# Chilli Oil

Learn how to make restaurant-style chilli oil at home with these tips.

- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 250 grams chilli flakes
- 125 grams garlic
- 50 grams ginger
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 0.5 tablespoon ginger powder
- 125 grams sesame seeds
- 500 ml cooking oil
- ginger and garlic peels
- 5 green onion heads
- 1 large piece cassia bark
- 1 bay leaf
- 10 to 12 black peppercorns
- 2 to 4 whole red chillies
- 2 to 4 Kashmir red chillies
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- a handful fresh scallions

## Instructions

1. Finely chop the garlic.
2. Finely chop the ginger.
3. In a heat-proof bowl, add chilli flakes, sesame seeds, brown sugar, chilli powder, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, garlic powder, and ginger powder.
4. In a saucepan, heat cooking oil to almost 100°C.
5. Add aromatics: green onion, bay leaf, kashmiri lal mirch, red chillies, cassia bark, and black peppercorns.
6. Add ginger and garlic peels for the sake of aroma.
7. Simmer to extract the aroma and flavor and then remove the aromatics.
8. Heat the aromatic oil to 180° Celsius.
9. Slowly add the hot aromatic oil to the dry mix while stirring constantly.
10. Once cool, add salt, vinegar, soy sauce and green onions.
11. Give it a final mix.
12. Store in a bottle or jar.

## Equipment

- knife
- wooden cutting board
- heat proof bowl
- sauce pan
- thermometer
- wooden spoon
- whisk
- spoon
- bottle or jar

## Tips

- Finely chop the garlic and ginger to an almost paste-like consistency.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFRyk8wCCD2/?igsh=MXhjOHdpNXhtcDRhbQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4ff77d21-29cb-4ef3-a461-e67e994958df
- Extracted: 2025-06-11

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