What do they add to my Chinese takeout to make it extra spicy?!
Answers: It looks like some kind of oil.
hot chili oil with red pepper flakes crushed in there
Im sorry I do not know. All I know is how much they use Hot Chilli Sauce in their foods. Its red, and you can get it at any health food, or whole foods store.
It's an asian chili oil
10 – 12 small dried chilies , the small red hot chillies you can buy in asian markets (1 – 2 inches long) make 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped chili flakes (you can make it in a blender or a food processor or crush them with a rock or something similar.
1/2 cup peanut, canola, or olive oil.
1 tablespoon sesame oil, optional
Mix all ingredients
There are a few kinds... as below that you may find in any Asian supermarket or grocery stores.
chili oil (only oil in red colour)
Gulin Chili sauce (kind of oily too)
Chiu Chow Chili oil (chili oil fried chopped chili seeds)
Sometimes whole dried arbol chiles are used in foods like Kung Pao dishes, or Mongolian Fire Oil...sooo good!
Dude, I went to China a few years ago. Just be very glad you're eating American chinese food, and don't worry about the seasonings. Over there everything tastes like the same nasty oil. The rice they wrap everything in is hard and nasty. When you get your food, you should feel lucky if it has no webbed feet or beaks in it - not to mention border collie meat. Those communist b_st_rds sell dead dogs on the streets, hanging upside-down from a clothes line.
hot chili oil with lots of pepper
Bottled chili sauce, sometimes fresh chili. They also use chili oil.
tiny red chillies, they are chopped up including the seeds
Any of the follwoing:
1. Chilli sauce ( red / hot )
2. Chilli paste with onions ( fried chilli and onion + garlic )
3. red Chilli powder / flakes
4. sliced green chillies.
5. White pepper.
They also use chili oil, vietnamese style chili paste with garlic.