Chili crisp is a wonderful ingredient! 🧵 A Chinese-style chili oil condiment that’s become really popular worldwide. It’s not just chili flakes in oil — it’s a layered mix of crunchy, spicy, and savoury flavours. (1/4)

A typical jar of chili crisp has: • Crispy bits: fried garlic, shallots, or soybeans that give it crunch • Chilies: dried red chili flakes for heat (sometimes smoky) • Aromatic spices: like Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, ginger, or cinnamon (depending on the brand/recipe) (2/4)

- Oil: usually neutral oil (soybean, rapeseed, canola) infused with the above • Umami boosters: sometimes fermented black beans, mushroom powder, or MSG The result is: • Spicy (but not always overwhelmingly hot) • Savory and umami-rich • Crunchy (hence “crisp”) (3/4)

It’s used as a topping on noodles, dumplings, rice, eggs, even pizza or avocado toast. The most famous brand is Lao Gan Ma (老干妈), but there are many artisanal versions now (Fly By Jing, Momofuku, homemade recipes, etc.). (4/4)

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