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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Ants climbing a tree
A Sichuan dish of mung bean starch noodles stir-fried or braised with minced pork, doubanjiang, soy sauce, aromatics, and chilli, with the pork clinging to the noodles like ants on branches.
Bang bang chicken
Bang bang chicken is poached or steamed chicken served with a Sichuan sauce of sesame paste, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and aromatic seasonings.
Beef guokui
Beef guokui is a crisp, layered Sichuan wheat-flour flatbread filled with seasoned beef and commonly finished with aromatic scallions and spices.
Chengdu sweet water noodles
Chengdu sweet water noodles are thick, hand-made wheat noodles cut into long strips and served with a sweet-savory, spicy sauce commonly including chili oil, sesame paste, vinegar, garlic, and scallions.
Chuanchuan xiang
A Sichuan skewer hot pot in which assorted skewered meats, tofu, and vegetables are cooked in a spicy seasoned broth.
Dan dan noodles
Dan dan noodles are wheat noodles dressed with sesame paste, soy sauce, spicy oil, Sichuan pepper, and often minced pork and green onion.
Dry-fried beef
A Sichuan dish of thinly sliced beef dry-fried with chilli, Sichuan pepper, celery, and aromatic seasonings.
Dry-fried green beans
Green beans are blistered and dry-fried with aromatics and Sichuan seasonings until wrinkled and lightly charred.
Fish-fragrant eggplant
Eggplant is braised or stir-fried in the sweet, sour, savory, and spicy yuxiang sauce characteristic of Sichuan cooking.
Fish-fragrant shredded pork
Shredded pork is stir-fried with aromatics and yuxiang sauce, often with wood ear mushroom and bamboo shoot for contrasting texture.
Fuqi feipian
Thinly sliced cooked beef and beef offal are served cold with chili oil, Sichuan pepper, soy sauce, sesame, and aromatic garnishes.
Kung Pao chicken
A Sichuan stir-fry of chicken with roasted peanuts, dried chilli, aromatics, and a lightly sweetened savoury sauce.
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