Lao Sze Chuan Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing the menu at Lao Sze Chuan, a renowned Szechuan restaurant in Chicago, IL, known for its authentic and flavorful dishes. The extensive menu includes a wide range of cold appetizers like Tiger Skin Chili and Spicy Beef Tendon, hot dishes like Boiled Fish Szechuan Style and Tony's Special Hot Wok Fish Fillet, as well as classic dishes such as Pig Ear Szechuan Style and Stir Fry Fresh Frog. Customers have praised the restaurant for its tasty and authentic cuisine, with favorites including the Szechuan string beans, mapo tofu, and dry chili chicken. The cozy and relaxed ambiance, quick service, and large portions make Lao Sze Chuan a go-to spot for those craving delicious Szechuan fare. With options for vegans and vegetarians, as well as gluten-free and spicy dishes, there is something to satisfy every palate at Lao Sze Chuan.
Cold Appetizers
T1. Tiger Skin Chili
T2. Cucumber Salad with Mashed Garlic
T3. Chili Oil Cucumber Salad
Bon Bon Chicken
Spicy.
Jiao Ma Chicken
Served with bone. Spicy.
Never Forget Chicken
Served with bone. Spicy.
Spicy Chengdu Chicken
Served with bone.
Sliced Tender Pork with Garlic Sauce
Fat. Spicy.
Sour Pickled with Ground Pork
Spicy.
Dry Beef Szechuan Style
Spicy.
Five Powder Beef
Spicy Beef Tendon
Spicy.
Szechuan Spicy Rabbit
Served with bone.
Spicy Sour Squid
Ginger Calamari
Jelly Fish Shanghai Style
Vegetarian Chicken Shanghai Style
Szechuan Pickle
Spicy.
Spinach with Ginger Sauce
Dry Bean Curd with Crispy Peanut in Spicy Sauce
Spicy.
Three Colors Home Style
Spicy.
Spicy Cabbage Szechuan Style
TT1. Boiled Fish Sze Chuan Style with Pork Intestine
TT2. Pork Rack with Sour Pickle and Long Beans
TT3. Twice Cooked Preserved Pork
TT4. Steamed Beef Tenderloin with Mashed Rice
T5. Famous Smoked Chicken Sze Chuan Style
T6. Chef's Special Dry Chili Paddywack
Spicy Dish.
T7. Sze Chuan Grilled White Fish
T8a. Lao Sze Chuan Special Crawfish
T8b. Sze Chuan Green Peppercorn Pork Kidney
T9. Chef Special Lamb with Tooth Pick
T10a. Green Peppercorn Clam
T10b. Green Peppercorn Frog
T11. Tony's Special Spicy Frogs Zi Gong Style
T12. Tony's Special Hot Mini Wok Frog
Spicy.
T13. Tony's Special Hot Wok Fish Fillet
Spicy.
T14. Tony's Special Hot Mini Wok Prawn
T15. Tony's Special Sichuan Peppercorn Chicken
T16. Ma La Xiang Guo Hot Spicy Combination
Spicy.
Hot Dishes
Lao Sze Chuan Classic
A01. Sliced Beef and Maw Szechuan Style
A02. Pig Ear Szechuan Style
A03. Pork Stomach in Garlic Sauce
A04. House Special Spicy Kidneys
A07 Sour Pickle and Pork Stomach Soup
A08 Sour Pickle and Pork Kidney Soup
A09 Pork Blood Cakes Hot and Sour Soup
Spicy dish.
A10 Diced Whole Fish Casserole Soup
A11. Steamed Pork Fat with Sweet Pickle
A13. Stir Fried Beef Maw
A14. Pork Stomach Home Style
A15. Pork Stomach with Sour Pickle
A17. Stir Fried Pork Stomach with Dry Bean Curd
A18. Stir Fried Kidneys
A188. Stir Fried Liver
A1888. Pork Liver Kidney and Intestine
A19. Stir Fried Kidneys Home Style
A20 Kung Pao Kidneys
Spicy dish.
A21. Spicy Pork Intestine
A22. Double Cooked Spicy Pork Intestine
Dry and spicy.
