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Guoba Roupian:
Guoba refers to crispy chunks of rice.
These are heated on a hot plate, and the
waiter then pour hot stew over them. The
stewed meat and vegetables soften the
rice to a crunchy texture.
Zhangcha Yazi:
This is Sichuan duck smoked with camellia
and camphor leaves. It smells good, looks
dark red in color and has a crunchy exterior
but tender meat.
Gongbao Jiding:
This is spicy chicken fried with peanuts.
The main ingredients are small chunks
of chicken breast, with dry peppercorns
and peanuts. Almost all local restaurants
serve this dish.
Yuxian Rousi:
This is Fish-Fragrant Sliced Pork, a pork
dish cooked with bamboo shoots, muchrooms,
and special Sichuan seasonings and spices.
The sauce is called yuxiang, which means
“fish fragrance”.
Mapo Doufu of Mapo Bean Curd:
Mapo literally means a woman with a pockmarked
face, doufo means “beancurd.”
A common Sichuan dish, Mapo doufu is beancurd
dish flavored with many spices, including
chopped scallions, minced garlic minced
fresh ginger, Chinese chilli-sauce of
crushed dried red chilli peppers and flower
peppercorn.
Huiguo Rou or Twice-Cooked Pork:
This is made of port shoulder with the
skin, flavored with garlic, beans and
a sweet, fermented flour sauce.
Yuxiang Qiezi:
This is the fish flavored eggplant. It
is made with eggplant and chilli bean
sauce.
This
article by Yang Tianqing and Daniel Kister.
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