Fantastic Fiesta

Jamie and I are having a fiesta for two today

Yay! So we're making all of today's dishes with a mouth-watering Mexican kick

Y'all know fiesta flavors. And first up, it's Jamie's yummy five-layer taco dip

That is gorgeous. And then a roasted corn, pepper, and black bean salsa that's just bursting with flavor

Y'all, great day in the morning. And we've got the crunchiest fish tacos smothered in a creamy rumelade sauce and a sweet radish coleslaw

And then finally, it's the perfect sweet treat. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, dessert quesadillas

Don't miss our fiesta. You know, I think my children could eat Mexican five nights out of seven nights a week

My wife would eat it eight nights a week. I know she would. So, Mexican it is

Well, I'm making a five-layer dip. This is Mexican pie. Yum. And we're going to make a roasted corn, pepper, and black bean salsa

And we're fixing to roast this off in the oven, y'all. the fresh corn, the tomatoes, and the poblano peppers

You just want me to line them up? Yeah, just line them up, and then we're going to throw them in a hot oven

you know, just until they kind of blister up. Ooh. Yeah. Salsa is something that you can make at the house

that is so good, and I love to make it. All right, and then, son, if you will finish cutting that corn off the cob

I'm going to heat our pan up. I'm going to get your dip going

Okay, if you would, Mom. Some of the ingredients to your five-layer dip

Well, we're going to have some ground beef. So if you want to take a tablespoon of oil. Okie do

Get it cooking in that pan. Okie do. And we're going to add a pound of ground beef

Okay. And to that, we're going to add, you can use a prepackaged taco seasoning that you can find at the store if you like

But we made this up ourselves. It's got some paprika and some cumin and, you know, fiesta flavors

It's about an ounce and a quarter, Mama. It's a whole packet or exactly what I've got up for you

Okie doke. Let me get these in the oven. Okay. This is going to be very, very spicy

I'm not going to put every bit on it. Okay, Mom, all you got? What are you doing

I'm not doing nothing. Let me see that jar. It's empty. It's not too hot for you, Mom

Let's flavor. Would I ever steer you wrong? A couple of times you have

Yes. Okay. Yes. While you're doing that, I've got some tortilla chips here

Would you like me to grate the cheese? You can go ahead and grate that if you'd like, and I've got it

Thank you, Daddy. I'm going to need a cup and a half of tortilla chips. So I'm going to..

Okay, how much of the cheese now am I grating? You can't ever have too much cheese

Just keep grating. You're so good at grating. Aren't I great? So I've got about a cup and a half

I'm going to hold back some, Mom, to put on the top of this. Okay. The rest I'm going to put in the bottom of our pan here

I'm going to give our hamburger meat a stir. I need the meat on top of the chips, but while you're doing that, I can go ahead

I'm going to cube out an avocado. You hear our corn

I hear our corn. We got popcorn. Oh, my goodness. Oh, that is some popping corn

Ow! It's a fiesta. Oh. Whoa. Are you okay

Yes, it just scared the mess out of me. All right, so our tomatoes and our poblano peppers have blistered up

Corn's all popped, and it looks like you've got our avocado diced up

All right, son, do you want to drain this, or do you want that little bit of... I'll take that little bit. Okay

Ooh, I love these kind of dips. Mm-hmm. Oh, it smells so good

Yum. Okay, now, right on top of this, I'm going to put one cup of salsa. About half of our container here

All right, that's a cup. This isn't about perfect measurements anyway. Yeah

You know, this is however much you like, okay? I'm going to use just about a cup of sour cream

Yum. And now right on top of that, I'm going to put these chunks of avocados that we've done

And I'll take some of that cheese now, Mom. Okay. This is the sixth item of our five-layer dip

Mmm yum We cover the whole thing We going to stick this in the brawler and we just going to brawl it until the cheese melts y We not cooking it because our ground beef is totally done and we want our avocado still cold and firm

but we want the cheese melted on top of it. Look how pretty this is

That is gorgeous. Now I'm gonna broil it for about three to five minutes

You don't want to turn your back on it. Now remember, y'all, when you're using the broiler

You never broil with the oven completely closed. You always keep it cracked because broil is very, very hot

Mama? Mmm. Oh, my goodness. Wow. Look how pretty that is. Oh, why are you sitting it so far away, son

Please, would you join my fiesta? Yes. I'd love to come to your fiesta

We only have parties for two people. I've noticed. No matter what we do

It's always a party for two. What's up with that? Do we not have any friends? Look at this chip that I have fixed myself

Now, what am I going to do with that? Same thing I'm going to do with this chip that I fixed for me

Okay, after I take this bite, I'm not going to be able to talk, so you're going to have to ask everybody to come back

Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Oh, Jamie. Mm-hmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm

