Recipes and Cooking Spiced Ginger-Scallion Oil Be the first to rate & review! This flavorful oil tastes great as a dip, drizzled over roasted veggies, as a topping for chicken and noodles, and added to fried rice, to name just a few ideas. By Danielle Centoni Danielle Centoni Instagram Twitter Website Danielle Centoni is an award-winning food writer and recipe developer whose career spans two decades. She's a former newspaper and magazine editor, a frequent contributor to national publications, and the author and co-author of six cookbooks and counting. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on November 9, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Jason Donnelly Hands On Time: 15 mins Total Time: 45 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 1 1/2 cups Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 cup peanut or vegetable oil 4 large garlic cloves, smashed 3 whole star anise 3 cardamom pods, crushed 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon black peppercorns 2 bunches scallions (12 to 14 scallions total), trimmed, roughly chopped 1 3-inch piece fresh ginger (1 oz.), peeled and sliced 4 fresh Thai chiles, stemmed Directions To make the Scallion Oil: In a medium saucepan combine oil, garlic, star anise, cardamom, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Bring just to a simmer over medium; reduce heat to low. Gently simmer 30 minutes or until garlic is toasted and brown and oil is very fragrant. Meanwhile, in a food processor process scallions, ginger, and chiles until very finely chopped. Transfer to a medium metal bowl and add 1 tsp. salt. Set a fine-mesh sieve over bowl. When oil is done, increase heat to medium-high until sizzling. Immediately pour through sieve into bowl. Discard ingredients in sieve. Let oil cool. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze up to 3 months. Makes 1 1/2 cups. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 172 Calories 18g Fat 3g Carbs 1g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 12 Calories 172 % Daily Value * Total Fat 18g 23% Saturated Fat 3g 15% Sodium 198mg 9% Total Carbohydrate 3g 1% Total Sugars 1g Protein 1g Vitamin C 24.5mg 123% Calcium 13mg 1% Iron 0.4mg 2% Potassium 100mg 2% Folate, total 13.3mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.