[CH] Chile Oil

Celeste or Dave Anderson (Gtoughchile@mail.greatbasin.net)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:02:39 +0000

Since I have been a member of the group this subject has been 
mentioned several times. I think we can all agree that putting whole 
chiles in oil is an invitation to botulism, but  here's a new twist.

I was watching "East Meets West", a cooking show hosted by Ming Tsai 
and he made chile oil by roasting chile powder in a heavy skillet to 
release the essential oils, letting it cool, and adding it to canola 
oil. I think he used a combination of Ancho and Thai chile powder, 
but imagine that any varieties would work.

Since the chiles were dehydrated, then heated, maybe they are sterile 
to the point that nasty organisms have been eliminated. Have any of 
you tried doing this? I'm sorry, but I don't know the quantities of 
ingredients.

The recipe might be posted at http://www.foodtv.com
Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.tough-love.com
e-mail Chilehead@tough-love.com