- Coming up for all you food rangers,
we're going deep into the heart of Sichuan and Chengdu
to taste one of the most painfully spicy meals in the world.
This is home of spicy and mouth numbing Sichuan cuisine,
so if you love spice, you're in for a treat.
Cause this is one of the most spiciest
and fragrant meals you can eat in the whole world.
Let's eat.
Alright, so let's check it out guys, it's Trevor James.
We are back in Chengdu Sichuan and today
we're gonna go for an extremely spicy meal here.
We're gonna have classic hot pot.
Let's go check it out.
(upbeat music)
Alright, we're gonna go get a big, spicy hot pot.
I can't wait.
Right when you walk into a legit local hot pot joint
in Sichuan the pungent chili aroma hits your nostrils
and you can almost feel it on your skin.
If you love spicy, this is your heaven.
We're going full on, and ordering
the most deadly, spicy hot pot available on the menu.
Get ready.
Feels like I'm walking into a hot pot temple here.
This is gonna be painfully spicy.
Beautiful.
Alright guys, take a look at this.
So this is the classic hot pot experience.
First thing you notice when you get this full
on menu of hot pot dishes, right down here,
you're gonna to want to either tick wei la,
which is less spicy, zhong la, which is like medium spicy,
or te la, which is extremely spicy.
And that's what we're gonna order.
Extremely spicy, okay.
So next up we're gonna get some of
the classic stuff to go with the hot pot.
We are gonna get here, this is
Fei Nui Rou, fatty beef.
And then down here we are gonna get some shrimp, oh yeah.
So this is all part of the experience, checking the menu.
Then up here some more meat.
We're gonna get here Neng Niu Rou, so less fatty beef.
And then down here Mala Niu Rou,
so mouth numbing super spicy
beef.
Then we're gonna get some quail eggs, awesome.
And then some veg just to finish it off.
We are going to get some
oupian right here,
that is lotus root.
Awesome, those go so well with hot pot.
Then we are gonna get some tudou pian here, potato slices.
And then
I think doufupi,
which is tofu skin.
But I don't see it here, I'm just gonna get some
Huangdopi, I think that's what it is.
Awesome, and that should be a perfect spicy start.
I don't know what I'm getting myself into here.
Usually I would order zhong la, just the medium spice
but today we're gonna get the full on.
(laughter)
He just gave me a warning.
There we go.
So before the hot pot arrives,
we are gonna make our dip which
is made with a
Zhimayou sesame oil.
It's made with a Zhimayou, just pour that right into there.
That is a sesame oil.
We're getting some of this stuff to come along with it.
Now we got the doufupi and
and tudou pian, potato slices,
and then oupian here, which is lotus root slices.
And this is all gonna in that extremely,
extremely spicy broth.
Whoa, look at that.
Intense bubbling pot of death.
Okay.
That is intense.
So we wait for this to boil.
This just packed full of those red Sichuan chilies,
Sichuan peppercorns, and spice.
Okay, we're gonna let that boil.
This is an extremely powerful meal here, guys.
Extremely spicy, extremely garlicky, and potent.
And there's the beef.
Look at all that.
Now we're gonna load it up with some
green onions
and some peanuts.
Wow.
Beautiful.
I think I need some Xiaomila for this.
We gotta add some chili to the dip
because we need it to be extra spicy.
I want to feel alive.
So, just in case this isn't spicy enough,
which I'm sure it's gonna be deadly,
we're gonna add some Xiaomila fresh,
fresh, not dry, red chilies in there.
And a little bit of suan tsai cilantro.
Whoa, that is gonna be beautiful.
We're just gonna put a little touch of vinegar in there,
and just of haoyou oyster sauce.
This is intense.
This is a full on beef oil, they call it niu rou.
Packed with red chilies,
packed with Sichuan peppercorn.
It's just packed with red chilies,
packed with Sichuan peppercorn.
That oil, niu rou, they call it beef oil.
Wow.
And then we're gonna take
what you do, there's a couple ways
you can take one by one if you want
and then hold it in the bubbles
and eat it and wait for it to cook.
Or you can just put a ton in,
and that's my tactic because you can just feast.
You don't have to worry about individual pieces cooking.
