Chili oil (also calle hot chili oil or hot oil; called la you 辣油, hongjiaoyou 红椒油, hong you 红油, lajiao you 辣椒油, hong lajiao you 红辣椒油, or jiao you 椒油 in Chinese; rayu ラー油 in Japanese, and gochu gireum 고추기름 in Korean)) is an ingredient used in Chinese cuisine as well as in some other cuisines of East and Southeast Asia. Particularly popular in Sichuan cuisine, it is used as an ingredient in cooked dishes as well as as a condiment. It is sometimes used as a dipping sauce. It is also employed in the Korean Chinese noodle soup dish jjamppong.