Steps to make chili oil

I don't know how much you know about the method of making chili oil. Today I will introduce it to you.

How to make chili oil

1. Prepare the ingredients: dried red pepper, Sichuan pepper, ginger slices, star anise, cinnamon, and white sesame seeds (cooked).

2. Pour the dried red chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns into a cold oil-free pan, stir-fry over low heat for about 1 minute and then turn off the heat.

3. After cooling, take 1/3 and grind it into chili powder using a grinder.

4. Grind the other 2/3 into chili powder.

5. Mix the chili powder and chili noodles, add a teaspoon of salt and sugar, stir well, then sprinkle with a layer of white sesame seeds (fried).

6. Put the ginger slices, star anise and cinnamon into a cold pan and boil the oil over medium heat.

7. When the ginger slices are fried until dry and browned, remove the spices, continue to heat the oil until white smoke rises, and turn off the heat.

8. After the heated oil has cooled for about 10 seconds, slowly pour it into the chili powder. (The chili oil is now ready and can be used as a seasoning)

9. If you don't want the residue but only the chili oil, filter it with a colander after it cools down. Remember to seal it for storage. Tips for making chili oil

Precautions

1: The quality of the dried red pepper determines the quality of the chili oil, so be careful when buying.

2: When frying the peppers, be sure to use the lowest heat and do not let them burn. (This step is mainly to remove moisture, because the chili oil made from dried peppers is more fragrant)

3: You can also buy ready-made chili powder directly, but I think it is more fragrant to grind the dried chili powder after frying it yourself. (Because the purchased chili powder has a lot of water, it is not very fragrant when poured with hot oil)

4: Adding spices when heating the oil is to make the oil more fragrant and more flavorful than simply pouring hot oil on the chili powder.

5: If you don’t have white sesame seeds, you don’t have to put them in. The taste will be better with them.

6: After the oil is heated, remember to cool it down for about ten seconds, because if the oil is too hot when you just turn off the heat, the chili powder will burn, which is not good.