I’m a white teen who’s never had soul food before. I was interested in expanding my food palate (I have a passion for trying different foods) so I followed your recipe without any changes and o…m… g… I was immediately in love. The flavors were dynamic, there was just the right amount of a kick but it was still warm and comfortable and homey. Everything I could ask for in a comfort food. (Tip for the Mac and cheese: if you have the ability, try to not use any shredded cheese. Use fresh grated from a block! The shredded cheese has a powdered anti clumping agent that prohibits that glorious melty, pizza commercial level cheese stretch when it’s baked on top :))
With an open mind and love for trying different foods and actually making them, I'd say you're on your way to opening your own restaurant if you want to someday.
I’m Portuguese, we’re all about food too lol. I can’t wait to try this dish! story time: my cousin got married a couple years ago and my husband has never been to a Portuguese wedding. They had food coming out for 6 hours straight and most of us ate the entire time. (But there was a little dancing here and there too) Well my man can EAT but he looked at me at one point and said, “you guys have a problem” His Canadian genes couldn’t keep up lmaooo 💀
Love my mother to death. I didn't know how much work she used to do cooking like this EVERY DAY. I kid you not. She cooked full-course soul food meals...breakfast, lunch, and dinner...daily. We only ate out every other month on Sundays to give her a break. I didn't realize how good we had it until I went to college and heard kids say that spaghetti was a full-course meal. Spaghetti was a side item in my home. None of us were overweight because we ate soul food because we also didn't eat McDonald's, Popeyes, Wendy's, or any fast food really at all...very rare. I appreciate my mom seeing how much work she did over the years. She was able to do this because she was a housewife and didn't have a job with a paycheck, but she definitely put in work raising 5 kids, cooking, cleaning, teaching, and everything else.
I lived with my parents, 5 siblings and my grandma and she was the same way. She'd whip up huge meals 3 times a day. We'd joke that she could create a meal out of thin air because I swear there'd be hardly any food in the house and then next thing you knew, she'd whip up a huge meal. None of us were fat, either, because the food wasn't full of artificial preservatives and we walked a lot, too. My grandma, who was from the Caribbean, was the world's best cook, no exaggeration 😊
For me, a Canadian who's never had a southern meal I really enjoyed this full meal video. To see everything that would be eaten together in a proper southern dish is very helpful in case I dare to try and cook it for myself one day.
Try it out and enjoy. I’m not trying to change her recipe but try salt free Tony’s seasoning to cut back on the salt. I’ve never seen anyone season with a buillion cube on the meat either but Imm sure it’s good added on. Don’t wait for a holiday to make it on a Saturday for Sunday dinner as it will take all day to make. Then once you like it make it on a holiday for the family.
Girl, you need a restaurant!!! Clean cooking, and presented gourmet style with elegance!!! I bet the family is proud of you. God Bless Your Cooking And Beyond!!!!
@@JoeMama-fo6bn You do realize that black people used to work for whites in the south right? Black people used to cook meals for people. Of course it looks like food from the south, that's where most of the slaves were. These are traditionally black foods, people in the south eat it because black people used to cook it for them.
@@Mmjk_12 Baked Mac and cheese is different from regular Mac and cheese. The fried chicken the Scottish people made didn't have seasoning, it was literally just a chicken fried. No seasonings or anything else. It was plain. Black fried chicken had seasonings, that's the difference 😋
My mom used to cook for the family like this almost every Sunday. When I tell you mmmm mmmm seems like the gates of heaven opened up.😆 Truely gives meaning to Soul food.
I just read about the history of soul food & I am speechless. Eating this isn’t just experiencing a mouthwatering cuisine, it’s literally the history of a people on a plate. It’s the living embodiment of overcoming tragedy to triumph.
I’m Australian and my boyfriend is Indian and we love soul food, but we didn’t know where to start in trying to make a dish like this. This randomly got recommended to me today, like an angel from the heavens lol. Can’t wait to try it. How special that TH-cam can bring different parts of the world together like this. Thank you for sharing this!
Soul food tastes better than regular southern food. Why? Because it has soul in it! It is apart of our African American culture. Our food is NEVER boring to the tastebuds it touches.🥰 I love my people. Also I’m So excited for thanksgiving this year.
im not sure what triggered this comment, but I'm excited for thanksgiving too. lol i would agree that just b/c something is southern/American doesnt automatically make it soul food.
@@bituinl I hear ya, I lived all around the world and nothing beats southern cooking. Soul food is southern food, anyone who doesn't put their soul/love into their cooking might as well not cook.
I love how you use every herb and spice in the cabinet. Rosemary and thyme are VERY underrated and underused. Fresh herbs can make a $6 plate of food sell for $12. You clearly know what you're doing!
I used to have a flour mixture with about 8 different spices and herbs mixed into it that I would use to bread chicken for frying. Consequently I lost the recipe and haven’t been able to find anything like it. Is anybody familiar with it?
