Protein and veggies, am I doing it right?
2mon 24d ago by lemmy.world/u/jeffep in foodporn
What the hell is it?
Some delicious Sichuan food
Question, ingredients?
Is this gonna burn my stomach?
That looks like it would burn a hole through my stomach and my intestines and my pelvis and the floor and foundation and maybe a few layers of earth
I got this in a restaurant but it seems like basically:
- lots of chili
- lots of Sichuan pepper
- deep fried chicken with a coating
- peanuts
- way too much oil
- some sesame
- few green onions
If I were to replicate that at home, I'd probably fry the green onions, chicken, Sichuan pepper in a pan first with a lot less oil and without coating. Then add the chopped chilli, fry a bit more, add some sesame.
The chili looks much scarier than it is. I'm somewhat spiciness resistant but not that much, and I ate quite a few of them. They probably take a mild variant.
Peanuts are optional imho.
Chinese friends, feel free to tear this apart.
Not chinese, but you sure there was a coating? Basic stir-fry process is
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Deepfry or blanch everything for however long you need to cook the insides
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Set aside for however long
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Throw some of the oil a hot pan with garlic and other aromatics, cook like 30 seconds
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Throw pre-cooked ingredients in, crank heat to max, making sure not to burn anything, but still let it cook.
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Throw in salt, sugar, soysauce, whatever.
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Add water+cornstarch mix
If you don't pre-cook, you have to use lower temp and everything spends more time in cool oil and makes the whole thing greasy.
Mmm I could go for some Sichuan food right about now
I don't think you've got enough peppers in there.
Where are you? Looks like something I had in Chongqing.
What did you use for protein? I recently had the meat version of this dish at a restaurant and was wondering how I could make it vegan. Maybe shallow-fried battered tofu?
There is a hint of chicken and peanuts in there, but tofu would fit well I think
Yes good job.
Dried veggies are just more efficient veggies. Think if all those peppers were still plump, it'd take way too long to eat!