What can I use instead of Black bean garlic sauce?

Hoisin + minced garlic + soy: 1 1/2 Tbsp hoisin + 1 Tbsp minced garlic + 1 tsp soy sauce. Mashed fermented black beans + garlic + soy: 2 Tbsp rinsed fermented black beans, mashed with 1 Tbsp garlic + 1 Tbsp soy sauce + 1 tsp sugar.

Substitute for Black bean garlic sauce

What it does in a recipe: Salted fermented black beans in garlic: Chinese steaming and stir-fry sauce.

2 substitutes, ranked by what's already in your pantry. Amounts are dataset values — US and metric where a ratio exists.

Mashed fermented black beans + garlic + soy

per 2 Tbsp sauce

US2 Tbsp rinsed fermented black beans, mashed with 1 Tbsp garlic + 1 Tbsp soy sauce + 1 tsp sugar

Metric18 g beans + 8 g garlic + 15 ml soy + 4 g sugar

SpecialtyBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeVeganContains glutenContains soy

The jarred sauce is exactly this — you are making it fresh.

What changes: Fresher, chunkier

Hoisin + minced garlic + soy

per 2 Tbsp sauce

US1 1/2 Tbsp hoisin + 1 Tbsp minced garlic + 1 tsp soy sauce

Metric22 g hoisin + 8 g garlic + 5 ml soy

CommonBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeVeganContains glutenContains soy

Sweeter shortcut from easier jars.

What changes: Sweeter

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What can I use instead of Black bean garlic sauce?: Hoisin + minced garlic + soy: 1 1/2 Tbsp hoisin + 1 Tbsp minced garlic + 1 tsp soy sauce. Mashed fermented black beans + garlic + soy: 2 Tbsp rinsed fermented black beans, mashed with 1 Tbsp garlic + 1 Tbsp soy sauce + 1 tsp sugar.
What is the exact ratio to substitute Black bean garlic sauce?: Hoisin + minced garlic + soy (per 2 Tbsp sauce) — US: 1 1/2 Tbsp hoisin + 1 Tbsp minced garlic + 1 tsp soy sauce. Metric: 22 g hoisin + 8 g garlic + 5 ml soy.
What changes when you substitute Black bean garlic sauce?: Fresher, chunkier. Sweeter.

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