Spoon over everything. It adds big flavour to milder bases, such as eggs, tofu, noodles, rice, vegetables, white fish, lean pork and chicken breast.

General

Serves: About 1¼ cups
Source: NTY

Ingredients

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ cup dried minced onion
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• ⅓ cup finely crushed dried small red chiles or red-pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon coarsely ground Sichuan peppercorns (optional)

Procedure

1. Combine the oil, onion, ½ teaspoon sugar and ½ teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion becomes evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
2. Add the chiles, sesame seeds and Sichuan peppercorns, if using, and sizzle, stirring, for 1 minute, then stir in the remaining ½ teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.