What can I do with Huang Fei Hong spicy Szechuan peanut spices?

March 6, 2021 1:09 PM

I've eaten a bunch of these tasty things, and I saved the remaining spices, which are mostly dried red peppers and tingly Szechuan peppercorns. Do you have any ideas of what I can do with such spices? Any recipes to try? Can I recycle them into spicing up a packet of cheaper dried peanuts (I don't think it will be the same thing, since the original peanuts seems to have some bit of red powder adhering to them.)
posted by Borborygmus to Food & Drink (9 answers total)

I pulverize the remnants in a spice grinder and use the resulting powder as a spice (sprinkled on cold peanut/sesame noodles, added into sauces, etc.). It’s quite flexible.
posted by aramaic at 1:39 PM on March 6, 2021 [3 favorites]

I don't know if this is the way to make the absolute most of the spices, but in a red-cooked (or whatever ginger / soy / sesame / scallion / garlic / star anise / cinnamon constitute) meat braise, you can't go wrong with adding some of that powder.

Otherwise, ramen topper? Rice topper?
posted by batter_my_heart at 2:01 PM on March 6, 2021

I made this recently and it was awesome.
posted by cakelite at 2:59 PM on March 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

Incorporate it into breading for fish or chicken.
posted by erst at 3:19 PM on March 6, 2021

You'll need more ingredients, but this recipe for Dan Dan Noodles is amazing. Szechuan pepper is often combined with lots of red chilli and garlic, so definitely check out some Szechuan recipes for ways to use these things tgether. Discard any black seeds from the peppercorns and check for grit before grinding (he says from experience). You can use your peanuts for garnish.
posted by pipeski at 3:23 PM on March 6, 2021 [4 favorites]

Ah, I see the spices are already ground and combined, so ignore the part of my answer.
posted by pipeski at 3:24 PM on March 6, 2021

Make chili crisp!
posted by mezzanayne at 9:52 PM on March 6, 2021

I've sprinkled the dregs over seared broccoli that I've drizzled with a combination of Kewpie mayo, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, and soy.
posted by yellowcandy at 12:46 PM on March 7, 2021

Chinese-American who has ancestors from Sichuan. My main recommendation is eat some hot from the rice cooker jasmine rice with this as a topping and scarf it down with chopsticks, can't get better than that.
posted by yueliang at 2:35 AM on March 21, 2021