Chilli oil for noodles

Serves 10 30 min Added by Julian

Chilli oil

Make this and put it on things https://youtu.be/m7AwKharXeQ

It's good, you gonna need:

Chili Oil Recipe:

  • 2 cups avocado oil (or another neutral oil)
  • 5 cloves of thinly sliced garlic (cook for 3 minutes)
  • 2 large or 4 medium shallots (cook for 7 minutes)
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger (cook for 1 minute 30 seconds)
  • 4 spring onions
  • 2-star anise
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 2 tsp cloves
  • 1 tbsp Szechuan peppercorns
  • 1/2 cup Chinese chili flakes (you can use regular chili flakes)
  • 1 tbsp chili powder (if you want it more spicy)
  • 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp white pepper
  • 2 tsp MSG (optional)
  • 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce (optional)

Method:

  1. finely cube the ginger, slice the garlic into fine slices, julien the shallots.
  2. toast the spices: star anise, cloves and cinnamon quills in a frying pan for a minute until fragrant.
  3. grind yer dried chillies: use a spice grinder/blender/food processor, whatevs
  4. use a large mason jar (or medium 'Ball' jar), add the chilli flakes, toasted sesame seeds, salt, white pepper, MSG (optional), all the toasted spices. Give it all a shake about. Then the green onion (spring onions).
  5. get the avocado/peanut oil (NOT olive oil), over a medium/high heat (160 C) deep fry the shallots until golden brown (7 mins 30")
  6. strain those suckas then put them in the jar.
  7. heat the oil back up to 150C and deep fry the garlic until light brown about 3 mins, NOT deep brown.
  8. strain and dump the garlic into the jar yo. Add the chinese Black Vinegar if you wants/haz and optional soy sauce if you wants.
  9. deep fry the ginger 1 min 30 at the same temp as the garlic 150 C then
  10. pour all that shit including the oil into the jar, give it all a good stir.

Add it to ramen noodles/dumplings/grilled meat/fish/sandwiches

enjoy, it should keep in the fridge for a few months.