Bottled tauco on display in an Indonesian supermarket
Alternative names
Taucu, Tauchu, Tao Jiew
Type
Cooking sauce and condiment
Region or state
Southeast Asia
Associated cuisine
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand
Created by
Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia
Main ingredients
Fermented soy
Variations
Closely related to douchi
Media: Tauco
Tauco, Taucu, Taotjo, Tao Jiew or Tauchu (Chinese: 豆醬; pinyin: dòujiàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-chiùⁿ; Thai: เต้าเจี้ยว, RTGS: Tao Jiew) is a paste made from preserved fermented yellow soybeans in Chinese Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai 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 other Indonesian cuisine traditions, such as Sundanese cuisine and Javanese cuisine. Taucu is generally used in cooking by Chinese Malaysians, Singaporeans, Bruneians, and Thais.[3]
The sauce is often used as a condiment and flavouring for stir-fried dishes such as tahu tauco (tofu in tauco sauce), kakap tahu tausi (red snapper with tofu in soybean sauce), in soup such as swikee oh (frog legs in tauco soup) and pie oh (softshell turtle in tauco soup), or stir fried with kangkung (water spinach). Today the major production centre of tauco in Indonesia are in Cianjur in West Java, and Pekalongan in Central Java. In Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, the main commercial brand of taucu is Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo's).[4][5] In Thailand, the sauce is often used in stir-fries, such as Pad Mee Korat & stir-fried vegetables, and also dipping sauces such as Khao Man Gai.
^"Soybean Paste (Tauco)". RCP. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^Aini (8 May 2013). "Tauco yang Enak, Baunya Khas" (in Indonesian). Kompas.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^Simon Richmond (2010). Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Lonely Planet. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-74104-887-2.
^"Taucu (Malaysia)". Yeo Hiap Seng. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^"Tauco (Indonesia)". Yeo Hiap Seng. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
Tauco, Taucu, Taotjo, Tao Jiew or Tauchu (Chinese: 豆醬; pinyin: dòujiàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāu-chiùⁿ; Thai: เต้าเจี้ยว, RTGS: Tao Jiew) is a paste made from...
55222°S 73.75194°W / -42.55222; -73.75194 Fort Tauco (From Spanish: Fuerte Tauco, also known as Fortín Tauco) is a coastal battery built in 1779 in the commune...
well as whether the soybeans are roasted (as in chunjang) or aged (as in tauco) before being ground. Fermented bean pastes are sometimes the starting material...
frogs") with the condiments of garlic, ginger and fermented soy paste (tauco), salt, and pepper. Once it is served, fried garlic and chopped celery may...
Shurtleff (2009). History of Miso, Soybean Jiang (China), Jang (Korea) and Tauco (Indonesia). Soyinfo Center. p. 367. ISBN 9781928914228. Helen Saberi (2018)...
minced chicken or prawns, served with fresh baby shallots or leeks in sweet tauco (fermented soy) based sauce. In addition to being made at home, lumpia is...
(30 March 2018). History of Miso, Soybean Jiang (China), Jang (Korea) and Tauco (Indonesia) (200 BC-2009). Soyinfo Center. ISBN 9781928914228 – via Google...
to spice up krupuk crackers or vegetables. Sambal tauco A Sulawesi sambal, contains the Chinese tauco, lime juice, chilli, brown sugar, and salt. Sambal...
such as kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), bumbu kacang (peanut sauce) and tauco, while popular hot and spicy sauces are sambal, colo-colo, dabu-dabu and...
Akiko. (2009), History of Miso, Soybean Jiang (China), Jang (Korea), and Tauco/Taotjo (Indonesia), 200 BC–2009, Lafayette: Soyinfo Center, ISBN 9781928914228...
Oncom Peuteuy (green stink bean). Tumis Tauco: vegetables stir fried with fermented soybean paste sauce. Tauco is similar to Japanese miso paste. Tumis...
vinegar, with seasonings and spices. Tauco – paste made from preserved fermented yellow soybeans, commonly used in tahu tauco, swike, kakap tahu tausi or cah...
January 2009). History of Miso, Soybean Jiang (China), Jang (Korea) and Tauco (Indonesia) (200 BC-2009). Soyinfo Center. ISBN 9781928914228 – via Google...
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