Homemade Chili Crunch Recipe (Chili Oil Crisp)

How to Serve Garlic Chili Crunch or Chili Oil?

There’s always the classic dishes that chili garlic onion crunch or crunchy chili oil is served. But if you think outside the box you open up a whole new world of culinary possibilities. Grilled meats and veggies are always fantastic with a little drizzle of this homemade magic.

• Dumplings are always more exciting with a little drizzle of this homemade crunchy chili oil
• Chili crunch fried eggs are amazing. Add that to an avocado toast.
• Popcorn! Drizzle this stuff on popcorn for a delicious spicy topping. You don’t need the butter!
• On noodles, it’s fanastic.
• Rice, fried rice or pasta
• grilled meats or vegetables
• air fryer chicken wings with this chili crisp is the best!
• mix it with some hummus for a super flavorful dip
• Add it to deviled eggs…. amazing!
• there’s so many more things you can serve with this chili oil recipe. The possibilities are endless.

Video: Homemade Chili Crisp Crunch Recipe

Best Brands of Chili Crisp or Chili Crunch?

We love making this homemade because you can customize all your favorite flavors. But a quick way to enjoy this condiment is to buy it and there’s plenty of great pre-made bottles. It’s available at speciality grocer stores, Asian supermarkets or in the International aisle of your regular markets. Over the last years a new generation of brands have come into the chili crunch crisp market. From more traditional brands to new brands of chili oil with unique spices, there’s something for everyone.

Tips on How to Use Chili Crisp Crunch

• Before eating, stir the chili crunch well. Oil floats to the top and the crunchy ingredients sink to the bottom. So stir the everything together well for easier drizzling. That way each spoonful has a good balance of oil and crunchies.
• Customize your batch by tasting it first. Some folks like their chili crisps light on the seasoning and spice, so taste yours first then customize. If you want it a little less spicy, start with about half the red chili flakes that we recommend in the recipe.
• Add Honey for more sticky consistency instead of oily: To make this chili garlic crunch recipe more sticky, add a little honey to make the sauce more sticky. It’ll be a little more sweet but it’s a nice flavor balance.
• Extra crunchy: The crunch comes from dried garlic and onion. You can easily customize the “crunch” by adding as much or as little as you like.
• Using fresh chopped onion/shallots or garlic will give a nice flavor too but a little less crunch. But the fresh aromatics are hard to beat when you’re using fresh ingredients.
• Spice level to your liking: the heat comes from red chili flakes. Our ratio in the recipe makes this batch Medium. So if you want to be a little more cautious on the heat, add about half. If you really love food extra spicy, double the amount of red chili flakes.
• Small servings: If it’s your first time using this chili oil recipe, go light on the drizzle.
• All homemade chili crunch recipe details are in the recipe box below

Delicious ways of using and serving our Chili Crunch

Like we discussed above, we love experimenting with different dishes. Here’s more details on how what we drizzle this umami bomb on. The flavor combinations are outstanding. Can you tell we’re obsessed?

Fried Egg with Chili Oil or Chili Crunch

Just add about 1 Tablespoon of your chili oil with crunchies in it. Add to a hot pan and fry your egg in it. Easy peasy and it’s fantastic on so many things. Here’s the full recipe for chili crisp fried egg on toast or what ever you want!

• Chili oil fried egg on avocado toast is a great breakfast or brunch dish.
• Add the chili crunch fried egg to ramen noodles or noodle stir fries

Drizzle Chili Crunch on Potstickers or Dumplings

This is the most classic way to eat this condiment. Buy your favorite brand of frozen dumplings or potstickers. Trader Joe’s has a wonderful collection of frozen potstickers. Heat them up in the microwave and drizzle the chili oil on top.

Use Chili Oil as Popcorn Topping

We tried this and are now obsessed! Instead of melted butter, drizzle a few tablespoons of this on top of popcorn. The salty, crunchy, spicy flavors are fantastic on popcorn. Only problem is that your hands can get pretty oily, so we suggest eating it with a SPOON. Yup, just scoop the chili crunch popcorn in your mouth and it’s a flavor bomb.

Douse it on Chicken Wings or Buffalo Wings

This is one of our favorite ways to serve spicy chicken wings! Drizzle this over your wings and that’s all your need. Each bite is an explosion of flavor and we guarantee this will be one of your favorite ways to use this condiment. Here’s our chili crisp chicken wings recipe.

Add Chili Crunch Oil to Deviled Eggs

We love deviled eggs and this homemade chili crunch oil is perfect as a side topping. It’s always a part of our popular deviled egg bar. Just let your guests dress their own deviled eggs and they’ll wonder why they didn’t have this more often.

Stir in Hummus or other favorite dips

Yes, this is a THING! Wow, swirling a big spoonful of this into your hummus or bean dip takes the dip over the top. The flavors work so well with hummus or any of your favorite dips. Make this chili oil recipe now and your appetizer dips will be even more amazing.

How to Store Homemade Chili Oil or Chili Crisp?

If you plan on eating it everyday, you can leave it out on the counter for about 10 days. We prefer eating it at room temperature because it drizzles better. But most importantly, the flavors taste better when it’s not refrigerated. But if you only eat it occasionally, then store it in the fridge for up to 4 weeks or so. Our recipe has fresh garlic in it. We don’t suggest keeping it in the fridge for too long.

What’s your Favorite Way to Eat and Serve Chili Crunch or Chili Oil?

We love learning all the different ways you’re eating this condiment. Let us know in the comments below. We’re obsessed with this and want to try every version possible. How about chili oil ice cream? Hmmmmm. maybe that’s one we might pass on. LOL.

More Easy Recipes:

• Homemade bread and butter pickles that are crunchy, tangy and lightly sweet
• Cowboy bacon chili cheese fries
• Chili margarita with paprika salt
• Roasted potatoes with chili garlic sauce and fresh herbs
• Savory tomato crisp with heirloom tomatoes