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Hawaiian · Condiment — Table Hot Sauce
Small, intensely hot Hawaiian chili peppers (niʻoi, birdʻs eye type) crushed and steeped in water with paʻakai. Pale orange, translucent, thin. Applied in small squirts to kalua pig, laulau, pipikaula. Every Hawaiian food restaurant has a bottle on every table. Every recipe is slightly different and closely guarded.
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