Sichuan Pickled Chili — Duo Jiao Varieties and Applications
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Origin
Hunan and Sichuan Provinces
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Description
Duo jiao (剁椒) — Hunan and Sichuan fermented chopped chili — is one of the most essential condiments in Chinese cooking. Fresh red chilies are salted, chopped finely, and packed into jars with garlic, ginger, and rice wine to ferment for weeks or months. The result is a deeply flavoured, sour-spicy condiment used in steamed fish, stir-fries, noodles, and as a table condiment.
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The Thread
—Korean kimchi — fermented chili vegetable
—Vietnamese tuong ot — fermented chili sauce
—Peruvian aji amarillo paste — fresh chili condiment
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Flavour Context
Fiery, pungent, sour-fermented; bright red colour; complex chili heat with rounded fermentation acidity
Pillars V — VII
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