WEBVTT 00:00:06.307 --> 00:00:09.309 ♪ 00:00:09.310 --> 00:00:13.413 ♪ >>> IT IS TIME TO GET COOKING 00:00:13.414 --> 00:00:14.137 >>> IT IS TIME TO GET COOKING WITH CHEF ERIC ADJEPONG, KWO IS 00:00:14.148 --> 00:00:18.008 WITH CHEF ERIC ADJEPONG, KWO IS BRINGING HIS WEST AFRICAN 00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:19.710 BRINGING HIS WEST AFRICAN HERITAGE TO YOUR DINNER TABLE. 00:00:19.721 --> 00:00:20.353 HERITAGE TO YOUR DINNER TABLE. >> THE HOST OF "ALEX VS. 00:00:20.388 --> 00:00:21.612 >> THE HOST OF "ALEX VS. AMERICA" AND "WILDCARD KITCHEN" 00:00:21.623 --> 00:00:26.149 AMERICA" AND "WILDCARD KITCHEN" ON FOOD NETWORK AND SHARING 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:26.460 ON FOOD NETWORK AND SHARING DISHES. 00:00:26.494 --> 00:00:28.151 DISHES. SCAN THE QR CODE TO FOLLOW 00:00:28.162 --> 00:00:28.462 SCAN THE QR CODE TO FOLLOW ALONG. 00:00:28.496 --> 00:00:31.054 ALONG. >> I WISH I COULD BEATBOX FOR 00:00:31.065 --> 00:00:31.431 >> I WISH I COULD BEATBOX FOR YOU GUYS. 00:00:31.432 --> 00:00:32.799 YOU GUYS. >> DANIELLE BROOKS IS GOOD. 00:00:32.834 --> 00:00:34.201 >> DANIELLE BROOKS IS GOOD. >> EVERYONE HAS BEEN WALKING 00:00:34.202 --> 00:00:35.159 >> EVERYONE HAS BEEN WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS LIKE, THIS 00:00:35.170 --> 00:00:35.602 THROUGH THE HALLWAYS LIKE, THIS SMELLS AMAZING. 00:00:35.636 --> 00:00:39.462 SMELLS AMAZING. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:00:39.473 --> 00:00:43.610 >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS RECIPE IS IN THE BOOK, ALSO 00:00:43.645 --> 00:00:44.368 THIS RECIPE IS IN THE BOOK, ALSO IN MY RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON, 00:00:44.379 --> 00:00:44.644 IN MY RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. 00:00:44.646 --> 00:00:46.881 D.C.. >> YOUR COOKBOOK IS SO 00:00:46.915 --> 00:00:47.605 >> YOUR COOKBOOK IS SO BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY. 00:00:47.616 --> 00:00:48.448 BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION? 00:00:48.449 --> 00:00:51.474 WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION? >> IT’S A LOVE LETTER WRITTEN IN 00:00:51.485 --> 00:00:52.886 >> IT’S A LOVE LETTER WRITTEN IN GHANA, HERE IN THE STATES AS 00:00:52.921 --> 00:00:57.782 GHANA, HERE IN THE STATES AS WELL, BUT TO THE WORLD. 00:00:57.793 --> 00:00:59.927 WELL, BUT TO THE WORLD. WEST AFRICAN FOOD AND HAS WOVEN 00:00:59.961 --> 00:01:02.786 WEST AFRICAN FOOD AND HAS WOVEN LINES THROUGHOUT THE LEXICON OF 00:01:02.797 --> 00:01:03.530 LINES THROUGHOUT THE LEXICON OF CULINARY ARTS IN THE STATES, 00:01:03.565 --> 00:01:06.057 CULINARY ARTS IN THE STATES, EUROPE, THE DIASPORA IN THE 00:01:06.068 --> 00:01:06.957 EUROPE, THE DIASPORA IN THE CARIBBEAN, SOUTH AMERICA. 