I am from the Caribbean, and I love the way you clean the chicken pieces, just like back home. I wish I could taste your food right now. Looks so delicious.
never could understand the extensive cleaning of the chicken.... hell your frying it rinse it make sure it's been singed and fry it... I gurantee it kills everything. now what you need to worry about is what's in the chicken not on the outside.
@@rowenabushman4375 I was thinking the same, but maybe if some people can only afford the cheap chicken, then they have to clean it? I really don't know because I only buy the organic, free range chicken for my husband and I never clean it, but then again, it's high quality so......not sure!
I absolutely LOVE 💕💕💕 soul food. Always have. I'm a 59 year old white woman,but I learned how to love soul food years ago ( I was a child). Now I can't get enough of it! Give me a plate of fried chicken, mac and cheese, and greens, and I am in heaven. Thanks for sharing this!❤❤
I'm from Indonesia (South-East Asia) and currently watching this video in my country. I always love these type of foods even though I've never eaten itu before. It just looks delicious and filling, and I've always wanted to try it. So this video really helps me cause' now I know how to properly make one. Also, you got a new subscriber!
I’m Dominican and we wash out chicken just like you did, and I had never seen anyone else doing that , im so happy i found you!! Finally someone that cleans their chicken the right way
You'll never fully clean that dirty bird. Slave food turned into soul food. Black people traditionally and naturally didn't eat swine nor dead birds. They call poultry "fowl" because it is "foul" to eat. Chickens eat their own shit, eating one is like eating a vulture or a buzzard. Wake up people, we are natural herbivores.
My mother was an expert soul food cook and cooked for many places and many parties and I tell you, you would be big as house eating her food eventually cause it was so good you couldn't stop eating it.
I love how you explain over and over to season your food. I love when my kids bring friends to the house, it’s like watching ppl eat for the first time in their life. Being black, Mexican and Korean my whole life growing up I’ve heard nothing but make sure you season everything. This plate looks so delicious. You did an amazing job explaining every step so even if ppl didn’t grow up cooking I think they’d be able to follow. Good luck and blessings
This is the kind of food I love to cook. I'm a white girl from New York but live in the South, and it is home. Soul Food truly feeds my family's body, mind, and soul.
I’m so happy for the ‘white teen ‘that loved your cooking. That’s exactly where we are, That makes me sincerely happy you made a difference in the introduction to soul food. Thank you!!! Next step is fried Pon Bread, with 3 finger pats for texture, pop it open hot so you can stuff it with green or white onion, pickled banana peppers, or as my nana said “ what ever was fresh out of the garden”. Then comes true to true fried green tomatoes. Thank you for sharing, Your exactly right, you can find seasoned green beans, okra and steamed tomatoes, you make a delicious Mac and cheese, corn bread and fried chicken. Thank you!!!
It all looks DELICIOUS!!! What I REALLY love about this video is that you talked, however, it wasn't too much talking. You walked us through each process for each item & then the final product. AWESOMENESS!! Thank you for sharing. I definitely gotta stop watching videos like this around lunch time...makes me soooo hungry!!
I can’t believe such a relatively short video can give so much advice for a whole meal. Great job! I learned some new tips like washing the chicken with vinegar and lime, and also the part about letting the chicken batter flour rest and absorb before frying it! Great tip. And the double coating, too. So many great tips and tricks in a pleasant and concise video!
I love the way you show the entire process on camera. I hate shows that are like "here are all 8000 of my ingredients aaaaaand 18 hours later here's the result good luck" the way you do it really makes me feel like I can do it too.
Stick to the full meals girl!!!! Lol this is my first time watching and I’m hooked immediately…great commentary, clean cooking, flavorful ingredients…great work!!!!! 💪🏾💪🏾
Love to see there are some people, like myself, who still cook this way. This is the food I was raised on, learned from my mom and my granny, now I am teaching my son. No better food than good homemade country cooked soul food! Raised in Appalachia and still here, for me it's heaven. I love your videos there's nothing more comforting or filling than food like this, sadly, with all these people nowadays eating like rabbits, this style of cooking is almost a dying art. 👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
For people that might be living alone or just not have anyone to make all of this for ... it's worth the effort for just yourself. Definitely a special meal.
Yes I always freeze we are 2 but hubby is super picky does not like mac or sweet potatoes { something wrong w him } so yep I often put leftovers in freezer good for work lunch too 👍🏼
I was taking notes like a fiend when you were doing the chicken. I've been cooking for decades but I always recognize someone I can learn from. The flavor combination on the chicken marinade (and your explanation) are proof alone that soul food can be sophisticated and nuanced while still delivering that "comfort food" joy. I love to hear real chefs talk through their thinking and I really enjoyed what you had to say.
I closely followed your clearly worded (and delightfully soulful!🤣) description of the steps and ingredients used to prepare each dish. Amazing how well you put together an entire meal in a relatively brief video. And the results of your classic traditional soul food menu looked delicious!! I agree that you should continue your “whole meal” as well as “one dish” videos! Thank you for sharing your down home, well honed and simultaneously sophisticated (that herbal emphasis!😀) array of cooking skills Camirra!! 😊🙏🏾❤️😊
Girl I am definitely gonna cook this recipe for my family. I'm Puerto Rican and I always loved soul food and been trying to find a good soul food place near me but there's none. 😭 So I'm definitely trying this out.
