Make your own homemade chili oil. It’s easy to make from dried chiles and crushed red pepper flakes. Simply heat up the spicy peppers in a small amount of oil to toast them and bring out their flavors. Then add the rest of the oil and warm it up to infuse with chili. This recipe is adaptable, as written it’s not particularly spicy by my tastes, but adds a flavorful warming heat to anything you drizzle it over. You can switch out the dried peppers for something spicier if you’d like, or add more crushed red pepper flakes to make it spicier. Alternatively you can always use less peppers for less heat! Enjoy this chili oil drizzled over soups, pasta, pizza, bread (avocado toast anyone?), curries, I mean I could go on, but really it’s great on all savory things! It takes your meals to the next level, so give it a go! There’s not need to use a fancy extra virgin olive oil for this recipe as the chile flavor will mask any subtlety of the oil.
