Indigoroom Spicy Chili

Name: Indigoroom Spicy Chili
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 cups + 2 Tbsp (500 ml) cooking oil Vegetable Oil; 2 oz (50 g) Sichuanese or Korean ground chilies Gochugaru; 1 tsp (3 g) Sesame Seed; 1-inch knob unpeeled crushed (15 g) Ginger

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Fuchsia Dunlop recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Fuchsia Dunlop.

Fuchsia Dunlop's Indigoroom Spicy Chili, from the published recipe.

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 500 ml

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil — 2 cups + 2 Tbsp (500 ml) cooking oil
Gochugaru — 2 oz (50 g) Sichuanese or Korean ground chilies
Sesame Seed — 1 tsp (3 g)
Ginger — 1-inch knob unpeeled crushed (15 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Indigoroom Spicy Chili wants a whisk and a stove — make it from this page.

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Provenance

British writer–cook specializing in Sichuan Chinese cuisine; James Beard media/writing awards. Author of Land of Plenty and The Food of Sichuan; trained in Chengdu cooking schools.

Originally published as Spicy Chili Oil.

Adapted from a recipe published by Fuchsia Dunlop in Fuchsia Dunlop Every Grain of Rice (Catenafarm reprint).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Fuchsia Dunlop Every Grain of Rice (Catenafarm reprint) (published as “Spicy Chili Oil”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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