4 szechuan braised Recipes

peanut oil, chicken breast, cubed, chinese vegetables, five-spice powder, szechwan pepper, chicken stock, soya sauce, sesame oil, dried bird s eye chiles, rice vinegar, dry sherry, garlic cloves, crushed, fresh ginger, grated, cornflour , heaped

szechuan peppercorns, peanut oil, fresh ginger , finely julienned (3cm each), garlic, chopped, chicken thigh fillet, cut into thirds, rice wine (i don tsp have it so i use sake), honey (i have used maple syrup), light soy sauce (i have used the dark successfully), star anise

lamb shanks, about 4 lb in total (2kg), sea salt, cracked white pepper, olive oil , to brush roasting tin, vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped, potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges, carrots, peeled and cut into wedges, spring onions, trimmed and cut into quarters, fresh dates, halved, fresh apricots, halved, bay leaves, chicken stock, limes , juice of, asian fish sauce, saffron strands, boiling water, fennel seeds, whole star anise, green cardamom pods, cumin seed, cinnamon stick, szechuan peppercorns, red chilies , deseeded and roughly chopped, garlic cloves, crushed, knob fresh gingerroot, sliced, cilantro stems , and roots finely sliced (use extra stems and some leaves if you can tsp obtain cilantro roots), fresh turmeric , root finely sliced (or 1 tsp ground turmeric powder), galangal, roughly chopped (optional), sea salt, white peppercorns, shallots, finely sliced, sweet paprika, extra virgin olive oil, palm sugar (or dark brown sugar), asian fish sauce