- I'm here today with two of my good friends at BuzzFeed.
I am going to show them a Tasty video once through.
They have all the ingredients, they've got no instructions,
and they're gonna have to make it.
Do you think that you can do it?
- No.
It's like chicken...
It's a lot of stuff.
- There is a lot in this recipe.
- But this time we're working together.
Right? - Yes.
- So, I think our brain powers combined
can get it done. - Maybe so.
- She's like, you're not helpin' me very much.
- I also, fun fact, don't really touch raw meat.
- Me either.
I was just looking at how slimy that is.
- So, this will be fun. (laughing)
So, today, y'all are gonna be making a classic Tasty recipe,
one-pot chicken bacon spinach alfredo.
A lot of stuff in there.
- I like all of those things. - Okay, I do.
- I felt like it was a very natural foray into cooking.
One-pot recipes are very accessible.
So, I think that y'all will be able to do it.
- And that's a big barrier for me for cooking
is just doing dishes.
- I don't like to do dishes either.
- Yeah, so...
- Which is why takeout is my friend.
- Alright, ready? - Mhm.
- Bacon, six strips.
- That looks so good. - You don't need to memorize..
- Weird, that looks so watery.
Oh, chicken breast, two.
Wow, all that just comes from
the juices of the bacon? - That bacon looks amazing.
- Okay, who wants to touch the raw meat?
- Maybe somebody cut bacon and someone cut chicken.
Okay. - Yeah,
don't do it on the same. - Where's the cutting board?
- Don't do it the same... - Don't do it on the same
cutting board.
- Why?
- 'Cause Tasty readers'll be mad.
- [Ashley] Oh, this is hard to cut.
- [Essence] 'Cause bacon is so fatty.
- Yeah, I can feel that under my fingertips.
(laughing)
- Fun fact, I eat meat,
but I literally never make anything with meat hardly ever
- Yeah, me either. - Because I don't like
to touch meat. - Yes!
- I'm nervous watching them cut this meat.
- Should we cut it a certain way?
I literally don't use these.
- I'm afraid I'm gonna stab Essence right now.
- Make a claw rather than have your fingers out there.
Hold it like that.
- [Essence] So it gets under your fingernails.
- Oh, so I'm not askin to have to have my fingers...
- Yeah, you literally were about to cut your fingers off.
- Okay, noted.
- [Essence] Oh my god,
I just feel like I'm cutting into flesh
and it's grossing me out.
- But what are the chances
that we both don't know how to cook?
- We have other talents. - Yes, that's right.
- [Vaughn] It just, oh, claw.
- [Essence] Oh.
- One of y'all cuts your fingers off,
I feel like it's definitely gonna be my fault.
- It will be.
- You'll get the bill.
- Should I cut this smaller?
- I can't answer any questions.
- Our lives are at stake here.
Your life is at stake 'cause you have to eat this.
- Listen, I've had salmonella before.
- What? - Oh my god.
- Yeah, I've had salmonella and E. Coli.
- God, Vaughn,
what is happening? - What are you doing?
- I just am a very adventurous eater.
I take a lot of chances.
- We're the opposite.
I am going to put the bacon that I have cut in the pot.
I actually like cooking the bacon in here
'cause I get afraid of the oil splattering, you know?
And I feel like this will cover it more.
- I'm scared to bend over
'cause I don't want it to pop on my face.
- I know, I'm just looking right in there.
(screaming) I feel safer...
- Oh, sorry, sorry.
This bacon smells the bomb.
- Yeah, that does smell good.
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It's super brown. - Oh, yeah, brown.
You did it.
- [Vaughn] I brought y'all a little snack.
- That is so good.
- You found a dud.
- It's that good?
- Okay, this is browning.
(mumbling)
I think I put this in here. - No, no, it's one pot.
We keep it all together, no?
- But they took it out and then they put the other stuff in
'cause you have to boil the pasta.
We do the pasta
and then we put the chicken and bacon back in at the end.
I remember that step.
- Throwing it in.
- Alright, we just threw the chicken in with the bacon
and stuff is sizzlin' up. - I smell that.
How much garlic do we need?
I feel like I could kill a man with this much.
- I just love how you're cutting that garlic.
- [Ashley] I'm just trying to get it done, you know?
This is a trick.
This I've seen.
Right? - Check you out.
- Yeah, baby, mincin'.
- Okay, now we make pasta. - Oh, that looks good,
Essence. - Right?
- We don't put any water in?
- Just milk.
Am I doing something wrong?
Should we boil it first?
- I think we need...
- More milk?
- If that comes to a boil,
it's gonna boil right off and evaporate, right?
- Are we doin' it?
- Yeah, we're doin' it. - We're doin' it.
- We're both signing off, there it is.
Yeah, just go for it, yeah.
