Sichuan

Sichuan chilli oil

Name: Sichuan chilli oil
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 cup plus 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 cup coarsely ground dried red chilli; 1 tbsp for colour kashmiri chilli powder; 1 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds; 3/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorn; 2 pods star anise; 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 1 small cinnamon stick whole spices; 4 thick slices ginger; 2 stalks in lengths spring onion (green onion, scallion)

Red, fragrant, gently numbing. Once you have a jar, eggs and noodles never look the same.

30 minTime

1 gProtein each

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Make it your way

Grandma's wayInfused oil poured over chilli and sesame, the Sichuan base.

The original

214kcalsame

1 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic hong you.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 cup plus 2 tbsp

Dried red chilli1 cup, coarsely ground

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp, for colour

Sesame seeds1½ tbsp

Salt¾ tsp

Sugar½ tsp

Sichuan peppercorn1 tbsp

Star anise2 pods

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices1 small cinnamon stick

Ginger4 thick slices

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, in lengths

Method

5 steps

1Mix the ground chilli, Kashmiri chilli, sesame, salt and sugar in a heatproof bowl.
2Warm the oil with the Sichuan pepper, star anise, bay, cinnamon, ginger and spring onion on low.
3Strain the oil and let it cool for a few minutes.
4Pour the oil over the chilli in two or three goes, stirring between each.
5Cool and jar. Rest overnight before using; keep in a cool dark place for up to a month.

Serve it like this

Spoon from a glass jar, stirring up the sediment, over dumplings, noodles, eggs or rice. A teaspoon goes a long way.

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Sichuan chilli oil

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