- Okay, maybe I can make something out of this.
(laughing)
Lucho!
(bright upbeat music)
- Welcome to Ernie Cooks.
This is.
- The chef?
- The chef, Ernie.
I am?
- The guest!
- The guest. Zach.
- He is my assistant!
- I think he said assistant.
- You look for the recipe on like mask
- Okay, oh look at that, lumpia.
- My grandma growed from the Philippines
she loves cooking these.
- He is really good at that.
(laughing)
There's so many of these to choose from.
Which one are we gonna make?
- I think I really wanna do this one.
- You wanna do that one?
Let's open it up.
- Lola's Lumpia!
First, you need the meat.
Then eggs, water chestnuts, and shrimp and some salt.
That's it.
- That's pretty much it.
- Aw, I need my gloves for this.
(yells)
- Careful.
- I'll break my fingers.
Do you have gloves 'cause wear some gloves.
- I got some gloves but not as cool as those gloves.
- They aren't?
- And look, gloves match your knife.
- Mostly 'cause it's purple.
- It's pink.
Alright, let's get into Ernie.
Do you want to start by slicing these guys?
- Yeah.
- Cool.
- I know how to cut.
- You know how to cut?
Alright, you wanna
(yells)
I'm gonna let you do your thing, I'm gonna stand over here.
- I need one at a time, so not too many.
(yells)
be careful.
(yells and laughs)
(onion tumbles)
(laughs)
(yelling)
What's taking so long?
- I'm sorry, we just have lots of things to cut.
Here, why don't you try to make a claw,
like an eagle claw, you know that?
You use that to hold down the scallions,
but curl your fingers.
There you go.
And then slice, slice just like that.
(yells)
- 'Cause he's a grown up!
He already knows how
- Well, I'm trying to show ya.
Do you remember how to crack an egg?
Crack it on the rim.
Lightly.
There you go.
There's one egg. (cracks)
- Oh (laughs) okay.
- There you go.
- Soy sauce.
- Want to put a little but of soy sauce?
I think the recipe calls for a teaspoon.
- Oooh, oooh.
- Yeah.
Alright, what else do you want to add?
- More soy
- I wanna until the whole beef is soy saucy.
- Okay, that might be a little salty in the end.
Is that okay?
- Yeah, hold on.
Don't need to use this anymore.
- Good, great.
Moving on.
- I wanna do this.
- Yeah?
All of it.
All the garlic powder.
(sighs)
- Water chestnut.
- More soy sauce.
- I don't think we need more soy sauce.
- Okay, no more soy sauce.
- Ernie you wanna mix it up?
- Ready!
(yells)
(laughs)
(yelling)
- Okay!
We have a little work to do.
Make him the master chef.
(laughter)
- Mix it. - Try it again?
Oh, it's gooey right?
Slimy?
There you go.
Beat it up.
(slimy slaps)
- Moving onto the next step.
What's on the iPad?
This one, yeah this is, I don't know how to read.
- I know we're about to wrap these up,
but I brought a couple special things
that we might be able to include into that.
- I wonder what it's gonna be.
- Close your eyes.
We're throwing a curve ball or three.
- [Ernie] Okay fine.
- [Zach] Ready?
Do you want any of these in there?
- Add 10,000 potato chips.
- Add 10,000 potato chips, there you go.
(laughter)
- A couple more.
Better.
- A little extra crunch and crisp.
So we wanna put it in just a line across.
We're gonna tuck these sides in a little bit.
Take a little bit of our egg white, right?
And just brush that like that.
(yells)
Then you wanna roll it up.
- [Ernie] Roll.
- [Zach] You wanna tuck it back.
- [Ernie] Roll.
- [Zach] Yep.
(yells)
- My lumpia looks great!
The jumpia.
- The jumpia.
(laughs)
- No.
(laughter)
- Totally fair.
To each their own.
- Whoa, that was a close one. - Careful.
Is it time to fry?
- Yeah.
- Can I get some excitement?
Is it time to fry?
- It's time to fry!
- Alright, so you remember what this is?
- [Ernie] Throw that in!
- We're not gonna throw, we're gonna gently place.
- Oooh.
- You know what happens when you throw it?
People get hurt.
You wanna try this one?
- Okay.
We'll put it in here? - Really gently?
Really gently, yeah yeah yeah.
So, very gently, there you go.
- Oh, oh no.
- It's alright, we're good.
(laughs)
There you go, gentle, gentle.
Very good!
So good.
- Yeah.
- Hey!
Very good.
(screams)
- Oh my gosh, Ernie.
Look at all these we fried!
(blows)
- Ready?
- Yeah?
Two thumbs!
(laughter)
- Be careful. (crunch)
- Yeah. I'm gonna agree, two thumbs.
(applause)
- Thumbs better, thumbs. - Nice job.
- Fingers better!
- Ernie, so I know that this is your Lola's recipe
but did you know that she's actually here to taste it
and make sure that you cooked it right?
- I already know she's here.
My Lola's here!
(laughter)
- Oh my gosh, she is!
- It's not funny.
- Call her in.
- Come in Lola! - Bring it in.
- Can you try it?
- Oh, it's good.
It's actually really good with potato chips.
(laughs)
- Yeah, I agree. - That is cool.
- No more touching anything which is hot.
- No more hot things.
- No more hot things. - Okay people!
Thank you for watching Ernie Cooks.
- Don't burn yourself.
Be careful.
- Yeah, people, only use your spatulas,
don't use your fingers.
Thank you for watching!
Ernie Cooks.
- Bye!
(high five)