Is pepper only a supporting role? Oh. Have you ever tried mixing homemade chili oil with cold noodles or making Lao Gan Ma with dried chili? - Let me tell you, there are many ways to prepare chili peppers. You can stir-fry them, fry them until they have a crispy skin, or stuff them with meat.. If it's red pepper, you can chop it up and eat it with steamed fish head, or make various chili sauces!
10 Ways to Prepare Chili Peppers
Green Pepper with Fermented Soybean
Ingredients: 500g green pepper, oil, salt, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 5 cloves of garlic, 5g fermented soybean
Instructions: 1) Prepare the ingredients (green pepper, garlic, fermented soybean). 2) Flatten the green pepper with a knife. 3) Chop the garlic and fermented soybean into minced. 4) Heat the pan with oil and fry the green pepper. 5) Fry until both sides have a crispy skin. 6) Add a small amount of salt and sugar for seasoning. 7) Add a little soy sauce for flavor. 8) Stir-fry the fermented soybean and garlic together. 9) Let each piece of green pepper be coated with the garlic and fermented soybean for a more flavorful taste.
Pan-fried Stuffed Chili Pepper
Ingredients: 500g lean and fat pork, 8 chili peppers, 1 spring onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1 small spoon of cornstarch, 1 small spoon of soy sauce, 1 small spoon of dark soy sauce, a little cooking wine, a little fish sauce, some chicken essence, some cooking oil, a little pepper
Instructions: 1) Prepare the ingredients. 2) Wash the pork and chop it into minced meat. 3) Put the minced meat in a large bowl, add minced garlic and chopped spring onion. 4) Add salt, sugar, cornstarch, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, fish sauce, chicken essence, cooking oil, and pepper. 5) Mix the seasoning and minced meat evenly. 6) Wash the chili peppers and remove the seeds. 7) Stuff the chili peppers with the minced meat. 8) Fill the chili peppers with minced meat. 9) Place a pan on the stove with cooking oil and heat it up. Place the stuffed chili peppers in the pan with the meat side down. 11) Fry until golden brown, then flip and fry until cooked through. 12) In a small bowl, mix a little sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch, and a little water. 13) Pour the mixture into the pan and cook until thickened. 14) Plate the chili peppers and pour the thickened sauce over them.
Sweet and Sour Green Pepper
Ingredients: 400g green pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 3 small chili peppers, oil, salt, light soy sauce, white vinegar, white sugar
Instructions: 1) Wash the green pepper and pat it a few times with the back of a knife to loosen the skin, then cut it in half and remove the seeds. 2) Heat the wok until dry, then add the green pepper with the skin side down. 3) Flip the green pepper when the skin wrinkles, then add a little oil and continue frying until the green pepper becomes soft. 4) Remove the fried green pepper from the wok. 5) Crush the garlic and cut the chili peppers in half. 6) Heat the wok with oil, add the chili peppers and garlic, and stir-fry until fragrant. 7) Add light soy sauce, white vinegar, white sugar, salt, and 2 tablespoons of warm water. 8) Stir-fry the green pepper until well-seasoned, cover and simmer for 2 minutes until the sauce thickens.
Fermented Soybean Chili Sauce
Ingredients: 200g fresh chili peppers, oil, salt, fermented soybeans, ginger, garlic, spring onion
Instructions: 1) Wash the chili peppers and remove the stems and seeds. Cut ginger into shreds and garlic into slices. 2) Heat the oil in the pan and add ginger, garlic, and fermented soybeans for fragrance. 3) Add chili pepper slices and stir-fry over low heat. 4) Add a suitable amount of salt and stir-fry the chili peppers until the skin becomes slightly blistered. 5) Transfer the fried chili peppers to a clean container and pound them into a paste with a wooden stick or roll them with a rolling pin in a clean bowl. 6) Let the chili peppers become a paste. 7) Transfer the chili paste to a plate and sprinkle with chopped spring onion.
