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Today we're making snacks for the ultimate World Cup watch party. We're talking team USA, Mexico, and Italy in food that honestly deserves its own anthem. Because if you're going to scream at TV for 2 hours straight, you need snacks that can keep up. Here's the lineup. Jalapeño popper taquitos, that'd be for Mexico. Crispy ravioli with hot honey, that would be for Italy. And for the USA, guess what we're making? We're making crispy mac and cheese. And ready for this? Everything will be done in our favorite air fryer, the Typher Dome 2. Look, I'm not saying that air fryers have become the MVP of game day, but if I can make all this without turning my kitchen into a greasy crime
scene, well, it's already a win. I say we start with team Mexico and the jalapeño popper taquitos. Bacon is the first thing we need to deal with. All right, let's scoop this out. Of course you'd recognize that as bacon. This is exactly how I bought it at the store. Oh, there was plastic over the top of it. This is considered bacon pieces and ends. And this was $3.99 a pound. Not $8.99, not $9.99, or 10, or 11, or 12. Four bucks a pound. Listen, sometimes I want big, beautiful pieces of bacon, but when I'm going to break it up and go into something like we're making right now, this is all I need. I don't need to spend more money. So, these I will
separate and put into the air fryer. Should be pretty obvious. We're just doing this. Get as much as you need. The recipe's below, but you don't have to write anything down. All you have to do is watch, and I think that's pretty easy. And in we go. We want 400° for about 10 minutes. We'll start checking at eight. And look at that. It's beautiful. That was eight minutes. I'm glad I checked. So, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take these guys out, put them on paper towels to drain a bit, give this a very gentle wipe, and then we'll make what goes in these poppers and get ready to throw them back in. Before I do anything else, just look.
Near perfect bacon. That's about as pretty as it gets. You want to know the real benefit? No splattering around my stove or counter. Okay, let's cut a jalapeno. Beautiful, huh? Yeah, it's beautiful. Off. Down the middle, get rid of this business, and we cut just dice it pretty tiny. Even though a jalapeno is not the hottest thing on the planet, you don't want to surprise anybody unnecessarily. That's a bowl. There's all those jalapenos, and we add. Remember the bacon? Sure you do. Some shredded cheese. That happens to be pepper jack, use whatever you want. This is softened cream cheese. Happens to be jalapeno, but if you got plain, uh use
plain, you'll be all right. Last but not least, it's the little garlic powder, and we'll mix. Let's stuff. It's a tortilla. Let's put some on. Spread it. Oops. And then we go like this, nice and tight, and roll. And I'm going to put just a little bit of it in here to try and keep this sealed up for me. Great. Okay, rinse and repeat. Okay, quick time out because I need to talk about the MVP of this operation, the Tidylir Dome 2 Air Fryer. Look, we've used a lot of air fryers, and no BS, this kid is our favorite by a mile. And that's because it feels less like an
air fryer and more like somebody shrunk a professional kitchen and put it right on my counter. It fries, bakes, roasts, reheats, and broils, and it does it all stupidly fast. Plus, it has a dual heating system. Yes, one in the top and one in the bottom, and that means you get color on the outside without drying everything into little inedible hockey pucks. And what it can do to pizza, just look at this. And did somebody say steak? Because if you're doubtful that it can do steak, check out our results. Oh, and the cleanup is a piece of cake because the baskets go right in the dishwasher, which means I don't have to stand around at the sink questioning my life choices. And for watch party food
like we're doing today, this thing is kind of oh, ridiculous. I mean that in the nicest way possible. Okay, would you like your very own T-fal OptiGrill 2? Be holding it and loving it like I am right now? Okay, check this out. It's not $4.99, it's not $3.99, it's not even $2.99. It's $285 and that's crazy. Hit the links below, you can go to t-fal.com, you can go to amazon.com. $2.85 for this guy? Use my code Sam Cooking and you can be doing this with your very own. Okay, let's continue. We open up. Even though there's still a little bacon grease in there, we give it a quick shot. In go our little friends.
Seam side down. One more quick shot of spray and in we go. And they're off. Yeah, so those are in there at 390. They're going to take 6 7 8 minutes. I don't know how strong your air fryer is. I know what this guy is. But, depending. So, we'll check them. Take a look. You always want to check early just to be sure. And while I've shown you just three of them, the recipe should make eight. So, you'll be fine. That's like when cops pull over and they give them the field exercises on the side of the road and they do the walk and turn. They go, I've shown you three steps, but you're going to go all the way up to nine then pivot on your back foot and come back nine.
