Chinese Chilli Oil. Chinese chili oil is also called red oil in China. It is a combined seasoning using red pepper, Sichuan peppercorn, mixed spices, ginger and toasted sesame seeds. High temperature oil is usually used to stimulate the strong aroma of red pepper powder.

Some are not too bad, but nothing can replace homemade one for its unique flavour, freshness and healthiness (no colouring, additives or preservatives). What's more, it is super simple to make. Place the chili flakes in a heat-resistant jar with a seal. You can have Chinese Chilli Oil using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chinese Chilli Oil

Prepare of Dry chilli.
Prepare of Salt.
It's of Garlic.
Prepare of Shallot.
Prepare of Fresh chilli.
Prepare of Bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon stick, Chinese peppercorn.
It's of Vegetable oil.

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high to high heat until it starts to smoke. Remove the skillet from the heat. If you go to any Chinese restaurant (in the US or in China) worth their salt and ask for chili oil, they will bring out a deliciously fragrant, dark red, viscous chili oil that could make even a piece of shoe leather taste good. For a while, we tried to approximate these tasty chili oils at home with only limited success.

Chinese Chilli Oil instructions

Fry dried chilies till crispy in a dry wok. Roughly chop it up. You may choose to have some powdered up to form different textures in the chilli sauce..
Add fresh chilli, chopped garlic and shallots to the top of the dried chilli. Don't stir! The boiling hot oil will burn the dried chilli. This step is to cook these wet items..
Add the dry condiments into the cold oil and start heating till the oil is smoking hot. Simmer till infused. Make sure you don't burn them..
Use a strainer and remove the all from the oil. If you like to bite into the peppercorn, you may leave some inside. Make sure the oil comes back to a boil..
Pour half of the oil directly into the heatproof bowl of chilli in two batches. Make sure all the garlic and onion is well cooked. Be careful! The oil will bubble up!.
Stir well. Continue to pour in the oil, the oil will be slightly cooler now for the dried chilli. But it will still be very hot! See the bubbles at the top! Season with salt to taste..
This chilli is great for boiled noodles, dumplings, grilled eggplants etc..
Note. You may add in white sesame seeds for added flavor. As they burn fast, recommend to be added below the garlic layers.

Chinese Chili Oil / 辣椒油 is a very important condiment that can be commonly found in any Chinese restaurant or household. Especially in Chinese countries, you will never see a restaurant without this special oil. It is a spicy oil sauce that is commonly used with all kinds of Chinese foods like noodles, rice, soups and more. In Chinese, it's called là jiāo yóu (辣椒油), which translates to chili pepper oil, or simply là yóu (辣油, spicy oil). Different regions have other names for it, such as hóng yóu (红油, red oil) in Sichuan or yóu pō là zǐ (油泼辣子, oil splashed chili peppers) in Shaanxi.