Zao La Cui Pi Yu

About This Recipe

Guizhou’s Guizhou cuisine has a long history, and Guizhou fried spicy food is one of its representative dishes. Mainly hot and sour, making good use of fermented seasonings, the taste is rich. It is good at stir-frying, stewing, steaming and mixing, which fully embodies the cooking wisdom of Guizhou cuisine.

Ingredients List

• Guizhou Mala Xiang 150g
• Appropriate amount of cooking oil
• Appropriate amount of salt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 spoon cooking wine
• Onions, ginger and garlic in moderation

Cooking Steps

1. 1. Wash the onions, ginger and garlic and cut them into pieces, then wrap them in dry starch
   will appear when you insert chopsticks)
2. 3. Add onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until light brown, remove and drain.
3. 4. Increase the oil temperature to 80% heat and fry again until golden and crispy.
4. 5. Remove and drain the oil, sprinkle with salt, soy sauce and cooking wine and serve on a plate

Cultural Tips

The soul of Guizhou cuisine is hot and sour. Guizhou people often say that if you don’t eat sour food for three days, you will form a net. Guizhou cuisine makes good use of fermented seasonings such as sour soup and rotten peppers. Foods such as fish in sour soup and silk dolls reflect Guizhou people’s ultimate pursuit of hot and sour flavors. Guizhou fried and spicy food is well-known in Guizhou. It is a must-have dish for festivals and family gatherings, and is also the epitome of Guizhou cuisine food culture.