Creative Ways to Cook with red chili – Recipes You Haven’t Tried
Shake up your routine with these unexpected yet delicious red chili recipes — fun, easy, and full of flavour.
Recipes with red chili
Savor the softness of moist rice noodles paired with tender slices of fresh gambas, tossed in a tantalizing oyster sauce and soy sauce. Topped with a sprinkling of chopped dried shrimp and sautéed garlic, the dish spreads a tantalizing aroma. Tiny red bell peppers add a touch of color and a hint of sweetness, while the rich sauce coats everything with a rich, savory-sweet flavor—a light, elegant, and enticing steamed dish.
Sambal Goreng Egg Quail dan Panjang Beans is a perfect blend of sweet, spicy, and savory that captivates the palate. Fresh green beans combine with tiny quail eggs, served in a rich chili sauce—its aroma is tempting with the spices of the Indonesian archipelago. Each bite presents a harmony of textures: the fresh crunch of the beans, the soft and chewy taste of the quail eggs, and layers of warm, kissable flavors that penetrate deep into the heart. The vibrant red color of the chili sauce is captivating, promising a tantalizing explosion of flavors from the first glance. This dish is more than just a side dish—it is a small, warm feast, perfect for adding joy to the dinner table.
The smoothness of the steamed egg combines with the bright colors of the carrots and broccoli, creating a texture that is both tender and chewy. The aromas of garlic and soy sauce play with each layer, providing a savory and warm touch. A sprinkling of sesame seeds and red peppers adds visual and flavor dimension, while each bite is light yet satisfying. This dish is simple yet layered—just right for delivering warmth and nutrition in every bite.
The beef slices are light red, the preserved eggs are dark brown with white lines, and they are dotted with emerald green coriander and bright red chili peppers, creating a sharp contrast in color. The beef is chewy, the preserved eggs are smooth and slightly elastic, and the fresh fragrance of the seasoning wraps the ingredients, which is salty, fresh, slightly sour, and has a unique mellow feeling of preserved eggs. The more you chew, the more delicious it tastes.
These balado eggs are really fun because the boiled eggs are fried first so that the skin is a bit crispy, then doused with spicy red balado sauce that is blended finely from chilies, onions, shallots, and tomatoes. The taste is a combination of spicy, a little sour from the tomatoes, and a fragrant aroma from lime leaves or lemongrass—especially if you use lime leaves or lemongrass in the sauce.
This is a must-have on the dining tables of Yunnan, Hunan, Sichuan, and Chongqing – handmade chili flakes! Look at this bowl, the golden powder particles are mixed with bright red chili flakes, the grains are coarse and chewy, and because of the addition of glutinous rice, they also have a slightly sticky and chewy texture, making your mouth water just looking at it. After it ferments, the taste is absolutely amazing! It's refreshingly sour without being pungent, and spicy with a mellow aroma that doesn't dry out your throat, with the fragrance of fried rice and corn. It tastes much better than the ready-made ones you buy online. Whether you're stir-frying pork intestines, twice-cooked pork, or frying rice or eggs, just put it in the pan and it instantly becomes a super satisfying dish. You really can't buy this homemade flavor outside.
Typhoon Shelter Style Fried Shrimp. Flavor and Texture: Primarily garlicky and savory, with a hint of spiciness from chili peppers. The shrimp shells are crispy, while the meat is tender. The "Typhoon Shelter seasoning," made from deep-fried garlic, is intensely fragrant. Origin of the Name: "Typhoon Shelter" originally referred to the harbors in Hong Kong where ships sought shelter from typhoons. Local fishermen spread the method of stir-frying seafood with garlic, fermented black beans, and other seasonings, gradually developing this classic dish.
Today's Rice King: Stir-fried Carrots with Pork Belly! The steamed carrots are soft, tender, and incredibly sweet, paired with crispy pork belly—you'll never get enough rice! This is a favorite dish among Sichuan and Chongqing locals, a common sight on every family's table—a truly down-to-earth, quick, and satisfying meal with incredibly high popularity. This dish smells amazing as soon as it's served. Thick slices of carrot are steamed first, then coated in a glistening red chili oil sauce, making them incredibly tempting. The steaming process locks in the carrot's sweet juices, which burst in your mouth with the savory sauce. The rendered fat from the pork belly seeps into the carrot, its sweetness balancing the richness of the meat and adding a touch of savory flavor. The pork belly is pan-fried until crispy and fragrant, the fat glistening but not greasy, the lean meat soaked in the sauce yet tender. A bite of carrot followed by a bite of meat—the fresh aroma fills your nose, sweet and delicious, a true rice killer!
Sichuan and Chongqing special cold noodles, both delicious and beautiful. The noodles are chewy and chewy, paired with crisp bean sprouts, sweet cucumber shreds, and crispy peanuts, with rich taste. The sauce is the soul, with bright red chili oil and spicy pepper powder as the base, soy sauce to enhance the freshness, balsamic vinegar to add acidity, minced garlic and chopped green onions to stimulate the aroma, spicy, fresh, fragrant and sour interweaving, with a rich taste. Sichuan and Chongqing tourism is hot, and cold noodles have become a must-try delicacy, especially in the bustling food square, where bowls of cold noodles are placed on the stalls, and the noodles are piled into a small mountain, with red, green, yellow and white staggered, and the appearance is eye-catching. Tourists sit around and taste it, sweating from the spiciness but still unable to stop, becoming a bright business card for Sichuan and Chongqing's food culture.