Grilled Chicken with Avocado Beer Battered Poppers

This is a super simple recipe

Here we go. Good time, Mom. That looks beautiful. Yes, sir, buddy

Okay, y'all, this is a super fun segment called Paula in a Pinch

I don't know how fun it is. It actually makes me sweat. No, it's gonna be fun

It's the first television she ever did. We went into somebody's house at DoorDock Dinners

That man over there was in charge. And so we took whatever they had and we prepared a meal

So today we have a bountiful selection to choose from. We have 20 minutes to prepare a meal

So mom and I are both in a pinch. We got 20 minutes and the time starts now

Okay, let's go. Let's go. Let's see, son. All right, let's see

We got lemons, lime. We got spinach, origami. We got a pork loin

Chicken wings. Look at all this protein. Chicken breast. I'll take this

Yeah, let's take the chicken breast. Let's see. Jalapenos. Ooh. Jalapenos. Ooh

Do y'all like jalapenos? Yeah. Well, I tell y'all what, I'm going to make y'all a stuffed jalapeno

I'll do that with Jamie. Are you going to with the sausage and the cheese

Yes. Oh, man. That's so good. I got both sausage. I'll use that. I've got fresh tomatoes

We've got avocados. So I'm going to make, I think I'm going to do a salad

We got baby spinach and arugula. Jamie, I don't have any bacon, son

If Mom's going to do stuffed jalapenos, I think I'll stay with kind of that Southwest flavor

I'm going to do kind of a spicy chicken breast on a spinach arugula salad with avocado tomato salad on top of it

Sonny boy, I have no bacon. Does that sound good? Let's see, Mom. Dadgummit, I always have bacon

Let me help you, Mom. Where? Let's see, we got a lot of stuff right here. Look over there

Oh, there it is. Great time of day. Whoa! I was going to say, I always have bacon, y'all

All right, I need jalapenos. I need sausage, bacon, and white. I need cream cheese

I'm going to take this grill. Ooh, I got cream cheese. I'm going to grill the chicken, Mom

There is corn on the cob in here. Oh, I'll take the corn. All right, there's your corn

There's also a cabbage in there, son. OK. OK, I'm going to get started

You know what? I wish I had some gloves, Jamie. You remember that time you were working with jalapenos

and you touched your little pee-pee and... You had to go dip it

He had to go dip it in milk. I told him not to touch that jalapeno

Everything from little pee-pee on is false. All right, so I'm gonna..

I did, standing right here, work with jalapenos, and then went to the restroom around the corner

and lit myself up. I was fussing at him the whole time

Son, get you some gloves. Get you some gloves. Yeah. Now, normally, y'all, my stuffed jalapenos

I cook in the oven, but that takes 25 minutes, and I don have 25 minutes So I going to have to figure out a way to deep fry these All right Paulie you got 15 minutes You spent five minutes getting your items together

Do you think you can do this? Jamie, what do you think? You've got a salad. You're easy, right

I can do this. This is the longest part right here is just

de-seeding my jalapenos. Don't you normally bake those? Yes, I do, but it takes like 25 minutes

So you think they're going to stand up to the fryer today? I don't know. I'm just going to try, son

That's all I can do is give it my best shot. I'm going to put some Cajun seasoning, a little paprika, a little bit of garlic, some salt and pepper

What do you call what you're making? Let's call it a southwest chicken salad with a fresh roasted avocado

And corn? I don't know. I can't hardly work and think and talk at the same time. Okay

Well, you asked me to get you out that corn, so I did

I'm going to roast the corn. I'm going to do blackened corn. Oh, gosh

These smell hot, y'all. Paula, this is what every woman in America has to do

Look in their fridge and come up with a meal. You're exactly right, Gordon

This is what every woman faces every night she walks in the house from work

She faces, what am I going to feed everybody for supper? And I'm going to do something that I've never done before with these

So if I can find a beer in that refrigerator, I think I'm going to make some beer batter

Since I'm frying these, I think they might need a little batter on them

I don't know. I'll try one. Who thinks I should batter? Look at that little bitty

Look at that little bitty baby beer. Perfect. Son, do we need to butterfly those breasts

No, they're okay. Because they are big. They're okay. Those are like Dolly Parton breasts

You can't. All right. I just want to do enough of these for everybody

Jamie, is this a twist off, son, or...? Yeah. Got it. Okey-dokey

Let's see. I would like a little... Mom, it's been a long time since me and you

have done the kitchen dance together. I'm telling you what, but there was many a day, son

you and I were in the kitchen by ourselves battling this stuff, wasn't it

Many a day. Less than 10 minutes left, Pa. Okay. Less than 10 minutes

I'm in good shape. Only 10 minutes. I know. You're gonna have to butterfly those breasts, son