I am a new fiancée and I keep telling my partner that I just want to learn to cook like the "ladies with the big arms" lol, I've always admired and been so incredibly impressed by the women who throw down in the kitchen. You ladies have every ounce of my respect...and I am just in awe. I can NOT wait to make this entire meal for him. Thank you! Subscribed! What a GORGEOUS plate! The look of that plate warmed my heart and I haven't even had a taste! Edit: IM NOT SAYING ANYONE HAS BIG ARMS ITS AN EXPRESSION. Because those ladies cook so well every time I’m around one they feed me so good
I don't know where I've been, but I thank God He led me to ypur channel! 🥰 Everything looks absolutely delicious. Thank you so much Camirra for giving us the recipes in the description box and keep the video short and detailed and personable. Your channel and food is done in such excellence. I'm sticking around and trying some of these great recipes. God bless and favor you more and more!
This looks so good! 🤤 I bought some Soul Food Seasoning at Big Lots and I use it on fresh whole chicken (after washing, drying and rubbing down the chicken with real butter) then roasting it in my Air Fryer Oven. It's is so tender and delicious. I think you are going to make me cook something different tonight. 🙂 Thank you for the video. 💕
Oh my goodness! My husband had been asking for fried chicken and my son said he wants buttermilk (and pickle juice!?) fried chicken. I've never heard of either of them, I was taught by my momma to dip my chicken in eggs and then flour, but this looks incredible! And that mac and cheese! Wow! And the yams! Oh goodness, thankful for whatever it was that brought this video to my feed!!
Worked in food service my whole life; Subscribed as soon as I saw her sanitize the sink and say wash hands. Plus all that wonderful cooking! I can't believe all that in a short video. Oh my goodness, I'm doing that chicken this weekend! Actually heck, the whole meal. I love you, lol. Seriously, thank YOU!
Amazing! My exes family is from Louisiana and his Granny would get down! Every Sunday the food and cakes were over pouring in the house. I needed a good candy yam recipe. All the ones online were just too much, you know white washing soul food dishes. I’m so glad I found you! Sheeeit. I think I know what I’m cooking for dinner now ! So happy I found your page. It’s funny I’m from Italy and it remind me of how my grandmother cook. Cheesy, simple and from the heart. Thank you!!
i love these!! so helpful for people learning their way around the kitchen! and i stay impressing my fiancé w your recipes😭 every time i cook he says “this was camirra wasn’t it?” and i’m like YES 🙌🏼
@@josweetlove1537 no i dont, but i have been asked and told that many times lol. i learned how to cook alot from Jamaican blogs when i was younger. it had alot of influence on me.
I want people to have truth. Soul food is southern food. Mac and CHeese is American but also English. THe English settlers brought that dish here. Soul food is a misnomer.
Yum, I'm from rural Australia and we've invited another family from church to our home, I'm gonna cook this up, looks del! Thanks Camirra, God Bless xoxo 😘
Contrary to popular belief, chicken marinade (no matter how long you leave it) doesn’t penetrate further than the chicken skin. The chicken surface gets a lot of flavour but there’s not much you can do to season the ‘inside’. Using an acidic medium like buttermilk helps tenderise the meat though, and it is worth leaving that overnight. This looks absolutely delicious and I wish we had this kind of food in the uk 😊
I'm from Australia and while we have "Southern" or "Soul food inspired" restaurants, its nothing even CLOSE to this! I was absolutely fascinated and will definitely be trying these recipes. Thank you for sharing!
Soul food is a type of Southern food. The two are not exactly the same as the ADOS community prepares our foods differently for our palate, and there are foods that are part if our cuisine that are not part of overall Southern cuisine like chitterlings and tripe.
You’re definitely from the South! Can green bean with seasoned, sautéed onions will do it every time--when you don’t feel like doing it from scratch. Great video! ♥️
I really like how she explained from detail to detail on how to prepare and cook properly for this meal... The mac and cheese was a bit dry but wasn't a problem🤗
Oh my goodness. I just found this video today, three years after it was posted, and I’m positively crying… Because all of this looks and sounds so delicious, I can’t hold my tears lol. I just want to run to your house and taste some of it because I feel like it would heal every single sorrow in my life. ❤ Your question ”do you like it when I do these whole meal videos?” Yes, ma’am, yes very much! This is the first video of yours that I’ve ever seen, but I really hope to find more on your channel now! It looks so wonderful and I’ll definitely try it! ❤
I’m trying to make this for my husband. I’m Mexican lol and I always cook Mexican food so I know he misses soul food. I’m going to try my best 😭 thank you so much!