A23. Pork Intestine In Pot Home Style
A24. Pork Intestine and Pork Blood Cake
A25. Stew Beef Trim Flank in Pot
A26. Stew Beef Trim Flank with Beer in Pot
A27 Tofu and Pork Blood Cake Home Style
Spicy dish.
A29. Beef Maw and Pork Blood Cake Home Style
A30. Rice Noodles Soup with Pork Intestine
A31 Egg Noodles Soup with Pork Intestine
Spicy dish.
A32. Hot and Sour Rice Noodles Soup
A35. Sour Pickle Intestine
A36. Baby Octopus with Sour Pickle Chili
A37 Sea Cucumber with Sour Pickle Chili
Extra spicy dish.
A38. Sole Fish Fillet with Sour Pickle Chili
Codfish with Sour Pickle Chili
Extra spicy dish.
A40. Fresh Frog with Sour Pickle Chili
A41. Boiled Fresh Frog in Spicy Szechuan Sauce
A42 Fresh Frog with Garlic
Spicy dish.
A43 Double Fried Fresh Frog
Extra spicy dish.
A44 Stir Fry Fresh Frog
Spicy dish.
A45 House Special Fresh Frog Soup with Tofu
Extra spicy dish.
Stir Fried Bamboo Shoots with Pork
Stewed Beef Trim Flankie with Bamboo Shoots
Ex-Spicy Fish Fillet in Flaming Wok
8813 House Special Dry Chili Duck Tongue
Extra spicy dish.
8814 Duck Tongue Peking Style
8815 Beef Book Tripe Canton Style
8816 Beef Book Tripe Black Bean Sauce
Chef's Special Dry Chili Chicken
Mapo Tofu
Vegetarian.
Boiled Beef in Spicy Szechuan Sauce
Twice Cooked Pork
Fat.
Spicy Pan Fried Slice Pork
Sole Fish Fillet Chili Bean Sauce
Sole Fish Fillet with Sour Pickle Cabbage in Spicy Sauce
Lamb with Pure Cumin Powder
Yu Shiang Pork
Tony's Chicken with 3 Chili
Chef's Recommendation Spicy Option
Chef's Recommendation Non Spicy
Szechuan String Beans
Garlic Peapod Leafs
Mongolian Beef Tenderloin
A11. Steamed Pork with Sweet Pickle
Fat.
Garlic Spinach
Crispy Shrimp in Mayonnaise Sauce
Three Cups Chicken
With bone and skin, sweet.
Sliced Pork Bean Curd and Chives
Sole Fish Fillet Black Bean Sauce
Szechuan Smoked Tea Duck
With bone.
Shanghai Spring Rolls
2 pieces. Vegetarian.
Pork Pot Stickers
6 pieces.
Crab Rangoon
4 piecs.
Beef Satay
4 pieces
Jumbo Shrimp
6 pieces.
Steamed Ribs with Mashed Rice
Chili Platter
String Beans Spicy Black Bean Sauce
Hot Appetizers
Soup
Hot and Sour Soup
Vegetarian and spicy soup.
Wonton Soup
Egg Drop Soup
Shrimp Sizzling Rice Soup
Chicken Sizzling Rice Soup
House Special Hot and Sour Soup
Vegetarian and spicy soup.
Spinach Tofu Soup
Mixed Vegetables Soup
Chinese Pickle and Pork Soup
West Lake Beef Soup
Pan Fried Eggs with Tomato Soup
313 Sour Pickle and Squid Soup
Sour Pickle and Sole Fish Fillet Soup
Sour Pickle and Lamb Soup
Clams and Tofu Soup
Clams and Pork Soup
Seafood Hot and Sour Soup
Spicy.
Seafood Tofu Soup
320 Spicy Sour Pickle and Seafood Soup
Spicy soup.
N1. Woodear Mushroom Chengdu Style
Spicy.
N2. Chengdu Style Dry Fried String Beans
Spicy.
N3. Extremely Spicy FengTeng Whole Fish
N3. Extremely Spicy Feng Teng Whole Fish
Hot and spicy.
N4. Spicy Sour Pickled Fresh Fish Fillet with Bone
N5. Stir-Fried Seasonal Vegetables
N6. Sauteed Pickled Lotus Root
Spicy.
