Chile Pepper Water

Fragrant, fiery chile-pepper water is an essential condiment on the Hawaiian table, where a few drops of the stuff transforms even stodgy cutlets and lumpen beef stews into something almost magical. Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 45 min Servings: Makes about 1 1/2 cups INGREDIENTS 1/2 garlic clove, minced 2 fresh red Hawaiian or [...]

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chili sauce n. A spiced sauce made with chilies and tomatoes. Food and Nutrition:hot sauce A tomato sauce with pungent flavour due to cayenne. chili sauce tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings hot sauce Hot sauce, chili sauce, or pepper sauce refer to any spicy [...]

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Go to any diner, Hawaiian food restaurant, or plate lunch stand in Hawaii, and along with the ketchup, mustard, shoyu (soy sauce), and Worcestershire sauce you’ll also find chili pepper water. Not “sauce,” “water.” You’ll recognize it by it’s pinkish-orange-y hue, and the whole chilis and sliced garlic suspended in it. Like a distant island [...]

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