Game Day

Hey, y'all, another fun day in the kitchen with my favorite young son

Hey, mama. Bobby Dean. And he's going to help me make some festive game day eats, y'all

We're starting with a warm Mexican crab dip. Ooh, that's out of sight

Mmm. Next, we spice it up with buffalo chicken sliders. Good grief

And then it's a finger food that's a cinch. B-L-T wraps. That is a true winner for game day

And then finally, we bring it home with a delightful dessert, peanut buttercup brownie s'mores

This is just decadent, Bobby. So, today, we're going to be making, y'all, a warm Mexican crab dip

The first thing I'm going to do is add a little olive oil. And Bobby's got us a jalapeno started, and he has deseeded that

But I still have to be careful, y'all, because you see I'm working without gloves

Now, Bobby's mincing up a clove of garlic. And you know that you can look at the skin of a jalapeno and tell basically how hot it's going to be

No, how? If it's got a lot of the lines and the wrinkles in it, it's going to be hotter

But if it's really smooth skin and looks nice and clean, it's probably going to be mild

I did not know that. So in goes the garlic. Okay. And I'm just dicing up this medium onion, which the onion makes it so good

And I've got some cilantro going for you. I'm going to give you about a quarter cup of cilantro here. Okay

So if you'll pass me that cup with the half a cup of beer in it

I will. I'm going to go ahead and add that in. And we're going to let this cook down and just reduce to about half

And do you recommend any particular kind of beer? Well, I think that for this you would want to use not necessarily a light beer, but a light colored beer

So like a pale ale. Any one, whatever your favorite is, is pretty standard

So these look good, son. They look nice and soft. I'm going to give you the cilantro now, okay? Okay

This is going to be kind of just a fun food. Like if you're having the guys over, you know what I mean, watching a football or a baseball game or something

this is a good something that you can do at home. I think the girls will like this one too, though

Now, to this, I'm going to add one eight-ounce package of cream cheese

Yes. And one eight-ounce package of processed cheese. Of the good stuff

Yes, and you can find this at your grocery store. What red blooded American don't like that

I mean, we love some melted processed cheese. You can even do what we've done, which is make your own homemade chips, too

We've got real simple flash fried tortilla chips down there. Yes, and I just love them

These make all the difference in the world right here. Yeah, make them at home

I just buy the flour tortillas and cut them in triangles and deep fry them

A little bit of salt. They make all the difference in the world. This is really a flavorful, flavorful dip

Yeah, we've got a lot of different flavors going. Yes, yes, yes, yes

And you could spice this up. If you like your dips more spicy, you could obviously add a little bit more cayenne

A little bit more cayenne. Or you could use your favorite hot sauce and add in there, too. You can make it as spicy or not as you would like

And I'm going to cut up these two green onions. Bobby, this already is looking terrific, son

You know it's going to be good. You ready for some of these green onions? Yeah, throw them in. This is one of those easy dips to make, y'all

And how much lime juice are you going to use, son? I'm going to give you every bit of these two limes

Okay. Yum. I've got to tell y'all, Bobby just celebrated his birthday

Sam Carter, Bobby's best friend. and Jamie threw Bobby a surprise 40th birthday party last week, y'all

Honey, you look great for 40. Thank you, but I'm just saying, 40. You look great for 40

It's a big one, you know. But Sam planned this surprise birthday party, y'all, here in the baseball stadium

Sam rented the stadium out, and we played a full-on baseball game

Everybody I knew was there. We had the mascot from the University of Georgia

from the San Nass and Harry Dog was there. Everybody I know was there

and they fooled me. They duped me into it by telling me that we had a photo shoot going on at Grayson Stadium

And to bring some cleats and a bat and a glove, I bought it hook, line, and sinker

I said I'll be there. And we all jumped out of the dugout. About 60 people

Yeah, comes about 70 people. I'm totally fooled. Just the craziest thing

It was wonderful. We fooled the whole stadium to ourselves. and it was just right up my alley

I mean, it was like the best thing you could do. It was incredible. And, of course, little Jack Dean. So thank you, Sam

