Hi, mom, you like this? I like the sound. I know you like it. Yeah. You sick. Welcome to Thunder Dome, where dreams become chicken wings. Last time we did 2 2V2 battle, we did battle hotdog. Me and Lily won. That’s what’s up. Greatest cooks and all of the people here. I’m being honest, things got a little bit heated. I Think Lily, you may have said some stuff that you regret. Is that true? Yes. You’re ugly. Oh, wait. No I’m not! My husband says I’m beautiful! Don’t do you think that’d be a fair sort of reconciliation to trade you to the other team as a punishment so you can cook with an inferior chef so you can learn from your lessons? Yes. Lily, switch it out. Me. I see me V? Yes. You and me today. Was that a swim move? Yeah. So today, We’re doing 2v2 chicken wing battle today? You see me and V take down Lilly and Nicole. By far the inferior chef team. As I already criticize Lilly for slinging mud. Now I do it. We see the cycle of verbal abuse. What is wrong with you? What are you saying? I don’t know anymore. The least you could do is lift a girl up. I mean, she called me ugly. You called me a bad chef. No, I’m sorry. Nicole I think What am I doing here? you did, man ya gotta hype us up. I’m not gonna call you pretty, anyways. Let’s get cooking. Got team monster in the house. Yeah. V,ready to make some chicken wings. Hell yeah. Ready to destroy Lily and Nicole. The two worst. I would, Taylor, would take you as a chef over Nicole. No, no, no I’m so sorry. I believe in relax, relax, relax, relax. I get all agitated. I. Put it on the Jersey. I know it’s game day, bro. Relax. I wanna start setting blind picks on fools drop. We just gotta get in and we gotta show. We gotta show. So this kid tried to fight me and I was like, what are you stop? Nah, not with this RO in Jersey on You’re trippin’. Hey, is that a vintage Houston David Nwaba Jersey? Uh, It’s not vintage. It’s pretty last year. If you wanted to say last year is vintage. This is a new one. David Nwaba we’re big fans. I competed with your sister Barb, at UC Santa Barbara. All right, cool, Let’s make some chicken wings. So Okay. What we’re doing right here. We got some wings. I wanna do a wet brine on em’. Ooh, you’re speaking my language. Keep going. But. But not any normal wet brine. You see, we also got beer. We got a bunch of tomato juice. We got a bunch of spices. We got a bunch of hot sauce. We’re talkin’ Michalada town, baby. We both love Michiladas. Um, Define love. I’ve seen you drink Michiladas and you didn’t seem like you were hating it. I, I don’t hate it. It’s just like, not my favorite thing. It’s one of those things I really wanna like, but the tomato juice kind of, it just doesn’t it’s gonna happen. It’s it might happen today with these wings. I think it’s gonna be good on wings, though. Yeah That’s good. So a Michilada, for anybody who doesn’t know, Ya wanna uncork those beers. You start combining the ingredients together. So Michilada, it is a very regional, Mexican prepared beer. The ones that I like typically have a bunch of chili powder and salt and spices, some hot sauce, Worcesetershire sauce and then a little bit of tomato juice. They vary by your region. Some places they’ll be called like a Cubana, or just a Chilada. And it’s a different situation. But I think we Brine it in beer. That’s gonna make the chicken more tender because of all the acid in there. Add the tomato juice, add everything in there. Add juice… It’s like the best parts of soup and beer in one refreshing box. Tapatio! Tapatio That’s hot sauce. Best hot sauce in the game. Other than all the other hot sauces that I’ve also said are the best hot sauces in the game. What kind of chili powders we got over here? All right. So we got, California chili powder and then we have Chipotle chili powder, we want a little bit of that smoke. That’s gonna penetrate through hopefully the chicken wings. And we’re gonna get em wet.