A FOOD TRADITION
Sichuan cuisine
Sichuan cuisine is known for layered heat, Sichuan pepper, fermented seasonings, and richly flavored stir-fries, braises, noodles, and hot pots.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Laziji
Laziji is a Sichuan-style dry-fried chicken dish featuring chicken pieces tossed with dried chilli peppers, Sichuan pepper, aromatics, and oil, often with peanuts.
Leshan sweet-skinned duck
A Sichuan-style duck dish with lacquered crisp skin produced by sweet glazing and seasoned roasting or braising.
Mao xue wang
A spicy Sichuan stew combining duck blood, offal, meat, tofu, and vegetables in a richly seasoned broth.
Mapo tofu
A Sichuan dish of soft tofu braised with seasoned ground pork, fermented bean paste, chilli, and Sichuan pepper.
Mouth-watering chicken
Cold poached chicken is sliced and dressed with a spicy Sichuan sauce commonly combining chili oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame paste, and Sichuan pepper.
Pickled-pepper fish
A Sichuan fish dish braised or simmered with pickled chilli peppers, ginger, garlic, and green onion.
Pork in garlic sauce
A Sichuan dish of shredded pork cooked in a sweet, sour, savoury garlic sauce with doubanjiang, aromatics, and commonly wood ear mushroom or bamboo shoots.
Red-oil wontons
Red-oil wontons are boiled pork-filled wheat wontons dressed in a vivid Sichuan chili-oil sauce with soy sauce, sesame oil, and aromatics.
Sichuan beef noodles
Sichuan beef noodles are wheat noodles served in a savory, spicy beef broth or sauce seasoned with Sichuan pepper and chilli.
Sichuan cold noodles
A Sichuan noodle dish served cool with wheat noodles dressed in sesame paste, soy sauce, vinegar, chilli oil, sugar, and aromatic garnishes.
Sichuan dry-braised fish
Sichuan dry-braised fish is fish slowly cooked with fermented broad-bean chilli paste, aromatics, and a concentrated sweet-savory sauce.
Sichuan hot pot
A communal Sichuan dish in which diners cook meat, seafood, tofu, and vegetables in a simmering, chili- and Sichuan-pepper-spiced broth.
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