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RICK & MORTY SZECHUAN SAUCE

Name: Rick & Morty Szechuan Sauce
Ingredients: 1 ounce red dried Chinese chilis; Szechuan peppercorns; Fresh ginger; Garlic; 1 tbsp Sesame seed oil; Rice wine vinegar; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp brown sugar; Garlic; Balsamic vinegar; Soy sauce; 3 tbsp of plum sake; Sriracha sauce; 4 tbsp of brown sugar; Gresh ginger; Chili paste (if you’re looking for heat); McDonald’s Sweet and Sour Sauce; McDonald’s Tangy Barbeque Sauce

6,683,506 views I was 9 when Szechuan sauce graced sauce pumps across the nation, so naturally, I can't remember at all what it tastes like. But with the help of some actual Szechuan sauce (like, the stuff from Sichuan), a Redditor's diligent recreation, a fast-food-secret: mixing things together in different ways and repackaging it, we might just come close!

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Method: Standard Szechuan Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 ounce red dried Chinese chilis

Szechuan peppercorns

Fresh ginger

Garlic

1 tbsp Sesame seed oil

Rice wine vinegar

3 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

Dry roast red dried Chinese chilis: Sauté them in an un-oiled pan until fragrant. Add boiling water to the pan and let the peppers steep for 30 minutes.

1 ounce red dried Chinese chilis

Toast Szechuan peppercorns. Once toasted, place in grinder and grind until finely ground. Set aside.

Szechuan peppercorns

Add peppers to food processor along with fresh ginger and blend until paste-like.

Fresh ginger

Sweat some garlic in oil in a pan and add blended peppers. Sauté for about 2 minutes and then add sesame seed oil, some rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, some of our freshly ground Szechuan peppercorns, and brown sugar. Mix until combined.

Garlic

1 tbsp Sesame seed oil

Rice wine vinegar

Szechuan peppercorns

3 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar

Method: Fan Recipe Szechuan Sauce

INGREDIENTS

Garlic

Balsamic vinegar

Soy sauce

3 tbsp of plum sake

Sriracha sauce

4 tbsp of brown sugar

Gresh ginger

Chili paste (if you’re looking for heat)

DIRECTIONS

Sweat some garlic and oil in a pan until fragrant.

Garlic

Add balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, plum sake, a good helping of sriracha sauce, brown sugar, and if you want some heat, add chili paste from previous episode. Also we are going to crush a knob of fresh ginger in there.

Balsamic vinegar

Soy sauce

3 tbsp of plum sake

Sriracha sauce

4 tbsp of brown sugar

Chili paste (if you’re looking for heat)

Gresh ginger

Sauté for about 5 minutes until everything is soft and syrupy.

Method: McDonald's Sauce Method

INGREDIENTS

McDonald’s Sweet and Sour Sauce

McDonald’s Tangy Barbeque Sauce

DIRECTIONS

Combine 2 parts Sweet and Sour sauce to 1 part Tangy Barbeque sauce.

McDonald’s Sweet and Sour Sauce

McDonald’s Tangy Barbeque Sauce

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