Szechuan Chili Oil

Ingredients:

2 cup cooking oil

1 cup sesame oil

1/2 cup chili flakes

1 cup Korean chili powder

3-4 stalk scallion

6 sliced ginger

Spices

5 tbsp Szechuan pepper

2 dried peel orange

5 Anise star

1 cinnamon stick

Directions/Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, mix the two chilies together and add 1/4 cup of water to form a damp "dough"
2. In a big wok, heat the cooking oil and sesame oil on medium until the oil is hot (410F/210 deg C).
3. Then add in all the spices ingredients and stir for 2-3 mins.
4. Add the sliced ginger and scallion; stir for 12 mins or until the scallion is "fried"
5. After 12 or more mins, dished out the spices, ginger, and scallion.  Keep continuing stirring the sesame oil on medium-low for about 15 mins.  This is to prevent the sesame oil from burning.
6. Remove from heat, scoop a ladle of hot sesame oil into the chili and stir the chili.  For each scoop of hot sesame oil, keep stirring the chili until the oil finish.
7. Allow the oil to cool completely.  Strain the chili oil with cheesecloth to get the "clear" oil.  Store the chili oil in an airtight bottle.