That is so simple. Mmm. This is so delicious. Jamie Jean. Mm-hmm

The fresh avocados. Jamie and me is having one heck of a fiesta today

Ay caramba. Coming up next, crispy catfish tacos that are just overflowing with flavor

Oh, my goodness. I don't know how I'm going to get it in my mouth, Jamie. And finally, it's a heavenly dessert quesadilla

Wait till y'all see what's underneath there. Hey, y'all, welcome back. Jamie and I are having a fiesta for two today

and we're really having a good time. Nothing like being with your kids

Well, the next thing up, kids, is fish tacos. Yum. Now, my kids love, love, love fish tacos

You can do them a couple of different ways. You can grill your fish or broil it or bake it or fry it

Well, guess which way I have chosen to make our fish tacos

I don't know, Mom. Tell us. I'm going to fry it. And I'm going to make catfish strips

Well, I'm taking these peppers that we blistered in our tomatoes, and I'm going to be chopping all this up for our salsa

And I'm taking our catfish fillets, and I'm cutting them into strips

because, you know, you have to kind of roll your taco up to eat it

Yep. It's hard to roll up a big old piece of fish. You know, the first time I ever had a fish taco, Mom

was when Bobby and I went to just outside of Santa Cruz. We stopped at a place and had fish tacos, and they are so good

Well, you know, they really have become popular in recent years. All right, now I'm going to just salt our fish

because fish need salting. It's just not the same without the salt

But I'm going to mix a Cajun seasoning in with my cornmeal mix

So I just need enough to just, like, dredge the fish in, not much

And I'm going to add about a tablespoon of my Cajun seasoning and just mix that up

and then take my fish and just dunk it in there. And because I'm not putting our fish in anything wet

this is going to have just a real light crust. And how's it coming down there, son

Salsa is one of my favorite things to do at the house, and you can buy a salsa, but if you make it yourself

you can make it any flavor you want. It can be hotter, or you can even make it sweet

And what we're using today, all these beautiful roasted vegetables are going to give it a really big flavor

and some you can't find in a bottle. Okay, so this is ready to go into the fryer, Jamie, and we've got it preheated to 350 degrees

And I'm using catfish because I love, love, love catfish. Do you remember when your daddy moved us to Warner Robins for a little bit

We were renting this house that had a little pond, and we had catfish three times a day

I'd get up in the morning, go down the pond, catch the fish

I loved every bite of those catfish. All right. It's not going to take this fish very long to fry, y'all

Look at that. It's already nice, pale, golden brown. So when they come to the top and float, they're going to be ready for me to take them out

All right, son, what can I help you with? I've got my tomatoes going here, Mom

If you would, take one clove of garlic. Okay. I will mince your garlic for you

Okay, I've got our scallions, our peppers, our tomatoes, and our corn

Okay, there's your garlic. Mm-hmm. Everything's going in here. I have a feeling this catfish is floating

We don want to overcook it So I going to take this out Cut off my deep fryer I gonna add our corn and you can see y by not tossing that many any wet ingredient that

we just have a very very light crust on it oh those look delicious don't they

look yummy I look mom I've got a can of black beans that I've washed and drained

Good. And our dressing that I'm going to put in here, it's a quarter cup of oil, Mom

Yeah. How about, do you need any help from me? No, ma'am

Down there, do you? All I have to do is this, the oil. You can do, roll one of these

Okay. Lime juice, two limes. Okie doke. I have to stick my fingers up in them and kind of break down that pulp, y'all

because I just don't have the strength anymore. And you girls that are around my age

y'all don't know what I'm talking about. Okay, Mom. Yeah. A little bit of salt and pepper

Okie doke. I'm going to give that a turn and see. Okay

Ooh. Look how beautiful. Great time of day. That looks delicious. Isn't that beautiful

Yes. Mmm. Oh, my gosh. Does it need salt or anything? Maybe a little bit more salt

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Yum. Roasting off your vegetables first just really makes those flavors pop

Don't go anywhere because we're going to gather up all the things that we need to put these tacos together

Don't miss our fiesta. Coming up next, we're making a sweet radish coleslaw and a rumelade sauce to spice up those fish tacos

It's the best fish taco I've ever had. And later, a dessert quesadilla that's out of this world

That is insane delicious. Jamie, I am so ready to get to the entree of this meal

Me too, Mama. This fiesta that we're having. I'm going to make the coleslaw for it

I'm doing a coleslaw with radishes today. That's a purple radish. We got a purple, a white, a red, and then kind of a..

