That's how highly those small, red seeds were (and continue to be) coveted.
Painstakingly (and painfully) harvested by bare hand once annually from a small plot of land in Sichuan, the tribute pepper is so named because for 300 years, the village of QingXi - by many accounts the peppercorn's preeminent grower - made a point of expressing a portion of each harvest to China's imperial courts. Gao's highly personal take on Sichuan chili crisp - Fly by Jing's flagship product - involves 18 ingredients, some of which can only be found in China's Sichuan Province.įor obvious reasons, we couldn't exactly pry every little detail out of the proprietress, but she did say that the most essential ingredient is the peppercorn of the tribute pepper, or gongjiao, which Fly by Jing employs widely across its inventory. We spoke with the entrepreneur about launching a successful startup amidst a pandemic, how Fly by Jing went from a small operation to being sold at Whole Foods and Target stores nationwide, and what's next for the rising brand. Guests loved her chili crisp so much that she decided to bottle it and build a Kickstarter page. One thing lead to another, and Gao ended up quitting her tech job and opening a restaurant in Shanghai. "My hypothesis is that people were ready for a new paradigm."
"I was realizing that so little real Chinese food made its way out of China and wanted to shine light on that, and represent it on a global stage," she told Insider. "There was an active prejudice against Chinese food as being dirty, cheap, and unhealthy."įirst and foremost, Gao wanted to grasp and address those perceptions for herself, and in the process, a company was born. "I wanted to shift the way people saw Chinese culture and food in the US," says Fly By Jing founder Jing Gao, who in 2018 launched one of Amazon's top-selling "hot sauces" (although that term doesn't quite do it justice), a personal take on Sichuan chili crisp. (Honestly, skip the arugula.)Īnd here, I slide them on top of a slide of homemade sourdough bread - I'd recommend toasting it! Another great idea from TikTok is to use them on top of ramen noodles. Here, I enjoyed them over a bowl of steamed rice and arugula. Now just top the eggs onto whatever your heart desires. I don't like a runny yoke with my fried eggs (I know, I know!), but the most popular egg-cooking method for this recipe is fried with runny yokes. At this point, just cook the eggs to your liking. Take the lid off and spoon some of the oil on top of the eggs. Put a lid on the pan and make sure the egg whites fully cook. You'll want to swirl it around to coat the pan.Ĭrack two eggs into the pan on top of the chili oil. To start off, you'll drop a couple spoonfuls of the chili crisp of your choice into a pan and turn the heat on medium-high until it starts to bubble. It's spicy that tastes good, not spicy purely for the sake of being spicy. As promised on its website, Fly by Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp is crunchy, numbing, and intensely flavorful without being gotta-chug-some-milk hot. The complex umami flavors of this buzzy chili oil - which is crafted in Chengdu in the Chinese province of Sichuan and made from dried chili peppers, fermented black beans, garlic, sesame oil, mushroom powder, Sichuan pepper, ginger, seaweed, and other spices - elevate this straightforward egg dish and make it perfectly acceptable to enjoy as your breakfast, lunch, or dinner. While Curley uses Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp in her chili-oil eggs, I decided to try it out with Fly by Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp ($13). to YES #chilioileggs ♬ original sound - Jen Curley The face she makes at the end really says it all. In one of the most-watched TikTok videos featuring the recipe, Jen Curley (aka on TikTok) references a commenter who suggests the recipe as a chili-oil twist on pesto eggs (another viral TikTok recipe). This popular recipe making the rounds on the video-sharing app has all the components of my favorite go-to meals: it's fast and easy, it only requires two ingredients, and it's tongue-tingling spicy. Look, I could say I made TikTok's viral chili-oil eggs recipe three times in less than 24 hours for this story, but what will my excuse be tomorrow? (Umm yeah, that it's just crazy delicious and takes 10 minutes from start to finish.)
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