Project Sichuan #8 - Gong Bao Chicken by any other name…

Project Sichuan #8 - Gong Bao Chicken by any other name…

Gong Bao Chicken is perhaps the most popular of all Sichuan dishes and is found in nearly every Chinese restaurant around the world under any variety of names, including Kung Pao. But there is only one real-deal Gong Bao dish — and this is it.

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Project Sichuan #5 - Dan Dan Noodles - Small eats with big taste

Project Sichuan #5 - Dan Dan Noodles - Small eats with big taste

With so many riffs on the recipe, it has been a search for great Dan Dan Mian and a lot of noodle eating to find the real-deal Dan Dan of my dreams. Wanna try them, too? Here is what you need to know.

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Project Sichuan #3 - Lazi Ji - Searching for Gastronomic Gold.

Project Sichuan #3 - Lazi Ji - Searching for Gastronomic Gold.

Lazi Ji — or Chongqing Chicken — Those crispy little chunks of deep fried chicken buried in a pile of blazing red chiles and a fistfull of Sichuan peppercorns. It’s one of the most popular — and misunderstood — Sichuan dishes that needlessly strikes terror in the mind of diners who love the flavor but fear the heat.

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