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Hugan Jiang | Local Condiment From China, East Asia | TasteAtlas

Yellow bean sauce (Hugan jiang)

(Yellow bean sauce, Yellow bean paste, Ground bean sauce, Huángdòu jiàng, Huáng jiàng, 黃豆醬)

Hugan jiang is a traditional yellow bean sauce. This sauce is made from fermented soybean leftovers from the production of soy sauce. The leftovers are mixed with salt, flour, and water, sugar, or soy sauce. There are many varieties of yellow bean sauce and different spices and seasoning are added to each jar of this sauce.


Hugan jiang is often used in a variety of dishes such as stews and meat dishes.