Tortilla Soup

We got a wild audience today, y'all

They are wild. It's early in the morning, and they feeling good

We are doing passport dishes. Yay. Yay. And we are doing a tortilla soup

I love tortilla soup. Which is perfect because guess what? Is it Friday night or Saturday night

Saturday. Saturday night, we're loading up on the bus. We're driving to Miami

We're so excited. We're doing the Dean family cruise. Jamie has got me for one week

It's a big boat. I think he deserves it. And I don't never stay in the casino

Mama says, I didn't see y'all the whole time. I said, Mama, I'm not going to let my boys hang out around the slot machines

I don't know why not. It's a fun place. A lot of action, but I tell you what

little Jack would sit in there with me all night long because I have a couple of slot machines in the children's playroom at the house

He was asking me for money Saturday when we were over there visiting. Listen, I'm teaching him early

So we got to pull our passports out Saturday night. A couple of tablespoons of butter, a little more or less

An onion. And we are going to have the best time. We're cruising on the largest ship in the cruise line

Right, Jamie? Well, we haven't been since Jack was a little guy

I know it. You're fussing, and you ain't even been. Well, it's a lot of fun, and it has nothing to do with my mother, but being on a boat for seven days, that's a long time

It's a long time, Mom. Seven days, that's a long cruise. I do know what. The cruise is going to be fun

The boat got a zip line water slides ice skating rink They have all kind of shows And Matthew is three But after following Jack around he pretty sure that he seven too and not three

So we're going to have a really good time this year. All right, Jamie, listen. And I'm not taking the bus overnight with my kids

We'll be flying. It's a long bus ride, you know, for little children

The very first year we went, Brooke was pregnant with Jack. Yes. And we did do the bus

And it was fine. We leave at, like, midnight. So you just sleep and you wake up and you're there

the steak sandwiches, and I swear we're eating those steak sandwiches before the bus backs out of the driveway

By the time we got to 95, we had no snacks. But they are so good

I make them on those sister shoe butt rolls, and I'll pound out tenderloins

and buttermilk them and deep fry them, and I'll make pork tenderloin sandwiches

and then I'll make country fried steak sandwiches. Listen, that bus ride is worth it

Because there's not enough food on the boat. You want to start with fried steak sandwiches

All right, so we got our bell pepper. So we just letting that soften y'all for about five minutes

Now we're going to add cumin. Did you have a good time in Atlanta on Saturday

I did. I had a good time, son. Yeah, mama was... A teaspoon of coriander

Mama was in Atlanta Saturday. She was at a food booth or something, so we..

A fourth of a teaspoon of cayenne. We shoot our shows for two weeks, and we're always trying to catch up

because we've got so many people here that help bring the Paula D. Network to life

And see, as nice as this is, when we get done, somebody

and Saturday it was Jamie Prescott, my friend. He and his wife Becky just had a baby in the last few months

but his wife works out there too, so they have to make the beauty. It's called the beauty

And it's a perfect bowl, and it's steaming, and it's garnished just right

and you light it right and you shoot it and you move a little bit. So when we're talking about how good it is

that's the shot that y'all will see is the beauty shot. So there's a lot more to it than just this

Look at that fancy tool Mama's got. I know. Whoa. Whoa, look at that suction

That thing sticks to the bottom of that It stuck There Whoa Jamie why are you standing back so far

Because. All right. This is the only shirt I brought. So we had already added our corn, y'all

So I just emulsified that. Now, I didn't emulsify it slap-cadab smooth, because

I had this corn. Look at my camera. Where's that? Hey, look

What about all this corn that I just did? Well, they already put the corn in, son

I'm sorry. You did it for naught. We'll use it down the road. Unless you want to put the corn in here and make it really corny

No, we'll use it for something else. All right. That's about how much I like

We didn't have two cups, so here we go. There we go

We're using that corn. And two cups of crushed tortilla chips. And the recipe calls for frozen, but we used frozen

Whoa! Because, uh... Ooh, the cameraman is making me nervous. Y'all right, James

I thought, I thought, I know it. Look where you're standing. You're in perfect position for me to get you good

All right, did I add salt and pepper to this one or to the other one? I can't remember

It was the other one. Yes, it was. Because this ain't salty

Y'all don't have to use as much salt as my mama uses. That is one thing

They have just come out that salt is good for you. Who cares

Well, who cares? You're staying out of my business. No, did you see? No, now I don't believe that salt's good for you

Well, they said it was. Good for you? Or not as bad for you

Good for you. Everybody needs salt. Did you see that Time Magazine came out

and said that butter is actually good for you? Did you see that? Of course I've known

Thank you, thank you. I've known that for years. If you're gonna eat something like that

y'all, make sure you eat the pure, the pure real thing not artificial stuff Yeah everything natural has gotta be better for you Everything natural And I listen and I will never not cook with butter

I'll never not cook with sugar. But what I'm learning to do, y'all, is how much of it I partake of

I'm trying to use moderation. All right. Now, y'all, I just added a pound of shrimps

Awesome. peeled and deveined. Y'all, we're talking about $2. $2 a cup

Ooh, I think those swimps are about ready. And I tell you what, if you put chicken in it instead of shrimp, you could get it even lower than

that, but it feeds 10 and it costs $20. Son, I know you don't like cilantro

Jamie said it tastes like soapy dishwater to him. And I have actually talked to other people

that feel the same way. so it must be a chemical in your body or something

It's probably the intelligent 2%. I'm sure that's what it is. So, hey, no, you're on my side of the road

If you would chop me some cilantro, because I like it. This looks real good, y'all

I have topped this with a dollop of sour cream and then pepita seed, y'all

It looks like a pumpkin seed, but it's smaller. And they're delicious. So we put them on our soup to give it a little crunch

This is so good. Mmm! Sour cream makes it creamy, and I love the pepino seeds

Make it a little bit crunchy. Want that dance? The Mexican hat dance

Yeah. Do it. So Jenny just reminded me, Brandon was here yesterday

making liquor drinks, wasn't he? Oh, my gosh. So y'all can find that on the network

Yay! Look up Brandon's margarita. to have with a tortilla soup. That's delicious, Mama

I love you, my angel. I love you, too, Mama. And y'all will love this soup. Serves $10, $20

Can't beat it. Mmm.