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Hot-and-numbing chicken slices
ma la ji pian
from  Sichuan Cookery 
by Fuchsia Dunlop 
page  6

A Sichuan cold-dressed dish which combines the salty richness of soy sauce with fiery chilli oil and a hint of sugar sweetness, but with an extra zing from gound roasted Sichuan pepper. Typically served on a bed of spring onions.

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300-400grams chicken breast cooked, cold, cut into even slices
4-6 spring onion white parts only, thinly sliced diagonally to form 'horse ears'
3tbsps soy sauce (light)  
3-6tbsps Chilli oil with sediment
2tsps sesame oil  
0.5-1tsps Ground roasted Sichuan pepper  
4tsps white sugar  
  1. Stir the sugar into the soy sauce to dissolve it and then add the oils.
  2. Lay the spring onion slices onto the base of a serving dish and add the chicken.
  3. Sprinkle with the ground roasted Sichuan pepper and drizzle with the sauce.

The dish can be gently mixed with chopsticks when at the table.

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