Unlike any other chile oil I’ve tried, I couldn’t really distinguish what’s in this sauce - but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Eat with: Cheesy nachos it works well as a replacement for jalapeno peppers. Think of it as a dried chile salsa with a bit of oil. This Mexican chile crisp, made with serrano peppers, has a different kick: a spoonful tastes like taking a bite of spicy, crunchy dried serrano pepper (which means it can be very spicy). It’s flavorful but not overpowering, yet strong enough that you can use it as a key cooking ingredient: The mala tingles you get from this crisp makes a particularly great mapo tofu. If you love a numbing peppercorn-forward taste, this Taipei-batched, Sichuan-style crisp is for you. Eat with: Dairy products: Serve this with baked brie, and you will be hooked. It’s garlicky, oniony, deliciously spicy, and quite similar to a seasoning powder of Shin ramen. What sets it apart from the rest is the use of shiitake mushroom powder, which contains naturally occurring MSG.
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Eat with: Salads and fried eggs.ĭeveloped by David Chang’s Momofuku culinary team, this crunchy crisp is full of umami. The spice level is fairly mild and extremely subtle, making it ideal for dishes that need more texture, such as risotto, rice, and ramen.
Eat with: Use a spoonful (or more) with your store-bought scallion pancakes and dumplings.Īs the name suggests, the first thing you’ll notice after you open this Japanese crisp is an abundance of dried garlic chips. Plus, the little bits of savory preserved black beans soaked in spicy oil will leave you wanting more. It makes a great introduction to Sichuan cuisine, known for its numbing spice. The spicy, delightfully numbing, savory condiment, which is crafted in Chengdu, China, has an ideal ratio of oil to chile flakes. If there’s one jar of chile crisp that I’ve used more than any other, it’s this one. Eat with: Congee, which is a perfect canvas for texture-forward toppings. You can use it on anything without overpowering it it’s a great topping for salad and toasts. This chile crisp may not be spicy, but it adds a ton of crunchy texture: toasted dried onions, dried garlic, dried red bell peppers, and other crispy bits are bound with olive oil, resulting in a mild flavor. Eat with: A buttery biscuit and crispy fried chicken from Popeyes. Flavorful without being assertive, it’s my choice when I’m cooking with chile crisp, and excels when tossed with noodles or added to a marinade. There are other varieties under the iconic Lao Gan Ma brand, including fried chile in oil and chile oil with black bean, but the spicy chile crisp is god-tier. This crisp is by far the best known, a pantry staple for many households, and the one that opened my eyes to the world of chile crisp. There’s so much you can do with this powerful condiment beyond drizzling it on dumplings. And I mix and match different chile crisps to add a complex finishing note to my noodles. I add a spoonful of chile oil to water to make a quick broth for soup. I often combine softened butter and chile crisp and slather it all over roast chicken, to fantastic results. I love using both the oil and crisp parts from chile oil as a flavor boost for toast, pizza, fried eggs, and fried chicken (my personal favorite). Other varieties are more like condiments, mostly used as a finishing touch that’s mild, not overpowering, creating a perfect balance with other ingredients.Ĭhile Oil Is So Hot Right Now Why We Love Chile Peppers So Much Some options are so powerful that they should be used as a dominant flavor profile when cooking: Think of chile oil-drenched noodles with fresh cilantro and cucumber, which usually feature an oil with intense, spice-forward flavors. Most often, the name suggests whether it will be more like an oil or a crisp the latter contains more chile flakes and other flavoring ingredients - like garlic crisp, fennel seeds, anchovies, or preserved black beans - that add more textures to the mix. There are two things to consider when trying a new chile crisp: the oil-to-crisp ratio and any flavoring ingredients. From Sze Daddy sauce from 886, a Taiwanese restaurant in NYC, to the classic Lao Gan Ma, which started the chile oil boom in America, chile crisp - which, put simply, is a condiment with oil and chile flakes - is so hot right now. I’ve been collecting them for months now I currently have at least 10 different chile crisps and oils, ready to turn up the volume on anything I make. These days when I open my fridge, a stack of chile crisp jars greets me.
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