Northern China

Hot and sour shredded potatoes

Name: Hot and sour shredded potatoes
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 large in fine matchsticks potato; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 5 snipped dried red chilli; 1/2 tsp whole sichuan peppercorn; 3 cloves sliced garlic; 1 1/2 tbsp black or white vinegar; 3/4 tsp salt; a pinch sugar; 2 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 in strips green chilli

Potato matchsticks stir fried so fast they stay crunchy. Tangy, peppery and gone in minutes.

20 minTime

3 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayCrunchy potato shreds with vinegar and chilli.

The original

194kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

20minutessame

Suan la tu dou si, a home cooking staple.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Potato2 large, in fine matchsticks

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Dried red chilli5, snipped

Sichuan peppercorn½ tsp whole

Garlic3 cloves, sliced

Vinegar1½ tbsp, black or white

Salt¾ tsp

Sugara pinch

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Green chilli1, in strips

Method

5 steps

1Cut the potatoes into thin matchsticks and soak in cold water, rinsing until the water runs clear.
2Drain very well.
3Heat the oil, fry the Sichuan pepper and chillies until fragrant, then the garlic.
4Add the potato and green chilli and toss over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add salt, sugar and vinegar down the side of the wok.
5Toss in spring onion and serve.

Serve it like this

Pile in a loose heap on a small plate, chilli and spring onion scattered through, and serve hot with rice and a braised dish.

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Hot and sour shredded potatoes

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Ingredients

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