Sesame chili oil recipe
A quick chili oil that features sesame, Sichuan pepper, chili flakes and garlic.
Servings: 1 jar
Calories: 1200kcal
Ingredients
- 150 ml sunflower oil
- 5 tbsp dried chili flakes
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 cloves garlic minced in a garlic press
- 1 tsp Sichuan pepper lightly crushed in a mortar and pestle
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- In a small pot, heat the sunflower oil with the star anise, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf.
- While the oil heats put the chili flakes, Sichuan pepper, and crushed garlic in the jar where you'll be storing the oil. Mix quickly with a fork so that the ingredients blend together.
- Once the oil is very hot but not boiling, CAREFULLY pour it onto the chili/garlic mixture. It will bubble, so be careful! But don't worry, it will soon stop.
- Add the sesame seeds to the mixture once it has stopped bubbling. Give it a good stir with a spoon. Let it sit on the countertop until the oil has come to room temperature, then store in the fridge indefinitely!