Chili Oil, the quintessential Chinese condiment. As with almost anything else, chili oil is much better homemade. Incredibly easy as well — only requiring 5 minutes of active time!

A homemade chili oil will top any store-bought chili oil by ten-fold. If you haven’t been making your own, you are seriously missing out. A good bottle of it will last you a very long time. It is quite the perfect accompaniment of any pancake, bun, dumpling, noodles, or porridge.
Ingredients list five spice (but not red chilis). Directions reference chilis but not five spice. Seems something needs edited.
Hey Mike!! Thank you for catching that. I was tweaking the recipe/ingredients list recently, but forgot to change the directions accordingly. Fixed!
Do you strain the solids out of chili oil before pouring into mason jar? How long will this keep in a cool dark pantry?
Hi Mary! No, the solids (toasted chili flakes) are the best part!! I keep it in the fridge, it should be able to last very long in there (6-12 months) as long as your mason jar is clean.
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