Home Run

Yo, this is Albert, this is Deedee, this is Bobby, and we're all in the kitchen today

My good friends, Deedee and her husband, baseball star Albert Fuholtz, are teaching me the secrets to cooking comfort food Dominican style

First, we're hitting a home run with Deedee's delicious red beans and rice

Wow, Deedee, that is so good. And then I'm cooking up the cheesiest green chili squares that pack some serious flavor

And you don't want to miss, y'all, the secret ingredient behind Albert's power on the field

Dee Dee's home-run chicken. When he eats this, it makes him like Superman

Finally, the Poo Holtses are dancing for their dessert, y'all. Go! Go

It's my fresh tangerine cake. We got the Poo Holtses in the house, y'all

I'm having too much fun in my kitchen this morning. I've got the guys over here. What are y'all doing

We're not cutting the cheese, we're grading the cheese. A dish that I'm going to be making for Didi

And this little girl is one heck of a cook. So get on down here and show me your stuff

Well, I'm going to teach you the lavandera today. So that's rice, things, and chicken. Well, I can't say it, but I'm with you

It's like the staple dish. Lavandera. Lavandera. Lavandera. We're going to do rice, plain white rice, and habichuela

Who? A bean dish. Oh, okay. That will go with the rice and also a pollo guisado, which is my..

How did a girl from Kansas learn how to talk like that? Because I found a cute guy, and if I wanted to keep him, I had to learn this stuff

All right, so this is Abichuela, and we're going to do red beans

I am actually cutting on an acorn squash, and we're going to use about a half of an acorn squash

Okay. And a half a cup of onion. What are you doing with one little chintzy piece of bacon up there

Well, I know you're a big fan of bacon, but... Yeah. We're going to flavor our beans

But are we going to fight over this one piece of bacon? No, it's just for seasoning

We're not going to eat it. Okay, I trust you. So you put me to work, honey

I'm going to have you work on cutting up about a half a cup of green pepper

Just minced. And then a couple of cloves of garlic. I'm just working on cutting the onions

Okay. You and I are working on the sazon, which would be like the main ingredients, ingredients that kind of will go along with the beans

Okay. We're going to warm up our pot with some olive oil and your favorite, bacon

Bacon, but I can't get one piece. But we're just using it for the flavoring

Where did you get this recipe? This recipe is probably one of the first recipes I learned from Albert's grandmother, America

America. What a neat name. She's an awesome woman. And I'm working on your garlic

So, Dee Dee, tell me how you and Albert met, honey. At a salsa club in Kansas City, just having a good time dancing

Uh-huh. And he was playing pool, and I just walked up to him and asked him if he wanted to dance

You asked him. Yeah, but he was playing pool, so he made me wait. Was he nuts

Were you nuts? I was like, I'm playing pool right now when I'm done

But then I kept running into him every week. So one day he said, we dance a lot

I should get your number. We dance a lot What kind of dance would y'all do

Salsa merengue I want to see Look, look, alright, so y'all come down here

Alright, now who Is there anybody on our team that can Hum or sing? Oh lord

Come on, let's hear it Let's hear it y'all Go, go

Look at him! Dipper! Come on, yes! So, that's what we did

And then... That's what y'all did. That's what we did. Alright, can I go on in with the garlic

You can add the garlic. That's a couple of cloves of garlic. Alright, now what are you doing now

I'm adding chicken bouillon cube. A large one. We'll add water to try to get some of that squash

look to be about a half of a cup. We will add, lastly, our tomato paste

All right, now how much of this are you going to add? Probably about a tablespoon. Okay, that size

Size of an egg. Yeah. And that's the last ingredient we have for the beans

So we'll cover this up, and then we'll move on to the white rice. So if you would just mind turning on the burner

I will be too high. Yeah, we'll want to bring this to a pretty quick bowl, won't we

Yes, and I will get two cups of water to one cup of rice

and this is pretty much going to get you... About a teaspoon of salt. Yes, about a teaspoon of salt. Okay

