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- Hey, everybody, it's Bobby here today
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and today we are gonna make a beautiful chef salad.
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This is one of my favorite things.
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I love salads of all kinds,
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but add a little protein to it,
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some olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, and boiled eggs
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and, boy, do you have a really nice salad.
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The only way to make it better
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is to make your own dressing, which we're gonna do.
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And also, hey, Lulu, and homemade croutons.
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Hey, baby. How are you?
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Mama's little Havanese is at my feet.
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And I feel bad 'cause she wants me to pet her,
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but I'm not gonna do it.
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Oh, yeah, you're standing up.
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All right, and some homemade croutons as well.
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So for the homemade croutons,
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it's olive oil and salt and pepper.
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You could drizzle your bread
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with the olive oil if you'd like to,
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but I like to be a little bit more thorough
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and get it fully coated.
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So what I'm going to do
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is a little olive oil in my bowl here
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and add the, you know what?
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No, I think I'll sprinkle it with the salt and pepper
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after I've coated them.
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So I'm just gonna go ahead
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and drop my chunks of bread down in there
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and we'll just toss 'em in that olive oil
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and make sure that all of our bread
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gets a little bit of oil on it.
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Uh-oh, that was fast.
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Yeah, this is a little bit more thorough.
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A drizzle, I might not get enough olive oil on them,
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but this way they'll be,
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everything will be touched by that olive oil.
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Homemade croutons are just a,
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they're a game changer for a salad.
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It takes a salad from ho hum
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to, like, wow, this is really, really great.
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It can be a big difference maker.
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Now onto our baking sheet.
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We're gonna put these in the oven at 350
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for just a few minutes
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and we'll keep an eye on 'em
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and make sure that we don't overcook 'em.
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Hey, Lulu, I see you.
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Nothing like a dog, you know?
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It just brings so much joy.
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I feel bad when I can't pet one
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when they're asking for attention.
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And let's pop 'em in the oven for a few minutes
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and then we'll come right back.
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Okay, so now for our dressing.
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Olive oil, little Dijon,
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little garlic and salt and pepper and red wine vinegar.
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So we're gonna use six tablespoons of olive oil,
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three tablespoons of red wine vinegar,
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Little garlic, fresh garlic minced.
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A little salt and pepper.
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So this with the homemade croutons
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is really gonna heighten your salad.
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Beautiful. I love the color.
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Really easy to make your own dressings at home.
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it just really makes salads a lot better
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than getting it out of a jar or...
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And you can put this in the refrigerator.
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I always think of my Aunt Peggy
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whenever I make homemade vinegarettes or salad dressings
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'cause she used to make 'em so well.
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And I remember going over to her house
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and seeing 'em in the bottles up on the counter.
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I always think of Aunt Peggy.
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Our croutons look great.
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They were in the oven for about 10 minutes.
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Coated 'em with olive oil, little salt and pepper.
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And gosh, they smell just wonderful.
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I've already started to cut some romaine lettuce.
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We've got some beautiful, really fresh romaine lettuce here.
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It's clean and just looks really vibrant and nice,
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which is important for a good salad.
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You don't want your salad, excuse me,
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you don't want your lettuce to look dead and tired.
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And, you know, there's a preference for everything.
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Some people believe in just ripping the lettuce
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to just rip the lettuce up like that.
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And then other people, me included,
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sometimes like the ease and convenience
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of just a good knife (chuckles).
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So got a little bit of both going here.
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I've ripped up some with my hands
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and I've cut some with my knife
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and it just looks beautiful.
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And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go ahead
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and drop a couple of croutons in there
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and just toss 'em around
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and make sure there's some buried in there
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because I like there's a little treasure inside my salad.
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we're gonna put everything on top so you can see it all.
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But we wanna make sure that we've got some croutons nestled
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I'm also gonna go ahead
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and just put a little bit of my dressing on it.
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Not all of it, just some.
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Just to do what we did with the croutons
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and make sure there's a little bit of dressing
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That's a beautiful, beautiful bowl.
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And it's loud (laughs).
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It's loud when I scrape it with the tongs
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and it's loud when it hits the countertop,
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Now we've got our ham.
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Give our ham its spot.
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Give our turkey its spot also.
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These are classic ingredients for a chef salad.
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Lots of people would like onions on here could be great.
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Avocado always has a place on a chef salad to me.
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Let's go ahead and use all of our ingredients here.
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I promise this will get eaten.
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My favorite, gosh, olives.
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I could eat olives until the cows come home.
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I'm using all the olives.
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I like 'em green, I like 'em black.
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I like just any kinda olive.
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And, of course, some hard boiled eggs.
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There are different ways to do these,
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but I'm gonna go ahead and slice 'em into rings.
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Uh-oh, that happens sometimes.
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Beautiful, hearty, wonderful salad.
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That looks really, really nice.
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Got just some few cucumbers left
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and I'll go ahead and add 'em right over here on this side.
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Nothing wrong with a double dose of cucumbers.
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Man, I don't think that's really missing anything.
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Maybe a few of these beautiful croutons right on top.
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Gosh, that is a hearty, lovely looking salad.
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Really, really pretty.
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Really nice. So easy, you know?
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I mean, I like to eat real food.
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I like to serve my family real food.
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I like to know what's in my food.
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I like simple ingredients and I like a good salad.
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And this one looks really, really nice.
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There you have it, a chopped chef salad my way.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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