00:01:06.968 --> 00:01:08.759 CARIBBEAN, SOUTH AMERICA. IT’S A COOL MOMENT TO BRING ALL 00:01:08.770 --> 00:01:10.461 IT’S A COOL MOMENT TO BRING ALL THESE RECIPES TOGETHER AND SHARE 00:01:10.472 --> 00:01:10.995 THESE RECIPES TOGETHER AND SHARE WITH THE WORLD. 00:01:11.006 --> 00:01:11.505 WITH THE WORLD. >> AWESOME. 00:01:11.539 --> 00:01:14.398 >> AWESOME. WHAT ARE WE MAKING? 00:01:14.409 --> 00:01:17.245 WHAT ARE WE MAKING? >> OUR VERSION OF KA KOBS. 00:01:17.278 --> 00:01:18.645 >> OUR VERSION OF KA KOBS. WE HAVE A SIRLOIN RIGHT HERE. 00:01:18.647 --> 00:01:20.271 WE HAVE A SIRLOIN RIGHT HERE. AND REALLY THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 00:01:20.282 --> 00:01:22.774 AND REALLY THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS TO GET YOUR AGGRESSION 00:01:22.785 --> 00:01:23.083 MOMENTS TO GET YOUR AGGRESSION OUT. 00:01:23.084 --> 00:01:23.550 OUT. >> LOOKS FUN. 00:01:23.551 --> 00:01:25.108 >> LOOKS FUN. >> RIGHT, ALL OVER? 00:01:25.119 --> 00:01:26.320 >> RIGHT, ALL OVER? AND THEN WE HAVE REALLY THIN 00:01:26.354 --> 00:01:28.188 AND THEN WE HAVE REALLY THIN PIECES OF STEAK THAT WE LIKE TO 00:01:28.189 --> 00:01:29.289 PIECES OF STEAK THAT WE LIKE TO MOVE ON TO. 00:01:29.291 --> 00:01:31.716 MOVE ON TO. I HAVE THIS ALL DAY SEASONING 00:01:31.727 --> 00:01:32.693 I HAVE THIS ALL DAY SEASONING BLEND IN THE RECIPE. 00:01:32.694 --> 00:01:33.727 BLEND IN THE RECIPE. >> ALL OF THAT? 00:01:33.762 --> 00:01:34.962 >> ALL OF THAT? >> ALL HERE, ABSOLUTELY. 00:01:34.963 --> 00:01:36.587 >> ALL HERE, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE SORT OF TAKE THIS DRY 00:01:36.598 --> 00:01:40.167 AND WE SORT OF TAKE THIS DRY PEANUT POWDER, MIX IT TOGETHER. 00:01:40.168 --> 00:01:41.902 PEANUT POWDER, MIX IT TOGETHER. WE HAVE SPICES THAT YOU CAN FIND 00:01:41.903 --> 00:01:44.671 WE HAVE SPICES THAT YOU CAN FIND AT HOME, AND ALSO REALLY COOL 00:01:44.673 --> 00:01:47.331 AT HOME, AND ALSO REALLY COOL INDIGENOUS SPICES THAT ARE 00:01:47.342 --> 00:01:48.776 INDIGENOUS SPICES THAT ARE NORMALLY FOUND IN WEST AFRICA. 00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:50.601 NORMALLY FOUND IN WEST AFRICA. PUT THAT TOGETHER AND CREATE 00:01:50.612 --> 00:01:51.202 PUT THAT TOGETHER AND CREATE THIS MIX. 00:01:51.213 --> 00:01:53.037 THIS MIX. IT’S THE SPICES THAT WE TALKED 00:01:53.048 --> 00:01:55.507 IT’S THE SPICES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN DRY PEANUT POWDER 00:01:55.518 --> 00:01:57.818 ABOUT AND THEN DRY PEANUT POWDER PUT TOGETHER IN THIS BEAUTIFUL 00:01:57.819 --> 00:01:58.352 PUT TOGETHER IN THIS BEAUTIFUL HARMONIOUS BLEND. 