N7. Fresh Mushroom Festival
N8. Peng Zu Soup
N9. Xiba Fish with Tofu
N10. Pork Intestine with Special Sauce
N11. Green Peppercorn Beef
Spicy.
New Items
Poultry and Rabbit
LaLaLa Spicy Chicken Pot
Empress Chicken
Spicy.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
558 Peapod Chicken
Cashew Chicken
American Broccoli Chicken
Chicken with Vegetables
5600 Spicy Curry Chicken
Spicy.
Governor's Chicken
Spicy.
Orange Chicken
Sesame Chicken
Sweet.
Szechuan Chicken
Spicy.
Garlic Chicken
Spicy.
Kong Pao Chicken
Spicy.
566 Spicy Double Fried Chicken
With bone and skin. Spicy.
Hunan Chicken
Spicy.
Mongolian Chicken
Nine-Story Pagoda Chicken
Basil chicken. Spicy.
569 Ginger Chicken
With bone,
Mu Shu Chicken
570 Diced Chicken with Straw Mushroom
With bone.
571 Stew Duck in Onion Sauce
With bone.
572 Steamed Duck Nan Jing Style
573 Spicy Duck with Sour Pickle Home Style
With bone. Spicy.
Chef's Special Crispy Duck
Served with bone.
House Special Duck
In beer sauce in hot pot with bone. Spicy.
Famous Peking Duck
579 Stewed Rabbit with Mushrooms
With bone.
Stewed Rabbit Home Style
Served with bone. Spicy.
581 Stewed Rabbit with Beans
With bone.
House Special Rabbit in Hot Pot
Served with bone. Spicy.
Tilapia Fish
Spicy.
Whole Fish Chong Ging Style
Spicy.
Whole Fish with Tofu in Spicy House Special Sauce
Spicy.
House Special Steamed Whole Fish with Red Sour Chili
Spicy.
Chef's Special Steamed Whole Tilapia
Spicy.
414 House Special Steamed Fish
Served with lotus leafs.
415 Dry Small Fish Yinbin Style
Dry Chili Small Fish
Spicy.
Salt and Pepper Small Fish
Spicy.
421 Tony's Special Whole Tilapia
Spicy dish.
422 Steamed Freshest Tilapia Yinbin Style
Extremely Spicy Diced Fish Chongqing Style
Served with bone.
Sole Fish Fillet with Pickle Cabbage
426 Sole Fish Fillet with Chives
House Special Spicy Sole Fish Fillet
Fish Chili Chongqi Style
Spicy.
Sole Fish Fillet
Served with sour pickle cabbage in spicy soup.
Sole Fish Fillet with Sour Pickle Cabbage in Spicy Soup
Hot and spicy.
Stir Fried Sole Fish Fillet
Served with straw mushroom in oyster sauce.
Stir Fried Sole Fish Fillet with Straw Mushroom in Oyster Sauce
Orange Sole Fish Fillet
Spicy.
432 Sole Fish Fillet Home Style
Served with sour pickle.
433 Sole Fish Fillet Lai Feng Style
Extremely Spicy.
Boiled Sole Fish Fillet
In Szechuan sauce. Spicy.
Boiled Sole Fish Fillet in Szechuan Sauce
Hot and spicy.
436 House Special Sole Fish Fillet Soup
Served with tofu. Extremely Spicy.
Chefs Special Sole Fish Fillet with Tofu
Spicy.
Seafood Combination
In hot pot. Spicy.
Seafood Combination in Hot Pot
Hot and spicy.
439 Stir Fried Baby Octopus
Spicy dish.
Baby Octopus Home Style
Spicy.
House Special Chili Baby Octopus
Spicy.
442 Sauteed Baby Octopus with Baby Bai Cai
448 Stir-Fried Squid
Spicy dish.
Salt and Pepper Squid
Spicy.
Kung Pao Squid
Spicy.
Home Style Calamari
Spicy.
452 Calamari with Sour Pickle
457 Dragon and Phoenix
Prawn and chicken. Spicy.
Seafood Platter
Shrimp, scallop and sole fish fillet.
Spicy Clams
Spicy.
460 Clams with Basil in Wine Sauce
Clams with Black Bean Sauce
462 House Special Clam Soup
Spicy dish.