Oh, my gosh. Did he not have a ball at your birthday party

We ended up dragging him off the field. All right, so, y'all, I just put our spices in

a fourth of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, one teaspoon of chili powder

and a fourth of a teaspoon of ground cumin. And now I'm adding two cups of cream

and then one pound of lump crab meat. And this is going to be the consistency of, it's going to be like a queso

You know what I mean? It going to be a little bit on the thin side All right So Bobby I want to taste Is it good It delicious A little salt and pepper though Okay And you got it over there

So, how'd you do at bat, son? Sam had a pitching coach from one of the local

schools come out and was really pitching. And of course, I let off the game. And I step into the batter's box, and this man proceeds

to throw me about an 85-mile-an-hour fastball. I know it. And it looked 185 miles an hour

I struck you out. All right, y'all. Now, when you add your crab, do very little stirring

because you don't want it to break up. Looks good. It does. I mean, you can't mess this dip up, y'all

You just, you can't do it if you try. All right. So I'm going to come down here and I'm going to load up our bowl

Well, I'm not going to give you much time before I go to tasting it. I want you to taste it

Seeing how it's your recipe. Oh, can I help you, son? Thank you

Here. Thank you. That's a long reach, so let me do it for you

Thank you so much. That's all right. Don't you love it? Oh, Bobby

So what do you think? We got another good one up our sleeves, too. When we come back, we're going to do buffalo sliders

So y'all stick around. We'll see you next time. All right, honey. Coming up, your guests are sure to slide on into home

for these two perfect party snacks. This is really, for real, straight-up game day finger food right here

And later, these peanut butter cup brownie s'mores have got it all

A messy, yummy, wonderful, wonderful dessert. Hey, y'all, welcome back

I promised you when we came back that we would do buffalo chicken sliders. You know, sliders are really becoming

well, I say becoming, people love them. They're all the craziness you see in every restaurant you go to

You almost see them on every even high-end restaurant. And it's brilliant

It's just a mini version of a sandwich, you know. Yes. You can eat a beef

You can eat a chicken. You can eat a crab slider. So it's a great way to give you a little variety on a menu

All right, now I'm beating three eggs, and I'm going to add a half a cup of wing sauce

Now, just use whatever your favorite hot sauce is. And this one's got some kick

It does. Sure does. Give it a sniff. And this is Bobby's recipe

I sniffed it and my head started sweating. Smells to be a little bit on the hot side

It is hot. This is one of my favorite recipes because I love chicken and I love buffalo sauce

Just two of my favorite things. I mean, buffalo is probably one of my favorite flavors. Is it really, son

Now, I'm going to use two cups of self-rising flour. All right, Bobby, if you would pass me, son, the salt and pepper, please. Okay

And I have four chicken tenders here that Bobby has pounded out

and they almost look like a small chicken breast. Yeah. Now, I'm just going to salt and pepper them a little bit

I'm going to flip those over, and then I'm going to throw them into our eggs and our hot sauce

A little egg wash and some hot sauce is about all you need for a piece of chicken. Yes, it's some good stuff, y'all

Now, while you're making the beginning, I'm going to make the end. I'm going to put together a really simple mayonnaise-based sauce for this chicken that's going to be out of sight

Rather than spreading a condiment onto the buns, we're just going to dredge this fried chicken straight through this

and it is going to be probably more than one cent, but it is going to be really, really great

I'm going to start out with a third of a cup of chopped celery here for this. And notice, y'all, that Bobby is using the top part of the celery where all the leaves are, which the leaves add, you know, pretty texture, color, and a whole bunch of flavor

So, Bobby, I'm going to take our chicken tenders, and I'm going to drop them down in our flour

This is looking good, son. I like the way you're taking this

To that, I'm going to add a cup of mayonnaise, and I'm just going to eyeball that

And I'm going to take this beautiful blue cheese. I'm going to use about a half a cup and just crumble it in here

And if you would, Mama, grab that vinegar. Put in two tablespoons, please

Okay, and I'm just going to eyeball that. One, two. I love blue cheese, too

I do, too. All right, now I'm going to drop our tenders down into our fryer now, Bobby

