Szechuan
Britishnoun
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The orange sauce — almost candy-sweet with a citrus tang — is cooked with real orange peels and dried Szechuan peppers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
A tub of cilantro sauce from the Venezuelan place, grilled corn from the taco stand or a side of mapo tofu from the Szechuan spot?
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025
Davis’ shorter-form Instagram and TikTok videos tackled trending foods with flair, sharing her takes on McDonald’s “Rick and Morty” Szechuan sauce, strawberry tanghulu and fellow food creator Emily Mariko’s viral salmon bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024
The jam sauce, meanwhile, features red pepper, Szechuan peppercorn, cayenne pepper and apple vinegar.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
On it, within the old province of Szechuan, so light and gentle that none could see it, was the little mark placed there by Ching which indicated the location of his ancestral farm.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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