Here at Fly By Jing, we have yet to meet a chicken tender we didn't love, but these healthy, baked home-made versions slathered with Mala Spice Mix may just be the ones we return to and reach for again and again without fail.

Mala translates to “numbingly spicy,” and is the signature flavor of Sichuan cuisine. With a secret mix of 11 herbs and spices, including Erjingtiao chili, umami rich mushroom and seaweed and the prized Qingxi Tribute pepper, our Mala Spice Mix is marked by a highly fragrant and tingly spice.

One of our favorite things about cooking with it is that it's already done most of the work for you. It is savory, deep, spicy, numbing, and a little goes a long way. We rub it on chicken thighs before popping it in the oven, dust it on deep fried wings, grill fish and lamb kebobs with it, and when we're feeling lazy, we simply shake it in a big bag of buttery pop corn.