Commercial preparations may include other kinds of oil, water, dried garlic, soy sauce, and sugar.

Recipes targeted to Western cooks also suggest other popular oils such as rapeseed, grapeseed or peanut, and any dried or fresh chili peppers.

Among those names the most popular one is là jiāo yóu (辣椒油, chili pepper oil).

[7] Many other ingredients can be added alongside to enrich flavor such as Chinese black vinegar, minced garlic, dried shrimp, dried ginger skin, sesame seeds, sesame oil, Sichuan peppercorn, cinnamon, star anise and bay leaf.

The Japanese variety of Chinese chili oil is known as rāyu (ラー油 or 辣油), used in Japan as a cooking ingredient or as a condiment.

[11] The Italian variety of chili oil (olio di peperoncino) originates from the southern region of Calabria.

Turkish dumpling mantı is served with chili infused oil poured over the garlic yogurt sauce.

Strained yogurt is also topped with sizzling oil infused with dried hot chili peppers.