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cover of episode Advanced | 四百年前的川菜没有辣椒 | There Were No Chilies In Sichuan Cuisine Four Hundred Years Ago | Mandarin Chinese Story

Advanced | 四百年前的川菜没有辣椒 | There Were No Chilies In Sichuan Cuisine Four Hundred Years Ago | Mandarin Chinese Story

2021/2/27
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Sichuan cuisine is one of the four traditional Chinese cuisines and being famous for its spicy taste. But chili was not originated in China, it was introduced to China only three hundered years ago. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the origin of chili, what were the ingridents people using before chill was introduced in China and why it become so popular in some of the provinces. Hope you enjoy the story.

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