Guizhou Chili Crisp (Specialty of Guiyang)

All together now: "You can never have too many chili oils and crisps!"

While Sichuan is renowned for its chili oil, Guizhou Province is the home of the type of chili oil that's chock-full of crispy bits and nuts and is referred to as chili crisp or chili crunch in English. 

We can thank Lao Gan Ma for taking this style of chili sauce from Guizhou to the far corners of the world, but "The Godmother" is not the only maker of Guizhou-style chili crisp. The Mala Market's Guizhou Chili Crisp is also made in the province, in the same style as LGM but with quite a different taste, with high-quality ingredients and without the preservatives or gluten. 

Made to order for us in small batches, it uses all-premium ingredients, starting with a blend of Guizhou's famous chilies. (Guizhou is well-known to have the best chilies in China, and all of The Mala Market's dried chili stock are grown there.)

Like our Chengdu Crispy Chili Oil, it also starts with a base of cold-pressed roasted rapeseed oil, which gives chili oil throughout Southwest China its inimitable taste. It also has bits of crispy garlic and ginger and whole roasted peanuts, which are a delight in a smashed cucumber salad or other cold dish. Otherwise, you know what to do with it: Put it on everything!

We taste-tested our way through Guizhou, and this was the best, moderately hot chili crisp we found. Thanks to the locals' unmatched know-how with chilies, its relatively few ingredients deliver a powerfully tasty punch. 

Note its generous size of 8 ounces in a world of 5-6 ounce chili crisps. 

Producer: Made for The Mala Market in Guizhou Province
Size: 8.1 ounces (230 grams)
Ingredients: roasted rapeseed oil, chilies, peanut, ginger, garlic, salt, msg
Contains: peanut

Vegan, Gluten-Free