Chinese Stuffed Fried Eggplant, Sichuan-style (炸茄盒) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Chinese Stuffed Fried Eggplant, Sichuan-style (炸茄盒) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Stuffed fried eggplant, sometimes called "eggplant sandwiches" (god I hate that translation). Regardless, this's my personal favorite eggplant dish of...

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Sichuan Strange Flavor Chicken (怪味鸡丝) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Sichuan Strange Flavor Chicken (怪味鸡丝) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

The Sichuan "strange flavor" flavor profile might have a kind of curious name - it's just as odd sounding in Chinese as it is in English - but it's an...

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Spicy Pork with Garlic Sauce, Suanni Bairou (蒜泥白肉) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Spicy Pork with Garlic Sauce, Suanni Bairou (蒜泥白肉) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

So in this recipe, we'll finally tackle Suan Ni Bai Rou, Spicy Garlic Pork. This dish consists of some thinly poached fatty pork (the ham is more trad...

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Sichuan Tofu Rice, Douhuafan, from scratch (豆花饭) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Sichuan Tofu Rice, Douhuafan, from scratch (豆花饭) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Douhuafan! One of our favorite dishes, and what I strongly believe to be the best tofu dish on the planet. The basic idea of this is to make a meal o...

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Sichuan Mapo Tofu, plus a (hopefully educational) look at the CIA Textbook

Sichuan Mapo Tofu, plus a (hopefully educational) look at the CIA Textbook's version (麻婆豆腐) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

A special two year anniversary video! We wanted to revisit Mapo Tofu, probably the most popular tofu dish on the planet. A while back we made a video ...

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Spicy Beer Duck Stew, Sichuan-style (川式啤酒鸭) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Spicy Beer Duck Stew, Sichuan-style (川式啤酒鸭) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Beer duck! This dish - i.e. Pijiuya - is a homecooking classic and has a bunch of different variants. At it's core it's a stew of... duck and beer. He...

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Mala Noodles - Spicy Sichuan Mala Xiao Mian (重庆麻辣小面) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Mala Noodles - Spicy Sichuan Mala Xiao Mian (重庆麻辣小面) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Chongqing Mala Xiaomian is a classic spicy noodle dish - a street food staple in Sichuan. It's got a lot of similarities to Dan Dan noodles, but the...

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Suan Cai Yu, Sichuan Sour and Spicy Poached Fish Soup with Pickled Greens (酸菜鱼) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Suan Cai Yu, Sichuan Sour and Spicy Poached Fish Soup with Pickled Greens (酸菜鱼) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Suancaiyu is a spicy and sour Sichuanese Fish 'Soup' with pickled mustard greens, a.k.a. suancai. It's hugely popular these days here in China, so we ...

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Sichuan Cold Noodles, Street Food style Liang Mian Recipe (川味凉面) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Sichuan Cold Noodles, Street Food style Liang Mian Recipe (川味凉面) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

A great summer dish, this Sichuan street snack can be found throughout China. It's got a nice sweet, sour, and savory sauce with an optional spicy kic...

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Sichuan Dry Fried Green beans - How to Make Spicy Fried Stringbeans (干煸四季豆) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Sichuan Dry Fried Green beans - How to Make Spicy Fried Stringbeans (干煸四季豆) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

Sichuan 'Dry Fried' green beans gotta be up there in all-time favorite way to eat green bean dishes. Always a favorite to order at Sichuan restauran...

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