- brined, dry ’em off , flower. ’em just a little bit. And then we’re gonna turn the Michalada into a sauce. Ooh. Got some other stuff going on. I’m excited. I’ve never done anything like this. No, I’m me neither, but I’m I’m curious. I wanna see how it goes. You’re a little Michilada lot curious? Ooh. You see that? Color’s already changing. That looks familiar. So delicious that, do you remember? We were at Smorgasburg the other day. Yeah. And I got a whole, they called it like El super Michilada and it was served in a whole hollowed out pineapple. You ate on the candy off off of it. I did. I did. Cuz you didn’t eat that part. That’s the best part of it. We would go to certain places in like a bloody Mary they’ll have like whole like Casadillas stacked up on the Michilada. Man. I Just, I had one with a whole chicken before and a whole Oh, God. And a whole bacon. Just one. I thought you just One whole bacon. You just said you’re not gonna get the Jersey dirty. And then I, no, we’re good. I’m sorry, David. All right. So we’re gonna let the chicken wings brine, about 12 hours and then we’re just gonna stand here and stare at the camera, silently. This is my face in every high school basketball picture. We’re supposed to be silent. Shh I can’t not hear myself talk for like 30 seconds, dude. Then, you have a problem. Okay. You ready? Why? What are you gonna do to me? I’m gonna dry off this chicken. All right. Dry off the chicken. Give it to me. I’m gonna get it in the flour. And then we’re gonna drop in the fryer and fry it about about three 330*F for like, I don’t know, like six, seven minutes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Until we done maybe a little bit longer. If there’s a lot in there and the oil tank’s gonna drop, =we started grabbing those. Dude. Literally I put on the basketball Jersey. Yeah. I wanna stand like this, which was the JV basketball team photo pose. That’s not what she supposed to do. What do you mean? How do you take the team photo? You’re welcome. Just mean muggin’. When’s the last fight you got into on a basketball court? On a basketball court? Yeah. I was like, I was on varsity all four years, thank you. I’ve looked up. I’ve looked up your max prep stats. Why? Dude, before we hired you, Okay. So they, they always tell you before anyone hires you, they look at your social media. If you played high school sports at a high level, I’m gonna look up your stats. How dare you? Yeah. That’s how insane I am of a boss. You see the, there was like the last game. My senior year. I got a technical foul for calling a girl the B word. I messed up. I’m sorry, Dad. No, I Love that. I love that. If you haven’t been thrown out of at least five games, I don’t want you on my team in the kitchen. I’m the only one that’s been thrown out of an, I am basketball game for kissing a man on the cheek. That is the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard. I, well, he was trying to fight me and I tried to deescalate, but it’s giving him a little peck. I thought it was like a nice, sweet little like, Hey, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Not for guys… What? You know, it was a sweet gesture. Nobody took that in the middle of a fight. In soccer, they do that all the time, bro. They always come up to him. They’re like holding each other by the face. They’re like, no, I’m gonna do do it No no for holding each other by the face. All right. Well chicken wings are fryin’. Yeah. It is like seven, eight minutes. Ranch it up, V. Why are you holding the knife like that? I don’t know. I was doing goblin mode. Like Trevor does. I was inspired by it. Ugh, I didn’t like that. All right. So, right now we’re making an avocado, cilantro ranch. Who doesn’t love dippin’ spicy wings in some ranch? Who doesn’t love avocados? Doesn’t love avocados. We can. We got the Michilada sauce that we’re doing fun. No. What? Forget. No, forget it. No look no look. I’m strong. I did it. Did you squirt it out? Yeah, I did. He is the strongest member. Mythical kitchen, mentally, physically, emotional. She bench presses 600 pounds. What, bro? Part they’re f-ing heart dude. Have you ever seen someone to do a whole bench press? I appreciate the hype cuz this is the most hype you’ve ever given me, ever. What do you mean? I like to lift people up. You’re wasting too much avocado! I’m sorry. You’re Also Bad At Cooking! I, sometimes I am bad at cooking. That pan’s too hot. You know? You hear something? I don’t think it’s cool, you know, it’s like, you know, someone The lunch room. Someone gets to the NBA, it’s like they don’t gotta be the best. You know? Look at