# Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce

This recipe is a recreation of McDonald's Szechuan sauce, which was discontinued in 1998. The recipe includes three versions of the sauce: one based on actual Szechuan sauce, one from a Redditor's recreation, and one based on a McDonald's amalgamation.

- Total time: 3 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 oz dried chinese chilies
- 1 tbsp szechuan peppercorns
- 1 piece fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
- 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp plum sake
- 2 tbsp cock sauce or sriracha
- 2 parts sweet and sour sauce
- 1 part tangy barbecue sauce
- 10 pieces chicken nuggets

## Instructions

1. Dry roast an ounce of red dried Chinese chilies in an unoiled pan until fragrant.
2. Add some boiling water to the pan and let the peppers steep for 30 minutes.
3. Toast some Szechuan peppercorns.
4. Grind the peppercorns until finely ground.
5. Puree the peppers with a hand blender.
6. Add fresh ginger to the pureed peppers.
7. Blend the peppers and ginger until combined.
8. Add the chili paste to some sweated garlic in a pan.
9. Sauté for about 2 minutes.
10. Add sesame seed oil.
11. Add rice wine vinegar.
12. Add soy sauce.
13. Add freshly ground Szechuan peppercorns.
14. Add brown sugar.
15. Sauté for about 5 minutes or until everything is softened and syrupy.
16. Mix two parts sweet and sour sauce to one part tangy barbecue sauce.

## Equipment

- pan
- tongs
- spice grinder
- hand blender
- wooden spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBhhlE92mIQ
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/24108fa5-9a53-448a-9440-45eed31e6fca
- Extracted: 2025-01-08

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