Aromatic blooming (bao xiang)

爆香bao xiang

Bloom ginger, garlic, and chili in hot oil to build the aroma base.

Brief reference for now — not yet in the full step-by-step lesson format.

Minced garlic, ginger slivers and dried chilies sizzling in shallow oil at the edge of a wok.

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Before you start

Recipes using this method often take about 1 minutes — treat that as a rough reference; amounts and equipment set the real time.

Fragrant in 10-20 seconds; garlic pale gold, never dark.