Name: Chinese Spicy Sour Potatoes (30-min. Recipe)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 russet potatoes (peeled and cut into thin matchsticks); 1 red chilli (sliced (omit if you prefer no spice)); 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp regular soy sauce; 1/2 tsp white granulated sugar; 1 tbsp garlic minced; 4 tsp white vinegar; 1 tbsp avocado oil; 1/3 cup green onion (sliced into 1 inch pieces)

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Chinese Spicy Sour Potatoes. A delicious vegan shredded potato dish with a spicy, salty, vinegar flavour. It's easy to make and great as a side dish.

I recently came across this dish in wanting to share an Asian inspired potato dish. As such, I was so intrigued by the flavour profile and thought perhaps this tastes like salt and vinegar chips with a hit of spice. And to my delight, it did!

My Chinese hot and sour potatoes comes together in 30 minutes and doesn't require too many ingredients that you would have to trek out and find.

In the traditional Chinese spicy and sour potatoes, they use Sichuan peppercorns and black vinegar.

However, I omitted this from the recipe as it's spicy enough with the red chillies and I used normal vinegar so it's not truly authentic to its origin. But hey, it's accessible and it introduces you to a new Asian potato dish that I bet you've never heard of unless you live or travel frequently to China. This was my first time hearing about it!

I can't take all the credit for this recipe, I have adapted it from China Sichuan Food and here is their original recipe.

What does it taste like?

As I mentioned above, these Chinese spicy sour potatoes taste like a spicy version of salt and vinegar chips. If you can't tolerate spice, I would suggest removing the chillis completely.

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For this recipe

You will need the following ingredients for my Chinese hot and sour shredded potato dish:

4 small-medium russet potatoes, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks
1 red chilli, sliced (omit if you prefer no spice)
1 tablespoon garlic minced
½ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon soy sauce
4 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon avocado oil
⅓ cup green onions, sliced into 1 inch pieces

How to make this dish!

Slice your peeled yellow potatoes into thin shreds. Try to ensure they are of equal size. Soak the shred in cold water for a couple of minutes and strain.

In a large non-stick pan set over high heat, add avocado oil, garlic, and red chilli. Be prepared for a coughing fit as the chillies are spicy!

Add shredded potatoes and mix in with the aromatics.

Season with salt, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. Mix well. Cook for 8 minutes.

Finally add in green onions and vinegar. Mix again and serve.

Give it a try!

Well I hope you give my Chinese Spicy Sour Potatoes recipe a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.

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