I just had my first taste of soul food today, chicken, corn bread, and mac n' cheese. Let me tell you, it was great! I always wanted to try soul food and it did not dissapoint :D Thank you for the recipes! Everything look good and I can't wait to make it at home ❤
I’m a white Irish teen who has never even heard of soul food or what makes it ‘soul’ food, after making this… it was amazing. Thank you for this recipe and introducing me to new flavours
Soul food is really just southern US recipes. It includes alot of frying and use of pork fat, and certain select foods were common like pork and chicken, sweet potatoes and greens, bit its mostly about frying and the use of pork fats
@@slimbaby4285 not much, if any. All soul food is also southern food. Prepared the same. Same ingredients. All soul food is southern food but not all southern dishes are soul food.
LAWWWDD!!! I’m going meatless this March!! AS SOON as 1 April, I am making these wings!! THANK YOUUUUUU!! This entire meal looks soooo YUMMY!! New subscriber! 🥰💞💙
Yum. Like your style. 🧚🏾 I was taught how to burnnnn by women and men who can cook- cook. I add a different season for savory sides, each to distinguish the flavor. I don't use Lawry's. It makes everything taste the same. I create my own base season without salt for the chicken. I brine chicken in salt water, and herbs, garlic cloves bay leaf (talkin bout flavorful & juicy!) then i season & marinate in the buttermilk. The season I use for the chicken is spicier than the base season I use in my veggies. My dad taught me how to make bechamel sauce from roux for Mac & cheese, homemade Alfredo sauce when I was about ten. My veggies I prefer fresh or frozen. I like to tease the palette and marry the flavors from each item on the plate and keep ya mouth watering for more. This video made me hungry sis 🌹I want them yams!
i can tell you can cook! i only use Lawry's on certain dishes. you are right if you use it on everything it will taste the same. thanks so much for watching
I can't cook worth a damn! But I would be so grateful for an invite anywhere this masterpiece was served! Thank you for sharing edit: You just have real great positive energy, I appreciate you
I grew up on this kind of cooking, and I still cook these foods today. That mac and cheese looks so good. I love that you're not afraid of using seasonings either. When I saw that hot sauce go in I was hooked. You have a new subscriber here. Thank you for the good groceries girl.
I made your jiffy cornbread, the chicken, and mac and cheese. I screwed up the chicken because I don't think my oil was hot enough. grumble. It was still good, but the outside was overly crispy since I was waiting for the meat to the bone got done. The mac and cheese and cornbread was beyond yummy. I had a bag salad that I had to use b4 it self destructed. Thank you for these videos.
Literally would DIE to eat this at your house 🥰🥰🥰 I lived in Charleston South Carolina for 25 years and had soul food often. I don't have enough dishes in my apartment or money to cook all that but know you're making me drool over here. Looks soooo good!!!
I’m learning lots of cooking secrets here. The last soul food meal that I tried to make, I failed. I’m ready to try this. I’m dying for this. Thank you 🍠🧀🧈🍗🍽🥣 I like this, the full meal.
Best time growing up eating at my best friends all black church.Service was no joke boi we praised and went to town on some food aftee GOD I MISS THOSE SIMPLE DAYS
This is the channel I’ve been looking for. I’ve gone through so many fancy chef channels looking for baked Mac n cheese and it never comes out quite right but it also takes a lot of time. This recipe is PERFECT
I live in atlanta and was a regular at Mary mac’s tea room, and never thought I could make any of it at home. Thank you for showing me how I can make this delicious food for my family! I sure know my hubby will be happy ♥️ Subbed!
Everything looks so delicious. The yams were a revelation. Confession: I usually buy those big cans of yams for thanksgiving and then try to doctor them up, but they're always too sweet and too mushy. I'm going to try your way because they look perfect!
The reason why I don't cook canned vegetables, because they are mushy and they taste like the can. I like fresh green beans as well as frozen green beans.
I make my Mac n cheese like yours but something I just tried was melting some cheddar on the bottom of the pan before you add the noodles, it’s so amazing gives you a crispy cheesy bottom. So good.
OMG!!! what a great spread! I'm caucasian but absolutely Loooooove this kind of home cooking!!! This is my first time watching and I'm in love :) I'd love to see more of your complete meals
I just found your channel through this recipe … can’t wait to try it out. You explain everything beautifully- I feel like I’m in my friends kitchen learning a recipe 👍🏼
My family always adds a little yellow mustard to the mac n cheese roux and its great! Even if you dont like mustard, it doesnt really taste of it, just enhances the wonderful cheese flavour
Yes for years my grandmother added yellow mustard and cream of mushroom soup to her famous Mac and cheese. She used to have to make soo many pans of it because ppl will be tryna take plates home lol
I’m a white teen who’s never had soul food before. I was interested in expanding my food palate (I have a passion for trying different foods) so I followed your recipe without any changes and o…m… g… I was immediately in love. The flavors were dynamic, there was just the right amount of a kick but it was still warm and comfortable and homey. Everything I could ask for in a comfort food. (Tip for the Mac and cheese: if you have the ability, try to not use any shredded cheese. Use fresh grated from a block! The shredded cheese has a powdered anti clumping agent that prohibits that glorious melty, pizza commercial level cheese stretch when it’s baked on top :))
im so glad you loved the recipes! true on the cheese
U know the food on commercials is all fake tho right? But I do believe what u say is true lol…
Glad u experienced this blessing… good soul food bro 😎
It is SOUL FOOD not comfort food, and you are definitely not a "white teen".
