How Moe's makes their spiciest salsa with ghost peppers
Moe's Southwest Grill's spiciest salsa is made with ghost peppers and gochujang. We visited their Bryant Park location to try the Ghostujang salsa and see how spicy it is for ourselves. Following is a transcript of the video.
Ghost pepper salsa.
Alana Yzola: Oh, my God, it's building. There's more.
This is Moe's Southwest Grill's spiciest salsa. It's made with GHOST PEPPERS! Ghost peppers are one of the world's hottest peppers. They measure more than 1 MILLION units on the Scoville scale. Moe's uses them in their Ghostujang salsa. The salsa combines ghost peppers with gochujang. The salsa combines ghost peppers with gochujang. It's used as a condiment or ingredient to add sweetness and spiciness.
Ciarán Duffy: People want hot. People actually come to us because they really like that hot experience. We cut everything fresh every morning. Every morning, we're making fresh salsa using tomatoes, spices, herbs- whatever we can get our hands on to be trendy, to be on point with what people are looking for.
Herrine Ro: Hi guys, it's Herrine.
Alana Yzola: It's Alana, we're at Moe's Southwest Grill on 39th and 6th right by Bryant Park.
Herrine: Today we are trying- are you ready for this? It's the spiciest salsa here at Moe's! We are trying the Ghostujang salsa which is: ghost peppers, gochujang, ghostujang. Gochujang is a Korean red pepper sauce that is spicy a little pungent, a little sweet.
Alana: I'm usually pretty great with spice, I was told that the I was told that the peppers that are used in this particular salsa are a little, potentially painful.
Herrine: Potentially painful or actually painful?
So, how does it taste?
Herrine: Let's cheers it.
Alana: Okay, cheers! You think it's over and then it's not. It's not over.
Herrine: That's good!
Alana: It's good. Definitely has a kick.
Herrine: I don't think the gochujang is like, "bam!" in your face but you get hints of it as you keep eating it. And the ghost pepper, it adds through and through.
Moe's gives every customer free chips and salsa. They serve a whopping 60,000 pounds of fresh tortilla chips every day. For its salsa, Moe's chops more than 25,000 pounds of tomatoes daily. Moe's menu includes other Southwest-style foods.
Ciarán: The Mexican influence on Moe's cuisine is really what I would say is the seasoning. A lot of cumin, chili, lime, cilantro, jalapeños. All of those common ingredients you would see in Mexican or Latin style food, we use it here every day. You can try the Ghostujang salsa at any of Moe's 720 locations.
Group: Welcome to Moe's.