Oh, it's a series of small steps. Max and I are addicted to that kind of stuff. Like it's it's almost becoming a problem. Is it a problem? It's almost. It's a problem. All right, see when these guys are crispy. And here they are. Hey fellas, obviously fellas. Oh, starting to leak a bit. Get back in there, you. Come on. But, ready for this? Hold on. Listen. Crispy, crispy. All right, I got to let these cool for a few seconds or I'm going to kill myself, but I will take them off. And we're there. Still a little warm, going to say, but oh, they look great and I can't wait to have a bite. Okay, cheesy,
bacony, jalapeno-y, hala- hala- jalapeno-y, jalapeno-y, wait for the crunch. Okay. It was so good. Do your goal thing. Goal! Okay, good. Okay. Okay, good. Here's the move. You make a bunch of them, you get them in your fridge. Then, when it's game time, you pop them in your Tater Dome 2, heat them up, get them crispy like this, and you're good to go. Or as Max would say, GOOD TO GOAL! OH, what's up next? Italy with a crispy ravioli. First up, our judging station. Flour, Judging. dredging, flour, egg, panko. Let's do this. First, we beat the eggs.
I could have brought them out already beat, but I like making loud sounds in Max's headphones. And to the panko, we'll add salt and pepper, garlic powder, and some parm. It's Italian. It's Italy. I say it's Italian like that. My mother-in-law gave me a watch from Italy once, and that was her line for the four or five months after, every time she'd see it. Do you like the watch? It's Italian. Give this a little mix. Ravioli time. And that's what I'm using. These are lovely round mushroom ravioli. Could be cheese, it could be anything you want, but I felt like round with mushrooms, so sue me.
These You know this drill, right? Into the flour, shake off the excess, into the oof. Nope, that's French. What's a egg in Italian? Ovo? Don't know. Hey Siri, how do you say egg in Italian? Uovo. I was right. Okay, then you come out of the uovo and into the panko. I'm trying to do this with your dry hand, if you at all can. You want a good coating. And these I'll put directly into the T-fal, but not before I give it a good spray.
All right, just power through the rest. In they go, and we're looking for 375 for 7 to 8 minutes. And we're there. Oh, look how beautiful they've gotten. Let's put them in a bowl and finish them off the right way. And here's the right way, or at least what I think is the right way. We pop everybody in our bowl. Oh, they are hot and they are crispy. Damn. Two things, and the first is a little drizzle of hot honey. Oh my god. Oh my And a touch more parm. Because you can.
There you go. Viva Italia, or whatever you'd say. Viva Italia. You know, I would normally take one for a bite, but I think I'm going to want more. Look quick. Look at this. Look. Mhm. Try damn. It's freaking delicious. It is freaking delicious. And the hot honey, you think might not work with mushroom. Oh, baby, it is working. Mhm. I'm glad I've got these. Max is thinking he's going to get one. Probably not. Here's the deal. Next up, good old USA American crispy macaroni and cheese cubes. Why do I do that voice right here? There's all kinds of voices
in this country. Why does it have to be that one? Guess what this starts with. Macaroni and cheese. This is Kraft Deluxe that I made, cooled, put in here, and refrigerated, and then stuck in my freezer for about a half an hour. All right, so let's just cut these into some squares, shall we? And then like this and like this. And like this into threes. And we're dredging again. So, get the station and get it dredging. Here we go. We'll season up the panko, salt and pepper, and add one thing to the egg. It might make it look a little creepy, but some buffalo sauce. Because buffalo is American. And now we're dredging, or breading, or whatever you want to call it. Shake off excess.
In you go. Let's do a couple at a time, shall we? Let's do a few at a time, shall we? Let's do four at a time, shall we? We get them covered in the egg and buffalo, into the panko, coat well, and then into the sprayed fryer. We give them a good spray. And in they go. These guys are going to cook it Oh, I don't know. 390 for who knows, 9 10 minutes. See how they come up. And they're there. Let's look. Oh, you crispy little rascals, you. Wow. All right. Let's get you set up. And down we go. Crispy, hot, delightful. Man. When was the last time you had crispy macaroni and cheese?
I'm trying to think. And for me, it was last never. But wait. Get rid of the crumbs and add the most American dip you could think of. Ranch. Listen, people from other countries expect us to use ranch, so let's just give it to them, shall we? Oh, damn. Can you Oh, damn. Come on. This is nuts. I think it's a little nuts. In the absolute best way possible. Steam still coming out. You see the perfect mac and cheese in there? Wow. Okay. So, we've had a pretty good day. We're watching World Cup. We're cheering for our favorite
teams. We're eating great snacks all courtesy of the Typhoon Dome 2. And I don't want you to forget. You want your very own Typhoon Dome 2. Hit the links below. typhoon.com or Amazon. Sam cooking, you're cooking these things in your very own Typhoon Dome 2. Uh which team were we rooting for? I should have done Canadian food. Damn it. All right. Well, I'll have to root quietly with Nanaimo bars by myself. Tonight is the night. It's going to work through this of my soul. Come and dance with me, girl.
