Tag: Szechuan

Sesame Noodles

Sesame Noodles

These Sesame Noodles only take a bit more time than it takes to boil a pot of water. If you can’t find specialty ingredients, there’s easy substitutes to make this all your own. This is one of my favorite weeknight dinners lately. Sesame Noodles are so fast and so satisfyingly […]

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles get their name from the spicy sauce and noodles found on either side of a stick (dan) spanning the shoulders. The merchant would combine the ingredients from each of the two buckets to serve the spicy noodles. What makes Dan Dan Noodles so notable is the combination […]

Szechuan Chili Oil

Szechuan Chili Oil

All the bottles chili oils I’ve tried are dull, often have added flavoring and food coloring, and taste weird to me. Additionally, none that I’ve found have the numbing effect of the Szechuan peppercorn – which is the best part of Dan Dan Noodles. We’re going to have to make […]