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Sichuan liangfen, pea starch jelly with spicy sauce

Sichuan liangfen, pea starch jelly with spicy sauce

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A Sichuan-style liangfen: a savory starch jelly made with cooked split pea starch, served hot in a bowl with a sauce of pork lard, Sichuan green peppers, …

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Recipe from Tisscherry, SingBow, Taijiyinyang, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Liangfen is a popular dish throughout China, and this is the Sichuan version. The traditional recipe uses bean starch from northern Sichuan, but potato or corn starch can also be used.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$2.64 $0.66 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.12
  • $0.02

Sauce

  • $0.49
  • $0.32
  • $0.14
  • $0.15
  • $0.35
  • $0.03
  • $0.02

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the cornstarch with 800g of water. ≈ 4 min
  2. Bring the remaining water to a boil with the salt, then slowly pour in the dissolved starch, stirring constantly in the same direction.
  3. Let it simmer for 3 minutes, then add the dissolved carbon dioxide in a small amount of water, and turn off the heat.
  4. Heat the lard and sauté the Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers, ginger, and garlic until fragrant. Then, turn off the heat.
  5. Add the sesame oil, salt, glutamate, vinegar, and chopped scallions. ≈ 3 min
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The bill

Sichuan liangfen, pea starch jelly with spicy sauce

  • 300 g of pea starch (or sweet potato starch, or cornstarch)$1.12
  • 3 grams of salt$0.02
  • 50 g of bacon$0.49
  • 15 g of Sichuan green peppercorns$0.32
  • 15 g of chopped ginger$0.14
  • 15 g of chopped garlic$0.15
  • 20 g of sesame oil$0.35
  • salt$0.03
  • 15 grams of black vinegar$0.02

Total$2.64

that's $0.66 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of pea starch (or sweet potato starch, or cornstarch)
  • 1 liter of water
  • 3 grams of salt
  • 1 pinch of food-grade sodium carbonate (optional)
  • 50 g of bacon
  • 15 g of Sichuan green peppercorns
  • 5 green chili peppers, chopped
  • 15 g of chopped ginger
  • 15 g of chopped garlic
  • 20 g of sesame oil
  • salt
  • 1 pinch of glutamate (optional)
  • 15 grams of black vinegar
  • 3 finely chopped shallots

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