WELL, IF YOU LIKE A GOOD PARTY, LIKE ME, AND LIKE FOOD FROM THE
SOUTH OF THE BORDER, THEN CINCO DE MAYO, THE MEXICAN
CELEBRATION, ON THE 5TH OF MAY, IS JUST FOR YOU.
AND, IT'S TIME OF MUSIC, AND DRINK, AND FOOD, AND CELEBRATION
OF MEXICAN HERITAGE, AND PRIDE.
AND, WITH US, TODAY, IS CHEF LANCE YOUNGS.
I LOVE THIS GUY.
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE CHEF FROM JOHN SOULES FOODS, AND HE'S GOT
SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES.
I'M LIKE, SALIVATING, LOOKIN' AT THIS TABLE FULL OF GREAT FOOD.
ALRIGHT.
SHOW ME WHAT WE'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS TO KICK OFF A LITTLE CINCO DE MAYO
CELEBRATION, FOR YOU.
THEY'RE SUPER EASY TO MAKE.
OK?
OK.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.
DOWN HERE, WE'VE GOT JUST A REAL SIMPLE CASSEROLE.
OK.
SO, IT'S KINDA LIKE A LASAGNA, BUT A LITTLE, LITTLE MEXICAN
SPIN ON IT, SO IT'S MADE WITH TORTILLAS, LAYERED WITH OUR JOHN
SOULES FOODS CHICKEN FAJITAS, SOME ROASTED GREEN CHILES,
TOMATOES, A LITTLE CHEESE.
ALL THAT GETS BAKED TOGETHER, AND IT'S JUST A BIG OL' BLOCK OF
RICH, OOEY, GOOEY GOODNESS.
JUST OOEY, GOOEY GOODNESS!
ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN, THESE SALSAS.
I MEAN, ALL THESE INGREDIENTS ARE ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT?
YEAH.
OUR FANS CAN FIND THEM AFTER THIS.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE MAKING, TODAY, YOU CAN FIND ALL THE
RECIPES,---.
OK.
---ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE.
NOW, THESE SALSAS ARE JUST GREAT ACCOMPANIMENTS.
OK.
TO EITHER THE EMPANADAS, HERE, OR THE LITTLE, LITTLE TACOS THAT
WE'VE GOT MADE.
SO, IT'S JUST A LITTLE SOMETHIN' EXTRA TO GO ALONG WITH---.
OK.
---THE CELEBRATION.
OK.
NOW, UH, SHOW ME THIS EMPANADA THING.
I'VE NEVER REALLY MADE ONE.
IT'S PRETTY EASY.
RIGHT?
EMPANADAS ARE SUPER, SUPER---.
OK.
---EASY.
IN THE FILLING, WE'VE GOT SOME DICED UP, JOHN SOULES FOODS
CHICKEN, A LITTLE CHEESE, SOME CHILES, UH, A LITTLE CILANTRO,
SOME OTHER GOODIES IN THERE.
YOU JUST REALLY TAKE A SPOONFUL OF IT.
RIGHT.
OK.
LAY IT IN HERE, IN THE EMPANADA.
SO GOOD.
YOU WANT TO FILL IT UP PRETTY WELL, 'CAUSE WHEN THEY, WHEN
THEY BAKE, THEY KIND OF COLLAPSE.
OK.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NICE AND FULL.
SO, YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM NICE AND PLUMP---.
YEP.
---THERE.
YEP.
AND, YOUR CHICKEN IS ALL NATURAL.
LOVE THAT.
IT IS ALL NATURAL.
YES.
SO, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE PLUMP ONE HERE.
NICE AND PLUMP.
WE'VE GOT IT FILLED UP.
OK.
AND THEN, YOU JUST TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, WITH THE
TIP OF YOUR FINGER,---.
RIGHT.
---AND, AND, SMOOTH IT AROUND HALF OF THE EDGE, THERE.
HALF THE EDGE.
OK.
AND, YOU WANT TO PUT IT, PUT A FAIR AMOUNT.
YOU WANNA--- THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA STICK IT TOGETHER.
OK.
AND THEN, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT, ROLL IT OVER, AND KIND OF PAT
THE EDGES,---.
OK.
---AND THEN, WHY DON'T YOU GRAB THE FORK, THERE, AND GO AHEAD
AND CRIMP DOWN---.