And we usually do a little bit of oil, and this... Yes, I usually use butter to keep our rice separated

So come on down here, and we're going to put together these chili squares

Now if you be opening those chilies we got three four cans Throw them right in there I think the guys are finally finished with the cheese You think so But you know what guys I need that much cheese

Do you really? Yes. This is a crazy amount. I've got some Monterey Jack

and some extra sharp cheddar cheese. Look, I don't have but, like

eggs, chilies, and cheese. A little hot sauce, salt, and pepper. That's it

I've got six eggs here that I'm going to beat up. I'm going to add about a teaspoon of salt

A little pepper and one tablespoon cayenne pepper sauce. All right, so beat those eggs up

Okay, guys, I need for y'all to put the cheese in, and I'm needing like a cup and a half of each of your cheeses

About a nice handful, AP, will do it. Well, no, a little bit more than that, baby

Nice handful for you, dude. Yeah. And Bobby, another big handful from you, son

Is this what it's like at your house? Yes, I think. She tells me, get out of my kitchen

I try to stay away as much as I can. I don't run down on the field and tell them how to change up the stands

There you go. This is when my game is on. Uh-huh. Just throw it in there, stir it up

We're going to put it in the pan. This looks delicious. This is going to be really, really good

So we're going to bake this in a 300-degree oven, y'all, for 45 minutes

Let me do that baby for you. Oh, thanks. Okay, all right

Mama, let me see if I can help you now. Okay, son. Is that good? Just put that in there, honey

Is that good? Right in the center, brother. I hear you're water boiling, Dee Dee

so I'm gonna put a cup of rice in there. I need to enjoy this

because this might be my only time that I can be in the kitchen cooking with my wife. Oh

And with Paula Deen, so we might all learn something. We'll be right back, y'all

I'm in the kitchen with the Poo Holtz's. Coming up, y'all, Deedee's Home Run Chicken brings all the boys to the kitchen

We've got some more testosterone in our kitchen. And later, we're making a sweet treat for that seventh inning stretch

A fresh tangerine cake. Hey, y'all, I'm back. Deedee and I are fixing to make, is this a Home Run Chicken

This is the famous Home Run Chicken. The famous Home Run Chicken, y'all

This is what Albert wants before he plays a game, because when he eats this, it makes him like Superman

And he can hit a 500-foot ball. And look, we've got some more testosterone in our kitchen

Jamie and Jack just walked in. Hey, y'all. And y'all, the guys are down there

zesting and juicing some tangerines for our dessert. Dee Dee, take a look at your pot, sweetie

Tell me if you're satisfied with those. Well, our rice is beautiful. Our rice is beautiful

And our... I found the lid like this, so I think Albert was dipping in here

Albert! Well, at least he didn't touch your rice pot. Right. Well, pass me the olive oil

because this is what we're going to put our chicken in, right? Right

That's about good for a whole cut-up chicken. All right, now this is sugar that we have right here

The sugar... It's going to kind of caramelize. It's going to also tell us when the oil's ready

It will brown just a little bit. This is Albert's grandmother telling me this

So we'll just coat the pan. We'll have about a teaspoon of sugar. Okey-doke

I love this. All right, Paula. Tell everybody what this is. This is sazon

This is like a marinade. This is kind of like the Trinity is to Louisiana dishes

Is that right? I mean, bell peppers and garlic, onions, cilantro, oregano

It smells like... And vinegar. It smells kind of Mexican-y to me

Y'all, look at these two bits. How many World Series MVPs does it take to juice a tangerine

Jack and I are fixing to go to the dugout, but before we do, I'd like to point out that the best baseball player on the planet

and the most eligible bachelor on the Food Network, between the two of them, they can't squeeze a tangerine

