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- Come on in the kitchen, y'all,
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because you know what I'm cooking up today?
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I'm cooking up hot wings for us.
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And I've been told by someone who really knows good food,
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and that's my aunt Peggy,
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she said the best wings she has ever eaten,
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Theresa, was in my air fryer.
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- [Theresa] And they're so healthy for you.
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- They are healthier, - [Theresa] Healthier.
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- you know, than dropping it in deep grease.
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But one reason I love to cook my wings in this is because
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I can keep a close eye on 'em.
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And I like a real crispy wing.
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I don't want any soft skin.
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So I can get it that way in this air fryer
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without letting it sit in grease for a long time,
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- [Theresa] Long time. - Yes.
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So I'm gonna show you how I do 'em,
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and I hope you will like it.
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I've got some olive oil.
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Is it olive oil we're using?
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- [Theresa] No, it's actually peanut oil.
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- [Paula] Oh, the peanut oil, yes,
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'Cause this is what we fry in.
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We fry in peanut oil, it's the most forgiving.
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as much as most of them do.
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They react real good to the heat.
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Which means that you can get more fryings
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out of peanut oil than you can any other oils.
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Plus, that peanut, it really does give it a good flavor.
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All of our chicken is always fried in peanut oil.
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- [Theresa] If you were allergic to peanuts,
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and you needed to use canola,
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would that change anything, really?
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- Oh, no, no. I mean, maybe that much difference.
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I don't know if y'all heard Theresa.
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She said, "what if you had allergic reaction to peanuts,"
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as a lot of people do now.
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I never heard of anybody having a peanut allergy.
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I don't know if it's something
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that just migrates over the years.
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But no, if you have a peanut allergy,
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don't use peanut oil.
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All right now, to this peanut oil,
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I'm gonna add one teaspoon of salt
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and 1/8th of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
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So, let's see, what would y'all think is an eighth?
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Let's go with a pinch.
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You want to? (chuckles)
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Y'all think a pinch is too much?
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You know, I'm kind of a sissy
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when it comes to heat.
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I'm gonna find out if...
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What did we use? The pinch.
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I'm gonna find out the pinch is way too hot.
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I'm gonna get a spoon and stir that up.
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And then I'm gonna pour this over our chicken wings
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that have been washed and patted dry.
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Since we used the cayenne,
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I'm not gonna use any black pepper.
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And we're gonna toss this,
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and it'd be great if you had time
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to do this maybe an hour before you cooked it,
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and just let those flavors marry into that little bird.
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Okay, so I'm going in.
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And make sure they all get.
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(metal clinks on glass)
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You know what, my ring sounds like
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I'm ringing a bell, doesn't it? (chuckles)
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Okay, so that is it, we are on our way.
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But I got to wash my hands
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before I can go another step, y'all,
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so just talk amongst yourself.
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Y'all talk amongst yourself, Eddie, Theresa.
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- [Theresa] I'm just ready for wings.
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I'm hoping that dash or whatever you used wasn't too much.
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- [Paula] I hope it's not either.
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We're gonna pour these
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and Eddie's gonna help me shut it
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'cause I'm working backwards.
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And we're gonna cook these for 25 minutes.
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I'm looking for 25 minutes, Eddie.
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Okay, I think that's it.
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Check and see if that's it.
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- [Eddie] It was on 300.
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- [Paula] Okay, I moved it the wrong way.
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I'm gonna make an original hot wing sauce.
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And this might be my family's favorite.
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So we're gonna start with a stick of butter.
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I know y'all is shocked.
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That reminds me of a story, but I'm not gonna tell it.
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So we're gonna melt that stick of butter, y'all.
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We're gonna add 1/3rd of a cup of my hot sauce,
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and we're just gonna let those blend together,
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and we'll keep it on warm
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while our hot wings are baking.
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Roasting, cooking, air frying.
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I'm gonna check these wings halfway through,
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and I'm gonna just shake the basket.
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And if I feel like they need a cool drink,
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I'll just spray them with a little bit more canola oil.
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(fingers snap) Like that.
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Okay, so remember I melted a stick of butter
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and 1/3rd of a cup of hot sauce, I think.
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That, you can just put as much as you want.
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I can't get too much of that with my family.
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Make those dogs shut up! (laughing)
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We have cooked these just to our liking,
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and that's crisp, ouch,
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crisp, crisp, love a crisp wing.
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So now all we're gonna do is toss them.
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- [Eddie] Here you go.
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- [Paula] Oh, thank you.
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All we're gonna do is toss them in our sauce,
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and just make sure they all get coated good.
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Now some people might like
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to serve them just slap naked
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and put the sauce on the side, and dip it as you go.
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Oh my goodness, these look just fabulous, y'all.
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That crunch, crunch, crunch. Yay.
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And with blue cheese and ranch dressing.
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Look, look that skin just ripped 'cause it's so crispy.
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My favorite part of the wing is the flapper.
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You know, the part that goes like that. (chuckles)
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I think most people like the drumstick,
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but to me, the meat is just so much sweeter
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All right, so I'm gonna just drizzle
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a little bit of our extra sauce.
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And you can save this
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and refrigerate it and use it again.
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Look, Theresa's gotten us out some ranch dressing.
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Oh, they know just as good that somebody just came in here.
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Okay, so I'm looking for me a flapper.
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Nope, that's not a flapper, is it?
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Yeah, I know these are flappers.
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I know that's a flapper.
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I just don't like gooshy skin, soft skin, do y'all?
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Come eat one, Theresa, they're delicious.
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- [Theresa] Mm hmm. How hot are they?
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- [Paula] They're not too hot.
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If I know you, (laughs)
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you're trying to trick me.
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- Honestly, my tongue is like my fingertips.
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You know I don't have any fingerprints left
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'cause I've used them all.
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I think my tongue is the same way. (laughs)
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- [Theresa] That's why I say you'll trick me.
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- No, uh uh, come taste, they're delicious.
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- [Theresa] I think Eddie should taste one.
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- Oh, Eddie'll taste more than one. Won't you, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] Definitely.
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And I'll tell you another sauce
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that I make that my family loves,
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and it's equally as easy.
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Melt a stick of butter,
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and then put in a small jar of pepper jelly.
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Melt that and then toss your real crispy wings in that,
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Kind of reminds me of a little Asian flair to it.
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Ooh, and my family loves that too.
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I'm gonna eat my wing.
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I hope y'all like it.
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Once you get used to having an air fryer,
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you never want to be without one, y'all.
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Oh, can I show 'em where to go see it?
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- Where to go see it,
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if they want to check it out?
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- [Eddie] Oh, yeah. Yeah.
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It's on Amazon - Amazon.
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- [Eddie] Paula Deen shop.
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- [Eddie] That's it.
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- That's it. (laughing)
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- [Theresa] It's real hard.
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(imitates woodpecker laugh)
