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Sichuan · THE FOOD GUIDE

Beef slices in spicy Sichuan broth

Shuizhu beef

水煮牛肉

Shuǐzhǔ niúròu

Thin beef slices cooked in a chili-bean broth over vegetables, then finished with hot oil poured onto chili and Sichuan pepper. The name means water-boiled beef, but the usual flavor is hot and numbing.

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Savory chili-bean richness, chili heat and tingling Sichuan pepper.

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Texture
Tender coated beef slices with contrasting crisp-tender vegetables.

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Origin & regional roots

Sichuan

Associated with Sichuan.

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Sichuan: Associated with Zigong and wider Sichuan, Sichuan; not an exclusive-origin claim.

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