Homemade Szechwan sauce is a recipe that you can easily make from home-made ingredients. This recipe made with tomato, red chilli, green onion leaf, soy sauce and lemon juice is preferred with noodles and rice dishes.
Total time: 35min
Servings: 6
Ingredients of Homemade Szechwan Sauce:
2 finely chopped tomatoes
20 red chillies
6 tablespoons grated ginger
2 teaspoons black pepper
3 tablespoon soy sauce
Water as required
1 bunch finely chopped green onion leaves
1/2 cup finely chopped garlic
10 ml sesame oil
6 pinch of salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice
How To Make Homemade Szechwan Sauce:
Step 1:
To make Szechwan sauce, soak red chillies in a vessel for half an hour. If soaked well, remove it from the water and make a fine paste.
Step 2:
Add a little water while grinding so that the paste does not become too thick.
Step 3:
Put sesame oil in a pan and heat it on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add finely chopped ginger and grated ginger.
Step 4:
Stir all the ingredients till the raw smell is gone.
Step 5:
If you like garlic more then you can add more according to your taste.
Step 6:
Turn down the heat and add the red chili paste. Cook the mixture on medium flame for 1 minute.
Step 7:
Now add finely chopped tomatoes and reduce the flame. You can also add some oil.
Step 8:
Cook the tomatoes for a while, add the spring onion leaves and turn the flame to medium.
Step 9:
Now add black pepper powder, soy sauce and salt. Turn off the gas when the oil starts separating.
Step 10:
Stir the sauce by adding lemon juice. Put the sauce in a bowl and let it cool.
Step 11:
Place the Szechwan sauce in a clean, airtight container. It will be able to eat for 2 weeks.
Step 12:
Szechwan sauce tastes great with French fry and chicken nuggets.
