On the menu at my favorite Chinese restaurant, this spicy dish was called Potato Pot, but on my receipt it was called Sliced Potato Wok, which is more descriptive of the dish as sliced potato was cooked in a wok and was served in a mini wok. The potato slices were cooked in oil that had pieces of dried red chile in it, which were too tough to be edible, but then sliced jalapeño was added, and they were definitely edible. The potato slices were slightly under-cooked by Western standards, as some of them were still a bit crunchy, but in this spicy dish that really worked. There was a little scallion in the dish as well as a spice that I think may have been crushed coriander seed, and that really made the flavor pop. There was just the right amount of salt, probably from soy sauce or a proprietary mixture. This was the first Chinese potato dish I've had, and it was a delicious way to eat potato, but you do have to like spicy.
Location: Cie Sichuan Cuisine, 45682 Towne Street, Indio, California. Date: December 17, 2022.
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