- Hi guys, it's Sheryl.
Last time I cooked
for my mother-in-law ( mother in-law laughs)
- The rice is not cooked well completely.
- It's my turn to cook for my father-in-law.
Some authentic Mexican food.
(insects chirping) - Oh.
- I'm gonna be making you Carne Asada
with some tortillas and some rice as well.
- You're gonna do right, good luck.
- Thank you.
(Alvin snorts)
Look, he was super, super supportive.
He was like I'm gonna to do well.
That just puts a lot more pressure
because what if it doesn't turn out okay?
- [Sheryl] We're starting an authentic Mexican barbecue.
- Yes, I am.
- [Baltazar] This have to turn white.
(salsa music)
- We're gonna start with rice, right here.
It doesn't look like a lot
but if I know anything about rice is
it might be small but it's mighty.
Do I wash the rice?
- [Sheryl] Yes!
(cupboards thud)
- I think that's too big, no?
(pots clanking)
You can use this one you know. - Yeah.
- This is too big.
I think that's a lot.
(Alvin laughs).
- Yeah?
- I think that's too- - Too little?
(all laugh)
- Boom!
- [Sheryl] Is that better?
(all laugh)
- Got the organic stuff for my father-in-law,
'cause I care.
- [Sheryl] Why you sound so nervous?
(Alvin giggles)
- Okay.
- [Baltazar] First step you have to let the water boil.
(Sheryl giggles)
- There's no water? - No!
- [Sheryl] That's how you make it.
- Oh, that's a different way.
- [Sheryl] Well, he has a lot of oil.
- [Baltazar] You have to keep moving it
cause it's gonna- - Burn.
- Gets like brown and it has to be even.
My father-in-law gave me this
cause he saw that I'm a little nervous,
just to cool me down.
(pot lid clinks)
- [Baltazar] That's too big.
- [Sheryl] How do you feel so far?
- I think it's going pretty well.
He's a lot more supportive than I thought he was going to be
which is great.
Right now we're doing rice and now we're about to do
(whispers dramatically) the Carne Asada.
Oh and the chilli, as well.
Let's go.
- Could you explain to me
what exactly we're doing right here?
- You use it to clean the grill.
- You want me to show you how?
Just give you an explanation. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(mariachi music) (tin foil crinkling)
(Alvin joyous)
- [Sheryl] Told you it's one onion, bro.
(both laugh) (mariachi music)
- [Alvin] We have some marinated Carne Asada.
Marinated that a little bit ago.
- [Sheryl What? - Do I use my hands?
Oh yeah! Okay.
(Father speaks in a foreign language)
It's not even gonna fit on the grill.
(mariachi music)
I want to make your life easier.
- Oh thank you.
- Not too small.
- [Sheryl] Did the rice burn? (Alvin speaks faintly)
- Back to the meat
- [Sheryl] You have my dad cooking the meat for you.
- No! I'm not, I'm not.
Now, we're gonna put the chili.
This is something that like, I realized that I guess
Mexican culture does, that like Haitian culture doesn't do,
We don't grill this stuff.
This is cool though.
- [Baltazar] We grill everything.
- Everything?
- [Baltazar] All the vegetables.
- So how do you know when the onions are good?
- I just know.
- You just know.
Do they have to be soft?
Do they have to be hard-er?
- [Baltazar] Has to be soft.
(tin foil crinkling)
(meat sizzling)
- [Baltazar] Perfect.
(meat sizzles)
(door bangs)
- The rice.
- [Sheryl] I don't know if it survived.
Yeah, it survived.
- It's got some character.
- [Sheryl] Some crunchy.
- One thing I learnt from Sheryl's video,
when she was cooking for my mom
is you don't wanna cry cutting the onions.
- This is how much I love my mother in-law.
- Wash them, so that you don't have to be weeping.
- [Sheryl] What are you making now?
- Frijoles. (salsa music)
(plastic bag crinkles)
(tortilla thuds)
- [Sheryl] Have you been flipping them with your hand?
- No.
- That's how we are, the Mexican way.
- Oh, is it?
- [Sheryl] Yeah.
- Okay.
- [Sheryl] Let's see.
Come on.
My grandma could do this faster.
- Your grandma's been used to this fire.
Ouch.
- Oh, no.
Good job.
(hands clap)
(slow music)
(dramatic thud)
- Where's my food?
I'm really hungry.
That food takes forever.
(both laugh)
- [Sheryl] So what do you think
about your son-in-law cooking for you for the first time?
- I think it's a nice experience for me
because I was really hungry.
(plate whooshes)
(knife clattering)
It's very good.
I'll give you 11.
(Alvin joyous)
Frijoles, it has a very, a smart flavor, man.
I'm gonna give you eight
because I don't like too much onions
on the jalapeno.
Very good Alvin.
Let me see the rice.
Tastes all right
Great job!
The rice is gonna be nine, I'll give you nine.
Thank you Alvin, for cooking for me.
And I hope this is not gonna be the last time.
Even brighter for the next thing.
(salsa music)