Chinese Drinking Food (下酒菜)

Three drinking foods, for three different alcohols! In this video, we’ll teach you (1) Sichuan-style dry-braised beef, a dish to go with Baijiu (2) Plum boiled peanuts, a dish to go with Huangjiu/Shaoxing wine and (3) smashed cucumber salad, a dish to drink on a hot day alongside a cold beer. 0:00 - Wine pairings in China? 1:32 - Spicy Dry Braised Beef 7:10 - Plum Boiled Peanuts 9:44 - Smashed Cucumber 11:32 - Narwal 12:24 - On Portion Sizes Narwal is here by the way, use the promo code CCD to get 200 bucks off: And written recipes are over here on Reddit if you prefer that format: 下酒菜_oc/ SICHUAN DRY BRAISED BEEF, INGREDIENTS Note that the ’cooked chili oil’ can be swapped with Lao Gan Ma chili crisp in a pinch. 1. Beef shin, 350g-1000g. Boil as big of a batch as you like. 2. For the lushui boiling liquid: 1L water, 3 star anise (八角), 6 bay leaves (香叶), 1 tsp fennel seed