Name: Homemade schezwan sauce recipe | How to make schezwan sauce at home
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1/2 cup chilli flakes or 20 dried red chillies; 1/8 cup spring onion greens (chopped fine/celery/coriander stem); 6-7 garlic cloves (increase/decrease as per taste); 1 small tomato pureed or 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 teaspoon crushed ginger; 1/8 cup sesame oil; 1 tablespoon vinegar; 1 teaspoon black pepper powder; 1 teaspoon sugar; Salt to taste

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Schezwan sauce recipe- a quick and easy recipe to make homemade Indo Chinese schezwan sauce that you can make in 40 minutes. This sauce is one of the most commonly used ingredients in indo Chinese recipes. Instead of buying store bought ones loaded with preservatives you can try this easy recipe at home.

Homemade schezwan sauce recipe for making schezwan fried rice or noodles.

Homemade schezwan sauce is nothing like what you get in stores. It is so delicious, vibrant and flavorf packed. Especially homemade ones are clean with no added colors and preservatives. As a result this sauce is safe for kids too, of course the amount of chilies should be altered as per preference.

Making schezwan sauce at home is easy and quick with pantry staple ingredients. I have tried various combinations in this recipe and sharing my favorite here. The one I am sharing here is the best schezwan sauce recipe that our family loves.

How to use schezwan sauce:

1. With this schezwan sauce in hand, making schezwan fried rice, schezwan noodles, paneer schezwan recipes can be made in flat 10 minutes.

2. This sauce can also be used a spreading sauce in sandwiches, burgers.

3. You can use this in stir fries. I also make a delicious schezwan pasta with this schezwan sauce.

4. Also you can use this as pizza sauce or a dip for paratha for a varied flavor.

4. You can also use this sauce as side dish for veg momos, dry manchurian recipes, veg cutlet, potato wedges recipes.

To make schezwan sauce recipe authentically we need sichuan chilies, if you have them handy you can use else just go ahead with regular dried red chilies we use for tempering curries or even chili flakes used in pizza will work.

For mildly spiced and vibrant colored schezwan sauce use dried kashmiri red chilies. Ginger-garlic are very important ingredients for flavoring the sauce. Next ingredient is onion, you can use regular onions or spring onion whites or also celery.

How to make schezwan sauce recipe (step by step).

1.Heat sesame oil in a kadai till smoking point.Add the chilli flakes and saute well for 3-5 minutes.
2.Next add the crushed ginger-garlic.Saute till the raw smell goes off.
3.Next add the chopped/blended tomato and mix well.Add spring onion greens and mix well.
4.Add salt,sugar,vinegar and pepper powder.Saute well till the sauce thickens leaves the side of the kadai an starts to ooze out oil. Store schezwan sauce airtight in refrigerator.

Schezwan sauce recipe card below: