Chilli Oil

Chilli Mix

• 1/4 cup chilli flakes
• 1 tab ground chilli
• 1/2 teas salt
  2 tabs sesame seeds toasted
• 1 tsp soy sauce

Oil

• 1 cup cooking oil
• 1 teas peppercorn
• 1 teas fennel seeds
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 black cardamom
• 3 slices ginger
• 2 green onions

1. Mix all of chilli mix ingredients into large pyrex jug.
2. In saucepan, place all oil ingredients. Cook on SLOW until onions slightly brown
3. Place a strainer over pyrex jug containing chilli mix and pour saucepan ingredients into this. Discard what is caught in the seive.
4. Leave uncovered to cool, then move to preferred bottle.
5. Wait for at least 12 hours for flavours to combine.

This is a take on a similar recipe from Red House Spice.  Makes a beautiful oil mix.