- But is that too much?
- No. - Keep going?
- We all gotta try this. - Keep going?
Should I do it all? - Do it all.
- Okay. - Yeah!
- Executive decision.
Once this starts to boil,
we basically just throw everything back in.
- When does the cheese...
Oh, that's one of the last things.
Right? - Yeah.
- You know, I'm proud of my girls.
- Yeah. - Yay!
Do you mean it? - Yeah.
- Okay, so we should start adding spinach.
- What do we think?
That looks like a nice - Yeah, that's a nice
- heaping of...
Oh, that's a lot.
- And it'll make it healthy.
- Yeah (laughs).
- Yeah.
- [Essence] Some pinches of salt.
Oh, salt bae!
- If this turns out good,
this is something I will make for myself.
- Yeah, if it turns out good.
- Yeah, that's a big if.
- Okay, so lets add back in our chicken and bacon.
Is this juice supposed to be up in there?
I feel like this is about to be mad watery
with the chicken juice.
- (laughs) Ew.
- Or bacon grease, but bacon grease makes stuff good.
- Yeah. _ Yeah.
That's what I was gonna say.
- [Essence] It looks pretty.
Let's add the garlic.
- [Ashley] That's a lot of garlic.
I'm sorry, everybody. - I love garlic, though.
- Me too. - It's getting thicker.
Like me.
- Yeah, after I eat this.
- It smells good!
Wait, do you wanna taste the pasta?
- Sure.
(laughing)
- You have to have more faith
in our abilities. - Yes, yes.
Okay, it's very hot, though.
- Okay. - Pop down there.
- Are we gettin' there? - It's pretty good.
It's a little tough, as Nicole Kidman would say.
(laughing)
- It's a little tough.
(laughing)
- But the flavor's really good.
Oh, we're just doing all this cheese.
- Yes, let's just do it all.
- That is something I'm not wanting to skimp on.
Boom.
Oh, I think that's gonna make it...
Yeah.
- [Essence] This is giving me life.
- Wow.
I don't know, do we need more spinach?
- It's not that green, right? - Right.
- Maybe if I give it a good stir.
This smells so good. - It does smell good.
- I'm really happy about this.
- We still have to taste it, though.
- Get a load of that.
(gasping)
Yas. - You!
That looks good.
Wow, and look at the steam rising around it.
Dramatic.
- If you're done, I would probably turn the...
Turn it off. - Okay, yeah.
We should turn this off.
Moment of truth.
(angelic singing) - I think, wait.
- [Vaughn] It looks pretty good.
- I feel like we worked together as a team.
- We did. - Yeah.
- What did you think?
- So, couple notes.
I would've cooked the spinach first
'cause that's what they did in the video.
- Oh, okay. - That's why it's
a lot greener in the video than it is here.
I also would've added the cheese off the heat
because when you add cheese on the heat, it could curdle it.
- [Essence] Should we all go together?
- [Vaughn] I'm going in here.
- [Essence] I want some bacon.
- [Vaughn] I'm gonna get a little bit of everything.
- I don't know if I should follow behind you, though,
'cause you've had a lot of food illnesses.
- Okay.
It's not bad. (laughing)
- I need more seasoning.
- Yeah. - Right.
- Even for me, it's bland.
- It needs a lot more salt.
I think that that's the biggest mistake
that a lot of people make when they're cooking
is that they don't add enough salt.
This is like...
You wanna add salt. - Oh my gosh.
- That's still probably
not enough salt. - I'm not mad at that.
- Better, right? - Already better, yeah.
- Still could use even maybe more salt.
- I wouldn't be mad at more garlic either.
- Yup. - Yeah.
I really screwed up the seasoning.
- You should've added a little bit more garlic,
but also if you'd cooked it with the spinach,
you would've gotten more of a garlicy flavor.
You didn't have enough time for your garlic
to infuse with the garlicy flavor.
- Oh, okay. - Got it.
So, this would probably taste even better tomorrow
when things settle in, like lasagna.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I just got a whole nugget of salt.
- I did too, but I liked it.
- The chicken is cooked well, the bacon's cooked well.
- Listen, we keep going back in, so...
- I wouldn't say it's my favorite thing I've ever eaten,
but... - But we know that, Vaughn.
- I will say that I'm actually really impressed.
- For two people who have
pretty much never cooked. - Two people who don't cook.
- And y'all only watched the video once
and you didn't have any instructions.
So, I think that you guys did a really good job.
I'm really proud of you. - Thanks.
Aw.
- What else do you guys wanna see us cook next?
- Or do next.
I wanna have them build something for their houses.
- Oh.
- I will build something if you contour your face.
- Okay.
Obviously I can't really do that either, so...
Okay, there it is, boom. - Let's do that.
Drop us a comment below what we should do next, y'all.
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