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🌶 Chile Crisp

Chile Crisp

🍽 Serves ⏲ Total Time
1 ¼ cups 6 minutes

🧂 Ingredients

  • 🫒 ½ cup (99 g) vegetable oil
  • 🍵 ¼ cup (24 g) dried minced onion
  • 🍬 1 tsp (4 g) granulated sugar, divided
  • 🧂 1 ½ tsp (4 g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt, divided
  • 🌶 ⅓ cup (28 g) crushed dried small red chiles or red-pepper flakes
  • 🌱 3 Tbsp (27 g) sesame seeds
  • 🌶 1 tsp (3 g) coarsely ground Sichuan peppercorns, optional

🍳 Cookware

  • 🥘 1 small saucepan
  • 📦 1 airtight container

📝 Instructions

Step 1

Combine the vegetable oil, dried minced onion, granulated sugar, and Diamond Crystal kosher salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion becomes evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 2

Add the crushed dried small red chiles or red-pepper flakes, sesame seeds, and coarsely ground Sichuan peppercorns (optional), if using, and sizzle, stirring, for 1 minute, then stir in the remaining granulated sugar and Diamond Crystal kosher salt.

Step 3

Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Spoon over everything. It adds big flavor to milder bases, such as eggs, tofu, noodles, rice, vegetables, white fish, lean pork and chicken breast.

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