


The perfect balance of hot, crispy, and numbing “ma la” spice makes it so deliciously addictive, making your food taste bolder and the world around you even brighter. We need this in a to-go size because this is the hot sauce you need in your bag, swag. In honor of Lunar New Year, let Potli warm up your taste buds with our top 5 hot chili oil picks! 1. Dim sum? It’s basically a vehicle to slather tangy, spicy, and honestly, adventurous chili sauce on.
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Noodles? Mix in chili crisp for some crispety crunch factor. It’s like a basic necessity.īecause it goes soooo well with pretty much any Chinese recipe you can think of.ĭumplings? Drizzle some chili oil on that. Growing up in an Asian household, we had at least 5-7 different varieties of chili oil, sauce, or crisp on hand, at all times. (Honestly, skip the arugula.)Īnd here, I slide them on top of a slide of homemade sourdough bread - I'd recommend toasting it! Another great idea from TikTok is to use them on top of ramen noodles. Here, I enjoyed them over a bowl of steamed rice and arugula. Now just top the eggs onto whatever your heart desires. I don't like a runny yoke with my fried eggs (I know, I know!), but the most popular egg-cooking method for this recipe is fried with runny yokes. At this point, just cook the eggs to your liking. Take the lid off and spoon some of the oil on top of the eggs. Put a lid on the pan and make sure the egg whites fully cook. You'll want to swirl it around to coat the pan.Ĭrack two eggs into the pan on top of the chili oil. To start off, you'll drop a couple spoonfuls of the chili crisp of your choice into a pan and turn the heat on medium-high until it starts to bubble. It's spicy that tastes good, not spicy purely for the sake of being spicy. As promised on its website, Fly by Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp is crunchy, numbing, and intensely flavorful without being gotta-chug-some-milk hot. The complex umami flavors of this buzzy chili oil - which is crafted in Chengdu in the Chinese province of Sichuan and made from dried chili peppers, fermented black beans, garlic, sesame oil, mushroom powder, Sichuan pepper, ginger, seaweed, and other spices - elevate this straightforward egg dish and make it perfectly acceptable to enjoy as your breakfast, lunch, or dinner. While Curley uses Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp in her chili-oil eggs, I decided to try it out with Fly by Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp ($13). to YES #chilioileggs ♬ original sound - Jen Curley The face she makes at the end really says it all. In one of the most-watched TikTok videos featuring the recipe, Jen Curley (aka on TikTok) references a commenter who suggests the recipe as a chili-oil twist on pesto eggs (another viral TikTok recipe). This popular recipe making the rounds on the video-sharing app has all the components of my favorite go-to meals: it's fast and easy, it only requires two ingredients, and it's tongue-tingling spicy. Look, I could say I made TikTok's viral chili-oil eggs recipe three times in less than 24 hours for this story, but what will my excuse be tomorrow? (Umm yeah, that it's just crazy delicious and takes 10 minutes from start to finish.)
