Out of convience, I cooked this chicken braised in black bean sauce. Over the weekend when I was looking for some special spices at the sauces section at the supermarket, I came across a small bottle of black bean paste. I have been familiar with soy bean paste of several kinds and flavor, but black bean paste is still very new to me. Previously I only cooked sweet soups with black beans or sticky rice with black beans, and never used them for savory dishes. And since the bottle was quite cheap, so I decided to buy home and try this paste with other ingredients.
That’s why today I made this quick meal with only chicken and black bean paste. I dared not use too many ingredients before I had more experience with this paste. So I cooked the chicken quite simply. I only add the shallot and ginger, which I knew would add better smell to the chicken. The black bean paste was a little too salty, so I mixed it with a little water first and then combined with the chicken to cook.
After all, I could enjoy a very flavourful chicken. The flavor was new but it tasted really good. Now I am thinking of what other ingredients I am going to cook with this paste next time…
