MommyLas Chili Crack Oil

Now we understand why it’s called crack. This is one you eat by the spoonful. Again.

We found MommyLas Chili Crack Oil at Yoboseyo, our local shop in Little Tokyo that stocks a ton of AAPI small businesses. It’s made in Las Vegas, and it’s Filipino-style — a genuinely different flavor lane from the Sichuan-adjacent jars that dominate this category.

What’s in it

Annatto oil (a Filipino cooking staple that gives it that deep orange color), garlic, chili peppers, peanuts, corn nuts, sea salt, tomato powder, and coconut sugar. If that ingredients list doesn’t make you curious, we can’t help you.

The taste test

The jar is packed — it’s only about 20% oil. We couldn’t get a spoon to the bottom. It’s spicy, deeply savory, and loaded with crunch, but not the kind that gets stuck in your teeth. The chili-to-savory ratio is basically perfect, and the corn nuts do something magical.

This is one of those jars where “one more spoonful” turns into an empty jar. It ranked in our top three the day we tried it and it’s been A+ tier ever since.

Where to buy

This is the most exclusive jar on our list:

• In person: Yoboseyo in Little Tokyo, LA (they also carry Boon and Momofuku)
• Everywhere else: DM @mommylas on Instagram and ask for a bottle — around $20

Worth it. Filipino-style chili oil deserves way more shelf space than it gets.