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Water-Boiled Beef

📍 Los Angeles Sichuan $$

at Chengdu Taste

"Chengdu Taste's water-boiled beef — shui zhu niu rou — is one of the most visually and sensorially dramatic Sichuan dishes in Los Angeles. Tender sliced beef in a blazing chili oil with Sichuan peppercorns that coat everything in numbness. The dried chiles and garlic create a red-oil lake that seems alive with heat. Bring rice."

— Expert, 95/100 credibility
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Expert 95/100

"Chengdu Taste's water-boiled beef — shui zhu niu rou — is one of the most visually and sensorially dramatic Sichuan dishes in Los Angeles. Tender sliced beef in a blazing chili oil with Sichuan peppercorns that coat everything in numbness. The dried chiles and garlic create a red-oil lake that seems alive with heat. Bring rice."