With an open mind and love for trying different foods and actually making them, I'd say you're on your way to opening your own restaurant if you want to someday.
Little white teen ur awesome that cheese tip is way helpful
nigerian here! love seeing black people from different ethnic groups cook their food! THIS LOOKS SO DELICIOUS!
white person here and I feel the same way!
I’m Portuguese, we’re all about food too lol. I can’t wait to try this dish!
story time: my cousin got married a couple years ago and my husband has never been to a Portuguese wedding. They had food coming out for 6 hours straight and most of us ate the entire time. (But there was a little dancing here and there too)
Well my man can EAT but he looked at me at one point and said, “you guys have a problem”
His Canadian genes couldn’t keep up lmaooo 💀
Love my mother to death. I didn't know how much work she used to do cooking like this EVERY DAY. I kid you not. She cooked full-course soul food meals...breakfast, lunch, and dinner...daily. We only ate out every other month on Sundays to give her a break. I didn't realize how good we had it until I went to college and heard kids say that spaghetti was a full-course meal. Spaghetti was a side item in my home. None of us were overweight because we ate soul food because we also didn't eat McDonald's, Popeyes, Wendy's, or any fast food really at all...very rare. I appreciate my mom seeing how much work she did over the years. She was able to do this because she was a housewife and didn't have a job with a paycheck, but she definitely put in work raising 5 kids, cooking, cleaning, teaching, and everything else.
wow ur mom sounds like a wonderful hardworking woman. a gem ❤❤❤
I lived with my parents, 5 siblings and my grandma and she was the same way. She'd whip up huge meals 3 times a day. We'd joke that she could create a meal out of thin air because I swear there'd be hardly any food in the house and then next thing you knew, she'd whip up a huge meal. None of us were fat, either, because the food wasn't full of artificial preservatives and we walked a lot, too. My grandma, who was from the Caribbean, was the world's best cook, no exaggeration 😊
Oh man bless that woman
Absentee alcoholic with rarely a meal prepared, except in the winter time when it was too cold to go out and party ! 💔
Kudos to her!
For me, a Canadian who's never had a southern meal I really enjoyed this full meal video. To see everything that would be eaten together in a proper southern dish is very helpful in case I dare to try and cook it for myself one day.
Highly recommend it but you should wait until a holiday to eat something like this.
It would definitely be an experience worth sharing
Try it out and enjoy. I’m not trying to change her recipe but try salt free Tony’s seasoning to cut back on the salt. I’ve never seen anyone season with a buillion cube on the meat either but Imm sure it’s good added on. Don’t wait for a holiday to make it on a Saturday for Sunday dinner as it will take all day to make. Then once you like it make it on a holiday for the family.
I am Mexican and had soul food for the 1st time 7 years ago. I love fried chicken, cornbread and collard greens 😋
Same here love that soul food
I'm a 78 year old Caucasian woman and I LOVE soul food!!!
I love me some Mexican food. Especially your refried bean. Which is mush up Pinto Bean,in Lard. Hmmmm good.
I love Mexican food
Very nice👍
Girl, you need a restaurant!!! Clean cooking, and presented gourmet style with elegance!!! I bet the family is proud of you. God Bless Your Cooking And Beyond!!!!
God bless you too! Thanks for the praise.
My wife says full meal episodes
She's also upset at all the umms I've Ben letting out
Please don't open a restaurant
as a person from the Caribbean, its nice to see how other black people all over the world celebrate their own traditional cuisines.
What a nice comment! I completely agree : )
And to see that chicken being properly cleaned 🇭🇹💯💕gonna try this recipe tonight !
Fried chicken was brought to the US from Scotland and Mac n Cheese from England...
@@JoeMama-fo6bn You do realize that black people used to work for whites in the south right? Black people used to cook meals for people. Of course it looks like food from the south, that's where most of the slaves were. These are traditionally black foods, people in the south eat it because black people used to cook it for them.
@@Mmjk_12 Baked Mac and cheese is different from regular Mac and cheese. The fried chicken the Scottish people made didn't have seasoning, it was literally just a chicken fried. No seasonings or anything else. It was plain. Black fried chicken had seasonings, that's the difference 😋
I can't be watching this while living in the Netherlands. My entire soul and body is screaming to the heavens for some good soul food over here 😭
Why don't you cook it
My mom used to cook for the family like this almost every Sunday. When I tell you mmmm mmmm seems like the gates of heaven opened up.😆 Truely gives meaning to Soul food.
Honestly where would American food be without Black cooks and recipes? Such a gorgeous warming satisfying meal! Can’t wait to make this for my family.
Slaves cooked this meal for their masters. Soul food will never go away. Came straight from the south
@@lisaroyster8045 and straight from the heart ❣❣❣
No KFC, Cracker Barrel, Metro Diner etc.
