Eating in China
Pepper-salt seasoning ingredient on a plain plate.

Pepper-salt seasoning

椒盐Jiāoyán

A dry seasoning blend of salt and ground spices. One home preparation coarsely grinds dried Sichuan pepper and mixes it with salt.

Type
Sauces and seasonings

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A dry seasoning blend of salt and ground spices. One home preparation coarsely grinds dried Sichuan pepper and mixes it with salt.

In the kitchen

Seasons Enshi kang potatoes alongside separately added garlic, sesame and ground spices.

Powder coarseness and blend formulas vary. The home preparation is one example, not a fixed formula for Enshi kang potatoes.

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