Cajun Chicken Bites

Oh, I got grease all over my shirt

All right, here. We are excellent cooks, by the way. All right, let's see about that one

This one? No, this one. Uh-uh. This one. Uh-uh. That one. This one makes great digital TV

Y'all, this is one of my favorite segments

It's called Five and Dime. She's five, she's dime. You've always loved you a five and dime

Yes, I have. These girls are called the Sweet and Savory Sisters

I'm the sweet. I'm savory. They're one of my dearest and oldest friends' girls

I feel like I practically raised these girls, helped raise them. And you did a good job

Oh, no, you're so good. Well, I'm telling you what, we didn't know it was..

It was touch and go. But I tell you what, I'm so proud of the women that you girls grew into

You know, this is their recipe, and I'm gonna kind of let them take it away. It's called Cajun chicken bites

Right, chicken fries. So I'm gonna step out of the way because... No, you're gonna have to..

Listen, Brandon just slipped in here, and he said, is it all right if Paula changes tops

And they said, no, she's got to keep that one on because, you know, I'm filming something for E.T.

and I wanted to wear something decent. And Brandon said, can she take that off long enough to do this recipe

Oh, yeah, and we're going to be frying. And she better not mess it up. So I'm going to step out of the way, girls

We're going to get a little oil going because we're gonna fry up our chicken

Well, our family are backwoods Cajun folk. And anything, they love to put..

It's not the heat of the spice for Cajun. It's the seasoning

And so with this recipe, we kind of cut it in half a little bit We put a little bit of sweet and a little bit of hot And so it not going to knock your socks off which I love me some heat I partners with Spring Farms

They're out of North Georgia, Gainesville, Georgia. I have been there. I've checked them all out

And it's the only chicken poultry plant, to my knowledge, that is accredited by the Humane Society

That's fantastic. And that's important to me. That is. That is. So I'm very proud of my association with Springer Mountain Farms

That's wonderful. It's the only chicken we cook at our house. Y'all, I'm just putting a little salt and pepper on here

and see if you're going to clean up. Okay, that'll work. You know how we make a mess

I'm going to wash my hands just a minute after this. Next, we're going to use about a third cup of flour

All right, sister, get that sauce going. Tell them about the sauce. All right, we've got some wonderful hot sauce here

Paula Deen. See, I've trained these girls. I mean, it is the shawl

I practically outraised these girls. All right, and we're going to use a third of cup

Don't measure nothing. Just put what you want. Well, okay, there we go. You know, I tell everybody

Well, we don't measure, but, you know. I tell everybody. You know, the first time you use a recipe

go right by the recipe so you'll know what the giver is trying to convey to you

But that second time, make it your own. Make it your own. because we all have different taste bugs

And you want your taste bugs to like what you're feeding it

Just a little bit. I'll tell you what, I got on Paula's shirt today

but any time we come, she's... And so does Itchy. Yeah, that's Paula's shirt too. I said, oh, I just got that shirt

I love it. And I said, I'm taking it home. All right, let's get those to fry. We got a half a stick of butter in here

Yeah, and then we're going to take that butter like Paula does. Your fire may not be hot enough, girl

I didn't think so. It's frying. So let me tell y'all, since Amy was a little girl

she was the meanest little thing. She had a terrible temper. And I remember one day her mama and I were out shopping

We had all four of the chilling with us. And Amy just running around like something wild

And she fell. She was running in this door and she fell

and came crying up to her mama And her two front teeth were going to the back of her throat And Susan screaming oh no oh no her front teeth

Well, I grab her little head, and I just put them front teeth back into her, into the sockets

Shove them back into my head. And that's why she said. Look how pretty they are

And she was fine. I said, they just need to tighten up again, Susan

Anyway, now, she never had braces either. Never. No. And Paula was an orthodontist in her past life

And they talked about a woman a jack of all trades. The woman can do it all

Fixed teeth. Four minutes left. You girls got to keep going. We got four minutes to get her done

Okay, so what are you doing? We're frying the chicken. Get it all brown

So you got hot sauce in there. Honey and a half a stick of butter

Okay. And then when these come out, we're going to dredge them in this

And this makes a great easy, easy recipe. and great for football parties or anything like that

And it makes a great sandwich. Did you taste that, Sue? Yeah, it's kicking

Okay, so you like the way it tastes? I like to use the crusty bread to dip into the sauce

and to make me a little sandwich, put the bread on it. Yeah, Amy will make a sandwich out of anything. Exactly

Let's let that one brown some more. Let's let that one brown some more

I'm getting grease on my pretty shirt. Well, all three of y'all are wearing my clothes

and I don't want grease on none of them. Instead of touching them, taking them out of that grease

just do them like this. Keep them shaking. Oh, I got grease all over my shirt

back, Jack. Let's see. Brenda's going to get you. Oh, God, we ain't going to

All right, that one. All right, they're looking good. Yeah, let's get it on. All right, here

Protect my shirt. That's all my good. I don't care how it looks. Don't do it

What'd she do? No, this isn't a good... We are excellent cooks, by the way

We really are. Now they looking good. That one's ready. All right, that one's still a little white on his side

So there we go. That one's ready. And then she gonna splash the sauce on your shirt Her shirt Here Yeah my shirt Let me do it Paula because you going to get that stuff off I done ruined my top Get back ma

That gummit. Okay, I think they're all good. I wish y'all would have thought to tell me to heat up that fire

I wish you did, too. We needed that apron that Ruth Graham made me. Yes

Oh, that was so cool. That was so great. Billy Graham's daughter came to my first live show in Gatlinburg the other night

and she brought me the most incredible snap-on apron. It was vinyl, and you can wash it

It was precious. She said, come try this on. I said, that thing ain't gonna wrap around me

And it snaps. It just snaps. All righty. Excuse me, Lisa. I got a little piece of bread down there

Yes. All right, I'm gonna cut us some more bread. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Zero. That's five minutes. All right, here we go. Here we go

Here we go. And see, all you got to do is kind of just sop it up in here

Yeah, give you a little little taste. Why don't we pour some more of the sauce on it? Yeah

But I'm telling you what, that bread that y'all made us last night

I know. Yeah, it was the best. It was out of this world

And Michael, that cute little Michael that made that pasta, great time of day

We had the best time. We did. Sing, dance, ate, last. Doesn't get much better than that

I got to taste the fingers. And then I want to... Oh, that's good

Whoa, doggy. Let me a little sandwich. I want the audience to taste this

It is delicious with that little bit of honey, Suzanne. It's good, isn't it? Y'all want to come up and y'all follow it