Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chili oil. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chili Oil is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chili Oil is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Contact us for a free quote. Gently warm the olive oil in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and leave the oil to cool slightly. While the oil is infusing, prepare your Sichuan chili flakes by placing them in a heatproof bowl.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chili oil using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chili Oil:
- Get 1 stick Cinnamon
- Prepare 2 dry bay leaves
- Make ready 3 Star Anise
- Get 1/2 Tbsp Whole Coriander
- Get 1 Tsp Fennel Seeds
- Make ready 1 Tsp Szechuan Peppercorns
- Prepare 1/8 cup red chili's de-seeded
- Get 2 cups neutral cooking oil (vegetable works fine)
- Get 100 g Chili flakes
- Take 5 garlic cloves
- Make ready 10 g Ginger
- Make ready 1 tsp Sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp salt or MSG
- Prepare 2 tbsp sesame seeds
Toasting sesame seeds is simple to do at home. The subtle flavor is a delicious addition to chili oil. Remove from heat immediately and put the seeds in a small bowl. Prepare a clean, dry glass bowl or jar and place the crushed chile peppers in it.
Steps to make Chili Oil:
- Add cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, coriander, fennel seeds, szechuan peppercorns to a wok on medium high heat, and toast until fragrant while constantly tossing to ensure they don't burn on one side (2-3 minutes, do not burn)
- Pour oil into a heavy saucepan, add toasted spices, de-seeded chili's, 2 smashed garlic cloves, and 5g knob of ginger. Bring oil up to 250F and cook the spices for 10-15 minutes to infuse oil with their flavours
- While infusing, toast sesame seeds (doesn't take long, less than 1 minute)
- Strain the oil into a clean heavy saucepan, and put the clean oil back on heat until oil reaches 350F
- Put chili flakes in a LARGE HEAT PROOF bowl or large heavy saucepan.
- Once oil has reached 350F, pour half of it into the LARGE HEAT PROOF bowl. The oil will bubble and expand when it hits the chili flakes, so make sure the HEAT PROOF bowl is LARGE enough to not overflow.
- Set the remaining oil aside and allow to cool to about 250F. While oil is cooling, mince the remaining 5g of Ginger and 3 cloves of Garlic. Don't add them during the first pour or they could burn.
- When the oil has cooled to 250, add the garlic, ginger, salt, sesame seeds, sugar to the chili flakes and then pour the remining oil in and mix to combine
- Wait until mixture has reached room temperature and then store in a jar or other airtight container.
Remove from heat immediately and put the seeds in a small bowl. Prepare a clean, dry glass bowl or jar and place the crushed chile peppers in it. In a small saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat for a few minutes, just until it begins to smoke. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the oil to cool in the pan for a minute or two. Basic red chili oil is an important condiment and cooking ingredient in Chinese cuisine.
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