adapted from recipe tin eats

ingredients

  • lamb and marinade
    • 500g boneless lamb leg meat (or rump), sliced ¼ inch thick
    • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
    • 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (or other cooking alcohol)
    • ½ tsp cooking/kosher salt
    • 1 ¼ tsp baking soda
    • 2 tbsp tapioca starch
  • spice mix
    • 2 tbsp cumin powder
    • ½ tsp white sugar
    • ½ tsp ground Sichuan pepper
      • or 1 tsp dry-roasted whole Sichuan pepper and freshly-ground
  • stir fry
    • vegetable oil
    • 12 g whole dried Chinese chili (20–30 pieces)
    • 1 onion, sliced
    • 2 tbsp (2 inch piece) finely minced ginger
    • 5 cloves garlic, finely sliced
  • garnish
    • ½ cup coriander/cilantro , roughly chopped
    • 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

instructions

  1. marinate lamb for 30 minutes at room temp
  2. heat oil, temper spice mix, then aromatics
  3. add lamb in portions, cook on both sides until golden