At the table
Eat with a spoon, optionally alongside a local pancake. Add any chili paste a little at a time.
Contains soy and peanuts. Check added condiments for other allergens or animal ingredients.
Greens follow the season; this representative bowl uses bok choy. Chili paste is a separate addition whose ingredients should be checked.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Greens follow the season; this representative bowl uses bok choy. Chili paste is a separate addition whose ingredients should be checked.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Gentle soybean and peanut flavor with leafy greens and salt.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Soft, fine soybean mash with chopped greens.
- How it’s made
- Soaked soybeans and peanuts are ground with water, brought to a boil and cooked with greens and salt.
Greens follow the season; this representative bowl uses bok choy. Chili paste is a separate addition whose ingredients should be checked.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Its origins are linked to Shandong.
About this regional connection
Shandong: Linyi. The county page treats 庄户小豆沫 as the local name of this soy mash.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有临沂庄户小豆沫吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Soybeans and seasonal greens
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
This farmhouse food accompanies Linyi pancakes and reflects seasonal use of greens. Different households use available vegetables, so the greens need not be identical in every bowl.