Chili Garlic Oil

🧂 Ingredients

• 2/3 cup vegetable oil

  (or canola oil)
• 3 pieces star anise
• 2 pieces bay leaves
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 1 thumb-sized ginger

  (sliced thinly)
• 4 cloves garlic

  (finely chopped )
• 2 tablespoon crushed dried chili

  (or red chili flakes)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp Korean pepper flakes
• 1 1/2 tsp brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp Sichuan ground pepper

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 Run dried 1/4 cup chili in a food processor or blender to make 2 tbsp crushed
  dried chili.
• 2 Place crushed dried chili, Korean pepper flakes, Sichuan pepper, brown sugar,
  chopped garlic in a heat-proof bowl and set aside.
• 3 In a cooking pot, pour in vegetable oil, cinnamon stick, star anise, bay leaves
  and ginger slices.
• 4 Heat oil over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes or until oil reach a temperature
  of 225-250° F (110-120° C) and aromatic.
• 5 In the last stages of heating the oil and spices mixture, pour soy sauce in the
  bowl with dried chili flakes and mix to incorporate..
• 6 Carefully and slowly pour the hot oil through a strainer onto the bowl with
  chili flakes.
• 7 Stir to evenly distribute the heat of the oil and avoid the ingredients from
  burning.
• 8 Continue stirring until the oil settles down and let it sit in room temperature
  until totally cooled. Serve and Enjoy. Bon appetit!

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