Hey, Jack, say bye, y'all. Bye, Jack. Are you leaving, Jack? Give me a kiss

Jack, give Ginny a kiss. Give Ginny a kiss. And a hug

Ginny loves... I'm a cat. What, baby? I'm a cat. You want to cook

He says, I cook. Bye, Ginny. Yes, it's not going to be long, precious

for you in here cooking with Ginny. Bye. Bye. Bye, Jack. I love you

Say bye, y'all. Bye, Jack. Bye. All right, are we going to put that in? Bye, y'all. Bye, sweetie

And it's going to get comfy. Okay. So we're gonna put that in before we put the chicken yes, ma'am. Okay, this has to you know

Get all full of love and we're gonna put to get all full of love she said two big scoops in there

Yeah So as that sasson is doing it's thing Yeah, and really getting those flavors to come out. We're gonna throw break up our bouillon cube and add that in there

Okie doke. Really at any point. Love the way that looks. At any point now, you can drop that chicken in. Okay

We let it get some of the sasson into it Because that really where the flavor is And as you dropping that chicken in there now it time that we add the beans into our mix

And that looks to be about one can of beans. Yes. So it's just like a red kidney bean that we're using

But you can use pinto beans, white beans. Any of those canned beans

Albert, tell me about this home run chicken. Is it a superstition

I love the way she prepares it, and not just me, but the other guys in the team

It works most of the time, so we decided to call him the home run chicken

The home run chicken, I love that name. So whenever I struggle, let's say we're playing in Atlanta or New York or anywhere

I can't wait until I get home because I need a home run chicken. Like Popeye needs his can of spinach

You need your home run chicken. Definitely. It looks delicious. All right, Dee Dee, how much of the cumin

Without a teaspoon. Okay. So just sprinkle, sprinkle. And then you add your one teaspoon of chili powder

Okie do. And then lastly, you add your tomato paste. Okay. A tablespoon of tomato paste

It's stuck in there. There we go. How about I help you

There you go. And the last thing that we have to do is add enough water

to be able to coat over the chicken. All right, now you've got salt here

Are we going to add some salt? Well, we're going to wait. Once our water begins to boil

we can kind of just taste for the saltiness. But, you know, once this water starts to evaporate

and it becomes the reduction, it will get more salty as it sits there. This is going to be fabulous over that rice

It really is a good combination. That was probably two or three cups of water

that Dee Dee put in there. All righty, so we're underway. We've got a grip on it

The guys are down there. They've got the tangerine cake started. We got the Fuholtz's in the house, y'all

Coming up next, it's a tangy and sweet tangerine cake. Albert, you're going to be a little slow around the base path

And the bases are loaded, y'all. We're digging into this home run meal

You can call me anything but lay to eat. And later, a special frosting for my tangerine cake

I am zesting Paula Deen's tangerine. Y'all, Dee Dee and I are fixing to make the guys and us a fresh tangerine cake

Dee Dee is breaking us up three eggs, and into our bowl, I'm going to measure out two and a half cups of all-purpose flour

Have you ever had a tangerine cake? No, but I love tangerine. Do you

And I love tangerine juice. Look at that. The guys, the guys squeezed us some fresh tangerine juice

All right, just whip up those eggs, and I'm going to add one and three-fourths cup of sugar

Well, I love sugar. There we go. I love sugar, too. Is Albert a big sweet eater

He is. One. He doesn't like chocolate, though. Two. What? But he will eat this cake

It's a big cake guy. Well, there's no chocolate in this cake, so we're in luck. Now, over here, we're going to add one teaspoon of baking powder

We're going to add one and a half teaspoons of baking soda

Just stir it up. About a half a teaspoon of salt. So that's all of our dry ingredients, y'all

All right. I'm going to measure us up a cup of vegetable oil

And you can get your mixer. I'm just going to pour this oil in there

and a carton, an eight-ounce carton of sour cream. And we're just going to beat it up along with your eggs

We're going to throw my eggs in now. Yeah, throw your eggs in. And our cup of oil

And this oil, y'all, is going to give us such a moist cake

We're going to use a cup of tangerine juice that the boys squeeze for us

and then a heaping tablespoon of tangerine zest. That's it. All right, so all we're going to do now is separate our batter

I don't know if you have a particular method. But to me..