00:01:58.387 --> 00:01:59.744 HARMONIOUS BLEND. >> WHICH IS OVER HERE. 00:01:59.755 --> 00:02:00.721 >> WHICH IS OVER HERE. >> YEAH. 00:02:00.722 --> 00:02:03.457 >> YEAH. THEN WE HAVE THE POUNDED SIRLOIN 00:02:03.492 --> 00:02:03.891 THEN WE HAVE THE POUNDED SIRLOIN RIGHT HERE. 00:02:03.892 --> 00:02:05.249 RIGHT HERE. OLIVIA, IF YOU COULD GRAB THIS 00:02:05.260 --> 00:02:06.094 OLIVIA, IF YOU COULD GRAB THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. 00:02:06.128 --> 00:02:07.895 GUY RIGHT HERE. WE WILL TOSS IT IN THE TOMATO 00:02:07.896 --> 00:02:08.219 WE WILL TOSS IT IN THE TOMATO PASTE. 00:02:08.230 --> 00:02:09.797 PASTE. >> OLIVIA, DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? 00:02:09.798 --> 00:02:13.057 >> OLIVIA, DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? >> I REALLY DO LIKE TO COOK. 00:02:13.068 --> 00:02:13.401 >> I REALLY DO LIKE TO COOK. >> OKAY. 00:02:13.435 --> 00:02:14.558 >> OKAY. >> PERFECT. 00:02:14.569 --> 00:02:16.737 >> PERFECT. >> AND MY -- I TRY REALLY HARD. 00:02:16.738 --> 00:02:21.041 >> AND MY -- I TRY REALLY HARD. MY SON WANTS NONE OF IT. 00:02:21.043 --> 00:02:21.633 MY SON WANTS NONE OF IT. IT’S REALLY DEFEATING. 00:02:21.644 --> 00:02:23.134 IT’S REALLY DEFEATING. >> I KNOW. 00:02:23.145 --> 00:02:25.036 >> I KNOW. >> DON’T BE DEFEATED. 00:02:25.047 --> 00:02:25.480 >> DON’T BE DEFEATED. KEEP COOKING. 00:02:25.514 --> 00:02:26.270 KEEP COOKING. WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BLEND. 00:02:26.281 --> 00:02:28.116 WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BLEND. >> ADD THAT? 00:02:28.150 --> 00:02:28.873 >> ADD THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:02:28.884 --> 00:02:30.251 >> ABSOLUTELY. ADD THAT, RIGHT? 00:02:30.252 --> 00:02:31.385 ADD THAT, RIGHT? >> SMELLS GOOD. 00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:31.876 >> SMELLS GOOD. >> IT’S CRAZY. 00:02:31.887 --> 00:02:33.621 >> IT’S CRAZY. >> IT’S A GOOD AMOUNT OF FLAVOR. 00:02:33.656 --> 00:02:35.480 >> IT’S A GOOD AMOUNT OF FLAVOR. WE HAVE WET AND DRY SPICES ALL 00:02:35.491 --> 00:02:36.090 WE HAVE WET AND DRY SPICES ALL TOGETHER. 00:02:36.125 --> 00:02:38.683 TOGETHER. REALLY, REALLY FUN. 00:02:38.694 --> 00:02:40.228 REALLY, REALLY FUN. AND THEN GRADUATE OVER TO THE 00:02:40.262 --> 00:02:42.263 AND THEN GRADUATE OVER TO THE KEBOBS. 00:02:42.264 --> 00:02:42.830 KEBOBS. THIS IS THE FUN PART. 00:02:42.831 --> 00:02:43.664 THIS IS THE FUN PART. >> THIS IS GOOD FOR KIDS, TOO. 00:02:43.666 --> 00:02:44.065 >> THIS IS GOOD FOR KIDS, TOO. >> EXACTLY. 00:02:44.066 --> 00:02:48.736 >> EXACTLY. GET THEM IN THERE, RIGHT? 00:02:48.737 --> 00:02:49.937 GET THEM IN THERE, RIGHT? YOU ADD THE KEBOBS. 