The fragrance of spices is like putting on colorful wedding clothes for food, and every collision and integration between it and food opens an encounter between people and food. And the special thing of chili pepper, the capsaicin itself is only a weapon used to defend against animals, but humans have fallen in love with its stimulating taste, and since then they can’t stop and get out of control. Today, I will teach you a way to prepare chili oil, so that you can stay at home and eat is delicious.
【Chili oil】
Ingredients to prepare: coarse chili powder, salt, sugar, onion, green onion, ginger, 1 cinnamon, 3 star anise, fragrant leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, 2 coriander plants, peanut rice, rapeseed oil, fine chili noodles, white sesame seeds, thirteen spices, white wine
The specific steps are as follows:
1. Take an empty bowl, pour in coarse chili powder, add a spoonful of salt, a spoonful of sugar, a small amount of pepper, use chopsticks to constantly mix them, stir well and add a small amount of water to it many times, stir with chopsticks while adding, remember not to add too much water. But adding water is also essential, because only in this way will the chili noodles be difficult to paste.
2. Wash the onion and cut it into small slices. Cut the onions into pieces of about 2 centimeters, cut them in half, put them on a plate with the onions, and don’t forget to cut some ginger slices.
3. Prepare a cinnamon, three star anise, a few fragrant leaves, a handful of peppercorns, and finally wash two coriander sticks and put them next to them and wait for later.
4. Heat the oil, put a handful of peanut rice in the pot, fry the peanut rice with medium-low heat, when there is a crackling sound in the pot, and the coat of the peanut rice has changed color slightly, you can take it out and put it in a bowl to cool.
5. Pour rapeseed oil into the pot, when the oil is heated to 50%, pour the chopped onion, green onion, ginger and whole coriander into the oil pan and fry, wait for the moisture in the ingredients to be fried until semi-dry, and then put star anise and other spices into the pot and fry together. When all the ingredients are browned, you can fish them out and throw them away.
6. Put the cooled peanut rice into a plastic bag, crush it with a rolling pin, pour it into the paprika, add two spoonfuls of fine chili noodles and some white sesame seeds, and finally pour in the fried hot oil. Do not pour hot oil into it at once, stir it in parts.
7. Finally, when the chili oil and chili powder are fully mixed, add a small amount of thirteen spices, an appropriate amount of edible salt, and a few drops of white wine, stir them well and let stand so that the chili oil is ready.
【Love Tips】
- When making chili oil, remember not to pour hot oil directly on top of the chili pepper, because the chili oil made in that way has neither spicy nor aromatic taste.
- Although the chili pepper is delicious, don’t be too greedy, otherwise it will be easy to catch fire.
- The amount of semolina powder can be added according to your needs.
Today’s food sharing is here, chili peppers can be said to be the golden oil in food, anything can be paired with it. Meet thousands of cuisines, meet thousands of people, and cherish thousands of lives. Chili pepper brings us more than that, its hotness has witnessed too many life opportunities, and it is enough to see the true meaning in the vertical and horizontal circles.
