(includes cocktail mixer recipes) Though they can also be used as an exciting garnish, salad ingredient, or in frozen desserts, Szechuan Buttons (aka Sichuan Buttons) excel as the cocktail mixer of the future, and a lot of cutting edge mixologists are experimenting …
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This summery cocktail is sweet and citrusy with a szechuan button tingling-kiss just a few seconds after you sip it.  You’ll find recipes for the infused gin & citrus juice by reading How to Make Szechuan Button Drinks. Ingredients: (per …
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Ingredients: (makes one 3.5oz drink) 2 1/2oz of good quality Bourbon (we recommend a sweeter variety) 1oz Orange & Anise Brandy  (Good Quality Brandy, Star Anise, Orange Peel) ½ of a Szechuan Button bud 1 Star Anise (for garnish) Ice Directions: …
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This cocktail tastes of caramel, vanilla and cocoa blended with anise and citrus & finishes with a buzz. Ingredients: (per drink) 2oz Bourbon 1/8oz Pernod 1/4oz Simple Syrup 1/4oz Vermouth 1/4oz Crème de Cacao 1/2oz Szechuan Button Infused Citrus Juice Dash …
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Below you’ll find ten ingenious cocktails invented by the foodie blogosphere using Szechuan buttons – an exotic edible flower that makes your mouth tingle when you chew it. Knuckle Salad’s Tootsie Pop Rock Martini and At Home with Rebecka’s Bite …
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This simple but tasty cocktail is herbal with lots of baking spice carried by the szechuan tingle. Ingredients: (per drink) 1oz Chartreuse 1oz Sweet Vermouth 1oz Gin Dash of Orange Bitters 1 Szechuan Button Directions 1.  Pinch all the petals …
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Post and recipe by Christo from ChezWhat. Wake up brunch there is a new Mary in town!  The buttons in the drink and the sugar, salt, button combo on the glasses’ rims will be enough ‘hair of the dog’ for …
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Christo from ChezWhat is at it again with his third Szechuan button recipe… Has your mouth needed a treat lately? All the hustle and bustle of the holidays but you’ve been able to hold your tongue? Well now it’s time …
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This tequila-based cocktail is well balanced by crème de cacao’s richness, agave’s sweetness, grapefruit bitters’ bite and szechuan button‘s electricity.    Ingredients: (per drink) 2oz Silver Tequila 1/2oz Szechuan Button Infused Citrus Juice 1/4oz Agave Nectar Dash of Grapefruit Bitters 1/4oz …
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Tammy Quackenbush lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her love of Korean food started when she taught ESL in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, back in 1996-1997. However, she didn’t become “famous” for her Korean cooking style until she started making cooking …
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Recipe by Christo from ChezWhat – again. I’ve got the button – Szechuan buttons that is!  The toothache flower.  Nature’s pop rocks.  When I heard about these bad boys I knew I had to have some, and while I would …
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I am so happy to be writing another post here at MarxFoods and I need to tell you something – everything is fresh, top quality and beautiful each and every time and it’s this attention to detail that keeps me …
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