Recipe- Spicy Schezwan Sauce Is An Easy To Make Hot Sauce

Spicy Schezwan Sauce is an easy to make hot sauce which can be served as an condiment or used in recipes like Schezwan Fried Rice & Noddles.

This sauce is quite popular in the Indo-Chinese cuisine and also happens to be one of my favorites! As a food enthusiast, I am always up for trying new food. I love trying new things even if they don’t appeal to me or don’t sound that good.

So this weekend we went to the Washington State Fair with my dad and brother. You really get to see the weirdest things to eat in such fairs, isn’t it?

There were deep fried snickers, deep fried resse and deep fried oreos among many other deep fried stuff.

They definitely didn’t sound good to me but I thought there’s no harm in trying. And I have to say that it was just a horrible experience.

I took one bite of that deep fried snickers and couldn’t even get it down my throat, I just spit it all away. It was really bad, to say the least.

I was just baffled that someone would do that to a delicious chocolate like Snickers! Urgh, just why? What is the weirdest thing have you guys eaten at such fairs? Tell me!

Ingredients

22 dried red chilies 22 grams, soaked in warm water for 30 minutes
1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
7-8 large garlic cloves 25 grams, finely chopped
1.5 inch ginger 20 grams, finely chopped
1 small white onion 60 grams, finely chopped
1/2 cup water + 2 tablespoons to grind the soaked red chilies
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon rice vinegar or use white vinegar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon black pepper or to taste
salt to taste
1 tablespoon +1 teaspoon sugar or to taste

Method

* Soak the dried red chilies in warm water for 30 minutes.
* Then drain the water and grind the chilies to a smooth paste using 2 to 3 tablespoons water in a blender.

* Heat sesame oil in a skillet on medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the chopped garlic and ginger and saute until the raw smell goes away. You don't want to brown them, so keep that in mind.

* Then add the chopped onion and saute until translucent. Again don't brown the onion.

* Stir in the prepared red chili paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Now add 1/2 cup water and tomato paste. Stir and cook for another minute or so.

* Add the rice vinegar, soy sauce, black pepper, salt and mix to combine.

* Add the sugar and mix. The sauce will become thin when you add in the sugar, keep cooking until it becomes thick again, around 2 to 3 minutes.

* Let the sauce cool completely and them store in a jar and refrigerate it.

* Enjoy the homemade schezwan sauce with your favorite snacks or add it to noodles or rice for a quick and delicious meal.