. Murphy on September 21, 2015
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For Sichuan dishes like mabo doufu, the millions of bottled Chinese chili bean sauce brands will do in a pinch, but this one is da kine ... the real deal, made with broad beans (fava beans) rather than soybeans. Made in Pi Xian County, Sichuan, so you know it's good. Incomparable flavor. It is not lethally spicy red hot ... I'd call it kind of medium hot. Like most Chinese preserved food products, it is a bit salty ... don't add salt to a dish until you taste it. A little sugar is the Chinese way of reducing saltiness. Once opened, keeps forever sealed in a zip bag in your fridge.
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4.0 out of 5 starsused with boiled fish (catfish) and it was lovely! ...
By T. Stone on June 14, 2016
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used with boiled fish (catfish) and it was lovely!!!
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I swapped out using napa cabbage for the veggie, and didn't use all the spices (i didn't have them!) but did use cloves, shittake mushrooms, ginger, anise, peppercorn, doubanjiang, douchi and that's it!
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3.0 out of 5 starsThe flavor is excellent but it contains a tremendous amount of salt
By Now a female on February 20, 2016
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The flavor is excellent but it contains a tremendous amount of salt. When I use the amounts recommended in the Land of Plenty sichuan recipes the dishes are exceedingly salty. I'm not sure if the dishes are "supposed" to be this salty or not but I'd prefer a brand that had less salt if such a thing exists.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAccept NO other alternatives!
By Weston O'Connor on April 25, 2014
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I cant accept any alternative spice ingredients when it comes to my cooking! It is either the best, or im not cooking with it!

I can make a DELICIOUS fried rice with this, a DELICIOUS STIRFRY with this. At about $1 an ounce, and being wet, and considering I can handle a lot of chilis... this is an expensive product. Still, no amount of kikkoman, or crushed redpepper, or even sesame oil can equal the taste this product gives.

Use this with COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GARLIC, and a lot of sichuan peppercorns as well (well ground up) for best flavor. and most authentic flavor. This is honestly the most impressive product ive ever owned, I just wish they had a bulk 5 pound bag.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBest authentic bean paste
By Jmftx on August 24, 2014
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Best authentic bean paste. I lived in Sichuan many years ago and was introduced to Pixian bean paste by local cooks. For many years I have looked for and experimented with other bean pastes - none compare with Pixian. It is simply the best for authentic Sichuan cooking. So glad I'm finally able to get it in the US.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsGood amount of heat without being too salty

Tastes great and authentic, will definitely order again.

Published 1 day ago by Fred
3.0 out of 5 starsIt works

What I thought it would be .

Published 13 days ago by Cyaneed
5.0 out of 5 starsGood stuff here

Good stuff here.. I had already used this brand before as well as another and i really like this stuff.. Just made spiced some beef and brocolli on rice and it came out great. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Scott Yates
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent and authentic!

Wow!

I have never been to China, but I love Sichuan flavors, and prefer more authentic to Americanized. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Cissa
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Yummy!!

Published 2 months ago by Indri Ekasari
5.0 out of 5 starsOnly The Best

Broad bean paste is the essential thing for good Chinese cooking and this is the best.

Published 2 months ago by fmax168
5.0 out of 5 starsYum!

This is heavenly! I have a new favorite spicy flavor!

Published 2 months ago by Barbara Steinman
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

This product is exactly what we needed to cook sichuan food.

Published 3 months ago by Steve Eyer
5.0 out of 5 starsIt makes Sichuan recipes taste like they came directly from your...

This is the most authentic and delicious bean paste I have ever used. It makes Sichuan recipes taste like they came directly from your favorite restaurant.

Published 3 months ago by Cindy Morris
2.0 out of 5 starsDon't buy more than 1 until you've tried it. ? Low quality mass...

Fair flavor

Published 4 months ago by Paul Swoboda

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