Chile Pepper Water

CHILI PEPPER WATER Don’t let the tiny size of the red chili peppers floating in the bottle fool you-this firewater makes Tobasco taste tame. Made of fiery Hawaiian chilies, water and/or vinegar, bottles of it used to be found only in homes, but today plate lunch places and even upscale regional cuisine restaurants display it [...]

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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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Yield 2 cups Measure Ingredient 2 teaspoon Ginger root; peeled, sliced ½ clove Garlic 2 Serrano peppers; stemmed &   . cut in half but not seeded ¼ teaspoon Sea salt ⅓ cup Water; cold 1 tablespoon Lemon juice; fresh squeezed 1¼ cup Water; boiling Combine the ginger root, garlic, peppers, salt, cold water and [...]

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