Kevin Duran, man. It ruined his freakin’ life. You having to do that, you know? Mayo.. You get there, you making a couple million dollars, you know? You’re cool. I, I would love to be a bench warmer. I got, I gotta, I gotta spoon for ya, V I gotta spoon. I gotta spoon. No, I’m strong. Reducing down some beer right now. V, smell that. So it’s like. Frat Party Buttermilk Smell the hot beer. You ever like spill beer on a black top. And then Zamboni it up with your mouth?? It smells like Dodger stadium. It smells like coming out of the bathroom at Dodger Stadium, cuz it’s like super hot in there and it’s bakin’ in the sun And Everybody just, Pees out the beer? Yeah. It literally smells like beer piss, but it’s like a beer piss sauna. And hot dog. Yeah. And then someone’s gonna try and fight you. I ate 11 Dodger dogs one time. Just to prove that I could. I know it was disgusting. That’s disgusting! I know I’m disgusting. Shower it on me, I’m a gross piece of crap, Nicole. Give me your worst. Oh yeah. I like it. No, I like it. [Nicole] Lily, Say something to them! [Lily] You’re ugly. I can’t hear. I can’t hear you, Nicole. [Nicole] Stop saying that everyone’s ugly! So after beer reducing, I can’t hear you, Nicole. I’m gonna take our Michilada mixture. It’s the same one that we brined the wings in. I’m gonna add that. We’re getting a ton of good spice off that, but I want some more fresh chili flavors. Wanna put salt in here. I Got a nice chili puree’. What? I forgot the salt! Who uses salt? Dude, this is just straight MSG. No it’s mg. Wait, that still tastes good though. It needs. No! Use your finger! Cause I need to put salt in there. Put it in my mouth! We’re gonna drop a little bit of tomato base in there for thickener. And then I’m gonna add some of this beautiful chili purees. To make it nice. Red. There we got. Chamoy. Chamoy is endemic to Michiladas. This is a it’s like pickles. It’s like a. Fruit puree’. Yeah, but that’s a very like loose Chamoy. I know, this is like a Loose, not sweet I like the pasty one, but it’s still good. Yeah. Yeah. MMMMM You’re getting a lot of good acid from that, though. We dump a lot of that Chamoy there. You like it? You like it V? We’re gonna melt it with butter, but I’m trying to get it to a good place. I think we need a little bit of acid too. Do we have a vinegar? We do. Dude, could you get me some vinegar? Let’s try it. I can’t move fast. She’s quick, but she’s slow. Hey, here’s your bin GF. It got. It’s getting real Michalada-ee, though. It’s getting real Michahalada-ee. I wanna drop a little bit of vinegar for acid. That’s good. It’s good. It’s good. A little bit more beer. I want that raw beer flavor to come through. We’re gonna reduce this for another two minutes AHHHHHHHHH Then we’re gonna Mount it with butter and we’re gonna turn off the heat. Ahhh What, why are you like a baby? You’re like a wounded baby goat. Try that. Ooh. It’s getting there. Ooh. You know what it needs? Ooh. Little bit of tajin. We’re gonna dust some fresh tajin on top, too. Oh you’re trying to make it spicey. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. It’s my favorite seasoning. What’s the point of eating Wings if it’s not gonna be spicy, ya know? That’s true. All right, ranch is done. We’re all good on that. I feel good on the season on that chef. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. All right. Now I’m gonna drop a ton of butter in this. We’re gonna take it off the heat and now we’re gonna gonna Buffalo-fy it. I was gonna say is that what’s happening? Is that the do at the Buffalo wild wings? This is exactly what they do with the Buffalo wild Wings. in a Romen Jersey? They make wings with a Romen Jersey on. Yeah. Yeah You got a Romen on your shirt. Oh, Don’t think this is food safe. I don’t want my Buffalo wild wings, dude to have armpit hair flowing out while he is doing it. Where’d you get that armpit hair from? What? Bro? I got arm puberty, baby. Dude! That’s where I got from. Oh my God. Puberty! That’s what’s up? I’m a man. I’m bro. There’s, I’ll go in that corner. I put that on my chest. There’s women and children around cover your arm pits. V, game time. I’m ready! Fourth quarter. Yeah. Clutch Jean. Yeah. Head in the game. Yeah. Leave it all in the field. Field? It’s