Now, I've got my fryer set on 350 degrees. So in these go

White meat chicken doesn't take long. You don't want to overcook it because it will dry out on you definitely

And because these are boneless, they're going to be done in probably five or six minutes

And to this, I'm adding a little bit of just salt and pepper to taste. Oh, Bobby, that looks so good

All right, now I've got some little mini buns, y'all. My whole life, I've never had a hamburger or anything or a hot dog from the house for that matter

that Mama did not butter the bun and then brown it in a pan. So if you don't do that at home. Guilty

Do it Guilty This is the way mama did it and I continued to carry that on When it was my turn in the kitchen we just all like our buns toasted with butter

I'm gonna go ahead and bring this sauce down here to the business end and cut us up some tomatoes

I wanna stick my finger, son, over here in your... Taste it. Mmm

Yeah, this is... I love what the vinegar does to that. All you're gonna need for these

is a little bit of fresh lettuce and tomato. It's a beautiful tomato

Isn't it beautiful? Bobby is slicing up aroma tomato, y'all. And it's just gonna be the perfect size

for our little bun. This one appears to be floating right here, Bobby

I think they're ready. Yes. I mean, this is really, for real

straight-up game day finger food right here. Perfect for when the friends come over

Yum, yum, yum. Now, this is where Bobby and Jamie go a little bit different on their sliders

They dredge them right through that blue cheese sauce. Oh, look at these

They look yum. I'm going to get the buns. Okey-doke. So we're just going to toss these in the blue cheese while they are hot

Good grief. Y'all do these tonight. All right, let's take the bottoms of your buns. Okay

All righty. Just dress these with a piece of this butter lettuce and one or two slices of tomato

That's all you need. And here comes the star of the show. Oh, wow, that's going to be so good

Get up there, you piece of chicken. Let's hurry up and eat before somebody else gets here

Oh, my goodness. Look at this slider, y'all. Oh, my God. How do you like me now

I've always liked you, son. But I have to admit, now I like you a little bit more

Oh, God. Y'all, that's the best slider I've ever had. And buttering the buns and toasting them a little bit

it really makes it. Y'all, these are delicious. They'll be a hit at any party, any game day

And what we do next is going to be a hit, too. BLT wraps, which are fantastic

and peanut buttercup brownie s'mores. It's all about game day, y'all. Coming up, this BLT is a finger food all-star

Yum, yum, yum. That's great. Then we're up to the plate, and I'm going to knock it out of the park, y'all

It's my peanut buttercup brownie s'mores. Hey, y'all, welcome back. our dear friends. We're doing BLT

wraps. And for your wraps, I'm going to make a nice little honey mustard

spread. It's going to be four tablespoons of mayo, and then I'm going to

use two teaspoons each of Dijon mustard, some fresh honey. I've got a nice, fresh, ripe

tomato right here. I'm going to slice it kind of thin. Okay

And I don't know of anybody around that does not like a BLT. I love them

When I get them made, y'all, I'm going to cut them in pieces because

on game day, you've got a lot of different foods going on, and people sometimes just want

a taste of this and a taste of that. So I'm going to..

That's very good. Is it good, son? Very good. That's what I'm saying

Very, very good. Sometimes less is much more. All right, now I'm going to take my tomatoes, and I'm just going to season them with a little

salt and a little pepper because it's definitely one of those fruits that needs the salt

I'm going to jazz this up. I'm going to put a little olive oil on my tomatoes

Alright. Alright, show me. Now I'm going to take our sauce and I'm just going to

put a little bit of that on my flour tortilla. And then I'm going to take

some lettuce and then I'm going to take my tomatoes. I love a wrap

I do, too. And this is great game day finger food. You could put together a bunch of these and just put out a plate of them on the counter and let your buddies come by and grab them

All right, now we're going to take our bacon and we're going to lay it just like that

And what we're going to do, Bobby, is we're going to take our sides and then we're just going to roll these up

This one's so easy. It's almost a no-brainer. Then I'm going to come back and I'm going to use a little bit more of that sauce right there on the edge

so it'll almost act as a paste. There we go. And why don't we just cut this little thing