Chef Special Stir Fried 3 Delight
Spicy.
Salt and Pepper 3 Delight
Shrimp, scallop and squid. Spicy.
Stir Fried Three Delight
Shrimp, scallop and squid.
Stir Fried 3 Delight
Shrimp, scallop and squid.
466 Chef's Special Three Delight
With sizzling rice, shrimp, scallop and squid.
467 Three in a Net
Shrimp, chicken and beef.
Seafood Combination with Tofu in Casserole
Sauteed Shrimp
Moo Shu Shrimp
Yu Shiang Shrimp
Spicy.
Cashew Shrimp
Shrimp with Vegetables
Broccoli Shrimp
Shrimp Lobster Sauce
475 Gold and Jade Shrimp
Szechuan Prawns
Served with shells. Spicy.
Salt and Pepper Prawns
Served with shell. Spicy.
Sweet and Sour Prawns
House Special Dry Chili Prawns
Served with shell. Spicy.
481 Governor's Prawns
Spicy dish.
Crispy Shrimp in Lemon Sauce
483 Scallop in Velvet Sauce
Garlic Scallop
Spicy.
Kung Pao Scallop
Spicy.
Salt and Pepper Scallop
Spicy.
Seafood
Pork
Double Cooked Dry Chili Pork
Spicy.
Double Fried Sliced Pork with Cilantro Jiazhou Style
Dry. Spicy.
504 Sauteed Pork with Wood-Ear
Spicy dish.
505 Chef's Special Pork with Sizzling Rice
Sweet and Sour.
507 Shredded Pork with Potherb
508 Shredded Pork with Pickle
Sliced Pork Dry Bean with Chives
Chili Pork
Spicy.
Boiled Pork in Spicy Szechuan Sauce
Spicy.
Rice Noodle with Ground Pork
Spicy.
Pork in Peking Sauce
Sweet and Sour Pork
516 Moo Shu Pork
517 Pork Hock with Sour Pickle
Fat, served with bone. Spicy dish.
518 Pork Hock with Sour Pickle
Fat, served with bone. Spicy dish.
Famous Dong-Po Steamed Pork Elbow
Fat, served with bone. Spicy.
Stewed Pork Hock Shanghai Style
Fat, served with bone.
Ribs with Pure Cumin Powder
Spicy.
Salt and Pepper Ribs
Spicy.
Sweet and Sour Ribs
House Special Dry Ribs
Spicy.
525 Dong-Po Pork with Tofu
Fat.
527 Szechuan Preserved Pork
Chef's Special Diced Beef with Tofu
Spicy.
Stir-Fried Slice Beef Tenderloin
Dry. Spicy.
Szechuan Beef Tenderloin
Spicy.
532 Beef Tenderloin BBQ Sauce
Mu Shu Beef
Orange Beef Tenderloin
Spicy.
Kong Pao Beef
Spicy.
Beef with Oyster Sauce
Black Pepper Beef Tenderloin
Spicy.
Peapod Beef Tenderloin
Hunan Beef Tenderloin
Spicy.
Broccoli Beef Tenderloin
Beef Vegetable
Green Pepper Beef Tenderloin
Chef Dry Chili Beef
Spicy.
House Special Beef Home Style in Hot Platter
Spicy.
542 Stewed Beef Tendon Home Style
Spicy dish.
543 Stewed Beef Tendon with Sour Pickle
Spicy dish.
544 Stewed Beed Tendon with Green Onions
Stewed Beef tendon Oyster Sauce
Yu Shiang Beef Tendon
Spicy.
548 Sliced Beef Dry Bean Curd with Leeks
Spicy dish.
Beef Hot Chili
Spicy.
549 Spicy Beef Satay in Hot Platter
Spicy dish.
Salt and Pepper Lamb
Spicy.
Mongolian Lamb
Lamb with Pure Cumin Powder Xin Jiang Style
Spicy.
554 House Special Lamb Soup with Tofu
Extremely spicy.
Beef and Lamb
Vegetables
Szechuan Mixed Vegetables
Mu Shu Vegetables
String Bean
American Broccoli in Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
Napa in Wine Sauce with Dry Shrimp
Stir-Fried Spinach
Watercress
Stir Fried Peapod Leaves
Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
Garlic Chinese Broccoli
Tong Cai
Romaine Lettuce
Sauteed Baby Baicai
Stir Fried Bean Sprout
Spicy Baby Baicai with Fresh Chili
Spicy.
