# Chili Oil

This recipe guides you through making a homemade chili oil with fried garlic and shallots, perfect for adding a spicy kick to any dish.

- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 head garlic, roughly chopped
- 1 large shallot, thinly sliced
- 2 cup Gochugaru
- 2 cup Chili flakes
- Shiitake mushroom powder
- MSG
- sugar
- grated ginger
- neutral oil
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- sesame seeds

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop a whole head of garlic.
2. Thinly slice a large shallot.
3. In a separate bowl, combine 2/3 of a cup of Gochugaru, another 2/3 of a cup of chili flakes, Shiitake mushroom powder, optional MSG, optional sugar, and some grated ginger.
4. In a small pot, add in your neutral oil, garlic, and shallots.
5. Slowly bring your heat up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. Once the garlic and shallot are nicely golden, carefully strain them.
7. Bring that oil back up to temperature and then carefully pour it over your spices.
8. Add a little soy sauce and a little bit of rice vinegar.
9. Add sesame seeds.
10. Once it's cooled, add in your fried garlic and shallots.

## Equipment

- finger death trap
- small pot
- separate bowl

## Tips

- Do not heat the oil and then add the garlic and shallots, instead slowly bring up the heat with them in the oil.
- Once cooled, add in the fried garlic and shallots.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XeN5jhP661I
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f038c8b1-2a2b-4a53-b21d-a678064b5241
- Extracted: 2026-03-28

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