Minced Pork with Chili Pepper
Ingredients: 400g green pepper, 150g pork, oil, salt, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 3 cloves of garlic
Instructions: 1) Prepare the ingredients. 2) Flatten the green pepper with a knife. 3) Cut the pork into small pieces and marinate with salt, sugar, and light soy sauce. 4) Heat the pan with oil and stir-fry the marinated minced pork until fragrant. 5) Then add a small amount of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and a little water. Cook for a while, then set aside. 6) There is still a little oil left in the pan, so there is no need to add more oil. Just stir-fry the flattened green pepper until it becomes soft. Add a suitable amount of salt and sugar for seasoning. 7) Finally, stir-fry the minced pork with the green pepper until they are well mixed and flavorful. Then it's ready to serve.
Grilled Chili Pepper with Garlic Sauce
Ingredients: 300g green pepper, oil, salt, chili sauce, minced garlic, chopped spring onion.
Instructions: 1) Wash the green pepper and let it dry. 2) Grill the green pepper in a pan over low heat until the skin wrinkles. 3) While grilling the green pepper, prepare a sauce by mixing oil, salt, chili sauce, minced garlic, and chopped spring onion. 4) After grilling, remove the outer skin of the softened green pepper, then cut it in half and remove the seeds. 5) Place the cut green pepper slices on a baking sheet and brush the sauce evenly on top. 6) Preheat the oven and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 8 minutes.
Homemade Chili Oil
Ingredients: 100g dried chili powder, oil, 1 star anise, 2 bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, 1 fragrant leaf, roasted sesame seeds.
Instructions: 1) Pour vegetable oil into a pot and add star anise, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, and fragrant leaf. Fry until fragrant, then remove the spices from the oil. 2) Use a food processor to grind the dried red chili peppers into chili powder, or you can buy ready-made chili oil. Pour the hot spiced oil onto the chili powder in a oil-free and water-free container. 4) When the oil is 50% hot for the second time, add chili powder and stir with a spoon. 5) When the oil is 30% hot for the third time, add chili powder and roasted sesame seeds. Mix well. After the oil cools down, transfer it into a clean container.
Guizhou-style Oil Chili Pepper
Ingredients: 200g dried chili peppers, cooking oil.
Instructions: 1) Guizhou's unique small chili peppers are dried in the sun. 2) Remove the stems of each chili pepper. 3) Put them in a food processor and grind them into small pieces, but not into powder. 4) Heat cooking oil in a pan, about 1.5 to 2 times the amount of chili peppers. 5) When the oil is hot, turn off the heat and let it cool slightly. 6) Pour the chili pepper pieces into the oil. 7) Stir-fry continuously until the oil no longer bubbles.
Fermented Soybean Chili Sauce
Ingredients: 100g fermented soybeans, 60g chili powder, oil, salt, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 30g garlic, 15g Sichuan peppercorns
Instructions: 1) Prepare the ingredients. 2) Rinse the fermented soybeans and drain the water, then put them in a mortar. 3) Crush the fermented soybeans and garlic together, but not too finely. 4) Heat the oil in a pan, then add Sichuan peppercorns and fry until fragrant. 5) Remove the Sichuan peppercorns. 6) Add the crushed fermented soybeans to the pan and simmer over low heat. 7) Add chili powder, slightly larger chili flakes are preferred, as the finer ones tend to burn easily. 8) Add a small amount of salt. 9) Add white sugar. 10) Add some light soy sauce. 11) Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it cool.
Chopped Chili Pepper
Ingredients: 1500g chili peppers, oil, salt, 100g minced garlic, 70g minced ginger, 100g baijiu (Chinese white liquor)
Instructions: 1) Choose dry and intact red peppers when buying. 2) Wash the peppers and dry them in the sun. 3) Remove the stems of the chili peppers. 4) Then comes the hardest part, which is chopping them. Be careful, it's spicy. 6) After chopping, add minced garlic and minced ginger. 7) Add a suitable amount of salt. 8) Now it's time for baijiu, I didn't have any other alcohol at home, so I had to use Wuliangye. Add some and it smells so good, I want to have a sip, haha. 9) Mix all the main ingredients well. 10) It's better to fill the bottle only 80% full, then pour in cooking oil to submerge the chili peppers. It usually takes at least 15-20 days to pickle before it can be eaten.
