From Daddy Lau (Made With Lau)'s kitchen · Made With Lau (independent / media kitchen), Los Angeles

stove · hot sauce

NATIONAL AWARD WINNER

Indigogate Homemade Chili

From a national-award-winning chef

Ratio

VEG OIL 133SESAME OIL 5

Ingredients

SICHUAN CHILI FLAKES42.5 g
GINGER14 g
RED ONION28 g
SHALLOT28 g
GARLIC15 g
STAR ANISE4 g
SESAME SEED1 g
VEG OIL133 ml
SESAME OIL5 ml
SALT3 g
SUGAR2 g
WHITE PEPPER1 g
PAPRIKA7 g

Method

This one needs stove heat — jar fill-lines aren’t the whole story yet.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

Provenance

Cantonese home cook of the Made With Lau YouTube channel with son Randy Lau; James Beard Awards (media). Teaches Cantonese vegetable and sauce technique from a Los Angeles kitchen.

Originally published as Homemade Chili Oil.

Adapted from a recipe published by Daddy Lau (Made With Lau) in Daddy Lau / Made With Lau.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?+

This one is blend or stove fit. Use it from the recipe page; jar columns are shake-ready sauces only.

What do the quantities mean?+

Amounts below are from the published source, converted to ml/g where liquids allow. On a jar, every column scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?+

Adapted from Daddy Lau / Made With Lau (published as “Homemade Chili Oil”). Full citation lives in Provenance.