To getting them even? Yeah, to getting them even. You know, you can weigh them

But to me, this works real well. You know, one cup, one cup, until I've got it all done

See, the air bubble's coming up. I like to just bang my cakes, and that helps prevent your cakes from having, like, holes in them

So knock that one out a bit. All right. So we're going to put our cake, y'all, in a 350 preheated oven

and we're going to bake them for 25 minutes. So I take these to the oven Diddy You take those and I going to lick the bowl Okay lick the bowl and our squares are ready our chili squares So I get those for us So yeah so get those out of the oven

So here's our squares. Don't they look delicious? They smell amazing. Y'all, I'm going to cut us some squares

Doesn't this look delicious? It does. It smells amazing. Yum. It's going to be fabulous with that chicken

Mmm. Hey, guys. Hey. Oh, sure. Smell it in the yard. It's time to eat

Smell it in the yard. You left us to play. Right. Got this look good

You can call me anything but late to eat. We're timing perfect. So here we go

It's all about timing, I think, isn't it? Look at that chicken. Is that what it's supposed to look like

Perfect. Yay. Smells good, too. Smells so good. Albert. Are you in a trance, baby

I need to eat. Hey, I love this meal. I think we need to come more often and cook with Paula

Paula can cook for me whenever she wants. Wow, Dee Dee, that is so good

Is it good? How are you not fat, dude, if this is how you eat at home all the time

What are you talking about? From hitting home run? Hey, so you want a taste? Oh, my God

Yes, I want a taste. Here you go. Mmm. Oh, Albert. Well, y'all get your plates cleaned up

because I got some cake in the oven for y'all. We got a wonderful tangerine cake coming up

But right now, I'm fixing to suck the bone of that home-run chicken

Up next, Dee Dee and I are swinging for the fences, y'all

It's the most decadent frosting you'll ever eat. Does that just look like heaven

Okay, now Dee Dee and I are fixing to frost our tangerine cake

And for this icing, I'm using a stick of butter, an 8-ounce carton of cream cheese

and all this has been brought to room temperature, y'all. So we're just going to beat it

Now listen to this, Dee Dee. I need six cups of sugar, honey. Oh

Well, I haven't had my workout today, so this won't help. cups. Can y'all believe it

I'm gonna go ahead and add about three tablespoons of tangerine juice

And then give me the zest off that tangerine. Yeah, just do it

right in there. I am zesting Paula Deen's tangerine. So excited. You can

zest my tangerines anytime. Oh, thanks. Mar? Keep zesting, honey. You and I cooked up some pretty good stuff today, sister

All right. So I think that's good. That's good. You know what I like to do

I like to just take a little bit of icing and dab it on my cake plate

So it helps not make taste. Yeah, so my cake won't move around on me

Look at that. Wow. Look how moist that is. Remember that cup of oil

Y'all, I was telling you about how moist that was going to make it

How can I be swallowing hard? I just finished home-run chicken honey that would blow your socks off

All right, so I'm going to take my knife, and I'm going to bring my icing kind of to the edge of my cake

and then I just take it and pull it down. and we've got a piping bag right there, Dee Dee

if you want a pipe. We've got some sugared tangerine skin

and I'm just going to kind of stick it around just like this, just randomly

Yeah, home run. Grand slam. Why are you going through all the trouble

of making it look good? Cause we just gonna mess it up

Does that just look like heaven? Alright, so Albert. Albert, you're gonna be a little slow around the base pads

Will this hurt you? Oh my gosh. Only if he needs to run

Wow. Do you think that'll hurt you? Great. Wow. You like it

You'll come back to my house. You bet. Did you get a big enough slice? Anytime

That is so good. This is out of this world delicious. Dee Dee's taking real good care of you, honey

I've done tasted her cooking. I know that you're in great hands

So, Dee Dee, you want to join me in telling everybody out there that we send love and best dishes

From our kitchen to yours. There you go. Another home run. Thank you