 Bottled tauco on display in an Indonesian supermarket | |
| Alternative names | Taucu, Tauchu, Tao Jiew |
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| Type | Cookingsauce andcondiment |
| Region or state | Southeast Asia |
| Associatedcuisine | Indonesia,Singapore,Malaysia,Brunei,Thailand |
| Created by | Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia |
| Main ingredients | Fermented soy |
| Variations | Closely related todouchi |
Tauco,Taucu,Taotjo,Tao Jiew orTauchu (Chinese:豆醬;pinyin:dòujiàng;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:tāu-chiùⁿ;Thai:เต้าเจี้ยว,RTGS: Tao Jiew) is a paste made frompreserved fermentedyellow soybeans inChinese Indonesian,Malaysian andThai cuisines.[1] Tauco is made by boiling yellow soybeans, grinding them, mixing them with flour, and fermenting them to make a soy paste. The soy paste is soaked in salt water and sun-dried for several weeks, furthering the fermentation process, until the color of the paste has turned yellow-reddish. Good tauco has a distinct aroma.[2] The sauce is also commonly used in otherIndonesian cuisine traditions, such asSundanese cuisine andJavanese cuisine. Taucu is generally used in cooking by ChineseMalaysians,Singaporeans,Bruneians, andThais.[3]
The sauce is often used as a condiment and flavouring for stir-fried dishes such astahu tauco (tofu in tauco sauce),kakap tahu tausi (red snapper with tofu in soybean sauce), in soup such asswikee oh (frog legs in tauco soup) andpie oh (softshell turtle in tauco soup), or stir fried withkangkung (water spinach). Today the major production centre of tauco in Indonesia are inCianjur inWest Java, andPekalongan inCentral Java. In Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, the main commercial brand of taucu isYeo Hiap Seng (Yeo's).[4][5] In Thailand, the sauce is often used in stir-fries, such asPad Mee Korat & stir-fried vegetables, and also dipping sauces such asKhao Man Gai.
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