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Tag Archives: Sichuan
Fragrant and crispy peppers, for snacking on
In recent years an interesting snack seems to be trending all around China: fried “fragrant and crispy” peppers (香脆椒, aka 香辣酥), sometimes translated into English as “fried chile crisp”, or “magic chili”. I don’t recall seeing these in the 90s … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese food, Thai/Lao food
Tagged พริกเบรคแตก, chile, chili, Chinese food, drinking food, 香脆辣椒, 香脆椒, 香辣酥, fried, Sichuan, snack, Szechuan, trendy
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Four unique Asian dried chile peppers
Chile peppers have only been in Asia for several hundred years now, but they have gone a long, long way to become standard and staple ingredients in many of Asia’s great food cultures. Southeast Asia is of course full of … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Featured Markets, - Recipes, Chinese food, Indian food
Tagged buttermilk, buttermilk cured chiles, chaotian pepper, chili, chilly, curd chile, dahi michi, dried chiles, 辣椒, facing heaven pepper, Kashmir pepper, majjiga mirapakayalu, moor milagi, Sichuan, South Indian, Szechuan, tair mulak, Tamil Nadu, vathals, 四川, 朝天
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Yibin yacai in Sichuan-style stir fry dishes
I was pleased to find the full-sized Sichuan preserved vegetable yacai 芽菜 recently at the underground market in Philadelphia’s Chinatown (Asia Supermarket 亞洲超級市場). Yacai has long been available in US Asian markets, but I was only aware of the pre-chopped … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Featured Markets, - Recipes, Chinese food
Tagged dan dan mian, 芽菜, ganbian siji dou, pickled vegetable, preserved vegetable, Sichuan, yacai, 四川, 宜宾, 干煸四季豆, 担担面
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Cold jelly noodles, the way I like them
Liangfen 凉粉, or cold jelly noodles, are creeping onto Sichuan menus in the US, at places like Philly’s beloved Han Dynasty. Unlike the thick jelly noodle variety found there, this is how I best like them: The way I first … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, Central Asia/Uyghur food, Chinese food
Tagged ซื่อชวน, cold dish, 粉皮, fenpi, liangfen, Sichuan, لەمپۇڭ, 凉粉, 四川
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Asian Markets of Philadelphia 