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Yumyumia

Hot Chili & Extra Hot Chili

Premium, all-natural, star anise and cinnamon singing over smooth canola. Very versatile.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8/10
aromaticcrispyno MSG
C A+

Chingonas

Salsa Macha

Rice bran oil and cumin we've never seen in a chili oil. 100% A+ tier. Buy this, you guys.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · salsa macha ·8.5/10
smokycuminsalsa macha
NB A

NM Brands

Original Chili Oil (Hot AF)

NM stands for Not Mediocre. It is not. Hot AF but you can still taste everything.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·8/10
boldvinegarhot
JG A DM to buy

Jus' Garlic

Spicy Garlic Chili Oil

Like eating garlic chips in the best way. The crunchy winner for garlic lovers.

🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8/10
garliccrunchynutty
BCC A

Bombay Chili Crunch

Original Chili Crunch

Finally an Indian chili crunch that celebrates the flavors. Smoky, spiced, and gone quickly.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·8/10
Indiansmokyversatile
D A

DurtyBurn

Garlic Chili Oil (Mild & Ghost Pepper)

Dragon's breath chili in the mild, ghost pepper in the hot — and neither one kills you. Delicious.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8/10
sesamesavorymild
C—C A

CMK — Chili Monkey King

Lemongrass Chili Oil (Heaven's Scorch)

Spice-challenge hot. A little goes a long way — this bottle will outlive us all.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8/10
Vietnamesesmokyintense
CC S DM to buy

Chelas Chile

La Original, Sabor a Mí, La Macha & The Crunch

The fastest, craziest roller coaster we've ever ridden in chili oil form. Four products, zero misses.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · salsa macha ·9/10
olive oilMexican chilesheat
M A+ DM to buy

MommyLas

Chili Crack Oil

Now we understand the "crack" part. 80% crisp, annatto oil, corn nuts — spoonful after spoonful.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·9/10
Filipinocrunchysavory
MT A+

Mama Teav's

Hot Garlic

A+ tier — full tasting notes coming after our next side-by-side.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp
garliccrispyCambodian
B A

Bowlcut

Chili Crisp

Solid A tier — full tasting notes coming after our next side-by-side.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp
A tierneeds notes
KS A

Kwong Shop

Chili Oil

Solid A tier — full tasting notes coming after our next side-by-side.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil
A tierneeds notes
LKK A+

Lee Kum Kee

Fiery Dried Shrimp Chili Oil

Dried shrimp turns the umami up to eleven, and it runs hotter than the classic Chiu Chow.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil
seafoodumamihot
HPQ B

Hot Pot Queen

Chongqing Chili Crisp

B tier draft — we are retasting before final notes.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp
Bdraft until source notes
C A

Chilee

Chilee Oil

Toasty sesame smoke out of Chicago. Full notes coming soon.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil
sesamesmokyChicago
LB A

Little Brother

Chile Crisp

Chunky, vegan, garlic-forward. Full notes coming soon.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp
chunkyvegangarlic
Chili Oil Baron Original Chili Oil A+

Chili Oil Baron

Original Chili Oil

Warm, aromatic, almost mulled — a chili oil with real personality.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8.5/10
aromaticboldunique
MT B

Mami Tran

Lemongrass Chili Oil

Smooth and mild — better as a lemongrass cooking oil than a table condiment.

🌶️🌶️ · chili oil
smoothmildcooking oil
MB A

Mr Bing

Chili Crisp

Strong value, easy to find, hard to mess up. Full notes coming soon.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp
versatilevalueneeds notes
K B

Kaatil

Chili Oil

Kaatil means killer, and the heat delivers. Flavor plays second to fire.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·7/10
Indiansunflower oilheat
Homiah Sambal Chili Crunch A

Homiah

Sambal Chili Crunch

It's 10/10. Sambal aromatics with real depth — the jar we recommend most for Southeast Asian flavor.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·10/10
richsambalversatile
Barnacle Foods Kelp Chili Crisp A

Barnacle Foods

Kelp Chili Crisp

Alaskan kelp brings oceanic umami you cannot fake. Wildly good on eggs.

🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·8/10
kelpsmokymild
Holy Duck Chili Oil (OG, Lava & Vegan) S

Holy Duck

Chili Oil (OG, Lava & Vegan)

An unduckingly unbelievable experience. The duck fat richness makes everything else taste flat.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·9.5/10
richgarlicfavorite
Boon Sauce Original & Vegan Sauce S

Boon Sauce

Original & Vegan Sauce

Batch-numbered, umami-loaded, and the Vegan jar with fermented turnip gives up nothing.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili sauce ·9/10
umamitextureS-tier family
KariKari Garlic Chili Crisp A+

KariKari

Garlic Chili Crisp

Kaari-kaari means crunchy in Japanese, and they are not kidding. The textural king.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·9/10
garliccrunchheat
HCO Hot Crispy Oil (Hot & Extra Hot) A

HCO

Hot Crispy Oil (Hot & Extra Hot)

Mexican chilies, fried garlic and shallots — pizza night has never been the same.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·8.5/10
garliccrunchpizza
Heinz Culinary Crunch — Chili Pepper B

Heinz

Culinary Crunch — Chili Pepper

From the ketchup people: $6.78, everywhere, surprisingly crunchy. A safe first jar.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·7/10
big crunchgrocerybudget
M(X A+

MìLà (formerly XCJ)

Restaurant-Style Chili Oil

Tastes like the chili oil at a great Chinese restaurant, because it is one.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·8.5/10
restaurant-stylearomaticversatile
Zindrew Crunchy Garlic Chili Oil (OG & X Batch) A+

Zindrew

Crunchy Garlic Chili Oil (OG & X Batch)

The OG batch is our everyday jar. The X Batch is a dare in glass form.

🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·8.5/10
savoryversatiledumplings
O A

Oo'mämē

Chinese Szechuan Chile Crisp

Fermented black bean umami with a sweet ginger twist. Less risk at the Amazon price.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·7.5/10
sesameblack beanginger
BSK B

Blank Slate Kitchen

Sichuan Chili Oil

For numbing spice lovers specifically. Our dumpling go-to when we want the tingle.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·7.5/10
numbingmálàsavory
Trader Joe's Chili Onion Crunch A

Trader Joe's

Chili Onion Crunch

The $4 supermarket gateway drug. Onion-forward, dangerously easy to finish.

🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·7.5/10
oniongatewaycheap
LKK S

Lee Kum Kee

Chiu Chow Chili Oil

The gateway jar that started the Gang. Cheap, everywhere, and still beats jars 4x the price.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili oil ·9/10
classicsavorypantry
Fly By Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp A+

Fly By Jing

Sichuan Chili Crisp

The benchmark every new chili crisp gets measured against. Slow burn, deep savor.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crisp ·9/10
Sichuansavorybenchmark
Momofuku Chili Crunch Trio (Original, Extra Spicy & Black Truffle) A

Momofuku

Chili Crunch Trio (Original, Extra Spicy & Black Truffle)

80% crunch, zero effort to love. The jar that converts chili oil skeptics.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·8.5/10
crunchgatewaycrowd
CC B

Chile Crunch

Chile Crunch Original

There's lots of garlic. Like, lots. If that's the dream, enjoy; we wanted more chile.

🌶️🌶️ · chili crunch ·5.5/10
garlicsmokymild
SD A

Sze Daddy

Taiwanese Chili Sauce

Finely ground, star anise-scented, made for hot pot night. One of our first loves.

🌶️🌶️ · chili sauce ·8/10
Taiwaneseumamihot pot