Pickled Pepper Loach

Pickled Pepper Loach

　　Ingredients: Loach (raised in clean water for two days, head and entrails removed, a few drops of oil in the water). Pickled peppers, wild mountain peppers, fermented glutinous rice wine, ginger, and garlic.

Method:

1. Finely chop the pickled peppers, mountain peppers, ginger, and garlic.

2. Heat oil in the pan and stir-fry ingredients 1 until fragrant.

3. Add the loach and stir-fry briefly.

4. Pour in a little liquid from the pickled mountain peppers and some cooking wine.

5. Add the fermented glutinous rice wine.

Simmer for four or five minutes before seasoning. Do not cook for too long as the loach can become mushy. The loach stays tender and fresh, with a strong pickled pepper flavor. It’s a typical Sichuan-style dish and is said to also be good for skin beauty and health.