# Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce

Three different Szechuan sauce recipes are made and taste-tested for authenticity with McNuggets.

- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- pan
- spice grinder
- food processor or hand blender
- wooden spoon
- spoon
- ramekins

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBhhlE92mIQ&list=PL3ezyQCJaX3bsHTqI8ER2G_11FbuBVs8q&index=2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/55dba587-daf8-429a-ae81-2793197b6dc3
- Extracted: 2025-09-04

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