Chili Oil

辣油

Preparation info
  • Makes

    cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant

By Kathy Fang and Peter Fang

Published 2025

  • About

KATHY: At both House of Nanking and Fang, we make all our hot sauces and chili oils from scratch. Our Chinatown Chili Black Bean Sauce is the mildest of the bunch and has a pronounced savory and salty flavor profile, making it one of our customers’ favorites. This chili oil is more of a finisher than a condiment; it’s our kitchen workhorse, and you’ll see a huge bowl of it by our serving station. It gets used to finish our