Spice
Green Sichuan Pepper
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Green Sichuan pepper is the market name for dried green husks—more lime-peel and fresh wood than red, with the same electric numbness. Increasingly common in modern Sichuan restaurants for contrast with red hua jiao. Use where recipes call for green flower pepper. Pair with fish and light stir-fries as well as mala.
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Preparations
Dual MalaFishGrindOil
Traits
Fresh CitrusGreenGreen HuskLime CitrusModern ClassicNumbingTingling
History
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Green flower pepper was used regionally as a distinct hua jiao style.
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Modern Sichuan dining elevated green pepper alongside red.
Export of green Sichuan pepper expanded to global spice shops.
Chefs layered green and red Sichuan pepper for complex ma.