I know you can buy beans in a local supermarket
A good substitute for chili bean paste in a recipe is a combination of miso paste and chili powder. Miso paste provides a similar umami flavor, while chili powder adds the necessary heat and spice.
no bean paste is thicker than bean sauce eg. bean paste goes on the bottom of a pizza and bean sauce would go on top.
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A good book for Chili Bean recipes is 600 Recipes for Chili Lovers. The cost of this book is $14.97 and can be found at http://www.dunway.com/chili_recipes/index.html
Vanilla extract can be used in place of vanilla bean paste. The equivalent of 1 tablespoon of paste is 1 tbsp. extract.
A suitable substitute for vanilla bean paste in a recipe is vanilla extract.
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There are many different recipe website on the internet that have chili bean recipes that usually feed a minimum of 8 people. Here are a couple of the recipes I found: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/Sandra-lee/5-bean-chili-recipe/index.html and http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/three-bean-chili-with-vegetables-10000001536782/.
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Where can you buy original Hunts Chili Bean in Utah
Doubanjiang is a Chinese fermented bean paste with a spicy and salty flavor, made from broad beans, chili peppers, and salt. Gochujang is a Korean fermented chili paste with a sweet and spicy flavor, made from chili powder, glutinous rice, fermented soybean powder, and salt. Doubanjiang is commonly used in Sichuan cuisine for stir-fries and sauces, while gochujang is used in Korean cuisine for marinades, stews, and dipping sauces.
I think that the paste contains a lot of fat, called "cocoa butter" which is extracted..