About Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop is the author of a memoir, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, and nearly half a dozen cookbooks, including Every Grain of Rice. She's also written for The New YorkerGourmetSaveur, and The Financial Times and won the James Beard Award for Food Culture and Travel. A graduate of Cambridge University, she lives in London.

Radishes in Chile Oil Sauce Recipe

Radishes in Chile Oil Sauce | Qiang luo bo

As stunning as it is simple, this hot little number isn’t exactly traditional Szechuan fare, though it may quickly become tradition.

  • Quick Glance
  • 10 M
  • 40 M
  • 15
Chile Oil Recipe

Chile Oil | Hong you

Sure, you could just buy chile oil. But it won’t come close to having the rich hue and roasted flavor of this simple Szechuan recipe.

  • Quick Glance
  • 10 M
  • 25 M
  • 2
Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook by Fuchsia Dunlop

Dong’an Chicken

A delicate concoction of chicken flavored with red chiles, sichuan peppers, and clear rice vinegar, this dish is said to originate in the Dong’an county.

Dry-Fried Green Beans

Dry-Fried Green Beans

Dry-fried green beans are one of Sichuan’s most famous recipes. The beans are fried until slightly wrinkled. Ground pork and rice wine round out the flavor.

Kung Pao Chicken With Peanuts by Fuchsia Dunlop

Kung Pao Chicken With Peanuts

The origins of Chinese Kung Pao Chicken are murky, but this recipe for chicken, peanuts, and red chiles bathed in a rich kung pao sauce is a winner.

Daily Subscription

Enter your email address and get all of our updates sent to your inbox the moment they're posted. Be the first on your block to be in the know.

Preview daily e-mail

Weekly Subscription

Hate tons of emails? Do you prefer info delivered in a neat, easy-to-digest (pun intended) form? Then enter your email address for our weekly newsletter.

Preview weekly e-mail