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The 300-Year-Old Chinese New Year 9-Bowl Banquet (Sichuan 九大碗)
Hello hello! If you watched my latest YouTube video, you saw me spend two full days cooking one of the oldest feasts in Sichuan — the Nine Great Bowls (九大碗...
Steamed Pork Cake 香碗 Xiang Wan
In my village, nobody picks up their chopsticks until this bowl hits the table. This is the Head Bowl. The one that tells everyone whether the cook knows what she...
Sweet Steamed Pork Belly 夹沙肉 Jia Sha Rou or Tian Shao Bai
This dish also called Tian Shao Bai in Sichuan, This one is going to confuse a lot of you. Pork belly with sugar. My American friends always say: too fatty,...
Savory Steamed Pork Belly 蒸扣肉 Kou Rou
If the sweet pork belly is the dessert of this banquet, this Kou Rou is the main event. But I have to tell you, the real star of this bowl...
Crispy Fried Pork — 蒸酥肉 Su Rou
Every single person from Sichuan has this memory.You are maybe six years old. Your grandma is standing by the stove. Hot oil. She is frying these pork strips and you...
Steamed Beef with Rice Powder — 粉蒸牛肉 Fen Zheng Niu Rou
Traditionally, you do not eat beef at this banquet. Cows plowed the fields. You kill the cow, who is going to plant next year? You only ate beef if the...
Steamed Whole Fish — 清蒸全鱼 Qing Zheng Yu
At Chinese New Year, the fish must be whole. Head and tail. No exceptions. Because the word for fish : Yu (鱼) sounds exactly like the word for surplus (余)....
Steamed Chicken — 清蒸扣鸡 Kou Ji
In old Sichuan, killing a chicken was a big deal.Chickens lay eggs. Eggs can be traded for salt. So if someone killed a chicken for you, that means you are...