Currently, it's only available in the United States.
On Oct. 7, U.S. fast-food giant McDonald's reintroduced its "Szechuan Hot Sauce" after a 19-year hiatus, but only sold 1,000 copies of the product on the same day. Unexpectedly, the demand for "Sichuan hot sauce" exceeded the supply, and some consumers could not buy the sauce to protest outside the store, even alarmed the police.
It is reported that "Sichuan hot sauce" is McDonald's in 1998 to tie in with the Disney film "Mulan" launched sauce, briefly sold after the discontinuation of production. McDonald's reintroduced "Sichuan Hot Sauce" after 19 years at the request of the author of the popular American animated film "Rick and Morty". However, the supply of hot sauce at each store was so low that most people were unable to buy it, leading to some angry people protesting outside the store, causing chaos and even alarming the police.
In addition, the "Sichuan hot sauce" boom has extended to the Internet, where some people have bought the sauce and auctioned it off, with a small packet fetching hundreds of dollars.
What does McDonald's Sichuan hot sauce taste like?
Many people who have eaten it say it's nothing special, it's just a sweet-tasting hot sauce, well, it's like Pixian bean paste with sugar.
" No one can describe the beauty of Sichuan hot sauce, which is like mother's milk, maiden's fragrant sweat and lover's saliva."
According to those who have eaten the hot sauce, it's a little sweet, and when dipped into McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, it's really quite tasty, so it's no wonder why McDonald's drew so many cheers when it re-introduced the Szechuan hot sauce.
McDonald's Szechuan hot sauce recipe?
We found this list of ingredients for a DIY Szechuan hot sauce, and it's pretty complicated, to say the least.
Two tablespoons dry sherry, one and a half tablespoons peeled and chopped ginger, two cloves chopped garlic, two teaspoons dried chili peppers, half a cup of low-nut, zero-fat chicken broth, two teaspoons cornstarch, one and a half teaspoons soy sauce, one tablespoon Asian chili-garlic sauce, and one tablespoon sugar
To make this recipe, you first heat up the chicken broth by combining the ginger, garlic, red chili peppers, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce, and sugar in a saucepan until it's nearly boiling, and then you pour the chicken broth into a small bowl over Then pour the chicken broth into a small bowl, add the cornstarch and stir well, and finally mix the two sauces, stirring constantly until thickened.