Hey, what's going on?

Everybody For first we feast.

I'm Sean Evans.

Come a natural from Queen Majesty, H Q and Scenic, Long Island City, New York Run Joined by Erica Deal.

She's the mastermind behind a pair of hot ones classics, including one of my favorite sauces of all time, the Scotch bonnet ginger sauce.

We're here to get the hot sauce making commandments from the queen herself.

We're gonna be doing two sauces today.

We have a grilled pineapple and jalape o sauce.

And then the more advanced viewers out there, you know who you are.

We're gonna do a Sicilian scorpion pepper sauce, But before we get it going, how did you get into the hot sauce games?

Making it for myself.

I eat hot sauce on every single thing that I eat, so I couldn't find things that were hot enough.

I couldn't find things that were, you know, without sugar, or like dies or weird ingredients.

And so I just started playing around a lot.

You know, I think a lot of people think that a hot sauces may be hard to make at home, and I think that will dispel a lot of that today.

But can you talk to me about some of the mistakes that people make if they're trying to make their own hot sauce?

I would say some of the girls that I've run into yet putting too much vinegar and I'm not a big fan of watery sauces.

I like sauces with a little body in there.

Maybe, like too salty.

I would.

You know, you don't need as much salt as you might think you need.

You know what?

We've got our ingredients out.

I think it's about time that we make some sauces.

Let's get to chopping and mixing first things first.

We're making a grilled pineapple on jalape o sauce.

Can you break down the ingredients for us, Erica.

How we started So we got fresh pineapple, jalapenos, garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper, vinegar, olive oil.

It's pretty simple sauce to make, and it's designed to be served fresh.

Make a dinner, eat the whole thing.

Let's start with the pineapple for the first ingredients.

What's the advantage of using pineapple on?

It adds a nice acid punch as well.

A cz sweetness.

You don't need a lot toe have the desired effect.

Next step is putting them on the grill.

Why year old?

The pineapples that bring out the sweetness, Why we're grilling.

So we're grilling yes to bring out the sweetness.

Tenderizes it.

It gives a little normalization, and it has that extra grilled flavor, like a little depth to it.

I would also grill them on both sides.

Just make sure that both sides there get that nice color to it.

So we'll keep an eye on our pineapple, and then we'll move on to our next up.

Which is, which is, um, jalapenos.

Let's see some jalapenos.

No, we're using jalape O in this sauce, which is on, you know, the lower end of the spectrum for talking the Scoville scale.

What's special about the jalapeno.

I love it because you can use a lot of them.

It's not gonna add too much heat.

It's kind of, Ah, heat that everyone can enjoy, and it's also very versatile.

So if you're just getting into making your own hot sauce at home, it's a good place to start.

We are prepped in terms of our ingredients.

It is chemistry time.

We just have to toss it in the blender.

I generally tend to start with the liquid, so it's two cups white vinegar.

How important is vinegar to the recipe?

That's what's preserving your hot sauce, so it's very important.

And the type of vinegar you choose is also very important because it affects the flavor two cups into the blender, so we need two tablespoons of lemon juice.

One perfect two Up next is salt and black pepper, throwing some onions in Yep, pal.

Oppose going in two cups of grilled pineapple into the blender.

Very important garlic.

Six of them.

We'll just start bad satisfying.

It's good.

That's awesome.

Wow, actually see the sort of, like Queen Majesty trademark.

And you could just use it like that right away.

Here we go, testing our grilled pineapple and jalapeno sauce.

You roll up to the potluck homemade hot sauce, and you just looked like you know what you're doing.

But we're not stopping there.

We are going to keep the train rolling and our next sauce it's a little bit more ambitious.

Yes, it's a lot hotter.

Yes, it is a Sicilian scorpion sauce.

So let's clear slate and give it a go.

So as a maker.

What's the difference when you're working with a mild pepper like a jalape o versus a super hot like this thing right here?

Scorpion Danger.

Basically, he had to be a lot more protected.

Uh, where gloves we should have.

Like has Mats.

Yes, right, Right, right.

And then recalling this, the Sicilian Scorpion sauce.

What's our Italian twist?

What are the ingredients that we have here today?

First up, we need three cups of apple cider vinegar on it.

This YouTube thing doesn't work out.

Is there a spot in the kitchen here?

Yes.

Please weigh.

Need two tablespoons of sweet removes than two tablespoons of olive oil.

Two tablespoons of Italian parsley, one tablespoon of salts when tablespoon a pepper, One cup of sun dried tomato, which is this whole two cups of red bell and we're putting it in a blender.

So sometimes I don't even bother DeLay.

Cut it that well, it's gonna get cut up.

Trust me, it'll get cut up.

One cup of sweet onion, Then I think we have garlic.

Six.

So fast.

Learner.

I am.

So we're putting to Scorpion Peppers into our hot sauce.

If you're at home, maybe try with one.

See where your act, but we're going.

Just boom zone straight to the moon with this money.

God, I love war.

Just dressing some wings over here.

That's that's considerable generous, right?

Erica, Thank you for having me.

Thank you so much.

Cheers.

Cheers.

All right.

Three kids.

So here's all say about this.

It is a good way.

Made a delicious hot sauce.

It is very spicy.

Lots of elements in.

They're all working together.

Taste has got some luxury to it.

It's got some wood grain to it.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Well, there you have it.

Now you know how to make your hot sauce at home.

Queen.

Majesty, A couple.

Couple cases.

It's worth it.

You heard it.

Here.

For the first of these fans, this is Shaun Evans.

Till next time.