realexplodingcat: (Default)
[personal profile] realexplodingcat
Acquire one pound of fresh red chiles through subterfuge or exchange of currency (your choice). When the chiles least expect it, for the element of surprise improves the flavor of any dish, scream and chop them viciously, being careful to remove the stems and bottoms. Keep the seeds. Prior to washing your hands, rub your eyes vigorously to have the complete experience of cooking with red chiles. From the tears of pain that gush down your face, extract 1/4 cup of salt. Mix 3.5 tablespoons of that salt thoroughly with the chiles. Place the mixture in a glass jar and cover with the remaining salt. Seal the jar. Dig a hole in your yard. Now bury that jar for two to three weeks (or keep it in any cool dry place if you prefer). Thereafter, refrigerate the jar. Voila! Zombie like chiles that will last for months in your fridge.

Heat 3 tablespoons of peanut or canola or safflower oil. Cook 1.5 tablespoons of the chiles until fragrant. Then, stir fry anything. Cabbage, chicken, an old leather shoe. Top it off with a tablespoon of sesame oil. There, now you have a simple but authentic Hunanese dish. The secret is, of course, Chopped Salted Chiles. Duo la jiao.

Date: 2007-12-14 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] klwalton.livejournal.com
Have I told you lately that I love you?

Date: 2007-12-14 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] explodingcat.livejournal.com
It never gets old :)

Date: 2007-12-14 03:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] circumspectly.livejournal.com
Did you *really* put chiles in your eyes again?

And I'll bet that old leather shoe really improves the mouth-feel of your Hunanese dish. *nod*

Date: 2007-12-14 02:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] explodingcat.livejournal.com
No, I was careful with the chiles. However, I did rub my eyes after cubing the old leather shoe.

Date: 2007-12-14 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com
You've got to stop with the chili in the eyes.

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this." "Stop doing that."

Date: 2007-12-14 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] explodingcat.livejournal.com
If you're lucky, you might hear about the time I got IcyHot in my eye.

Date: 2007-12-14 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] datagoddess.livejournal.com
You've really got to start putting your hands in other places when they're covered in pepper goo...

Date: 2007-12-14 09:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] explodingcat.livejournal.com
Well, there is one other place that I would definitely not recommend putting the pepper goo... Don't put IcyHot there either.
Page generated Aug. 13th, 2025 06:23 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios