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Love & Best Dishes: Air Fryer Pecan-Crusted Chicken Thighs Recipe | Air Fryer Chicken Thighs
May 3, 2022
Air Fryer Pecan-Crusted Chicken Thighs Recipe | Air Fryer Chicken Thighs - Paula loves air fryer chicken recipes, and this healthy easy air fryer chicken thighs recipe just can't be beat!
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0:00
- So, for Mother's Day,
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if you're watching your weight,
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trying to watch your weight a little bit,
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this is a a good recipe that will help you out,
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plus, if you've got somebody in your household
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that is planning on cooking a Mother's Day meal for you,
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they will find this good, and easy.
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So I am gonna be cooking four skinless thighs.
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Now I always buy my thighs with skin on,
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but the recipe actually calls for skin off because,
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you know, we're trying to lighten it up a little bit.
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But I do like the bone in,
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because the bone, that bone helps keep them moist.
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All right, so I'm gonna put our dry ingredients together
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and I'm gonna get my cheat sheet
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'cause I wanna get this right.
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All right, I'm gonna have 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
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I mean, chopped real fine,
1:01
because that's gonna be our crust.
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And I'm using some panko, three tablespoons,
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or you can just use regular bread crumbs,
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we just happen to like panko around here.
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And then 3/4 of a teaspoon of salt,
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1/2 teaspoon of chili powder,
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and 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme.
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(glass bowl clinking)
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We're just gonna mix that together.
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And I've got some egg white right here that I've beaten.
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We're not using the yolk,
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'cause remember we're trying to cut back a little bit.
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So we're just gonna take each of our thighs...
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You know what, I think I'm gonna put
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a little bit of regular flour in this too, Theresa.
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- [Theresa] Okay!
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- 'Cause that'll help,
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that flour will help it stick to the chicken.
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And I'm not gonna put much, just a little bit.
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Like a heaping tablespoon, but not quite a heaping.
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There we go.
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See, about that much.
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And I always, when I'm using panko,
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I always add flour to it,
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because that flour helps it stick.
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So perfect, that's perfect.
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So we're going to take each of our thighs,
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and we're just gonna, run our thigh
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through that egg wash and water.
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I'm just gonna kind of pat
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those pecans onto our chicken,
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and I'm gonna spray.
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I've actually, Theresa and I was talking about it,
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and I've got something in my oven.
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(aerosol spraying)
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So this is one of those dishes that is
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fabulous for the air fryer.
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So that's what I'm gonna do.
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And look at this little dish,
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it's gonna be real snug,
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like a bug in a rug, snug...(laughs)
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You know it's just so much easier
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to do this stuff with your hand.
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(bowl scraping)
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Right, now I'm just gonna pack
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my pecans and my flour, my panko,
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and all of our seasonings,
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I'm just gonna pat that down real good,
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make sure it sticks to it.
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And...
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you know what else they've come out with?
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It's kind of new to the way I started out cooking.
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You know, we always, always washed our chicken
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before we cooked it.
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You know, it's just one of the things you did.
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And then, quite a few years back,
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the word was "Do not wash your chicken".
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And you wanna to know why?
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'Cause they say you leave more germs
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in your sink to get on something else
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than you would if you didn't wash it.
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So I said, okay, I won't wash it anymore.
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Plus you gonna cook chicken till it's well done.
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And anything, it'd be killed,
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dead is a hammer, any kind of germs.
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I mean that just did make the grade.
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- [Eddie] I did this mixture with, I had gotten some trout.
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- Uh huh?
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- [Eddie] I didn't do the egg wash though.
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Maybe that's what I - The egg wash just helps,
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- need to do. - Yeah. Yeah.
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It just gives that something to stick to.
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So look at that, like four little bugs in a rug,
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kissing each other.
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I might just do that, right?
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And anytime you fry in your air fryer,
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you want to always spray it
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with a non-stick spray,
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because that helps crisp it up and it helps it brown.
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So when I get this washed off,
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I'm gonna give it a spray
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and I'm gonna cook it.
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Now this is for, the figures I'm going to give you
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is for a regular oven.
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You put it in a 400 degree oven,
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you cook it for about 25 minutes.
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So the air fryer seems to cook a little bit faster.
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So I'll start watching it after, like, 25 minutes.
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(water gushing)
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It may take a little longer though,
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'cause that pan is full and it's close together.
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You know, it may take a little longer.
6:38
(water gushing)
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That stuff gets all over
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(bowl scraping)
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your hands, your nails!
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(aerosol can swishing)
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(aerosol spraying)
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So just give it a good spray, just like that.
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And we're good to go.
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I mean, look how easy that was, so easy, easy.
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(laughs) I mean, they're crammed in there!
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And I have preheated my air fryer,
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which I don't ever do, but,
7:25
(air fryer clunking)
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I decided,
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(air fryer clunking)
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I wanted it good and hot.
