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Instagram Viral Chilli Oil
This Chili Oil recipe hack has been Instagram’s most trending and popular since 2022. It is oddly satisfying to watch, easy to try at home, and borderline addictive once you taste it. You will end up drizzling it over anything and everything. Chilli Oil is a spicy, garlicky, vegetarian Asian sauce—also known as chilli crisp. It is a traditional Chinese condiment served as a dipping sauce for dim sum, bao, and other main dishes. Over the years, like other Chinese dishes, the chilli oil recipe popularity reached worldwide.
Chilli Flakes or crushed dried red chillies. You can blend dried red chillies in a food processor to get flakes. Chilli Powder: If you can get Gochujang chilli powder, nothing like it. Or use Kashmiri red chilli powder for that bright red colour and medium spicy flavour. Garlic: You need finely minced garlic. Many chilli oil recipes suggest garlic powder, but that won’t give you the crispy bits of garlic. Oil: Use sesame, peanut, or any other flavourless refined oil. Do not use overpowering oil like mustard or coconut oil. Whole Spices: Bay Leaf, Black Peppercorns, Star Anise, Cinnamon Fresh Ginger Slices to flavour the oil. Sesame Seeds add a delicious crunch to the oil. White Granulated Sugar or brown sugar gives a caramelised taste and balances the heat of red chilli. Lemon Zest and Juice, Salt
How To Make Chilli Oil
Step 1: Take a wide, heat-proof bowl, preferably steel, stoneware, or thick ceramic.
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Step 2: Combine chilli flakes, garlic, powder, salt, and sugar in the heat-proof bowl (image 1). Step 3: In a saucepan, add oil, whole spices, and ginger slices—heat oil to 180 degrees F (approx 80 degrees C). In simpler words, the oil should be ready for deep frying, and the aroma of spices should release. Ensure it is not fuming or smoking, or chilli flakes will burn. Step 4: Remove the whole spices from the hot oil using a slotted spoon or a pair of tongs. You can also filter the oil to get rid of whole spices (image 3). Step 5: Carefully and cautiously pour the hot oil over the chilli mix in a heat-proof bowl (image 4). Keep the bowl at a safe distance from your eyes. Step 6: Mix the chilli oil with a big spoon. Once it cools down a bit, add lemon zest and juice. Mix one last time and allow it to cool completely. Store it in an airtight container or use it right away.
Serving Suggestion
Chilli Oil is a versatile Asian condiment. You can drizzle it over chicken noodle soup, dim sum, dumplings, crispy tofu, smashed cucumber salad, ramen noodles, or fried eggs. Use it as a stir-fry sauce for chilli oil noodles, pasta dishes, fried rice, or tofu stir fry. follow us on Youtube and Instagram for video recipes.
