Chilli Garlic Oil
Chilli Garlic Oil is a versatile oil. It adds incredible flavour and spice up your dishes. Drizzle it on your noodles, pasta, vegetables, pizza, use it for your stir-fry sauces. It's also perfect as a dip. It's quite easy to make and only takes a few minutes.
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- 1 MIN READ
- Ingredients
- 6 INGREDIENTS
- Step photos
- 8 PHOTOS
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Chilli Garlic Oil is a versatile oil. It adds incredible flavour and spices up your dishes. Drizzle it on your noodles, pasta, vegetables, pizza, use it for your stir-fry sauces. It's also perfect as a dip. It's pretty easy to make and only takes a few minutes.
INGREDIENTS / 06
- Garlic - 2 heads
- Chilli pepper - 20 - 25 pieces
- Vegetable oil - 1 & 1/2 cup
- Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
- Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon, optional
- Sugar - 1/2 tablespoon, optional
METHOD / 08
1 MIN READ
- 01
Soak the chilli peppers in warm water until soften. Soaking is optional, you could pound it dry instead.
- 02
Finely chop or coarsely blend the pepper and garlic.
- 03
Heat up the vegetable oil on low heat.
- 04
Add the pepper and garlic. Fry on low heat stirring from time to time so it doesn't burn.
- 05
Add some salt to taste. You can add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce for colour and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar for sweetness.
- 06
Continue frying on low heat until it seems dry and not burnt.
- 07
Turn off the heat and cool completely.
- 08
You can strain and discard the garlic and pepper, leaving just the oil.
Transfer to a clean jar, cover, and store in the fridge.
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Dolapo Grey
PUBLISHED AUGUST 25, 2020