Oh! That was like pickup sticks. Did y'all used to play pickup sticks

You grabbed the right one, didn't you? I picked the right one in the whole dadgum jar

Emptied out. All right. And aren't they beautiful? Simple. Really simple. And simple

This is so pretty and you can just decorate your tray with a little lettuce Very simple but very good Great Do you like it The sauce is so good the Dijon really

jumps out at you. Yum, yum, yum. That's great. That is a true winner

for game day. Now you ready to really do something? Yes. We're doing peanut

butter cup brownie s'mores. We're up to the plate, and I'm going to knock it out of the park, y'all

I'm going to need one and a fourth a cup of all-purpose flour

a half a teaspoon of baking powder, three-fourths of a cup of unsweetened cocoa

and I'm going to use my whisk. Now I'm just going to sift those dry ingredients together

And I'll do the wet ingredients for you. I'm going to start out with two sticks of butter and four eggs

and two nice rounded off cups of sugar. And a teaspoon of vanilla extract

And I'm just going to eyeball that, son. Now beat the heck out of that, Bobby Dean

And it's just that simple. All right, Bobby, that looks good. Now I'm going to add in our dry ingredients

And is your arm getting tired? It is. Why don't you talk to that for a while? I know. I'll trade with you for a minute

Drive those brownies. Yes. And I'm going to go ahead and grease up our pan

Yeah. And we're going to put this in a 13 by 9 by 2 pan, y'all

Mm-hmm. Okie dokie. You ready to switch? I am. Switch. I got it

Beautiful. All right, let's get that in the oven. All right. And then we're getting closer to s'mores than ever

All right, so, son, if you just grab both sides. All right, so we're just going to spread that out

and you can see the pieces of butter in there. In the oven, this goes 350, 35 minutes

All right. And when we come back, we're going to make it s'more. And that's the brownie part

And when we come back, it's going to be s'more-o-bid. Coming up, our brownies get loaded up with even more sweetness

Boom. Shackalacka. Mmm. So welcome back, y'all. We're hitting that grand slam

So let's get these s'mores together. So I've got my marshmallow cream

I'm just going to put that a little bit on one side. Mm-hmm

We're going to sort of make a sandwich out of these, aren't we? We're going to make like a sandwich

Mm-hmm. With a peanut butter cup right in the center. Can I go ahead and add that? Mm-hmm

Ooh, that's hot. Yes, go ahead and add that, son. Y'all, we're going to put these together

and then we're going to throw them in this hot top for just a few minutes and get all that stuff melted

Look at that. That is ridiculous. All right. It's built for two

So I'm just going to wrap our s'more up, y'all. Did you do s'mores like when you were a child

Like at home? Yes, yes. Our Girl Scout troops did it. All right, now we're just going to sit these on our grill

because we want to kind of melt that chocolate cup that was in there

This is a big s'more. It is a big s'more. This is a lot of s'more

Well, the guys are coming over. It's game day, right? Boom. Shackalaka

Mmm. Here we go. And I'm going to cut this right in two

because I don't think the girls can eat one that large. Yum, yum, yum, y'all

There we go. We just want to let these melt. So we'll just turn those over

And if you're doing this outside for game day, you can put this on a charcoal grill, on a gas grill

Just put the lid down and give that a chance to melt, y'all

and it's going to be out of this world. Let's bite into our s'more

Look at this, y'all. Oh, my gosh. I know. Look, you can see where the brownie got a little brown

Uh-huh. Michael would like this, wouldn't he? Michael would love this. That'd be up his alley

Look at that s'more, y'all. Mother of pearl. Here, would you please take that one

Yes, I will. Look at that. One, two, three, go. You go first

Out of this world. That is decadent. This is just decadent, Bobby

How much fun would this be if you're having the kids over for a spend-the-night party

Would they not just love making these around a grill outside? Mmm, delicious

It's definitely a messy, yummy, wonderful, wonderful dessert. What do you think about game day and the finger foods

I like game day. Come up with some good stuff? I'm in. I loved it all

I had a great time cooking with you. Can I get your glass of milk? Yes

A gallon of ice cream