like the.. God dang. Floor. All right. So can you fill that with ranch? We rimmed that with tajin and Chamoy. It’s like a Michilada is often rimmed, big fans of rimming. So we’re gonna take the, the buffalos sauce. We’re gonna pop it in here. I’m just gonna give this a nice little toss. Yeah. I tried to speak fast. So nobody noticed what I said. This is an extra Saucey wing, but that butter is gonna kind of congeal. Dangerous. Dangerous. I like playing dangerous. Yeah. I know. You know I used to play. Josh danger powers, broken glass, you know, no shoes. Nobody knows that reference. What? Is that Austin danger powers? Yeah. I said Josh danger. Danger. Ooh. Ooh, that smells lovely. And I like the color. That looks like Michilada to me. Mitch, Mitch met make Shelada. Do you have a mini stroke? Pop a lime wedge somewhere. And then be, can you give it a little dusting of tajin on top? Yeah, Yeah, yeah. Heck yeah, dude. Yeah. Then if you turn it 180 to the camera. We’re waiting on the reveal. Ben ,can you be patient? Hold on. Yes, Ma’am? It’s not comin’ out. I’m gonna do one of these. Not enough agent caking agent. Oh, that’s a lot. No, I’ll eat that one. I’ll eat that one. Okay, ready? Turn, turn, turn. Show him. Show em. Show him. Show him. Wawa la ba dah. Michalada of wings with avocado cilantro ranch. Rimmed in Chamoy and tajin. That’s what’s up? Yeah Yeah. What? EWE! Sorry. I thought you knew. I thought you were like, no, man. I dunno. I thought…the team is crumbling. Yeah. It’s okay. Your move Lily and Nicole. Hey Lily. I, I know you like called me ugly. No. Now we’re on the same team and like I just wanna get past it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So um, we’re not ugly. No, no, no. You’re so beautiful. Your beautiful too. And we’re gonna win. Okay, yeah. We’re gonna beat them because did you know that Lily’s undefeated? She has won every single competition she’s been in. I gotta keep the streak. So I’m just gonna absorb that energy and then we’re gonna have synergy and we’re gonna win. We are making amba wings, which is a pickled chutney of sorts, like a mango, Fenig Greek chutney with a delicious tahini dipping sauce. So we’re being a little bit Middle Eastern here, which I’m really into cuz I’m I’m Persian. I am not. You didn’t know, but you’re like an honorary Persian. So I’m just gonna start squeezing some lemons and you can start doing what you’re gonna do. What are you gonna do? Yeah So these are, we brine these overnight dry brined that’s right. It just helped with the crispiness and the flavors. Yeah. So what is dry brining, for the people at home that don’t know? I Just, we just took a little salt and sugar and dusted them and then put them on a wire rack like this. That’s right. And then let them hang out overnight. Yes. So I’m gonna add a pinch of cumin. Oh, oh I have a question. What’s Up, babe? Are you from Nashville? Cuz you’re the only tahin I see. We’re not using tahin. That’s the other team. Lily, if you’re gonna compliment me do it right. Wait, what? No, tahini. No, you said, no, no Tahini I’m so. Stop it! Oh I get it. Wow, I’m so Quick to just be rude. What’s wrong with me? What I have here is a little bit of ice water, which helps with the texture of the tahini. So Tahini’s just Sesame fat. That’s all it is. It’s just Sesame seeds that have been pulverized into a paste. kinda like peanut butter and the ice water helps give it a really nice fluffy, bright dippable texture, which is exactly what we’re looking for. It sets up overnight, which I really, really like too. Let’s taste it. Let me get you a little spoon and see what we’re. Working with. You like cooking middle Eastern food, Lily? I, this is like my first time. Not really. Oh yeah. No way. That’s awesome. There’s a lot of like delicious flavors. It’s honestly really fun to cook powerless chicken wings. Find up still looking good. Can’t. Find them. They’re missing an ocean. Yeah. I’m just gonna add a little bit of chive and a little bit of parsley to give it a nice green look. You know, we want it to be a little bit herbacious cuz we’re gonna cut through that really, really beautiful AMBA sauce. Yes. Sign me up. So we’re just gonna let our wings continue to cook and thene’re gonna make a beautiful Amba