1. Spicy Noodle Summer Rolls
This fusion dish fills crisp, cold summer rolls with hot, hot ramen noodles. Dip in a sweet chili sauce to temper the burn.
2. Chinese Dumplings (Jiaozi)
Dumplings are always essential to Lunar New Year spreads, but this recipe adds hot chili oil for a little kick.
3. Spicy Wontons in Chili Sauce
This recipe is a copycat of restaurant Din Tai Fung's spicy wontons. You can make or buy pre-packaged wontons because the secret here is in the sauce.
4. Bang Bang Chicken
This Sichuanese stir-fry
is made from tender chicken, mind-blowing sauce and homemade chili oil. This
is an authentic version, not like you’d find in your local takeout joint.
5. Spicy Mongolian Beef
This dish mimics the popular beef of the same name at P.F.
Chang's, based on a Taiwanese dish, not actual Mongolian food. Red chilies and
chili flakes are the key to hotness.
6. Chinese Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Black pepper adds a mild spiciness to cornstarch-coated shrimp.
It’s more savory than sweat-inducing.
7. Garlic Chili Oil Noodles
These noodles contain a symphony of flavor with garlic, red
chili flakes, chili powder, sugar and tangy rice vinegar. A drizzle of chili crisp as a
finishing oil makes it that much better.
8. 15-Minute Chinese Hot And Sour Soup
Both sour and spicy, the combination of vinegar and chili sauce
in this soup is pure magic.
Make it!