Hot Pepper Oil - Tucson's El Charro

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups canola oil
• 1/3 cup crushed chiltepin red pepper flakes or 1/3 cup crushed pequin red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 put the oil and peppers in a saucepan. heat until the fizzing stops, taking care not to let the mixture smoke. cool this.
• 2 strain through a sieve.
• 3 funnel the oil into a dry bottle to which you have added a dry whole pepper, for appearance and to denote its spicy flavor.