Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce
Directions
- 1Dry roast an ounce of red dried Chinese chillies in an unoiled pan until fragrant, making sure the pan isn't too hot.
- 2Add boiling water to the pan and let the peppers steep for 30 minutes.
- 3Toast an ounce of Sichuan peppercorns in a pan.
- 4Dump the toasted peppercorns into a spice grinder and grind until finely ground.
- 5Add the steeped peppers to a food processor or hand blender.
- 6Add some fresh ginger to the food processor.
- 7Purée the peppers and ginger into a homemade chili paste.
- 8Add the chili paste to some sweated garlic in a pan.
- 9Sauté for about two minutes before adding sesame seed oil (about one tablespoon) and rice wine vinegar.
- 10Add a few tablespoons of soy sauce (or to your taste).
- 11Add some freshly ground Sichuan peppercorns.
- 12Add about a tablespoon of brown sugar.
- 13Sauté the mixture, stirring until all the sugar is dissolved.
- 14For the Reddit user's recipe, start with sweated garlic in oil.
- 15Add balsamic vinegar and soy sauce.
- 16Add a few tablespoons of plum sake.
- 17Add Sriracha.
- 18Add four tablespoons of brown sugar.
- 19Stir everything together until the sugar dissolves.
- 20Add some chili paste or red pepper flakes for heat.
- 21Crush a knob of fresh ginger into the pan.
- 22Sauté for about five minutes or until everything is softened and syrupy.
- 23For the McDonald's amalgam sauce, combine two parts sweet and sour sauce with one part tangy barbecue sauce.
- 24Mix the sweet and sour sauce and tangy barbecue sauce together.
- 25Taste test the Szechuan sauce with a chicken nugget.
- 26Taste test the Redditor's plum sauce with a chicken nugget.
- 27Taste test the McDonald's amalgam sauce with a chicken nugget.
- 28Combine a bit of the Szechuan sauce, the Redditor's plum sauce, and the McDonald's amalgam sauce in a new ramekin.
- 29Mix the combined sauces and taste test with a chicken nugget.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce red dried Chinese chillies
- 1 ounce Sichuan peppercorns
- fresh ginger
- garlic
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
- rice wine vinegar
- soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- vegetable oil
- balsamic vinegar
- plum sake
- sriracha
- 2 parts sweet and sour sauce
- 1 part tangy barbecue sauce
Equipment
panspice grinderfood processor or hand blenderwooden spoonspoonramekins
Tips
- For the Sichuan sauce, ensure the pan isn't too hot when adding boiling water to steep the peppers.
- The Redditor's plum sauce is described as a great combination of sweet, spicy, and tangy.
- The McDonald's amalgam sauce is an interesting flavor combination and recommended despite the effort.
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