Chili crisp

Chili crisp

Place of origin	China
Main ingredients	chili pepper, soybean oil
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Chili crisp, chile crisp or chili crunch (Chinese: 香辣脆; pinyin: Xiāng là cuì^[1]) is a type of hot sauce, originating from Chinese cuisine, made with fried chili pepper and other aromatics infused in oil, sometimes with other ingredients. Multiple regional, homemade, and restaurant-original versions exist across China. The best-known commercial brand is Lao Gan Ma, which is based on the chili crisps of Guizhou province. The chili crisp is closely related to Chinese chili oil, and sometimes the two terms are used interchangeably, the difference being that the crisp contains edible chunks of food in the chili oil.