Followed this guy's recipe, he has a chink wife and they know what they're doing:
No pics but it basically looked like the recipe
I've never really done legit Chinese cooking before so I had to get a ton of the ingredients like the bean paste, Shaoxing wine, and Szechuan peppercorns.
It was really good and pretty easy, I'll definitely be making it again. I've never had Szechuan peppercorn before, they have a very distinctive and unique flavor and heat. They're not even so much hot in the traditional sense but they turn your entire mouth numb. Very unusual feeling.
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I didnt
watch 
the video 
but how do u cook the tofu? Do you sear it like u would 
a piece of meat before 
adding
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For this you cut it into cubes, blanche it in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and then add it to the pot with everything else and let it simmer for ~10 minutes.
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did you use a wok?
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Yeah
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do you have a gas stove? using a wok on my electric one is basically pointless. I'm kind of debating getting a wok induction heater or smth
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Nah I have electric too. It feels pointless lol but I still use it.
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i do all my wok recipes in a thick copper bottomed steel skillet, works better than the actual wok
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If you're into cooking Sichuan food and mostly speak English, buy Fuschia Dunlop's cookbook.
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I'm not providing you with studies because it's a stupid question. That's like saying "prove to me white women frick dogs." It doesn't need a study or evidence to be proven.
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