The Mala Market is America's source for premium Sichuan ingredients
At harvest time each year, we import several varieties of top-grade Sichuan pepper and Chinese chili peppers, and we are the exclusive importers of Sichuan's most esteemed handcrafted products, including Pixian chili bean paste, soy sauce and vinegar
Direct sourcing from renowned Chinese factories and farms ensures authenticity, safety and freshness
Ma (the numbing of Sichuan pepper) + la (the heat of chili pepper) = mala (the defining taste of Sichuan food)
Check out our Sichuan Recipe Blog for inspiration and instruction on using the ingredients
New and popular products
Da Hong Pao Sichuan Pepper (Szechuan Peppercorn, 大红袍花椒)
$13
Premium red Sichuan pepper (formerly Szechuan pepper) should have a strong citrusy fragrance and taste as well as an intense numbing quality. Ours is particularly potent, as it has not...
Sichuan Pepper Grinder ( Da Hong Pao Hua Jiao, 大红袍花椒)
$16
We're not sure why no one has ever put Sichuan peppercorns in a grinder before, but it totally works! Perhaps this grinding method has been overlooked because pepper mills are...
Shao Kao Spice (Xinjiang Style Chinese BBQ Blend)
Sold Out
All of China loves a good skewer of grilled meat or veggie. The most popular shao kao, or Chinese barbeque, comes from the far west region of Xinjiang, where Muslim...
Fragrant-Hot Ground Chilies (Sichuan Chili Flakes, Xiang La La Jiao Mian, 香辣辣椒面)
$12
In Sichuan, chili oil is made from one or more kinds of whole dried chilies that are first fried until crisp and then pounded in a large mortar and pestle...
Zhongba Handcrafted Soy Sauce (Naturally Brewed 1 Year)
$40
Finally, America has a premium, naturally brewed Chinese soy sauce with no additives or preservatives! Sichuan's famed Zhongba Soy Sauce has been made continuously by one family since 1828 and...
Baoning Handcrafted Vinegar
$14
Sichuan's Baoning vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars of China. We are now carrying two handmade Baoning vinegars instead of Zhenjiang vinegar, because Baoning is a better match for...
ZinDrew Garlic Chili Oil
$13
Just as with hot sauce, you can never have too many chili oils. They are all different, with varying spices, aromatics, textures and heat levels. ZinDrew Chili Oil is totally...
Roasted Rapeseed Oil (Caiziyou, 菜籽油)
$18
Mala Market Exclusive If you've ever been in or near a restaurant kitchen in Sichuan, then you know the distinct and delicious smell of caiziyou, the cooking oil of choice...
Yaomazi Green Sichuan Pepper Oil (Teng Jiao Oil)
$14
Mala Market Exclusive This fragrant and numbing Sichuan pepper oil is made from teng jiao, which is a species of green Sichuan pepper that is translated in English as vine...
The Food of Sichuan (New Cookbook by Fuchsia Dunlop)
$35
Whether you're new to Sichuan cooking or have been at it for years, this is the one cookbook you cannot do without. Newbies will find a thorough introduction to ingredients...
Xi'an Famous Foods (Cookbook by Jason Wang)
$30
If you've spent any time in New York City, you may have a lingering love for Xi'an Famous Foods, a Flushing, Queens, food stall made famous by Anthony Bourdain and later expanded...
Cooking South of the Clouds (Yunnan Cookbook by Georgia Freedman, Signed Copy)
$30
Yunnan is another province in what we like to call the Sichuan Pepper Belt of middle-west China. Nestled south of Sichuan and bordered also by Vietnam, Lao and Myanmar, its food is...
Zhongba is the only long-brewed, all-natural Chinese soy sauce in the U.S. Andrew Zimmern calls it "the best soy sauce for the money I have tried in years."
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