How to make Sichuan Chilli Potatoes -
Deep fried potato wedges tossed in a spicy sauce.
This recipe is from the book Best of Chinese Cooking.
Main Ingredients : Potatoes (आलू), Dry red chillies
Cuisine : Chinese
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Sichuan Chilli Potatoes Recipe Card
Hindi: Aloo
Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!
Prep Time : 41-50 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Sichuan Chilli Potatoes Recipe
Potatoes 4-5 medium
Dry red chillies 2 tablespoons
Cornflour/ corn starch 3 tablespoons
Dried red chillies 4-5
Sichuan peppers (optional) 8-10
Onion sliced 1 medium
Garlic, finely chopped 5-6 cloves
Red chilli paste 1 teaspoon
Soy sauce 1 teaspoon
Sugar 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Vinegar 1 tablespoon
Spring onions with greens roughly chopped 1 stalk
Method
Step 1
Peel and cut potatoes into ten to twelve thick wedges. Soak in cold water for half an hour. Heat sufficient water and par boil potato wedges, drain and cool.
Step 2
Heat sufficient oil in a wok. Dust the parboiled potatoes with two tablespoons cornflour and deep-fry for two minutes or until golden brown and completely cooked and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
Step 3
Mix the remaining cornflour in a quarter cup of water. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a wok, break red chillies into two and stir-fry for half a minute. Immediately add Sichuan peppers, onion, garlic and continue to stir-fry.
Step 4
Stir in red chilli paste blended in a quarter cup of water, soy sauce, sugar and salt. Stir-fry briefly. Add fried potatoes and toss to heat through. Stir in cornflour mixture, toss well to mix and add vinegar. Stir-fry for half a minute and serve garnished with spring onion greens.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 892 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 142 gm
Protein : 11.6 gm
Fat : 31.3 gm
Other : 14.1gm
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