Bitter: 🟡🟡○○○ Salty: 🟡 🟡🟡🟡○ Sour/Tangy:🟡○○○○ Sweet: 🟡🟡○○○ Umami: 🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Heat: 🟡🟡○○○○○○○○ Quick Flavor Notes: Chile, Umami, Numbing, Menthol Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium-chewy beef in chile oil Ingredients: Beef, Spicy Beef Sauce (Vegetable Oil, Chili Powder, Sugar, Sesame, Monosodium Glutamate, Fermented Black Bean, Pepper Powder), Vegetable Oil, Salt, Bay Leaf, Cooking Wine (Rice, Water, Wheat,…
Bitter: 🟡🟡🟡○○ Salty: ○○○○○ Sour/Tangy:🟡○○○○ Sweet: 🟡○○○○ Umami: 🟡○○○○ Heat: 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡○ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, roasty, garlic, onion Recommended: Yes Texture: Thick oil with lots of crunchy chilis Ingredients: Red Chili, Garlic, Onion, Palm Oil, No Preservative Dragonfly Brand is a Thai food products company with a huge array of different products. They make not…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Chile, savory, porky, sour/fermented Recommended: Yes Texture: Crispy chiles with both soft fatty and crispy pork bits Ingredients: Dried chili (45%), pork crackling (31.67%), fried garlic (6.2%), fried shallots (6.1%), vegetable oil (3.3%), crispy flour (2.67%), white sesame (1.77%), cayenne…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Salty, sweet, soy, umami Texture: Good chew and moist Recommended: Conditional Ingredients: Beef, Brown Sugar, Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Soybeans, Alcohol), Chili Crisp (Soybean Oil, Chili, Onion, Soybean, Spices), Worcestershire (Distilled White Vinegar, Molasses, Sugar, Water, Salt, Onions, Anchovies, Spices),…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ✰✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, nutty, umami, citrus, floral Texture: Oily with lots of crispy crunchy bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Soy oil, Chili, Peas, Roasted Peanuts, Sesame, Salt, Sugar, Tempeh (soya bean, water, salt), Monosodium Glutamate, Spices (Star Anise, Foeniculum Vulgare, Pepper), Paprika, disodium…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ✰✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Rich, dried chili, onion, umami, dark Texture: Crunchy and oily Recommended: Conditional Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Chili, Onion, Fermented Soybean (soybean, water), Monosodium Glutamate, Salt, Sugar, Pepper Powder, Sulfur Dioxide, Sodium Sulfite Founded in 1994, though with a recipe dating back…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, nutty, tiny bursts of tangy sweetness Texture: Oil heavy chili crunch Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chiles de Arbol, Cranberries, Walnuts, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Oil, Sea Salt, and Spices Salsa Macha is the Mexican equivalent of a Chinese chili…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Chili, sesame, numbing, citrusy, earthy Texture: Crunchy and crispy, somewhat oily Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chili, Wheat Flour, Sesame Seeds, Palm Oil, Salt, Sichuan Pepper, Spices Guizhou, located in southwestern China and bordering the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, may not…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ✰✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Savory, toasty, chile, sesame, umami, exotic Texture: Crunchy and oily with whole chiles as well as sesame and chile seeds Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chili, Wheat Flour, Sesame Seed, Palm Oil, Salt, Pepper, Spices Founded by two NorCal natives, one of…
Chili Crisp is rapidly becoming a very trendy spicy condiment these days. While I discovered it for myself with the ubiquitous Lao Gan Ma version when on a “grab some stuff that looks interesting” trip to the local Asian grocery store, there have been a huge number of artisanal and celebrity-chef backed offerings in the…