Brussel Sprouts

Brussels sprouts are one of my favorite vegetables

And today, Melissa's going to show me how she cooks them up. I had no idea

Did they grow? Really? No! Wow. No, not get them at the grocery store

It's like a bat. I don't want to. Better up. Better up

Totally. We'll eat anything, Melissa, except Brussels sprouts. I bet when he sees you

This is probably why they love them. Bacon? I would probably eat anything that you suggested

You did? Yes. Isn't that nice? That is so sweet. So these Brussels sprouts are going to go in this bacon grease, which is..

That sounds... I'm going to add butter, too, of course. I am going to take this bacon out, put it on a paper towel to soak up some of that grease

And I'm just cutting these off the stalk, y'all. And then we're going to do six whole cloves of garlic

Delicious. So these, we're going to keep these cloves whole. So we just peel these

Okie doke. And then we're gonna brown them in that pan. We have to add butter of course Yes of course About a teaspoon or a little more Okay Some things you don measure

I'm going to take our spoon and I'm going to turn that spoon upside down and kind of

scrape our pan where that bacon cooked, y'all. So the Brussels sprouts will soak up all the flavor

Okay, so I want you to put the Brussels sprouts, the cut side down. Here we go

So I just layer the bottom of the pan. and brown these for a couple of minutes

These are going to be delicious. And then later on, we're going to add a little chicken broth

and a little sugar to do a glaze. Just measure this out

This is getting better. I'm smelling those garlic cloves. How much sugar now are we going to put on these

Teaspoon of sugar. So not much. No, it's just to make it so there's a nice brown kind of glaze

That sounds delicious. They're savory still. They are good, good. I love it when I flip on it

It looks good. All right, I'm gonna pour in the chicken stock and sugar mixture. Whoa, look at those

Girl can cook we gonna chop up this bacon to put in there I like to keep these bits kind of big Hey look here

Ooh, pork chops! Hi! Swimsuit models. Hey, y'all! Melissa! This is... Oh, look at that

This is my son. You're a sneak. I was hoping... How are you? I'm Bobby. It's nice to meet you

Nice to meet you. Bobby is my single son. Okay. Word got out quickly this morning, y'all

There was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model in the kitchen with Mama

and look what I've got. For the record, I'm here for the pork chops

Yes. For the record, I'm here for the model. This is the best part, guys

Bacon and Brussels sprouts. Sounds pretty good, right? Yes. Just dump that in there

All right, let me get in here. Okay. Put that higher. Okay

And we'll plate these up. Oh, it smells so good. Thank you. Can I pop one of those on there? Yes

I like to put a little hot cranberry sauce in the cranberry sauce that we had before. I got it

Watch your back, pretty lady. This is hot Thank you And I just throw that on top there Yeah Mmm mmm Melissa I share with you

Okay. And we'll let the boys share. We need some mussel sprouts on there. Because we weren't prepared for company, were we? No

You girls were going to eat these four pork chops? Yeah. I doubt it. I doubt it

And then we were, yeah, we were going to go running. I doubt it. Is that enough

Well, yes, that is enough. Listen, Bobby, y'all can share. Y'all can have a personal, intimate dinner together

Let's get to this. I want to try that. They're having dinner together

Mmm. Wow. Is it good? It's the best Brussels spot ever. Really

Oh, I love to hear that. No one cares what you think. Mmm

What do you think? How you doing over there? I love the Brussels sprouts

Will you come to my house and do this? Sure. All right. Bye, y'all

Y'all will have to leave. So take your plate, get your booty butts out of here