Garlic Chilli Oil
I love making my own chilli oil so I can get exactly what flavours I want in it and it works out to be pretty cheap too! This one is inspired by Jessica Nguyen www.jessicanguyen.com.au which I've been making for a couple of years now! Follow along on TikTok or Instagram!
Ingredients
- 1 litre neutral oil e.g. vegetable oil or canola oil
- 2 cups chilli flakes
- 1 yellow onion
- 4 spring onions
- 6 cloves garlic
- 6 cardamon pods
- 6 bay leaves
- 4 star anise
Instructions
- Cut onion roughly into quarters removing skin.
- Chop spring onion into large equal sized pieces.
- Smash your garlic but don’t cut it so it releases it’s flavour.
- Use the back of a knife to crush cardamom pods.
- In a large pot heat up your oil until you can stick in a wooden/bamboo chopstick and bubbles form.
- Add in your dry aromatics (star anise, cardamom pods, bay leaves).
- After about 3 minutes add in your fresh aromatics (onion, spring onion, garlic).
- Once that’s boiled for about 5 minutes turn off the heat.
- Add your chilli flakes to a large heat proof bowl.
- Strain out the aromatics into the bowl of chilli flakes.
- Mix around until the oil turns a bright red colour.
- Once the oil is cooled, spoon into clean glass gars (mason jars work well).
- Store in the pantry for up to 3-4 months!