- Package of 5-ounces
- A savory chili sauce made from the finest preserved chili
- Fermented soybeans prepared following the authentic recipe from Chiu Chow region of China
Product Description
Made by Lee Kum Kee, a well-known, modern producer of high-quality products. A savory chili sauce made from the finest preserved chili and fermented soybeans prepared following the authentic recipe from Chiu Chow region of China. Excellent for dipping and stir-frying. Delicious with noodles and pasta.
Lee Kum Kee Chiu Chow Chili Oil – 7.2 oz
Years ago, I began to eat a hot red oil condiment similar to this, putting a little on rice. Eventually, I found it delightful and was heartbroken when the restaurant serving it went out of business. After a multi-year search for similar taste, I finally settled on Lee Kum Kee Chiu Chow Chili Oil! This stuff has an infinite shelf life, brilliant and powerful flavor, without being too burning hot! I had been hunting for sources; now I am happy to see Amazon brings it to my door!
Rating: 5 / 5
I first tasted this stuff in Paris, when visiting my sister. For the next few years, I looked and looked and looked but never found it in shops. There was a Lee Kum Kee fair at the Chicago Yaohan, even then they didn’t have it. I don’t why the stuff’s so hard to find. I looked and looked and tasted and tasted chili oils from all sorts of different brands and from every Chinese restaurant I came across, nothing tasteed the same. Now it seems it’s available from Amazon – how nice!
Rating: 5 / 5
This sauce has a wonderful mix of salt, garlic, chili, and that “je ne sais quoi” of ground dried shrimp or something.
My kids spoon it generously into our stir fry dishes–hot but not too hot.
Lots of restaurants around here–Cantonese dim sum places–make their own versions, but none is better than this simple jarred sauce.
Here in Oakland, CA, we have an old Hong Kong/Cantonese Chinatown where a couple grocers usually carry it, and our suburban-style full-line Asian supermarket, Ranch 99 Market, also stocks it. As you can tell, we find it worth searching for.
Rating: 5 / 5
I too used to buy and eat a similar tasting chili oil on rice! I believe it was called “Chili Sa-te” and was a Vietnamese product but, I think, made by Huy Fong Foods. It was in a plastic jar with a green top and it was easily my favorite pantry food item. I have been looking for it to no avail for SO long. In fact, yesterday, I was on-line trying to find it and could not. I have had such a craving for it that I drove to a Chinese supermarket I know and was disappointed not to see it – but I thought Chiu Chow looked similar. I really LOVE it and am so happy that I found it. Anyone else know what the “old” stuff is that I liked?
Rating: 5 / 5