When making chili powder, many families in rural Sichuan still use the traditional hand-made method. You can stir-fry Sichuan chili peppers and spices in a pot, and repeatedly stamp them with a wooden stick. In Sichuan, chili powder is an indispensable spice when eating hot pot and chuanchuanxiang. There are many other uses for chili powder. Boiled oil is poured over the chili powder to make chili oil, which is an essential ingredient of delicious Sichuan dishes such as Poached Beef Slices in Hot Chili Oil and Meat Dumplings in Spicy Sauce.
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