5-min Homemade Chili Oil

5-min Homemade Chili Oil

from browngirlveganeats.com
Condiment
5 min
25 servings

This chili oil will remind you of Din Tai Fung's famous hot chili oil, but it's completely vegan and gluten free! 5 ingredients and just 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cupshandong chili flakes
  • 3 tbsptoasted sesame seeds
  • ½ tbspsichuan pepper powder ((or prickly ash powder))
  • 2 tsp5-spice powder
  • ¾ cupneutral oil
  • salt ((to taste))
  • 2bay leaves
  • 3star anise
  • 4cloves
  • 2 tbspsichuan peppercorn
  • 1cinnamon stick

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat up your oil. The easiest way to check if your oil is hot is to stick wooden spoon or chopstick into the oil. If you see many bubbles form (but not too many that it seems boiling) around the wood and they start to float up, your oil is hot.

  2. 2

    Add the other ingredients into a heatproof bowl. Add the oil in and let it sizzle.

  3. 3

    Once it dies down, give it a good mix and add some salt to taste. At this point, you can also add some soy sauce but I prefer to customize it for various dishes.

  4. 4

    You can store this up to 6 months in the fridge.