辣椒油, photo 1 of 2
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Chilioil
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Alpha
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Chinese homemade chili oil made with cooking oil and dried chili peppers
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Suginami
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

辣椒油

làjiāoyóu
noun #78,529

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 chili oil

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

Oil steeped with dried chili until it turns bright red, sold in jars or made by pouring hot oil over chili flakes. Cooks spoon the oil, with the flakes settled at the bottom, over noodles, wontons, dumplings and cold dishes.

Also called  红油

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bàn miàntiáo de shíhou jiā yì sháo làjiāoyóu.
Add a spoonful of chili oil when mixing the noodles.
HSK 7-9
Sìchuān làjiāoyóu hé Chóngqìng de bùyíyàng.
Sichuan chili oil is different from Chongqing chili oil.

Tips

culture
Staple condiment in Sichuan, Hunan, and Shaanxi cuisines. Different from 辣酱 (chili paste) - 辣椒油 is liquid, typically infused with Sichuan peppercorn and spices.

Stroke Order

辣 là
椒 jiāo
油 yóu