@@lisaroyster8045 fried chicken is from Scotland and some of these other foods from other countries she’s a beast tho looks good.
@@dilbydoe4868 Fried Chicken started in China, The Middle East and West Africa, not Scotland lol.
I just read about the history of soul food & I am speechless. Eating this isn’t just experiencing a mouthwatering cuisine, it’s literally the history of a people on a plate. It’s the living embodiment of overcoming tragedy to triumph.
🙌❤
amen!! thank you ancestors.
Truth, well spoken
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Sigh. Really. You read about it
I’m Australian and my boyfriend is Indian and we love soul food, but we didn’t know where to start in trying to make a dish like this. This randomly got recommended to me today, like an angel from the heavens lol. Can’t wait to try it. How special that TH-cam can bring different parts of the world together like this. Thank you for sharing this!
Soul food tastes better than regular southern food. Why? Because it has soul in it! It is apart of our African American culture. Our food is NEVER boring to the tastebuds it touches.🥰 I love my people. Also I’m So excited for thanksgiving this year.
im not sure what triggered this comment, but I'm excited for thanksgiving too. lol i would agree that just b/c something is southern/American doesnt automatically make it soul food.
Personally I think all cultures of food is pretty yummy coming from someone who ate different cultures of food. It just depends on the dish/drink.
@@bituinl I hear ya, I lived all around the world and nothing beats southern cooking. Soul food is southern food, anyone who doesn't put their soul/love into their cooking might as well not cook.
Yes SOUL food is the Best everyone try to mimic but they cnt make our food authentic way ❤️
@e- w- cry a river 😭✌🏾U have a insecurity and broad imagination How did u get gatekeep from my comment
I love how you use every herb and spice in the cabinet. Rosemary and thyme are VERY underrated and underused. Fresh herbs can make a $6 plate of food sell for $12. You clearly know what you're doing!
I totally agree! herbs are so underrated! Thanks
In what world are two of the most commonly used herbs in cooking underrated and underused?
I used to have a flour mixture with about 8 different spices and herbs mixed into it that I would use to bread chicken for frying. Consequently I lost the recipe and haven’t been able to find anything like it. Is anybody familiar with it?
Awesome! More full meals 🙏
And herbs are so good for the body people just don't know
I am from the Caribbean, and I love the way you clean the chicken pieces, just like back home. I wish I could taste your food right now.
Looks so delicious.
Me too need a plate with my peach cobbler
never could understand the extensive cleaning of the chicken.... hell your frying it rinse it make sure it's been singed and fry it... I gurantee it kills everything. now what you need to worry about is what's in the chicken not on the outside.
@@rowenabushman4375 I was thinking the same, but maybe if some people can only afford the cheap chicken, then they have to clean it? I really don't know because I only buy the organic, free range chicken for my husband and I never clean it, but then again, it's high quality so......not sure!
@@malloryg4251 if it's cheap chicken then the problem is on the inside. So no point in cleaning it
Chicken never, ever, ever needs to be cleaned. Cooking it to the right temperature kills the bacteria. Cleaning it risks contaminating your kitchen.
I absolutely LOVE 💕💕💕 soul food. Always have. I'm a 59 year old white woman,but I learned how to love soul food years ago ( I was a child). Now I can't get enough of it! Give me a plate of fried chicken, mac and cheese, and greens, and I am in heaven. Thanks for sharing this!❤❤
I'm from Indonesia (South-East Asia) and currently watching this video in my country. I always love these type of foods even though I've never eaten itu before. It just looks delicious and filling, and I've always wanted to try it. So this video really helps me cause' now I know how to properly make one. Also, you got a new subscriber!
Thanks for watching!❤✝ you will love this dish!
Thats dope, and you have a new subscriber too
I’m Dominican and we wash out chicken just like you did, and I had never seen anyone else doing that , im so happy i found you!! Finally someone that cleans their chicken the right way
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my wife is Moroccan and she taught my white ass to clean chicken exactly like she does in this video. makes sense if you actually think about it.
I wash my chicken with that being sad it’s the absolute wrong thing your doing nothing but spraying it around your kitchen
You'll never fully clean that dirty bird. Slave food turned into soul food. Black people traditionally and naturally didn't eat swine nor dead birds. They call poultry "fowl" because it is "foul" to eat. Chickens eat their own shit, eating one is like eating a vulture or a buzzard. Wake up people, we are natural herbivores.
im puertorican and mexican and i’ve never had soul food before. Thank you so so much for this recipe, im so grateful
You're so welcome!
My mother was an expert soul food cook and cooked for many places and many parties and I tell you, you would be big as house eating her food eventually cause it was so good you couldn't stop eating it.
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We need to pass this on. My granny and auntie not here but they taught me to cook w/ soul. Black folks we can’t let this die!
This coming from a chef, you're amazing at what you do! Very instructive and very informative. Thank you
Wow, thank you!
this is the first video I've ever seen from her and wow, I totally agree, she's a great teacher. clear instructions and great tips. new follower here!
