Water-boiled fish is one of the most impressive dishes in the Sichuan repertoire: an enormous bowl of vegetables and broth bloodied with a half-inch of vivid chile oil.

We're making the water-boiled fish today. It's exemplary of Sichuan cooking and of the mala flavor. SETH: So water-boiled fish, I know this dish is going to be a lot tastier than the name might imply.

18459 Colima Rd., Rowland Heights, (626) 839-7589. Chung King. If you have to order only one thing from Chung King, order the water-boiled fish. Swimming in a deep vat of chile oil, the boneless ...

Chicken in chili sauce ($13.95) features slivers of dark meat, boiled to tender and bathed in a compelling and peppery amalgam. Chewy, spicy seaweed ($7.95), also cold, makes a nice complement to ...

Super easy to make: boil the wonton dumplings, and drizzle with your favorite chili oil-- it's that easy! Delicious : it's a ...

Pour 1 Tbsp. oil into same wok and heat over medium-high. Add coarsely chopped garlic, sliced ginger, sliced dried chiles, 6 whole dried chiles, 1 tsp. whole Sichuan peppercorns and cook, stirring ...

Look, I could say I made TikTok's viral chili-oil eggs recipe three times in less than 24 hours for this story, but what will my excuse be tomorrow? (Umm yeah, that it's just crazy delicious and ...

Add 3 tbs of fresh oil, followed by the chilli-bean paste, and stir-fry until the oil is red and fragrant. Add the garlic and ginger and fry briefly until they smell wonderful, then add the stock ...

frozen sliced white fish: thawed; you can use grass carp, basa, or tilapia; whole Sichuan peppercorns (about 1 teaspoon ...

Shui zhu yu: Water-boiled fish with sizzling chili oil Fish in a sea of sizzling chili oil. Elaine Yu/CNN. When the craze for Sichuanese food took China by storm in the late 1990s, ...