Hi everyone,
I was recently mixing up a batch of fake fish sauce and was again
finding it difficult to mash up the black beans. (These are the
chinese fermented black soybeans that come coated in salt, not the
ones you use for black bean soup.)
I tried putting them through my garlic press instead of soaking
them first and it worked great!! (Of course, it was a little
difficult to clean out the garlic press afterward but no worse than
when I run ginger slices through it....) I love my Zyliss Suzi
garlic press which comes with a little red plastic piece to help
clean the holes.
For those who are interested, here's the recipe....I think I sent
it in once before
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: vegetarian substitute for fish sauce
From: jkandell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Kandell)
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 01:19:47 GMT
I experimented with vegetarian substitutes for thai fish sauce in pad
thai last night and had very good results with this mixture:
instead of 1/4 C nam prik (thai anchovy fish sauce)
use.... 1/4 C soy sauce plus a little water
with 3 T miso with 3T fermented black beans soaked in soy
sauce and sherry.... [available in oriental markets]
Cheers,jk
jayne
p.s. I have no relationship with the Zyliss company