JalapeƱo Infused Olive Oil

Adding spice to the everyday…

Infusing olive oil with jalapeƱos is an excellent way to bring spice to everyday dishes. Use it for cooking or as a salad topper. Or simply pour some into a dipping dish and pair with your favorite bread and vegetables. It has a very eatable spiciness that makes this oil very versatile.

If you’re a gardener with a surplus of chilies around, keep this recipe at hand. JalapeƱo infused olive oil is one of our favorite ways to use extra chilies at season’s end. You can then enjoy that chili pepper heat all winter long. It also makes a terrific homemade spicy food gift come the holiday season. Just package it up in a fancy bottle and voila!

Other chilies are also easily used in this recipe, so feel free to swap in milder or hotter chili peppers as you desire. Serrano peppers are a great step up here, with a similar flavor profile to the jalapeƱo. Or you can substitute habanero peppers for something much, much spicier.

jalapeno infused olive oil

JalapeƱo Infused Olive Oil

Delicious for cooking, in salads, or with bread
3.96 from 74 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Condiment
Servings 32 servings
Calories 12 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • In a sauce pan, heat 1 cup of the olive oil over medium, then add in the jalapeƱo halves. Let them simmer in the oil over medium for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Add the remaining oil and reduce the heat to low. Continue stirring for 5 minutes.
  • Remove the saucepan from the heat, cover, and allow the oil to rest and cool for 1 hour.
  • Strain the oil into a bottle or jar to remove the jalapeƱo pepper halves and seeds.

Notes

Keep the seeds in when cooking for a spicier olive oil.

Nutrition

Calories: 12kcalFat: 1gPotassium: 6mgVitamin A: 30IUVitamin C: 3.1mg
Keyword Jalapeno Pepper
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UPDATE NOTICE: This post was updated on March 19, 2022 to include new content.
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Lydia

5 stars
Can I use canola oil as a substitute?

Pam

5 stars
Can you use this oil in body cream for pain relief

Becky

5 stars
Loved this when frying potatoes! Use instead of butter when making quesadillas.

Mike

How should this be stored?