It's beautiful. Kind of a mixture. Aren't these pretty? Beautiful. And we got our fish ready

We've got our salsa. Now I want to make a little rhumolade sauce to go on this because, you know, we got to

have some kind of condiment. I'm just washing those radishes off before I chop them up

Mmm, I love radishes. You know, I ought to try to plant some radishes

You might as well. You got your chickens, you got the herb garden, the vegetable garden

When are you going to open your roadside stand? Mama, in this coleslaw, I'm going to just use, I've got really thin sliced cabbage

Yeah, I noticed that you're using the packaged angel hair cabbage, which I love

Yeah, you can't beat it. It's a good price. All right, now I've got my garlic all minced up

Now, I'm going to mince my green onions, three green onions, and I'm going to use the whole things, y'all

I'm going to do a half a cup, Mama, really thinly sliced purple onion

Sounds delicious. Now, I've got a little fresh dill, and I'm going to put a little lemon juice, and it's really going to complement that catfish

I'm going to mince me up two teaspoons of fresh dill. Now the dressing for this, I'm going to use limes and honey

That's the only dressing that I'm going to use here. Ooh. So I'm going to use the... That'll be good

...juice of two limes. Now I'm going to add three teaspoons of lemon juice

Teaspoon of honey. And now I'm going to add a tablespoon of Dijon mustard

Make it a little tart. I'm going to dress this, Mom. Okay

And I'm going to add an eight-ounce container of sour cream. Look how light this coleslaw is

Oh, son. And we want this to be kind of light. We don't want it to be. No, we don't want it mayonnaise

Too wet because you got your arumalad sauce. Yes. A little salt and pepper in here

Oh, doesn't this look delicious? A little bit of pepper. It looks beautiful, Jamie, and I don't know why this word comes to my head

but it looks so organic and clean It because it not covered with two cups of mayonnaise All right Jamie looking good son But let move on down here and put together our tacos Yum

I don't know what to start with, Jamie. I'm going to start with a piece of fish. I think I'm going to

start with two pieces of fish. There we go. This is just

going to be deliciously good. Oh, my goodness

I don't know how I'm going to get it in my mouth, Jamie. How are we going to get this in our mouths

Mmm. I'm just going to... This is not going to be pretty. Y'all may want to close your eyes

That wasn't pretty. I told you it wasn't pretty. I warned you

I got a big mouth. Let me see. Great time of day

You got a huge mouth. Mmm. Mmm. Y'all, great day in the morning

And you know what sets this taco apart, y'all? It's this wonderful slaw

It's totally unexpected. And catfish is delicious, too. It's delicious. Well, what are you going to fix your mama for dessert

Grilled banana quesadillas. Y'all don't want to be late to this party. I'm in

Coming up next, an over-the-top dessert quesadilla. I'm picking up what you're putting down, sonny boy

Welcome back, y'all. This is the best part of our fiesta. It's dessert time

We're doing grilled banana quesadillas. And it couldn't be simpler. I've got some butter down in this cast-iron pan

I'm going to put down a quesadilla. And as that's browning, Mama, if you would, we're going to slice up a banana

Do you want it long ways or circle? No, just kind of do it circle. Okay. I'm going to put this all on one quesadilla, then we're going to put a top on it

So it's not going to be a folded quesadilla, it's going to be a whole quesadilla. All right, now where do you want me to put them, just like that

That's right, just like that. Well, let's leave a little bit of room because I'm going to put chocolate on here

and I want it to get all melty. Now I'm going to use three tablespoons of brown sugar

We've got to have some seasoning in there. Quarter of a teaspoon of cinnamon

banana is like my favorite fruit I've got some chocolate chips

you can cut these if you want to our pan is pretty hot so I'm going to leave them full and I'm just going to sprinkle chocolate chips over there

I'm picking up what you're putting down sonny boy where's that butter going to come in

I'll put butter on the bottom and we're going to put butter on the top

brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it This is a good fiesta

Put our top on it. Okay. I'm going to butter this, and you can flip it. Okay

Mmm, mmm, mmm. Mmm. I sure would hate it if some brown sugar and cinnamon wound up on this top

I would hate that myself. Oops. Mmm. All right

I'm going to just put a little bit more butter on that side, and, um..

More sugar. More sugar. And we're gonna just let him start to brown

and toast in that sugar. Smells so good already. The cinnamon smells incredible

These shells can brown pretty quickly. So, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. We need a bigger spatula

Wait till y'all see what's underneath there. This is what I need. Whoa

All righty. Let's do it. Where's that? Yeah. Dookie lookie. Whoa. Look down there

You bad boy. I take after my mother. I need to spank you

Mm-hmm. This isn't my first fiesta. It's not. Caramel

Yes, yes, yes. Look at that. It's just... Yes. Come on, Jamie

It's going to be pretty in my pie hole. Oh, my goodness

That looks beautiful. Yes, it does. Now, what an easy dessert is that to make

I don't know about y'all, but my mama is always right. Is it too hot to eat

Mm-hmm. It sure is. Mm. Mm. Whoa. That is insane delicious

And it's gotten so crunchy. Uh-huh. That's from all that brown sugar, y'all, frying it in sugar

It's awesome. It is awesome. I love you sonny boy love you too mom

thanks for having me and I had a no thank you for having me loving best dishes y'all

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