Fermented Black Bean Sauce

Name: Fermented Black Bean Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 8 cups (1920 ml) Chicken Stock; 1 cup port (240 ml) Port; ½ cup red wine vinegar (120 ml) Red Wine Vinegar; 1 tsp fermented black beans (5 ml) Black Beans

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Melissa King recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Melissa King.

FINISHING SAUCE · SQUAB & ROASTED POULTRY

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for Top Chef winning menu. The same recipe pairs it with Fennel Salad Dressing, the salad dressing.

King's championship fermented black bean sauce.

On the jar

FERMENTED

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 4

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Chicken Stock 1920 mlPort 240 mlRed Wine Vinegar 120 mlBlack Beans 5 ml

Ingredients

Chicken Stock8 cups (1920 ml)
Port1 cup port (240 ml)
Red Wine Vinegar½ cup red wine vinegar (120 ml)
Black Beans1 tsp fermented black beans (5 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Melissa King is a cookbook author working in Chinese-American / Top Chef; recognized with James Beard Book Award 2026 (Cook Like a King).

Originally published as Fermented Black Bean Sauce (squab course).

Adapted from a Melissa King recipe (Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu) (published as “Fermented Black Bean Sauce (squab course)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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