glaze. -Let’s do it. Let’s do it. All right. It’s AMBA time. AMBA is an incredible salty, pickly, mango sauce that was actually invented by Baghdadi Jews that moved to India and they kind of got inspired by the Chutney. Put out the fire. What a rude mango. They got inspired by like the Chutney and the flavors of the country that they were living in. And they invented this beautiful condiment that tastes delicious on pretty much everything. So we’re just gonna add some salted mango, which is a very cool thing that I recently found out. Salted mango. Who would’ve THK. You had some sugar. Come. Have some stuff. Okay. MSG. MSG. Right on. Get it. All out. Beautiful. I’m gonna squeeze a little bit of Limon in here. We have some FNA, Greek. FNA, Greek. I think FNA Greek is like the secret ingredient. In this house. Yeah. I think it’s really nice. It’s. Like an unexpected like floral punch in the face. Go ahead. Throw the good stuff. Cumin this is some sweet Paprika, Beautiful. Mustard seed. Nice. Some fresh garlic and some turmeric. Nice. And then this is vinegar. Yes. Oh yeah. That’s what I eat. We. And then Fresno chilies. So we’re just gonna let this cook down a little bit and once it gets nice and soft and supple, we’re gonna blend it up. So have you always been a competitive person. Lily? Yeah, I think so. Actually. Yeah. Think so? Did you play sports when you were a, a young? Yeah, but I wasn’t very good. What did you play? I did like track and field. I got like a, I always like so behind I got like a clap at the end. Cause people felt bad for me. Really? I would, you know, like how in school they would make you walk miles. Like I’m sorry. They made you run miles. Yeah. This is very. Telling with the right teachers. You know what I would do? The whole reason I passed school was I would make them mix tapes. I would make them CDs. What is this? And, and they just all became friends with me and they gave me passing grades. It was great. We’re gonna let this cook down for about a few minutes until it gets a little bit jammy and then we’re gonna blend it up and throw it back into the thing. And then we’re gonna mix it all up and we’re gonna plate our wings. Woo. Is that other team even like conscious right now? No, because they’re gonna lose because they suck. They’re losers. We are gonna blend this sauce up in our blender. Yeah. It’s simmered for a few minutes, now. Watch your fingers. Yes. Backing over. I feel dangerous. Today. Lily’s making. Me feel a little bit, you know, little. Mady. Yeah. A little bit of a also Lily’s favorite movie. Top Gun. It is Top Gun. Found this out about it. I’m like, wow. That is so cute. I love it. It is really cute. Okay. One, two three blast off. Uh Uh Ah Oh my God. Its not plugged in. What? A freaking bird. I. I had it It is plugged in. Oh my Gosh. Maybe the stinger sucks. For those of you at home that don’t know what a stinger is. Okay. There we go. Thank God that turned on. Cause I had no idea how to explain that. God. It’s already so thick and so luxurious. Fantastic. All Right. Go. Toss it in there. Wow. Oh. Look at that. Fantastic. So we’re gonna let this cook down even more. And we’re gonna start to plate, baby. Ooh. All right Lily, go ahead and drop those wings in that bowl. Perfect. I’m gonna add a literal crap ton of butter in here just to mount it. Make the sauce nice and Saucey. Sauce those wings. Wow. You were so excited, man. I mean the colors, the flavors, the texture. We’ve got it all. Or the whole package. You know what we have? We have uniqueness on our side. Yeah. Michalado wings? ♪ Wings ♪ ♪ are the champions ♪ If we sing. No, no, no. ♪ My friends ♪ We can’t sing. If we sing, we get demonetized. So our butter’s been melted. Nicely. