What is chili oil?
Chili oil
Oil infused with dried chili flakes and often spices; the Sichuan kind adds numbing Sichuan peppercorn.
What it tastes like
Red, fragrant and spicy, more about aroma and warmth than burn, sometimes with a tingly numbness.
Where you’ll see it
On wontons in chili oil, dan dan noodles, dumplings and cold dishes at Sichuan and Chinese restaurants.