How to make Schezwan Sauce | Schezwan Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe | Indo-Chinese Recipes

I’m a great fan of Siracha Chilli sauces and I use it in all my Indochinese recipes for sure and that highlights the dish very good. Now, I find their sauces very rarely in the markets because of their shut down issues. So I thought of making it at home and gave a try in making schezwan sauce. It was a big hit. I dint use any preservatives or vinegar for longer storage, so used it on the same day by making Gobi Manchurian. Serving Schezwan fried rice along with Gobi Manchurian was a great idea though.

Here I have the recipe for How to make Schezwan sauce and also how to make Schezwan Fried rice. I used the same recipe as like Chicken Fried rice and the only difference is using Home-made Schezwan Sauces.

Follow Egg fried rice recipe for how to cook rice for making Fried rice. I do have some Step wise pictures in the link to follow. Try this and let me know about the comments and suggestions. 

Ingredients  

1 cup of cooked basmathi rice

Thinly sliced carrot- 1 (cubed ones can also be used)

1 stalk of green onions

1 cup of thinly sliced, different colored capsicum

¼ cup green peas

½ cup shredded cabbage

French beans chopped (optional)

2tsp Schezwan sauce (refer below)

Salt (to taste)

Pinch of sugar

2tsp chopped garlic

1tsp chopped ginger

1-2 green chillies (optional)

For Schezwan sauce

10-15 dried red chillies

1tbsp finely chopped garlic

2tsp finely chopped ginger

Salt (to taste)

2tbsp oil

¼ cup water

Pinch of sugar

1tsp soy sauce

1tsp tomato ketchup

How to make the sauce

• Soak red chillies in warm water for an hour and grind them into a smooth paste.
• In a pan heat oil and sauté the chopped ginger and garlic. Keep in mind to simmer the stove to low-medium to avoid burning. Sauté them nicely till the aroma comes and it turns light brown.
• Add the ground smooth paste of red chillies and mix them well.
• Mix in low temperature, till the oil starts to ooze out. Then add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, salt and sugar. Mix well.
• Add water and cook further till the saucy consistency reaches.
• Store them in a dry clean bottle for further use. Always use a clean dry spoon for taking the sauce and store it in refrigerator not more than a week.

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 How to make fried rice

• In a deep wok add oil. Once the oil is hot, add sugar and immediately add chopped ginger and garlic. Add crushed green chillies at this stage if using it.
• Add the white part of green onions and sauté. Keep the flame in medium-high throughout the process.
• Now add the veggies (carrots, beans, cabbage, capsicum, peas) one by one and sauté for a while.
• Maintain the crunchiness of the vegetables. Now add the sauce and mix well with the vegetables.
• Sauté for a while and add salt (the sauce already has salt in it, add accordingly). Once the veggies are cooked, switch off the stove. Then add the cooked rice and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped green onions and serve hot.