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Holy god, I love blending. What?
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What's going on in there?
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Hey, what's going on everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans coming at you from Queen Majesty HQ in scenic Long Island City, New York where I'm joined by Erica Deal.
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She's the mastermind behind a pair of Hot Ones classics including one of my favorite sauces of all time, the Scotch Bonnet and ginger sauce.
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We're here to get the hot sauce making commandments from the queen herself.
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We're going to be doing two sauces today.
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We have a grilled pineapple and jalapeno sauce and then for more advanced viewers out there, you know who you are, we're going to do a Sicilian scorpion pepper sauce.
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But before we get it going, how did you get into the hot sauce game? Making it for myself.
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I eat hot sauce on every single thing that I eat.
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So I couldn't find things that were hot enough.
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I couldn't find things that were, you know, without sugar or like dyes or weird ingredients and so I just started playing around a lot.
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I think a lot of people think that a hot sauce is maybe hard to make at home and I think that we'll dispel a lot of that today. That's right.
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But can you talk to me about some of the mistakes that people make if they're trying to make their own hot sauce?
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I would say some of the hurdles that I've run into, yeah.
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Putting too much vinegar in.
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I'm not a big fan of watery sauces.
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I like sauces with a little body in there. Maybe like too salty.
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I would, you know, you don't need as much salt as you might think you need. what?
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We've got our ingredients out.
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I think it's about time that we make some sauces.
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Let's get to chopping and mixing.
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And first things first, we're making a grilled pineapple and jalapeno sauce.
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Can you break down the ingredients for us, Erica? How are we starting?
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So, we got fresh pineapple, jalapenos, garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, vinegar, olive oil.
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It's pretty simple sauce to make, and it's designed to be served fresh.
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Make a dinner, eat the whole thing.
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Let's start with the pineapple for the first ingredient.
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What's the advantage of using pineapple?
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Um it adds a nice acid punch as well as some sweetness.
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You don't need a lot to have the desired effect.
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Next step is putting them on the grill.
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My Why grill the pineapples?
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Does that bring out the sweetness? Why are we grilling?
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So, we're grilling, yes, to bring out the sweetness, tenderizes it, it gives a little caramelization, and it has that extra grill flavor, like a little depth to it.
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I would also um grill them on both sides.
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Just make sure that both sides are get that nice color to it.
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So, we'll keep an eye on our pineapple, and then we'll move on to our next step, which is Which is um jalapenos. Let's do some jalapenos.
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Now, we're using jalapeno in this sauce, which is on, you know, the lower end of the spectrum if we're talking the Scoville scale.
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What's special about the jalapeno?
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I I love it because you can use a lot of them.
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It's not going to add too much heat.
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It's kind of heat that everyone can enjoy, and it's also very versatile.
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So, if you're just getting into making your own hot sauce at home, it's a good place to start.
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We are prepped in terms of our ingredients. It is chemistry time.
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We just have to toss it in the blender.
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I generally tend to start with the liquids, so it's two cups white vinegar.
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How important is vinegar to the recipe?
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That's what's preserving your hot sauce, so it's very important.
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And the type of vinegar you choose is also very important because it affects the flavor.
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Two cups into the blender. Yep, perfect. Bam.
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So, we need two tablespoons of lemon juice. One. Perfect. Two.
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Up next is salt and black pepper. Throw in some onions in. Yep.
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Jalapenos, they're going in. Yep.
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Two cups of grilled pineapple Yep. into the blender. Very important, garlic. Six of them. All right, we're on it.
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Then we'll just start cranking it up. Oddly satisfying, dude. Good. That's awesome. God, I love blending. Wow.
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I actually see the sort of like queen majesty trademark in that.
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And you could just use it like that right away. Here we go.
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Testing our grilled pineapple and jalapeno sauce.
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You roll up to the potluck with some homemade hot sauce, and you just look like you know what you're doing.
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But we're not stopping there.
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We are going to keep the train rolling, and our next sauce is a little bit more ambitious. Yes. It's a lot hotter. Yes.
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It is a Sicilian scorpion sauce.
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So, let's clear slate and give it a go.
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So, as a maker, what's the difference when you're working with a mild pepper like a jalapeno versus a super hot like this thing right here, the scorpion pepper? Danger.
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Basically, you have to be a a lot more protected. Uh wear gloves.
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We should have like hazmat suits or something. Right. Right. Right.
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And then we're calling this the Sicilian scorpion sauce.
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What's our Italian twist?
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What are the ingredients that we have here today?
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First up, we need three cups of apple cider vinegar. I'm on it.
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This YouTube thing doesn't work out.
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Is there a spot in the kitchen here? Yes, please. Here we go. I'll help you out.
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We need two tablespoons of sweet vermouth, then two tablespoons of olive oil.
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Two tablespoons of Italian parsley, one tablespoon of salt, 1 Tbsp of pepper, 1 cup of sun-dried tomato, which is this whole guy right there. Bam.
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2 cups of red bell, and we're putting it in a blender, so sometimes I don't even bother to like cut it that well.
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It's going to get cut up. Exactly.
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Trust me, it'll get cut up.
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1 cup of sweet onion, then I think we add some garlic, six. Yeah.
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See how fast a learner I am? Good job.
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So, we're putting two scorpion peppers into our hot sauce.
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If you're at home, maybe try with one, see where you're at, but we're going just boom, zoom, straight to the moon with this one.
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Holy god, I love blending. Woah. on in there?
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Just dressing some wings over here. That's a lot. That's considerable. It's generous. Right, Erica? Thanks for having me. Thank you so much. Cheers. Cheers. RIP. Pretty good.
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So, here's all I'll say about this. It is good.
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It We made a delicious hot sauce. It is very spicy.
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Lots of elements in there, all working together. Mhm.
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The taste It's got some luxury to it.
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It's got some wood grain to it. You know what I mean? Yeah, thank you. Well, there you have it.
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Now you know how to make your hot sauce at home.
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Queen Majesty, pick up a couple cases. It's worth it. You heard it here.
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For the First We Feast fans, this is Sean Evans.
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Until next time, internet.