@@CamirrasKitchen am African and my love is African American. Just suscribes so i can surprise him with some soul food dishes
This dinner was cook with Love, our Ancestors, cook like this, this is a good video, i wish you all the success🏆👀
I love how you explain over and over to season your food. I love when my kids bring friends to the house, it’s like watching ppl eat for the first time in their life. Being black, Mexican and Korean my whole life growing up I’ve heard nothing but make sure you season everything. This plate looks so delicious. You did an amazing job explaining every step so even if ppl didn’t grow up cooking I think they’d be able to follow. Good luck and blessings
thanks so much for your comment! yes you must season food well! so glad you love the recipes
Black, Mexican, and Korean? I know your thanksgivings go crazy.
Back, Mexican and Korean?! Thats cool!
you sound fully delusional and full of yourself I bet your cooking is basic af.
This is the kind of food I love to cook. I'm a white girl from New York but live in the South, and it is home. Soul Food truly feeds my family's body, mind, and soul.
I’m so happy for the ‘white teen ‘that loved your cooking. That’s exactly where we are, That makes me sincerely happy you made a difference in the introduction to soul food. Thank you!!! Next step is fried Pon Bread, with 3 finger pats for texture, pop it open hot so you can stuff it with green or white onion, pickled banana peppers, or as my nana said “ what ever was fresh out of the garden”. Then comes true to true fried green tomatoes. Thank you for sharing, Your exactly right, you can find seasoned green beans, okra and steamed tomatoes, you make a delicious Mac and cheese, corn bread and fried chicken. Thank you!!!
It all looks DELICIOUS!!! What I REALLY love about this video is that you talked, however, it wasn't too much talking. You walked us through each process for each item & then the final product. AWESOMENESS!! Thank you for sharing. I definitely gotta stop watching videos like this around lunch time...makes me soooo hungry!!
Thanks 😊
This looks sooo good! Please continue the full meals please!!!
thanks for the feedback!
YuMMy 😋
I'm from Norway and I've been dreaming about Southern soul food since I first had it in 2008! So glad I've found this channel!!!
I can’t believe such a relatively short video can give so much advice for a whole meal. Great job! I learned some new tips like washing the chicken with vinegar and lime, and also the part about letting the chicken batter flour rest and absorb before frying it! Great tip. And the double coating, too. So many great tips and tricks in a pleasant and concise video!
I love the way you show the entire process on camera. I hate shows that are like "here are all 8000 of my ingredients aaaaaand 18 hours later here's the result good luck" the way you do it really makes me feel like I can do it too.
Stick to the full meals girl!!!! Lol this is my first time watching and I’m hooked immediately…great commentary, clean cooking, flavorful ingredients…great work!!!!! 💪🏾💪🏾
Thank you so much 🤗 check out my full meal playlist! you will find lots of inspiration. plus i post a new full meal every week!
@@CamirrasKitchen I just made the macaroni and cheese…my BEST yet!!!! Thank you
Awesome 👏 🤩
I agree stick to the full meals… I love seeing you navigate the whole meal☺️
@@melissamiller4840 more coming every week!
I'm from UK and never had soul food before but this looks absolutely delicious! 🤩 Love your accent too ☺
Thank you 😋
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Well I would assume you wouldn’t. There no black ppl on the uk and it’s an American thing
Same ☺ 🤙
@@debravan1167 there black Africans & Caribbeans...but you never know to assume there are no black Americans
I am West Indian and when I tell you I tried African American food it taste so good especially the chicken black people unite❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love to see there are some people, like myself, who still cook this way. This is the food I was raised on, learned from my mom and my granny, now I am teaching my son. No better food than good homemade country cooked soul food! Raised in Appalachia and still here, for me it's heaven.
I love your videos there's nothing more comforting or filling than food like this, sadly, with all these people nowadays eating like rabbits, this style of cooking is almost a dying art. 👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks 😊 I’m glad you appreciate the art of southern cooking! Country cooking is good eating in my books!
Like killing chicken's is any better
Our food feed people. 😋. Love my soul food
For people that might be living alone or just not have anyone to make all of this for ... it's worth the effort for just yourself. Definitely a special meal.
I would totally eat all of this on my own haha
You’ll have a meal for two days lol
@@ginohhh 😂😂😂 I love that 👍
@@kingwavyyt7395 more like a week 😭😭😭😭😮💨
Yes I always freeze we are 2 but hubby is super picky does not like mac or sweet potatoes { something wrong w him } so yep I often put leftovers in freezer good for work lunch too 👍🏼
I was taking notes like a fiend when you were doing the chicken. I've been cooking for decades but I always recognize someone I can learn from. The flavor combination on the chicken marinade (and your explanation) are proof alone that soul food can be sophisticated and nuanced while still delivering that "comfort food" joy. I love to hear real chefs talk through their thinking and I really enjoyed what you had to say.