00:02:49.939 --> 00:02:51.263 YOU ADD THE KEBOBS. >> HAVE YOU COOKED THAT BEEF? 00:02:51.274 --> 00:02:52.673 >> HAVE YOU COOKED THAT BEEF? >> IT’S BEEN SEASONED. 00:02:52.675 --> 00:02:56.044 >> IT’S BEEN SEASONED. I LIKE TO HAVE IT SIT FOR TWO 00:02:56.045 --> 00:02:58.179 I LIKE TO HAVE IT SIT FOR TWO HOURS, OVERNIGHT IS EVEN BETTER. 00:02:58.180 --> 00:03:00.238 HOURS, OVERNIGHT IS EVEN BETTER. THEN THESE BEAUTIFUL KEBOBS 00:03:00.249 --> 00:03:00.548 THEN THESE BEAUTIFUL KEBOBS HERE. 00:03:00.549 --> 00:03:01.749 HERE. >> ON THE GRILL? 00:03:01.751 --> 00:03:02.241 >> ON THE GRILL? >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:03:02.252 --> 00:03:06.254 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THROW THEM UP ON THE GRILL? 00:03:06.255 --> 00:03:08.556 >> THROW THEM UP ON THE GRILL? >> EXACTLY THEN TAKE THAT BLEND, 00:03:08.557 --> 00:03:11.249 >> EXACTLY THEN TAKE THAT BLEND, AND ADD A LITTLE BIT OF OIL, 00:03:11.260 --> 00:03:12.560 AND ADD A LITTLE BIT OF OIL, SORT OF LIKE THE FINAL PIECE 00:03:12.561 --> 00:03:15.353 SORT OF LIKE THE FINAL PIECE HERE, SORT OF PULL IT ALL 00:03:15.364 --> 00:03:15.720 HERE, SORT OF PULL IT ALL TOGETHER. 00:03:15.731 --> 00:03:19.968 TOGETHER. >> SMEMS GOOD. 00:03:20.002 --> 00:03:20.425 >> SMEMS GOOD. >> GREAT THE. 00:03:20.436 --> 00:03:21.069 >> GREAT THE. AND SERVE WITH THIS TOMATO 00:03:21.103 --> 00:03:21.402 AND SERVE WITH THIS TOMATO SALAD. 00:03:21.404 --> 00:03:22.871 SALAD. THE SEASON COMING INTO IT RIGHT 00:03:22.872 --> 00:03:23.295 THE SEASON COMING INTO IT RIGHT NOW. 00:03:23.306 --> 00:03:26.932 NOW. IT’S A TOMATO SOUP BISTE, FANCY 00:03:26.943 --> 00:03:29.377 IT’S A TOMATO SOUP BISTE, FANCY WORD FOR TOMATO SAUCE, ONION, 00:03:29.412 --> 00:03:32.814 WORD FOR TOMATO SAUCE, ONION, HEAVY CREAM, AND SLICED 00:03:32.815 --> 00:03:34.182 HEAVY CREAM, AND SLICED TOMATOES, PANKO. 00:03:34.183 --> 00:03:36.708 TOMATOES, PANKO. YOU ARE GETTING THE TEXTURES OF 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:37.285 YOU ARE GETTING THE TEXTURES OF TOMATO ON TOMATO. 00:03:37.286 --> 00:03:38.643 TOMATO ON TOMATO. >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 00:03:38.654 --> 00:03:40.412 >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. WHERE IS YOUR RESTAURANT? 00:03:40.423 --> 00:03:41.857 WHERE IS YOUR RESTAURANT? >> YES. 00:03:41.891 --> 00:03:43.825 >> YES. ABSOLUTELY, WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:03:43.826 --> 00:03:45.884 ABSOLUTELY, WASHINGTON, D.C. WE ARE EL MINA. 00:03:45.895 --> 00:03:49.221 WE ARE EL MINA. ABOUT A MONTH OLD NOW, DOING 00:03:49.232 --> 00:03:50.456 ABOUT A MONTH OLD NOW, DOING BEGANIAN FOOD, WEST AFRICA FOOD 00:03:50.467 --> 00:03:51.400 BEGANIAN FOOD, WEST AFRICA FOOD AND HAVING A BLAST.