OK.
The first product
This is a sauce mix for a famous Sichuan dish, Bobo Chicken (钵钵鸡) as written in the larger white characters. “BoBo” refers to a type of pottery or clay pot in which the dish is traditionally made. It is served cold, either as part of a meal or often as a street snack food in Chengdu. Sichuan’s capital.
Underneath, also in large white, it says “Convenient Seasoning (方便调料). So, it’s a seasoning mix.
Top left in the yellow box we have 四妹 Si Mei, which is the brand name. It means Four Sisters.
Everything else is just irrelevant marketing nonsense apart from a warning that it is spicy.
Here, obviously, we have the preparation instructions
Top left – Step 1 Prepare vegetables for 3-5 people. Boil in a pan, drain and set aside.
Top right – Step 2 Prepare 1 litre of cold water (mineral water or boiled tap water).
Bottom Left – Step 3 Pour the water into a pan and stir in the seasoning mix.
Bottom Right – Step 4 Place cooked chicken and the vegetables into the pan and leave to soak for 15 minutes.
The information to the right of the sticker in English with the ingredients etc. just gives a table of nutrients. Whether that is referring to the dish or the package contents, I’m not sure.
I have to say that that “recipe” must be for the worst Bobo Chicken in the dish’s long history. Not something I’d use. The dish really consists of cold chicken and vegetable skewers served in a spicy chicken broth with chilli oil and Sichuan peppercorns.
There is a reasonable looking recipe here with a decent image of the dish. It also contains a link to an extremely irritating YouTube video.
The second product.
This one is strange. The front label tells me nothing. The strip down the left just says “Four Sisters Foreign Ingredients”. Where they are foreign to, I have no idea. The rest is more fatuous marketing BS, including “The secret to good taste is good ingredients”. I agree but doubt this is one.
The reverse label lists suggested usages. These are that it’s for ”all spicy and fragrant dishes, fried rice, noodles and other dishes that need Four Sisters’ ingredients for creativity” Hmmmm.
It goes on with “When cooking add a moderate amount to make it delicious in seconds.
They do add that “it tastes good and is edible”! Glad to hear it!
I don’t really know what it is. I see a white label to the left that appears to be in English. Is that the ingredients. If so, it may be covering the same info in Chinese.
I hope that helps.
