How do you make Chinese crispy bean sauce?

There was a restaurant in Baltimore, MD called Szechuan Best. They had a dish called Tofu with Crispy Bean Sauce. It was just steamed plain tofu and broccoli with a crispy brownish topping which was the crispy bean sauce. I have not had it in years and its hard for me to explain but I was wondering if anyone knows how to make this dish!? Any ideas at all would be extremely helpful.



Thank you!How do you make Chinese crispy bean sauce?
i am not sure if this is anything as to the recipe you are looking for. this recipe and slight varations are common around the chicago area as a bean sauce on asian dishes, i have never understood why it is called bean sauce when it contains almost no beans. it is very common on chicken. it gets a crispy coating because of the sugar. this recipe for bean sauce is from a very top notch restaurant. its work to make it. if you want to be lazy and slack off and do things half *** and it only tastes average then that is youre own damn fault. first off get a half cup of lard, if you dont have lard vegetable oil will work. finely dice a medium onion, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 Tb of crushed black beans, ( yep thats it, its called bean sauce and has almost no beans), 1 chili pepper and one red pepper. 1/2 teaspoon each of chili powder and red pepper will work if fresh isnt available. and one Tb of ginger, please try to just follow the ingredients, you may be thinking why the hell should i add ginger. if you want to do things half *** and get a **** meal go buy a package of hamburger helper. a few fresh slices of root is best. heat the lard to medium high and add the ingredients listed, cook on high 2 minutes and add 1/8 cup soy sauce and 1/8 cup dry sherry. its best to follow exact ingredients but i know most people dont keep a bottle of dry sherry around. any dry neutral tasting wine will be ok. last ingredients are 1Tb of corn flour and 2 Tb of sugar. heat until thoroughly mixed. use as a glaze on any asian dish and place under a broiler a minute to get the crispy texture.