Roasted Chili Oil 2026
Szechuan Chili Oil Chilis (all weights after deseeding) 90 g chile de árbol 64 g japones 62 g Kashmiri 29 g chipotle morita — darker and smokier than regular chipotle 50 g Korean gochugaru flakes Aromatics 514 g shallots 186 g garlic 75 g ginger Spices 55 g Szechuan peppercorns, split in half — half ground, half left whole (this is our tweak: upped the amount a bit and kept half whole) 19 g black peppercorns 12 g cumin 12 star anise pods 6 green cardamom pods 6 black cardamom pods Seasoning 25 g Korean mushroom powder or Kalustyan's shiitake mushroom powder 40 g sugar 8 g MSG ¼ cup kosher salt, plus a big pinch the next morning — maybe another tablespoon, see the note at the end 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp Better Than Bouillon, chicken Oil 12 cups peanut or grapeseed oil Deseeding yields What you buy vs. what you end up with, from our January batch: Chili Raw After desee...
