natto

[unspeakablehorror]

So recently I ordered some natto online because I've wanted to try it ever since I first saw it in some food video or other.  So, what do I think of it?  It's okay.  I don't hate it, but I don't love it the way I do tempeh, either.  I enjoy the bizarre texture a lot, but find the flavor a bit meh.  So far I've tried it by itself, on rice with tamari sauce, and in a peanut sauce stir fry, though that still didn't entirely disguise the meh flavor for me.  I liked it best in the stir fry.  I wonder what it would taste like covered in barbecue sauce?

I love stirring the natto before eating it.

Comments

[rugessnome]

...I should get around to trying tempeh.

If I remember correctly, my preferred way to eat natto thus far involved shichimi togarachi.

[unspeakablehorror]

Tempeh and Natto are certainly quite different, even though they're both fermented soybeans. They both have strong, distinctive flavors, but I think the taste of tempeh melds more easily with other flavors. I like to cut tempeh into small pieces and marinate it in teriyaki sauce for stir fry, or marinate it in tamari & liquid smoke blend to make tempeh bacon. Whereas I'm not sure natto really lends itself to being marinated due to the texture.

And that sounds like an interesting addition to the natto. A spice blend probably is the best way to combine the natto with other flavors. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime! I do want to see how it tastes with different flavor combinations.