Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Crush cardamom pods and remove seeds. In a dry pan over medium heat, toast cardamom seeds, Sichuan peppercorns and star anise, shaking pan, until very fragrant, 1-2 ...

Sichuan style-are a great way to eat potatoes. Potato lovers take note! These are common in China as a salad and often found ...

In restaurants across Chengdu, China, there is a singular dish the evokes a tingling response — crispy stir-fried chicken on a plate piled high with thin red chilis. It’s called la zi ji, and as ...

Sichuan pepper is one of the most misunderstood ingredients in Chinese cooking, often reduced to its numbing sensation ...

I’ve been a fan of chef and culinary scientist J. Kenji Lopez-Alt ever since his first bestselling cookbook, “The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science,” was published in 2015. So like so many ...

A top-down view of a massive pile of Szechuan peppercorns - Orinoco-art/Getty Images The world of cocktails is incredibly vast and can be as simple or complex as you'd like. While some people prefer ...

What it is: Known to the Chinese as “hua jiao,” this numbing yet addictive spice zings taste buds with its slightly lemony flavor in many popular Szechuan dishes, including Grandma’s Pockmarked Tofu ...