(GASP).
---THE SIDES ON IT.
THAT'S REALLY GONNA SEAL IT.
I GET IT.
OK?
DECORATIVE.
SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAKING A PIE.
YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAKIN' A PIE, AND YOU PUSH DOWN ON IT.
YEAH.
MAKE YOUR LITTLE APPLE PIE.
FORKING, THERE, AND---.
THAT'S IT.
---THERE WE GO!
OK.
YOU'RE HIRED.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT LOOKS GREAT!
IT DOES.
SO, NEED TO JUST TAKE THESE AND POP THEM IN THE OVEN FOR, I
DON'T KNOW, MAYBE ABOUT 10 OR 12 MINUTES OR SO.
OK.
AND, WHAT'S ALSO GREAT ABOUT THIS EMPANADA DOUGH IS YOU CAN
FIND IT IN MOST GROCERY STORES.
IT'S PRE-MADE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING THE DOUGH.
SO, ALL THESE THINGS ARE SUPER QUICK, SUPER EASY FOR YOU.
ALRIGHT?
YOU'RE MAKIN' IT SO EASY.
AND, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BEEF.
I KNOW WE KIND OF SAVED THAT FOR LAST.
THIS IS A CARNE ASADA, AND IT'S GOT---.
OK.
---A TRADITIONAL CARNE ASADA FLAVORS TO IT.
SO, A LITTLE BIT OF CILANTRO, SOME SPICE, AND LITTLE BIT OF
CUMIN.
BUT, SUPER, SUPER FLAVORFUL.
A LITTLE BIT OF LIME, AS WELL.
SO, WITH, UH, FOR THIS, THESE LITTLE STREET TACOS.
REAL, REAL SIMPLE.
WE'VE ALREADY WARMED UP THE BEEF.
WE'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SHREDDED LETTUCE.
RIGHT.
SO, YOU CAN JUST TOSS A LITTLE BIT OF LETTUCE ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE TORTILLA, THERE.
AH.
PERFECT.
OK?
THROW A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE MEAT IN THERE, AS WELL.
LOOKS SO GOOD, AND THIS IS JUST EASY.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE A NO BRAINER.
YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.
YOU SMELL THAT?
LOOK AT THE SMELL IS GREAT.
YEAH, IT SMELLS GREAT.
OH!
AND THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF QUESO FRESCO.
OK?
YEAH.
TRADITIONAL, FRESH MEXICAN CHEESE.
AND THEN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SALSA.
AND, ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN USE ANY OF THESE OTHER SALSAS THAT YOU
WANT TO, WANT TO ACCOMPANY THE DISH.
SURE.
A LITTLE, LITTLE SALSA VERDE, WITH SOME AVOCADO IN IT.
YEAH.
THERE'S A---.
LITTLE MANGO.
---LITTLE MANGO SALSA, THERE.
AND NOW, SOMETHING ELSE SPECIAL IS HAPPENING ABOUT MAY.
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN MAY?
MAY IS ALSO CELIACS AWARENESS MONTH.
REALLY?
SO, PEOPLE THAT HAVE GLUTEN INTOLERANCES, AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, THIS IS THE MONTH TO BRING AWARENESS FOR THAT.
NOW, ALL OF THE JOHN SOULES FOODS PRODUCTS ARE GLUTEN FREE.
THEY'RE ALL GLUTEN FREE?
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
YEAH.
AND YOU, I MEAN, JUST SO HEALTHY, AND SO EASY, AND SO
QUICK.
A MOM'S DREAM!
QUICK PARTY.
READY TO GO.
OH!
A QUICK PARTY, READY TO GO.
(LAUGHTER).
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SO MUCH, FOR COMING.
IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN, FOR ME, WHEN YOU'RE HERE.
AND, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON JOHN SOULES
FOODS, BE SURE TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE, AND TO FIND THE STORE
NEAREST YOU, EASY TO REMEMBER, johnsoulesfoods.com.
THAT'S S-O-U-L-E-S FOODS DOT COM.
IT WAS GREAT HAVIN' YOU HERE, AGAIN.
SO MUCH FUN.
WELL, THANKS A LOT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVIN' US ON.
IT WAS SO GREAT.
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO, TO YOU.
ENJOY IT!