How to make the best hot chili oil in less than 10 minutes!

It's the base for many chinese dishes and goes with almost everything, sandwiches, pizza, dumplings etc. Although very easy to make, be extra careful when handling the oil.

Here is how it looks like: https://youtu.be/RnVvUMibuXQ

Ingredients needed:

• 30g chili flakes (mild)
• 30g chili flakes (hot)
• 4g salt
• 8g sesame seeds
• 1/2 tsp sichuan pepper (or normal black pepper corns)
• 1/3 tsp ground sichuan pepper ( or normal ground black pepper)
• 1 star anise
• 2 teaspoons water
• 250ml Cooking oil
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1clove of garlic

Instructions:

1. Mince the garlic and mix it together with the salt, chili flakes and 2 tsp of water. Use a heat resistant bowl for that (e.g. ceramic or a pot) since we will be pouring hot oil into it later.
2. Add the soy sauce and vinegar and stir well. Make sure there are no clumps.
3. Sprinkle the sesame seeds on top of it.
4. Heat up the oil and roast it for 1 or 2 minutes. Take them out before they are burnt.
5. Now we slowly pour the hot oil into the chili bowl. Be careful to not pour all the oil at once. Pour in a little bit, let it sizzle and stir it before pouring more oil. Keep stirring while carefully pouring the oil. Be patient and don’t add it too fast, otherwise it will taste burnt. The trick is to keep a little bit of oil at the end and pour it when the sizzle subsides.

Voilà, we're done!

bon appetit