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chili paste

American  
[chil-ee payst] / ˈtʃɪl i ˌpeɪst /

noun

  • chilli pastes
    plural
  1. a condiment or culinary ingredient consisting primarily of chili peppers and often also containing vinegar, salt, and sugar.


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The company also makes a chili-garlic sauce and a ground chili paste called sambal oelek, both of which will also be affected by the production halt, USA Today reported.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2024

For a stir-fry packed with tons of savoriness, a combination of Chinese oyster sauce and Korean gochujang, a fermented red chili paste, delivers just that, plus a balancing, pleasant sweetness.

From Washington Times Aug. 31, 2023

The crabcake appetizer comes with a slaw of cabbage, kohlrabi, fennel and cucumber topped with a vinaigrette made using gochujang, a red chili paste and a bowl of chilled yellow squash soup.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2023

Case in point: Several simple recipes feature rose harissa, the Tunisian chili paste with rose petals or water for a more floral note.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2022

I have had great benefit in a fit of neuralgia from your chili paste.

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden

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