Sichuan sauce

Name: Sichuan sauce
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: about 2 cups
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 60ml grapeseed oil; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 tbsp finely chopped ginger; ½ cup fermented chilli bean paste; 2 tbsp shao hsing wine; 225g chopped tomatoes (tinned is fine); 3 tbsp yellow rock sugar; 3 tbsp yellow bean paste; ⅓ cup oyster sauce; 4 cups chicken stock or water; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar

Andrew McConnell

July 11, 2019

Whole roast lamb shoulder with Sichuan sauce.William Meppem

Time:30 mins - 1 hourMakes:about 2 cups

This recipe goes with my whole roasted lamb shoulder (recipe here).

Ingredients

60ml grapeseed oil
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tbsp finely chopped ginger
½ cup fermented chilli bean paste
2 tbsp shao hsing wine
225g chopped tomatoes (tinned is fine)
3 tbsp yellow rock sugar
3 tbsp yellow bean paste
⅓ cup oyster sauce
4 cups chicken stock or water
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar

Method

1. In a large stainless-steel saucepan, warm the grapeseed oil over a medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger, cooking for three to four minutes until aromatic. Add the chilli paste and cook out for two minutes. Deglaze with shao hsing wine and reduce by half. Add the tomatoes, sugar, yellow bean paste, oyster sauce and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the sauce for 30 minutes.
2. Combine the cornflour and vinegar with one tablespoon of water and pour it into the sauce, stirring regularly as it thickens.
3. Blend the sauce until it is smooth (a hand blender is best for this).
Serve with my whole roasted lamb shoulder
Find more of Andrew McConnell's recipes in the Good Food Favourite Recipes cookbook.

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