The Best Chili Oil Brands: taste test! by: Kaitlin 0 Comments Posted:3/21/2023Updated:3/21/2023 Over the years, many of you have discovered how simple and rewarding it is to make your own chili oil at home.Yet there is always a small handful of folks who ask me, “What are the best chili oil brands I can buy from the store?”  The truth is, there weren’t that many options back then.But in recent years, there’s been an explosion in the popularity of chili oils.

We like to think that we helped contribute to the mania a bit with our homemade recipes (perfect chili oil, chiu chow chili sauce, chili oil with black beans) and our love for Lao Gan Ma.But plenty of new entrants like Fly By Jing also fueled the craze.  Now there’s a whole slew of chili oil brands to choose from at every price point—ranging from artisanal ($$$) to utilitarian choices imported from China.So we’re finally doing a taste test to find the best one! Read on.

The Line-up in THE STORE-BOUGHT CHILI OIL TASTE TEST! The lineup for our best chili oil brands taste test was chosen from two stores:  A run-of-the-mill 99 Ranch in the middle of New Jersey: chili oils I just stumbled upon in my everyday shopping. Pearl River Mart in New York City’s Chelsea Market: a representative selection of what you would find if you went a little bit out of your way to find the most popular artisanal chili oil options on the market today.All in all, we ended up with a mix

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