Chinese Drinking Food (下酒菜)

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Three drinking foods, for three different alcohols! In this video, we'll teach you (1) Sichuan-style dry-braised beef, a dish to go with Baijiu (2) Plum boiled peanuts, a dish to go with Huangjiu/Shaoxing wine and (3) smashed cucumber salad, a dish to drink on a hot day alongside a cold beer. 0:00 - Wine pairings in China? 1:32 - Spicy Dry Braised Beef 7:10 - Plum Boiled Peanuts 9:44 - Smashed Cucumber 11:32 - Narwal 12:24 - On Portion Sizes Narwal is here by the way, use the promo code CCD to get 200 bucks off: https://utm.guru/udjNw And written recipes are over here on Reddit if you prefer that format: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualChina/comments/n4ayrd/recipes_chinese_drinking_foods_%E4%B8%8B%E9%85%92%E8%8F%9C_oc/ SICHUAN DRY BRAISED BEEF, INGREDIENTS Note that the 'cooked chili oil' can be swapped with Lao Gan Ma chili crisp in a pinch. 1. Beef shin, 350g-1000g. Boil as big of a batch as you like. 2. For the lushui boiling liquid: 1L water, 3 star anise (八角), 6 bay leaves (香叶), 1 tsp fennel seed (小茴香), 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorn (花椒), 3 pieces sand ginger - optional (沙姜), 10g dried chili - erjingtiao (二荆条), cayenne, arbols, etc, 5g spicy dried chili - heaven facing (朝天椒), thai birds eye, etc, 2 inches ginger, 2 inches welsh onion (大葱) -or- one sprig scallion, 3 tbsp salt, 1/2 tbsp chicken bouillon powder (鸡粉), 3 tbsp liaojiu a.k.a. Shaoxing wine (料酒/绍酒). 3. For the cooked chili oil: 25g of dried chilis, 80g caiziyou (菜籽油) -or- Indian mustard seed oil -or- peanu

Published 2021-05-03 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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