And then we have the mala niu rou,
look at this guys, this is packed,
covered in red chilies, dried red chilies.
Raw beef covered in that super spicy spice mix
and we're just gonna put that right in as well.
(laughter)
I don't know how much trouble I
am getting myself into right now.
This is gonna be an intense, intense hot pot delight.
So we've also got ou, which is lotus roots,
we have some beautiful chopped up shrimp.
So we have some nice chopped up shrimp we can add in there.
Those will be delicious.
Oh yeah.
And I think we're gonna let those cook now.
I don't know what I'm getting myself into here.
Look at that, that just looks deadly.
This is full on Sichuan experience.
You've gotta come to the heart of Sichuan to get this.
We are in Chengdu, the land of spicy,
numbing, fragrant cuisine.
The land of plentiful flavor.
The land of plenty.
It's all here, guys.
The deal is you just
fish around and
you just take out pieces that look good.
And you can sort of shake them off
cause you don't want to eat dried chilies of course, right?
Then you can sort of dip them off,
and then you can just dip it into that sesame oil
with fresh chilies, cilantro, onions, and peanuts,
and go for the kill.
Mmm.
Oh, that is burning.
Oh wow guys, that is like a burning pleasure.
Whoa.
The first bite of hot pot is just a warmup.
As the chilies boil in the oil
and the heat gets higher and higher,
the spice level builds and each bite
you take is hotter and hotter.
Your tongue, your lips, and even
your face getting really hot.
It feels like your soul is burning.
Feels like you can feel it in your throat
and your stomach the instant it goes down.
Whoa.
That is extreme pain, here.
I don't know how I'm gonna eat that, guys.
I want to eat it but I don't want
I don't want to waste but I'm in pain.
Over time, your dipping bowl full of that sesame oil,
and chilies, and garlic, and peanuts,
that also gets spicy because the oil
some of the oil from the hot pot gets in there.
Oh,
now that is.
(laughter)
This is one of the spiciest things you'll ever eat, guys.
This is just one of thousands of hot pot joints in Chengdu
that
give me a minute here.
Okay.
(clears throat)
That is so spicy, guys.
Look at that.
My face, my tongue.
That is so intensely spicy.
Whoa.
Oh man, I'm just burning.
The red chilies give it a instant burn.
The huajiao, the Sichuan peppercorn,
the minute you get that flavor on your tongue
you can feel a bit of a tingle.
It feels florally.
Almost a little citrusy and numbing.
Your face, and your lips and tongue
feel a slight tingle.
It really is painful, and I love spice.
This is
I think next time I'm gonna stick with the zhong la.
Ting, you wanna try?
- I'm gonna try this shrimp.
- [Trevor] It's really spicy, Ting.
Those shrimp have been in there a few minutes now
and they're gonna be overcooked and extremely,
extremely spicy.
I mean this is gone of the spiciest things
you can eat in the world.
- [Ting] Really?
- [Trevor] Yeah, I'm a little nervous for you.
From Guangdong, not used to that spice,
but if you want to try it, go for it.
- [Ting] Where is it?
That's the shrimp.
I'm gonna try it.
- [Trevor] Try it out.
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Is that spicy?
- No.
- [Trevor] No?
You're kidding.
- No, I'm not kidding.
- [Trevor] You're saying that
that is not spicy and I'm a baby.
(laughter)
- I think maybe because it's the first bite.
- [Trevor] Yeah, you're cheating.
(laughter)
You're putting it in your oil
and that's cleaning it from the spice.
- [Ting] Yeah, that's gonna help.
- [Trevor] You're cheating, for sure.
- Well I don't want it to be painful,
I want it to taste good.
(laughter)
- [Trevor] That flavor inside from those chilies
and peppercorns is infused into the oil,
and every single bite you take
gets that spice and that numbing sensation.
It is burning, and it is actually somehow addictive.
You take that first bite the first time you come for hot pot
and it is like whoa, I see something here.
You're in pain, but you are also enjoying it.
And after you're finished you go home,
your mouth is still slightly alive
and you just want to go back for more.
This is one of the things you
have to try when you come to Sichuan.
Look at that.
That is such condensed spice.
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