Hainan Yellow Lantern Chili Paste
Looks like a mango!? Yellow Devil deceived by the fruity scent
Description
A specialty representing China's southernmost tropical Hainan Island. A paste of mashed 'Yellow Lantern Chilies' (a habanero relative, one of China's spiciest chilies) fermented with garlic and salt. Smells sweet like tropical fruit, but eating it induces agonizing, extreme heat.
Classification: Ultra Hardcore, Condiment, Spicy Seasoning, Hainan Specialty, Yellow Chili, Ultra Spicy, Fruity Aroma, Dangerous
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How to use
Ingredients
- Yellow Lantern Chilies(Hainan specialty yellow chili)
- Garlic
- Salt
- Vinegar
- Pumpkin(for bulk and color)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Suan Tang Fei Niu (Spicy Yellow Beef Soup)]: Make a broth with this yellow paste and white vinegar, boiling sliced beef and enoki—a hugely popular dish base.
- Mix just a toothpick-drop into Hainan Chicken Rice sauce for extreme heat.
- Secret ingredient in seafood stir-fries.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Tropical mango/papaya aroma、followed instantly by agonizing、piercing heat on the tongue
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Substitute by mixing habanero paste with grated garlic and a dash of pumpkin paste
Pairing
Suan Tang Fei Niu (Beef Soup) / Hainan Chicken Rice / Steamed Fish
Trivia
Brands like 'Nanguoguan' are famous. To slightly mellow the extreme heat and maintain the beautiful yellow color, many products blend pumpkin (Nan Gua) into the ingredients.
Eating tips & etiquette
Because it is vividly yellow, accidents frequently happen where people mistake it for pumpkin/mango paste and eat massive amounts. It is a Latin American-style 'stabbing, painful heat' completely different from Sichuan chilies.
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