All right, so I got my batter. And I just want a light batter

on these, y'all. All right, let me get my bacon opened. Yeah, son, I mean

This is kind of like nightmare cooking. Okay, Jamie, look out here, son

Cream cheese, sausage. And see, I'm sealing those up just like that

See, Jamie? I'm going to put some lime on this. It adds a little bit of flavor, but it will keep it from turning brown

And now I'm wrapping them in bacon. And I hoping And then I gonna batter them Oh my God I was afraid to ask

Look how beautiful! That is a beauty. I'm just hoping by battering this

that it's gonna keep that bacon on. I'm worried about my bacon going crazy

Mm-hmm. I'm worried about you going crazy with the bacon. Look, Jamie, I think just to be safe, I'd rather be safe than sorry

So I'm just going to spear the end of that bacon like that, and hopefully it will stay on

Y'all, this is a super simple recipe. And so I parboiled it just to get it a little soft, and then I put it on the grill to give it some little blackened edges

And then here I've got the tomatoes. I need a little bit of salt. A little bit of pepper

We've got lime juice to keep the avocados from turning brown and our fresh blackened corn

Put a little olive oil on here. Look at what your mother's doing, Jamie

Mama, what are you doing? I'm frying my peppers and just hope it works

hope it sticks. These are some serious jalapenos right here, y'all. Have you ever made this dish before, Paula

Have you ever cooked this before? You just made this up. I have never made this dish in my life, y'all

Now is the test. This is the test, y'all. Whoa! Yes, sir, buddy

Can I show you, Paula? Yes, sir, buddy! Show us, Paula. Yes, sir, buddy

Paula's fryer wins again Yes, yes, I am so happy

I am so happy Did you split those breasts like I told you to

No, ma'am All right, you're in trouble You're in trouble I'm just gonna sit here and have a little bit of water

Sit back and rest I'm good You got two minutes, Paula Deen

You want to get rolling? Listen, chill, Gordon. I'm just telling you

Mine is under control. Jamie, how you doing? Jamie's in trouble. Can I do anything to help you, my angel

No, thank you. Oh, he's mad now, y'all. They're floating, y'all

That is a good sign. When things start floating, that's a very good sign, isn't it, son

Good sign, Mom. That looks beautiful. Just beautiful. All righty, 30 seconds

Come on, guys, let's wrap it up. 30 seconds, Paula. Here we go All righty Oh yeah Uh huh I exhausted 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Yay We still

Don't make a heck of a team, son. What are you doing taking mine off

Don't put that huge log on my delicate salad. Let's come over here where it's clean

Whoo. I had the prettiest log to finish off your salad. Let me get a little plate, Mom

That's going to be so hot. No, it'll be delicious. You slice it and eat it along with your salad

Okay. I'm sweating like a fat girl writing a love letter. I know y'all have seen me over the years sweat like that

Uh, and I'm still doing it. Jamie. All right. My hat is off to you, son

Mm, mm, mm. What do you think? Look at that. Mm

Mm-hmm. You didn't think I was going to do it. Well, I have to tell you, son, I was really concerned for you

Now let's see what you cook. Oh, it's going to be so hot

Try it, Paula. Tell me what you think. What's it like, Jamie? I cannot try it, Gordon. Have you seen the steam coming off of it

Look at it. Look at that, precious. Why don't you come over here and you try it

You don't frighten me. I can't eat your deep-fried little pepper. Come here

That is face-slapping fantastic. It's perfect. Yes. And the bacon gives it salt

Congratulations. So there you go. Well done. Thank you. Not just a meal or gourmet adventure

There you go. Hold her in a pinch. Jamie, your salad is incredible

Yeah. Cool. Good. We got it. Thank you very much. Who likes hot, hot, hot food

It's very hot, hot, hot, hot. This is one, I'm coming back to you

This is one hot jalapeno. Without the batter, you want to do it

But look how beautiful that is. The cream cheese, and then you bake them for like 20 to..

Well, honey, this is hot. That's one of the hottest jalapenos I've tasted

Oh, my God. Ten minutes per day. Now, if you bake them in the oven, that takes care of a lot of the..

some of the calories. You like it. Mm, I love it. Mm, it's wonderful

So great. Thank you. I am so impressed by you, sister