spicy oil

Hot pepper extract

Spicy oil is cooking oil infused with hot peppers or other pungent ingredients.

Chinese chili crisp and Italian olio piccante are varieties.

Restaurants often provide spicy oil as a condiment: I drizzled spicy oil over my dumplings.

The term sometimes appears as a single word: Add some spicyoil to taste.

Related

red pepper · red pepper flakes · infused · garlic · fiery · numbing · hot pot · dipping · crispy · noodles · dumplings · fragrant · toasted · condiment · kick · sizzle · wok · flakes

Opposites
heat/pungency level

spicy oilvegetable oil

Plant-derived culinary lipid

canola oil · refined oil · light olive oil · grapeseed oil · light oil

sensory effect

spicy oilmint oil

Pressed herbal aromatic liquid

peppermint oil · vegetable oil · canola oil · eucalyptus oil · coconut oil

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G