Good hot oil is indispensable for cooking spicy food. A little bit of hot oil can turn up the heat, and a lot of hot oil will teach people not to steal your cooking. I used a combination of red chilies and scotch bonnets, probably a cup and a half in all, and finely diced them then put them in a cup of high heat oil, then turned the heat up until the pepper bits began to fry. I let them fry until they were almost burnt, but not quite, then turned off the heat.
When I packed it up I threw a couple of fresh chili peppers in the oil to make it look nicer. This oil is fucking hot, a few drops in any dish will make it quite spicy without changing the flavor much. A spoonful is enough for a big (like a gallon size) pot of stew, two spoonfuls to really light it up. Three spoonfuls will cure the flu. Half a cup causes psychedelic visions of possible futures, though, not necessarily of the most likely future time-line. I certainly wouldn't make any important decisions based on visions resulting from eating this hot oil.
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