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Jar of homemade garlic chili oil with visible chili flakes and garlic chips

Garlic Chili Crunch Oil

Sam
Fire Up Your Favorites — this Sichuan garlic chili crunch oil brings the heat to everything from noodles to eggs.
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 1 cup neutral oil peanut, canola, or grapeseed
  • ¼ cup Sichuan chili flakes or dried Chinese chilies ground fresh
  • 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns lightly toasted and cracked
  • 4 cloves garlic smashed
  • 2 slices fresh ginger
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 small piece cassia bark or cinnamon stick
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon MSG
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

Method

  • Heat 1 cup neutral oil gently in a saucepan to about 225°F / 110°C.
  • Add 4 cloves garlic, 2 slices fresh ginger, 2 star anise, 1 small piece cassia bark, and 1 bay leaf. Let them sizzle until garlic turns lightly golden. Remove solids.
  • Place ¼ cup Sichuan chili flakes and 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns in a heatproof bowl.
  • Pour hot oil mixture over the flakes. Stir, watch it bloom red.
  • Season with 1 teaspoon sugar,½ teaspoon MSG, and ½ teaspoon salt while warm. Cool completely before storing.
  • Storage: Keep in a clean jar at room temperature up to 1 month. Flavor deepens after a few days.
Keyword Sichuan chili flakes, Sichuan peppercorns
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