XFF Spicy and Tingly Sauce

秘制麻辣酱

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop

By Jason Wang

Published 2020

  • About

Seeing as this is street food, efficiency is key. This one sauce, which is typically used on boiled skewers, condenses every flavor you’d possibly want when you’re a little tipsy: nutty, spicy, roasted, salty, and funky. It’s got the pungent kick of Pixian bean sauce, the sweet-salty maltiness of sweet flour sauce, and that iconic ma la tingle. Needless to say, it’s good.