Burning noodles! While these noodles definitely have a bit of a kick to them, the 'burning' actually doesn't have anything to do with chilis or capsaicin... it refers to that this is, well, not a soup noodle. It's loaded up with peanuts, sesame, Yibin's characteristic yacai... and of course a Yibinstyle oil called 'xiangyou'.

We dove into the history and the background of the dish in the video apologies to anyone that hates recipe backstories :) If you're interested in more about the tow men (also called 'trackers' in English), definitely check out the video containing the audio of their chants    • 川江号子A Work Song of Boat Trackers in ...   . Also, when doing a bit of research I found this awesome article on the subject of the tow men... there was a really good interview with someone that used to be one:

https://journal.probeinternational.or...

I'm sure many of you might be interested in more about Chinese punk/heavy metal... here's a brief completely nonexhaustive playlist... always interested in more recommendations too:    • Chinese Punk  

Full, detailed written recipe is over here on /r/cooking:

  / recipe_how_to_make_sichuan_burning_noodles...  

But check out our Patreon if you'd like to support the project!

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Lastly, big thank you to Trevor James a.k.a. the Food Ranger for continuing to be awesome and letting us raid his footage for missing BRoll. Great content there, they really do their research and truly go to some awesome places in China. The two videos used were:

Chengdu wholesale market tour:    • DEEP Chinese Street Food and Spicy Ma...  
Dan Dan noodles:    • Chinese Street Food DAN DAN NOODLE To...  

Definitely go check those out in their entirety if you've got the time, they're great stuff as always.

Outro Music: "Add And" by Broke For Free
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ABOUT US

Learn how to cook real deal, authentic Chinese food! We post recipes every Tuesday (unless we happen to be travelling) :)

We're Steph and Chris a foodobsessed couple that lives in Shunde, China. Steph is from Guangzhou and loves cooking food from throughout China you'll usually be watching her behind the wok. Chris is a longterm expat from America that's been living in China and loving it for the last eleven years you'll be listening to his explanations and recipe details, and doing some cooking at times as well.

This channel is all about learning how to cook the same taste that you'd get in China. Our goal for each video is to give you a recipe that would at least get you close to what's made by some of our favorite restaurants here. Because of that, our recipes are noholdsbarred Chinese when it comes to style and ingredients but feel free to ask for tips about adaptations and sourcing too!