# Chili crisp chili oil

A delicious and easy-to-make chili crisp chili oil that can be put on anything.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 ml sunflower oil
- 2 banana shallots
- 10 garlic cloves
- 40 g Chinese dried chillies
- 15 g medium chili flakes
- 15 g Korean gochugaru
- 3 cm piece ginger
- 2 star anise
- 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 cassia cinnamon stick
- 50 g roasted peanuts
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 3 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp MSG
- 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar

## Instructions

1. Peel and slice the shallots and garlic.
2. Slice the chili peppers, removing the seeds.
3. Prepare a selection of different chili peppers for their different spice levels and hues, adding chili flakes and gochugaru to a plate.
4. Prepare the spices: Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon stick, and ginger.
5. Crush roasted peanuts in a mortar and pestle for extra texture.
6. Fry the shallots and garlic in oil until golden and crispy.
7. Drain the crispy shallots and garlic, keeping the infused oil.
8. Infuse the retained oil with the prepared spices and give it a little fry.
9. Take the infused oil off the heat and let it cool for a bit.
10. Combine the chili flakes, sugar, salt, MSG, roasted peanuts, and sesame seeds into a large bowl.
11. Strain the infused oil over the chili flake mixture.
12. Give it a good stir.
13. Add the crispy shallots and garlic to the chili oil and stir.
14. Transfer the chili oil to a jar.

## Equipment

- mandolin
- bowl
- pan
- strainer

## Tips

- The flavor will intensify and develop over time, so it's only going to get better from here.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnktFDmKf0U/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9f2bd909-4850-4556-ac1a-25caeec6f8a0
- Extracted: 2025-08-25

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