Northern-Style Dumplings in Chilli Oil

Sichuan is such an exciting place to eat. Its fiery cuisine is now popular throughout China, and Beijing has embraced this particular dish of dumplings. In our version of this dish, the dumplings are served in a ruby-red condiment made from Sichuan peppercorns and dried chillies, giving it a spicy, fragrant intensity. This versatile condiment can be prepared and stored in a bottle and used to spice up other dishes. We kept to the original dumpling recipe, but rolled the skin more thinly, an