# Recipes with Szechuan pepper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-szechuan-pepper/546396>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-szechuan-pepper/546396 "2010-07-12T15:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-szechuan-pepper/546396/1 "2010-07-12T15:07:02Z")

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Having obtained some Szechuan pepper corns, which are neither hot nor peppercorns, I am in search of a recipe for Szechuan chicken which actually uses them. Szechuan beef or shrimp will do for that matter.  
All I can Google are recipes of Szechuan style that don’t have Szechuan pepper.

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**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-szechuan-pepper/546396/2 "2010-07-12T15:39:34Z")

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Fuchsia Dunlop has a Sichuan cookbook out with many recipes using them. The library may have it, mine does.

In the absence of a cookbook, here is kung pao chicken, with sichuan peppercorns:

> **[Recipes | Fuchsia Dunlop](http://www.fuchsiadunlop.com/cooking/)**
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> Quite a few of my recipes have escaped out onto the Web. You can find a selection on the UK Food website. The following recipe, for Gong Bao chicken, is one of my favourites and a Sichuanese classic. I cooked it recently in the Taste of China tent at...

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-szechuan-pepper/546396/3 "2010-07-12T15:51:30Z")

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Thanks, I’ll try that!