Baby Baicai with Black Mushroom
Sliced Potato
Chili Eggplant
Spicy.
602 Spicy Hunan Mixed Vegetables
Spicy.
603 Stir Fried Snow Peas
604 Szechuan String Beans
6044 Extremely Spicy Chef's Special Dry Chili String Beans
Spicy.
605 Spicy Salt and Pepper String Beans
Spicy.
606 Spicy String Beans with Sour Pickle
Spicy.
6077 Stir Fried American Broccoli
610 Sauteed Tofu
612 Spicy Stewed Tofu with Sour Pickle
Spicy.
616 Spicy Chili Spinach
Spicy.
619 Spicy House Special Potherb
Spicy.
620 Stir Fried Potherb with Ground Pork
624 Spicy Baby Baicai with Sour Pickle
Countryside Style. Spicy.
631 Spicy Stir Fried Sliced Potato with Fresh Chili
Spicy.
632 Spicy Chili Potato
Spicy.
634 Spicy Chinese Eggplant Chongqing Style
Spicy.
635 Spicy Stewed Eggplant Hometown Style
Spicy.
636 Chinese Eggplant Peking Style
637 Spicy Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
638 Chinese Eggplant with Dry Baby Shrimp
639 Stewed Chinese Eggplant with Ground Pork
640 Spicy Crispy Chinese Eggplant with Ground Pork
Spicy.
641 Spicy Double Fried Eggplant with Freshest Chili
Spicy.
881 Spicy Bamboo Shoots in Spicy Garlic Sauce
Spicy.
882 Stir Fried Young Soybean Shanghai Style
883 Mushroom Festival Oyster Sauce
Spicy Bean Curd Home Style
Spicy.
Ma Po Tofu
Spicy.
Chefs Special Dry Chili Tofu
Spicy.
Tofu with Mixed Vegetables
Stewed Tofu Oyster Sauce
Three Color Sliced Dried Bean Curd
Tofu
Noodle Soup, Fried Rice and Noodle
701 Stew Beef Trim Flank Noodle Soup
Spicy.
Stew Beef Trim Flank Noodle Soup
Hot and spicy.
Noodle with Preserved Vegetables and Pork
Noodle Peking Style
Seafood Noodles Soup
Preserved Vegetable Pork Noodle Soup
Fried Rice
House Special Vegetable Fried Rice
Spicy. Vegetarian.
Fried Noodles
Fried Rice Noodles
Fried Rice Cake
House Special Fried Noodles
Spicy.
Combination Pan Fried Noodle
Yangzhou Fried Rice
Shrimp and Chinese ham.
Singapore Style Fried Rice Noodle
Steamed Bread Szechuan Style
2 per order.
Deep Fried Chinese Bread
2 per order.
Spicy Tender Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Szechuan Cold Noodles Salad
Spicy.
Green Bean Jelly Szechuan Style
Spicy.
Don Don Noodles
Spicy.
Chengdu Dumpling
6 per order.
Peking Dumplings
6 per order.
Szechuan Wonton
6 per order. Spicy.
Wonton Mandarin Style
6 per order.
Steamed Dumplings with Pork
6 per order.
811 House Special Rice Noodles Soup
Spicy.
812 Noodles Soup with Sour Pickle and Pork
Side Dish
Szechuan Style Desserts
Black Rice Congee
For 1.
Sweet Tender Tofu
Crispy Sweet Potato
6 per order.
Rice Pudding
For 2.
Chengdu Glutinous in Wine Sauce
6 per order.
Chengdu Glutinous Rice Ball
6 per order.
Raindrop Cake
Ice Jelly Cake
Orange Juice
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Beverages
Teamo Drinks
Classic Tea
Served with a choice of flavor. Make it hot for no charge.
Organic Premium Tea
Served with a choice of flavor. Make it hot for no charge.
Matcha Matcha
Served with a choice of flavor. Make it hot for no charge.
Large Chicago Snow Drink
Served with a choice of flavor.
Chicago Special Drink
Served with a choice of flavor.