Blank Slate Chili Oil For Numbing Spice Lovers

Peter·November 3, 2022·0 comments

If you’re looking for a chili oil that has that ‘numbing’ spice taste to it, you’ll love Blank Slate. But you might be disappointed that there’s so much oil and not enough chili.

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Why You’ll Like Blank Slate

  • The ‘numbing’ part of the chili is intense but not too spicy.
  • It goes well with a lot of different items, especially dumplings.

Why You Might Not Like Blank Slate Chili Oil

  • There is too much oil and not enough chili
  • It tastes like licorice according to one negative Amazon review
  • It’s pricey (but almost all Chili Oils are pricey)
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As you can see here, there’s quite a bit of oil and not so much of the chili
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Although I personally didn’t think it tasted like licorice, if you’re sensitive to the taste of licorice, you should probably stay away from Blank Slate

What to use Blank Slate Chili Oil on

Here are the ingredients according to their website:

Sunflower oil, crushed chilis, sichuan peppercorns, toasted sesame oil, salt, fresh ginger, fresh shallots, fresh garlic, spices

On their website, they recommend using it on:

  • Sichuan cucumber salad (if you’ve ever had the cucumbers at Din Tai Fung, they’re delicious and this would be awesome)
  • Dumplings
  • Mapo Tofu

An Inside Look

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Where to Blank Slate Chili Oil

Or you can purchase it on their website for $12.49.

The Takeaway

If you like Sichuan numbing spice, you’ll like it but you might be disappointed that you’re getting so much oil.

If you don’t like licorice flavor, someone reported that they didn’t like it because it tasted too much like licorice.

Peter

Peter is on a mission to try ALL of the chili oils for you. That way you can build your perfect chili oil collection.

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