How to Make Chinese Hot Oil

Hey guys, it's mike chen, and this is my first cooking video today I'm going to show you guys how [to] cook something that I put into about? 90% of my Chinese dishes and about another 50% of all the American dishes that I make. What I'm talking about is the Fundamental foundation of all Flavor the Chinese hot oil [I'm] a total spice lover So I put this thing in basically anything I put it in my noodle soups I put it any types of soup I put in my rice dishes almost any Chinese dish I make this goes inside The only thing I don't put this in is like ice cream if you guys ever been to a Chinese restaurant Sometimes you see the hot oils on the tables and these can vary Sometimes it's actually hot sauce not really hot oil so today what I'm talking about is actually hot oil And I want to keep doing cooking videos for you guys and a lot [of] times in my cooking videos I'm going to be adding a hot oil so if you know how to make hot oil now We'll get that completely out [of] the way basically There's about a billion ways to cook hot oil some people put together like 20 ingredients to make their hot oil, some people use like a Couple ingredients, you don't have to go all out to make hot oil [a] lot of it Just depends on like what you consider taste good, [so] [I'm] just going to show you mine I think it's pretty simple you can do it with not that many [ingredients] and even couple the ingredients I'm putting in today is completely optional So I think my hot oil is probably about as simple as you can get like I said my ingredients are really really simple here I just have some vegetable oil. You can use almost any sort of oil like peanut oil Vegetable oil you can use coconut oil olive oil the only thing you don't want to use is Sesame oil because you really can't heat sesame oil. I have crushed red chili peppers now I bought this at an Asian supermarket in Asian supermarkets You'll typically find these already ground for you Or what you can do is buy whole chili peppers and use a little food processor and just grind them yourself So this isn't really hard to find okay now these are your optional ingredients that I like to put in mine? Just for added Flavor These are Sichuan Peppercorns now these are things that if you ever go to a Sichuan restaurant and get a spicy dish that they're inside the spicy dish And you never want to actually eat one of these, but these will give the oil a numbing flavor So my oil is gonna be spicy and nummy yay But you don't have to have this because some people don't really enjoy the numbing Flavor also I have peanuts and this is purely again optional you can have peanuts or sesame or not, not anything at all because I Like my hot oil to have little peanuts inside cause I think it tastes good! [yeah], if you don't like peanuts got peanut allergy or if you prefer sesame or if you don't want to add anything Then don't add anything finally I have a little bit of salt, and I always use sea salt anything I cook for ever I just only use sea salt [I'll] tell you why guys first of all the regular salt obviously is like some chemical stuff and the other reason is that there is A Chinese legend [that] [seawater] is actually formed from the tears of a buddha so I'm eating sea salt I'm actually eating buddha tears so you can't beat buddha tears and I like the taste and Finally and this is again purely optional You can have a little sesame oil and you add this at the end basically the amount of ingredients you [use] is all subjective to what you really want to achieve so here I have about half a cup of ground pepper, and I have about two cups of vegetable oil So I do like a one to four ratio for my oil to my pepper because I want a lot of chili oil in my chili Oil, if that makes sense. so here I have like a quarter of cup of peanuts because I like peanuts and just a Tablespoon of This sichuan peppercorn here and later when you add the salt you only add a small pinch of salt And maybe another tablespoon of sesame oil, [all] right guys So we're gonna get started first you want to do is turn on your exhaust fan because this thing does get a little smoky But since I don't want my audio quality to go down. I'm not gonna do it but you should You take a regular pan turn the heat up to a medium high and Then all you got to do is pour your oil inside the pan After you get your oil inside the pan take your peppercorn so all my peppercorn is going inside the oil Now this is the most important part about cooking chili oil. Is that if you use if your oil is too hot? It's gonna fry your peppers black and burn them so you don't want that So what you want to do is you want to heat the oil? To the point where you see a little smoke coming out of it. Just a little slow you'll see it it starts to smoke a little that's all you want while my oil is heating I'm going to start mixing my hot chili pepper and my peanuts and salt into the container I want to keep my hot oil in because this is not a one time Serving thing you want to keep your hot oil somewhere, so you can use it continuously And this is my new container you see here I Like my Cat kitty container. This is cool. I like it So I'm gonna Pour my hot chili pepper inside my container And I'm going to pour my peanuts inside my container See all that is sitting nicely in there yep Then I'm just going to add some sea salt You don't want to add too much [salt] because the dish that you're adding hot oil into is going to be You're going to season that anyway, so see I see smoke [coming] out of my pan right now a little bit Now what you want to do is you want to take a little stringy thing. for me. I have my hot pot Scoop and I want to scoop out [the] numbing peppers Clearly because when I put this inside soup, I don't really want to bite into one of these Take them out you [can] [just] throw them away. They've done their job. They serve their purpose Want to get all of them Now this is my favorite part. I'm going [to] take my hot oil and put it into the mixture I have before oh Yeah, oh, [yeah]. Oh you see that. Oh man here. We go here. We go here we go Stir it. So it doesn't burn That's what I'm talking about right here. Oh, it smells so good so the hot oil immediately [cooked] [a] hot chili pepper in the peanuts. [oh] it smells so good [oh] Man, this is great Mmm, so there you have it I got my hot chili oil Guys you always want to make sure that the container you're [using] to store the chili oil is big enough to store the hot chili oil otherwise you know it's Gonna have an overflow and I use this massive container because I Eat so much of this stuff. So there it is guys my hot chili oil of awesomeness [no] this reminds me of it reminds me of the rice krispies video because I can hear it going snap crackle and [pop] in in This whole room is smelling. [so] awesome. We do with that sesame oil is after your hot oil cools now just add maybe like like a tablespoon of Sesame oil, and it's Gonna give [it] a lot of sesame flavor But don't add it when it's hot because this thing as soon as it touches anything hot it really it really loses the flavor Right away, so anyway guys. That's my version of how to make hot chili oil And I also have a top for my cat chili oil container. Oh There you go, and then I can eat it right away And I can store it and let the oil Soak up more of the hot chili, Flavor. [oh] So good smells so good I have my recipe for this in the description box below and if you guys want to see more cooking videos from me Let me know in the comments like this video share with your friends and try this recipe out for yourself Let me know how it tastes as always don't forget to subscribe to this awesome channel. See [ya]