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So let's see how many minutes we've got, 19 minutes.
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So I'm gonna up our minutes,
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(air fryer beeping)
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to 25.
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And I may lower our temperature,
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(air fryer beeping)
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380.
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It's like I said, those air fryers,
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they cook quick, don't they?
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I don't see how people do without an air fryer.
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- [Theresa] I don't either.
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- I do not, I can't figure it out.
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- [Theresa] They're so easy.
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- I'm telling you what?
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This one, just, (chuckles) we use the heck out of it
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and that one over there too.
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All right, I think I got some chicken ready, y'all.
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In fact it's been ready a few minutes.
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(dish clunking)
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Pull all this out.
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Here, I'll bring it over here, Eddie.
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So you can see it good, how about that?
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- And you know that you want your chicken done.
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And I think
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Theresa tested this. - I did.
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- Yeah. You know when you're dealing with chicken
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I'm gonna use a meat thermometer on it,
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'cause Michael and I for some reason,
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we just don't like medium rare chicken. (chuckles)
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How about y'all?
9:02
All right.
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And speaking of Mikey, he is here.
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(chicken crackling)
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So, Michael, taste that and tell me you think.
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You fixed that for me on Mother's Day?
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- I did.
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- Oy yeah!
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- That right there.
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- You did this right here?
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His nose should be this long, y'all.
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See that? (laughs)
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- Hmm. That's so good.
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- Oh good, good!
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Because today I'm sharing easy recipes,
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just giving some people ideas for Mother's Day.
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- You wanna try it?
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- You know, some of the children want to fix their mother...
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You go ahead and put that piece in your mouth
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and I'll, I'll cut me a little piece right off of here.
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And notice that we use thighs.
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The thigh is my favorite part of the chicken.
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The thigh is full of all the juice.
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So I trust you, Michael, but-
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- That's my, that's one of my secrets to my,
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- Mm! It is so good!
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- That's one of my secrets why my,
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chicken and dumplings is better than yours.
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- Oh, you're so crazy!
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One day we're gonna have that contest,
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and y'all can watch me blow him out of the water!
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- You're scared.
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- I ain't scared!
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- You must be, well, I've challenged you several times.
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- I ain't scared of you.
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- This is your lane. - You go eat your chicken.
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- I'm getting in your lane,
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you should be just, - You go eat
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your chicken, butt breath!
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(Micheal laughs)
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(Paula laughs)
11:01
- All right.
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We have to have a, I don't know
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where we're gonna find somebody
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that won't pick your chicken.
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(Paula laughs)
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- [Theresa] I've been thinking - I don't pick my chicken.
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I serve mine with the bone on.
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- I've been thinking
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about this. - We have to...
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No, we have to blindfold 'em and say,
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- Yeah.
11:17
- "Okay, now taste". - Yeah.
11:18
- No, we're gonna let the audience pick.
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I think they're gonna cook yours.
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They need to cook yours and then they need to cook yours
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and they need to send in and tell us whose they vote for.
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And we'll give 'em a timeline.
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- Well, the only thing, - Then it's fair.
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- they may not, they might not do it precisely.
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- We need a judge.
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- Yes. I think we need a judge,
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and we need a... - Well we're gonna
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have to get someone off the street
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that doesn't know y'all.
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(Paula laughs)
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- But the, the frightening part is
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they gonna pick Paula because it's "Paula Deen"!
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So, - Well, not if,
11:51
not if they have Plate A and Plate B.
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- I'm warning you!
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- Listen to the cry baby, y'all.
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- No!
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- Do y'all hear the cry baby?
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- No, Eddie made a a good point,
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Plate A and Plate B.
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They won't know which one they got.
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- That's right!
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- And Eddie and I will-
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- Two strikes against me already.
12:07
- Okay. So see, you're just already setting the scene
12:10
for you to be,
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(Paula whines)
12:12
- Although, - beat hard.
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- like I said, I'm going in,
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I'm getting in your lane over here.
12:17
(Paula whines)
12:18
- Come back to "Happy Mother's Day". (laughs).
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- So you know mine is so much better.
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(Paula whines)
12:25
- Grr! - Oh!
12:26
(hand slapping)
12:27
- I hate you, Michael Grover.
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Oh, I don't hate.
12:30
I never say hate. - Yeah, especially-
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- But some days I don't like you. (laughs)
12:35
(Michael laughs)
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I'll bet y'all like that,
12:37
y'all have that feeling sometimes with your mate?
12:42
(Michael laughs)
12:43
We was talking about Mother's Day
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and now you got me calling you ugly names. (Laughs)
12:49
(Michael laughs)
12:50
(Paula laughs)
12:51
Bye y'all. - Bye!
12:52
(Paula laughs)
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