How to Use Sichuan Pepper: Leaves, Shell & Peppercorn!

How to use Sichuan pepper! In this video I'm introducing the three products you can get from the Sichuan pepper tree: the leaves, the shell and the peppercorns. They all have different usages and they are not just limited to cooking spicy foods.

My mother-in-law and I introduce they way it's used here in our village. Apart from cooking, you can also use it as body wash, hair wash, for foot baths, for tea, for making bread, to press it for oil, and for decorations.

There is one usage I did not add to the video (due to sound problems) and that's for hair wash. My mother-in-law tells how Sichuan pepper water is often used by women who has just given birth, to prevent hair loss (which is common after giving birth).

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[MiriamFollin]

I have to dedicate this video to all my Patrons, you are amazing and without tour support I wouldn't be able to do all this!
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[jewels]

Miriam Has the Best Mother in Law. Blessings to her Sweet Soul.

[mesmeriffic]

Good info on the Sichuan peppercorn, I learned a lot. Also the vibe of the video is very cute and endearing. Happy to see you exploring this part of China with your husband and his family.

[buchilu]

Great video. I'm a north American homesteader who has been raising my family offroad in the Venezuelan andes for over a decade. I often aquire new plants from abroad. Just got Zanthoxylum Rhetsa, a close indian relative to this and Timur pepper. Little info on it, but your video gave me enough to use it confidently. Thanks!

[OlaHermansson]

Hej, här kommer hälsningar fr Sverige 😀. Jag letade efter info på hur man odlar flower pepper men er video var väldigt trevlig så jag såg den till slutet. Det blev en solidarisk prenumeration dessutom. Lycka till med allt.

[DanielDumbrill]

I keep thinking your filming quality cant get any better, but you keep outdoing yourself. I wish I had these skills. Love this channel!

[despinachristakis]

Please show us how she pickles vegetables.

[asyouwish]

I am very glad you find Sichuan pepper. It is indeed treasure as your mother in-law described. Soaking feet in pepper water is really good for health. Especially if you have a cold or wet feet. It works like a charm.

[walkbylight]

You speak and live from your heart and we love you

[EUGENIUS]

Delightful, hope the whole family is keeping well throughout the health crisis. Kind regards

[victorha]

I'm Chinese-American. I'd known about Sichuan peppers from some Chinatown dishes that are not from Southern China. I live in Brooklyn my whole life, and in the month of February and in early March, I discovered some "advanced" dishes in Flushing, especially in the food courts. Including stuff from Wuhan and the Uyghur people. I would have continued commuting there weekly, but the Coronavirus lockdown put it all on pause. I discovered Sichuan peppercorn oil for the first time, to be used in noodle soup dishes. It's incredible and I will look for it more deeply in Chinese supermarkets one day. I say all this to express my only-recent understanding of the power of huajiao. And I haven't watched your video yet, but I hope you enjoy your continual cultural exploration in China.

[vermork]

Even after staying a couple of years in Chengdu and being exposed everyday to Sichuan peppercorns, I did learn a few things about Sichuan peppercorns usage that I didn’t know or expected with your video.
For me, Sichuan dishes are disproportionately parts of the best food I had in my life.

[IndianSumaira]

Wow, I never knew about this before. Thanks. Now I think I know why I love shezawan sauce and why I can't make it in my kitchen bcoz I don't have the real think in it❤ God bless you

[walkbylight]

Wow! You a gem in ritual china. If there is a competition on youtubers in china I will definitely vote for you ! Positive and real !

[berniebartolome]

Finally I found an interesting and very informative video about Sichuan pepper. Thanks so much! I have learned a lot.x

[willyhwang]

Thank you for this educational and entertaining video. When I was young growing up in Taiwan, my grandparents used sichuan peppercorn in a lot of their cooking. The month numbing sensation was truly unique. I love to see your mother in law's sourdough bread.

[MsFiletOFish]

Wow! Really great video! I just had my first harvest and was wondering what I could do with it all! Thanks for sharing such an informative video and highlighting the beauty of this fruit! Much love from Portland, OR 🫶🏼

[paecpc]

Very informative, never know it has so many usages. Thanks 😊

[BenjiSun]

i need to try adding sichuan peppers to footbath, and i'd suggest you can add ginger to your footbath, which is what we do in Hangzhou, especially on very humid cold winter days. our temperature is a lot milder, but the humidity and wind makes it really numbingly cold. we also use the used ginger (smacked flat) wrapped in warm wet towels to wrap around our legs while soaking. the ginger's heat sticks around for many hours afterwards. my mother is a big fan of this as she's always feeling cold.

[kvk]

I live in Vancouver BC, Canada and my favorite Chinese dish is Dan Dan noodles with Sichuan peppers.