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Id: ZlIiADdh-QY

Length: 8min 20sec (500 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 03 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/Cogito_Ergo_Rum]

I can't view the recipe so this may be redundant but I've been making chili oil for a while.

For the oil I always use a neutral cooking oil, generally whatever is cheapest (this is generally soybean oil where I'm located at). I also put in sesame seed oil which gives a nuttiness to the flavor sort of like an amped up peanut oil.

I generally make it by throwing red pepper flakes (usually a ton, if I had to guess around a half cup or so to three or so cups of oil, I don't measure anything when I cook), a minced head of garlic, and several tablespoons worth of fresh ground pepper into the oil and set it to simmer very lightly for about 2-3 hours (low enough to prevent the pepper flakes and garlic from burning).

Once I finish with the simmering process (should be a nice bright red), I place some flake and a little garlic and onion powder in a jar of tempered glass and pour the still hot contents of the pot into the jar using a sieve to filter out the cooked flakes and garlic.

The extra red pepper flakes add just a little punch of freshness and I let it sit for a couple days before using.

[u/bulldog1602]

I definitely would suggest sticking to vegetable or sunflower oil. Something scent less, unlike olive oil. Just gives it a weird flavor. As well, you can prepare it by just taking oil and the flakes and throwing them in a jar and let them sit for 3 days! Personally I take veg. oil and the flakes and add enough soy sauce and malt vinegar so that it's barely noticeable by taste, add chopped garlic, white pepper, and a very small amount of Asian spice salt. Can't say I've ever used peanuts or peppercorns though but not bad to try. Fresh green chillies aren't bad to throw in the pan for 30 seconds, I find. They get kind of crispy and have a smokey flavor for later. 10/10 condiment

[u/Leavesdoorsopen]

This stuff is similar to one of my favorite products, Lao Gan Ma chile oil.

[u/myfault]

The way he put the handle of the pan facing him make me feel uneasy. /r/OSHA

[u/cracktr0]

I use this to make homemade popcorn, works great :)

[u/chron67]

One of my best friends is the son of Chinese immigrants. Growing up I LOVED eating this stuff at his house. I put it on almost everything.

[u/noccusJohnstein]

I swear I used to work with this guy.

[u/viramp]

That's MILD chili oil. He would not have been able to breathe if he poured hot oil into any kind of extra hots