Zigong Cold Spicy Rabbit
Rabbit meat is delicious! Sichuan people are enthusiastic about "chilled and eaten" hot snacks
Description
A famous snack from Zigong, the 'Salt Capital' known for the spiciest food in Sichuan. Rabbit meat is diced small and slow-fried (Gan Bian) in oil with massive dried chilies, Sichuan pepper, and star anise until dry. It is eaten completely chilled.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Rabbit meat
- Dried red chilies
- Sichuan pepper
- Rapeseed oil
- Star anise
- Cinnamon
- Soy sauce
- Rock sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cleave fresh rabbit meat bone-in into tiny cubes. Marinate with salt, wine, scallion, and ginger.
- Heat generous rapeseed oil; add the rabbit meat.
- Fry on low to completely evaporate the meat's moisture until the oil turns clear.
- Add massive dried red chilies, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cinnamon, and dried tangerine peel to infuse the oil.
- Add soy and rock sugar, frying until dark red.
- Kill heat and let it sit at room temperature for hours. The spice flavors penetrate the core of the meat as it cools.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Violent spice aroma infused in oil、and meat umami released by chewing
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Cleave JP bone-in chicken thighs small, fry with similar spices, and chill
Pairing
Cold Beer (Infinite consumption) / Baijiu
Trivia
Alongside 'Spicy Rabbit Heads', this is why Sichuan consumes the vast majority of China's rabbit meat. Because it preserves well, it's the ultimate soul food care-package sent to Sichuanese students and workers away from home.
Eating tips & etiquette
Pick up the tiny cubes one by one. Nibble carefully with front teeth to avoid bone fragments. Eaten cold, the meat is dense, releasing a gush of spice heat and umami with every chew. Beer vanishes like water.
Allergen
Rabbit, Soybeans, Wheat