Rumoured to have been created in a Liverpool chippy, Salt and pepper seasoning can be added to chips, chicken and just about anything else to create a wonderfully savoury, spicy flavour sensation. As home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, it's no wonder it's become a local staple.
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00:00 Liverpool has long been a cultural melting pot due to its seafaring history.
00:07 So it's no surprise that one of our most beloved dishes is a fusion.
00:12 All these Chinese dishes that we eat and that we love just come from the most humble beginnings of people packing up their stuff from Hong Kong,
00:19 coming to Liverpool and making a life for themselves. And salt and pepper is the quintessential Scouse Chinese dish.
00:24 It embodies Chinese and Liverpool salt and pepper. You ask any Scouse, "What are you getting from the chippy tonight?" Salt and pepper chips.
00:30 So for me, there's no better dish to represent our international relationships in this city than anything salt and pepper.
00:36 Believed to have been created in a Liverpool chip shop, salt and pepper seasoning can be added to chips and just about anything else to create a spicy umami taste sensation.
00:47 As the home of the oldest Chinese community in Europe, it's no wonder it's become a local staple.
00:54 Salt and pepper is a fusion of all the best flavors of Chinese. So you've got a little bit of chili in there, a little bit of heat.
01:02 You've got obviously your salt and your pepper and you've also got a little bit of MSG and a little bit of sugar.
01:08 There's all sorts of little tiny bits, a little bit of five spice, a little bit of cumin.
01:11 Bring it all together, mix it into a rub and it goes on anything. Put it on chips, fancy it.
01:17 You can put it on your bacon for your brekkie, salt and pepper your bacon, do anything you want.
01:20 But every Liverpool household has got that little pot of that salt and pepper seasoning and it's always pretty much the same one.
01:26 We all put it on everything and we're not ashamed. It's exactly what it is and it's something so simple but can somehow be fantastically effective.
01:33 Pizza punks have put their spin on a classic, adorning their sourdough-based slices with a salt and pepper edge.
01:40 The whole of Liverpool calls it salt and pepper. It isn't really salt and pepper. Technically it is really salt and chili.
01:46 So to make it a little bit more accessible across all of our sites nationwide we've called it salt and chili.
01:50 But don't worry, the Scousers know it's still salt and pepper.
01:53 The chain's take on a classic features their house red salsa mozzarella alongside salt and pepper adorned chicken thighs,
02:00 mixed peppers, spring onion, fresh chili along with a salted chili crust.
02:07 Look how delicious this is. It smells so good too.
02:14 I'm such a big fan of salt and pepper. Anyway I will honestly sprinkle it on just about anything.
02:21 But this pizza which has all the elements of the salt and pepper that we know and love in our Chinese on a pizza.
02:34 That's magic. Honestly I don't even think I could have dreamt this up in my wildest dreams.
02:41 Pizza, salt and pepper all together in one delicious bite.
02:48 Wow I'm going in again. The crunch of the vegetables as well really just evokes that true authentic salt and pepper Chinese experience.
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