China

Mala Xiang Guo

Name: Mala Xiang Guo
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 300 g Beef (thinly sliced); 400 g Lotus root, potato, mushrooms; 2 tbsp each Dried chilli & Sichuan pepper; 2 tbsp Doubanjiang; some of each Garlic, ginger, spring onion; 4 tbsp Oil; to garnish Sesame

Sichuan stir-fry of your choice, numbingly spicy

Mala xiang guo is a “dry hotpot” stir-fry from Sichuan: you pick your ingredients freely, then they are fried in the wok with mala spice.

“Má-là” is the signature combination of numbing Sichuan pepper and burning chilli - intense, oily and gloriously aromatic.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Beef (thinly sliced)300 g
Lotus root, potato, mushrooms400 g
Dried chilli & Sichuan pepper2 tbsp each
Doubanjiang2 tbsp
Garlic, ginger, spring onionsome of each
Oil4 tbsp
Sesameto garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Pre-blanch the firm vegetables.
Toast chilli and Sichuan pepper in oil with doubanjiang.
Add garlic, ginger and beef and sear.
Add the vegetables and toss vigorously.
Serve scattered with sesame and spring onion.

Make it original

Doubanjiang and Sichuan pepper for mala xiang guo are in the Asia Boutique.

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