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. I’m gonna toss some sauce in there and you get to tossin’. Toss it up. I can use my hand. Oh my gosh. You monster. Oh, you can just, I can’t, I can’t do the bowl toss. Oh my gosh. You can’t? I can’t. Okay. Do it. Okay. I’m gonna do it. That’s beautiful. Wow. Look at that. Hi mom. You like this? I like the sound. I know you like it. Yeah. You sick f–. All right. Go ahead and play them up, baby. Okay. That looks beautiful. I think we’re gonna win. I think we’re like general. There’s no way. There’s no way those dorks and those jerseys are gonna win. No. Yeah, they’re dorks. They think they’re cool cuz they do sports. No man. Yeah. We don’t do one that makes this cool. We care about the environment. Yeah. Yeah. [Ben] You use so many plastic straws. What are those? These. are some Fresno strings. Those are beautiful. I’ve never seen that stuff before. Like really fancy you’re fancy-ing this stuff up. You’re making chicken wings classy. Yeah. You thought that was impossible in the mythical kitchen to be classy. Hello. We’re full of class. Lily is here. Yeah. Nicole is here. The two classiest, broads in mythical kitchen. Yeah. Well I think that is the most gorgeous plate of chicken wings I’ve seen in a long time. Yeah. Okay. On the wings baby. Bring it on. Woo. Ahhhh Jasmine. Hi. I was gonna explain the rules of how this works to you, but then I forgot that you judged the first ever one of these episodes that we did. What?! I saw you pay her off. I saw you pay her off. I don’t believe. And I, and you said that I sucked. That’s right. Did I? With your eyes, you did. I do that. It’s fine. He didn’t have me. Okay. That’s right. That’s right. Yeah. Pshhh Losers go first. I’m sorry. Okay. So these are Amba wings with Tahini sauce for dipping. A little Fresno string for extra spice. And then the key ingredient to this is our pickled fermented mangoes. And it’s gonna give a little extra tang. Oh my goodness. That was really good. Okay. High five that was incredible. Thank you so much. I have never had a pickled fermented mango. Do I just go for it? Yeah. My gosh dip first. Right? Obviously however you want it is. Your, your destiny and. What is this strip again? Fresno. Chilis. Not even as good as Bakersfield chilies. No. MMMM I don’t even know what to say. That’s really good. Okay, good. I like the mango. The mango doesn’t come, like doesn’t like hate you in the face. like I thought it would. That’s good stuff. It’s sexy. Like it hits you guessing like my fingers on camera. Not as sexy as that rim. Yeah.. When I think of sexy, I think of soup flavored beer. Yeah. Exactly. What we have here are our michalado wings. Michalado are me and v’s collective favorite drink. V loves em’ven more than I do. Sure. It is a sauce. We we’ve Brined the wings in actual Michalada. And then we made a sauce from reduced Michalada. mounted with some butter, some chili air bowl in there and a cilantro avocado ranch. I do like the rim on the that’s nice touch. Yeah. Yeah. Cause you know, yellows like a Rimmy or ranch, you know? Yeah. Wait, wait, you gotta put some on, you gotta have whole experience. Oh that’s a good. yeah. Can I, can I eat one of these. So many bells and whistles? It’s kind of exhausting. I’m sorry. Used another squeeze of lime. I don’t hear anything. Somebody say hot dog. Hot. Dog battle. MMM Oh the lime. Does it. MmHmm Yeah Yeah Lime. get outta here. Jasmine. Do you feel that you have tasted all you need to, to decide which wing is better? Yeah, I think so. Jasmine you’ll vote in Three…two…one… Yes! Let’s go! I’m sorry. ohhhhhhh That’s also so tasty. Oh I know it is. Is that how he eats wings? I wanna try. He’s just a monster. Those are really good though. Those are really good. They are really good. Jasmine. What, what was the key factor in you? deciding who was the winner? It’s like the lime and the avocado and the cilantro all just kind of like marries with the Tahi. I like the, I also like a Michaladas, so. Yeah. Yeah. My girl. Would you say that we deserve a Michelin star for this? Sure. Take it. Lily. Whatever man, whatever, man. Jasmine, thank you so much for us giving you free chicken wings. Knowing my pleasure. My pleasure. Can I have more? Yes. Hopefully. Yeah, no we’re so hungry. We’re just chowin’ down. Thank you so much for stoppin’ by mythical kitchen. New episodes for you every week. New episodes are podcast. So hot dogs or sandwich. Wherever you get your podcast. Me and Nicole are gonna be on the rocks for a little bit. That’s fine. She’ll recover. It’ll stop on Instagram and TikTok. Add mythical, kitchen and pictures. Your want mythical dishes on hashtag dreams come food. We’ll see you all next time. Pick up your copy of we’re still good. 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