I closely followed your clearly worded (and delightfully soulful!🤣) description of the steps and ingredients used to prepare each dish. Amazing how well you put together an entire meal in a relatively brief video. And the results of your classic traditional soul food menu looked delicious!! I agree that you should continue your “whole meal” as well as “one dish” videos! Thank you for sharing your down home, well honed and simultaneously sophisticated (that herbal emphasis!😀) array of cooking skills Camirra!! 😊🙏🏾❤️😊
My mama is from Georgia and my daddy was from Texas. This is definitely what I'm talking about how southern food should be served.
Girl I am definitely gonna cook this recipe for my family. I'm Puerto Rican and I always loved soul food and been trying to find a good soul food place near me but there's none. 😭 So I'm definitely trying this out.
Girl, you know you can cook. It would have taken me about a whole day to do all that cooking and then a two hour nap. Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome♥
I am a new fiancée and I keep telling my partner that I just want to learn to cook like the "ladies with the big arms" lol, I've always admired and been so incredibly impressed by the women who throw down in the kitchen. You ladies have every ounce of my respect...and I am just in awe. I can NOT wait to make this entire meal for him. Thank you! Subscribed! What a GORGEOUS plate! The look of that plate warmed my heart and I haven't even had a taste!
Edit: IM NOT SAYING ANYONE HAS BIG ARMS ITS AN EXPRESSION. Because those ladies cook so well every time I’m around one they feed me so good
I was just watching this with my dad last night, and I told him that anyone who can make a meal like this has a beautiful soul.
I don't know where I've been, but I thank God He led me to ypur channel! 🥰 Everything looks absolutely delicious. Thank you so much Camirra for giving us the recipes in the description box and keep the video short and detailed and personable. Your channel and food is done in such excellence. I'm sticking around and trying some of these great recipes. God bless and favor you more and more!
You are so welcome! ✝❤🙌
AMEN
Girl, We luhhhvvvv the full meals. It’s really helping me out at home 😊
This looks so good! 🤤
I bought some Soul Food Seasoning at Big Lots and I use it on fresh whole chicken (after washing, drying and rubbing down the chicken with real butter) then roasting it in my Air Fryer Oven. It's is so tender and delicious.
I think you are going to make me cook something different tonight. 🙂
Thank you for the video. 💕
Oh my goodness! My husband had been asking for fried chicken and my son said he wants buttermilk (and pickle juice!?) fried chicken. I've never heard of either of them, I was taught by my momma to dip my chicken in eggs and then flour, but this looks incredible! And that mac and cheese! Wow! And the yams! Oh goodness, thankful for whatever it was that brought this video to my feed!!
Worked in food service my whole life; Subscribed as soon as I saw her sanitize the sink and say wash hands. Plus all that wonderful cooking! I can't believe all that in a short video. Oh my goodness, I'm doing that chicken this weekend! Actually heck, the whole meal. I love you, lol. Seriously, thank YOU!
Fantastic!
Amazing! My exes family is from Louisiana and his Granny would get down! Every Sunday the food and cakes were over pouring in the house. I needed a good candy yam recipe. All the ones online were just too much, you know white washing soul food dishes. I’m so glad I found you! Sheeeit. I think I know what I’m cooking for dinner now ! So happy I found your page. It’s funny I’m from Italy and it remind me of how my grandmother cook. Cheesy, simple and from the heart. Thank you!!
i love these!! so helpful for people learning their way around the kitchen! and i stay impressing my fiancé w your recipes😭 every time i cook he says “this was camirra wasn’t it?” and i’m like YES 🙌🏼
That is awesome! Thanks so much for telling me that its so encouraging 💜
Nicely done
@@CamirrasKitchen do you have Caribbean heritage ? The way u season your foods is just how we do it in the islands.
@@josweetlove1537 no i dont, but i have been asked and told that many times lol. i learned how to cook alot from Jamaican blogs when i was younger. it had alot of influence on me.
As a South African, I have been wanting to try out soul food. I'm even more eager after watching this. It looks so delicious
You are helping me, I lost my moma at 14, & again your enhancing my creativity to cooking, Ms Lady thank u 😊 🙏 ☺ 🙌 ❤
You are so welcome❤
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I’m in the U.K. so I’ve never had proper soul food, SO EXCITED to try this out! That Mac looks like it may take my head off! 😍😍😍😍
Hope you like it! i know this will be a hit!
I want people to have truth. Soul food is southern food. Mac and CHeese is American but also English. THe English settlers brought that dish here. Soul food is a misnomer.
@@kimthames2531 at the end of the day ppl just want recipes. dont get caught up on things like that.
@@kimthames2531 Still African American
This shit looks bunrt
Yum, I'm from rural Australia and we've invited another family from church to our home, I'm gonna cook this up, looks del! Thanks Camirra, God Bless xoxo 😘
Contrary to popular belief, chicken marinade (no matter how long you leave it) doesn’t penetrate further than the chicken skin. The chicken surface gets a lot of flavour but there’s not much you can do to season the ‘inside’. Using an acidic medium like buttermilk helps tenderise the meat though, and it is worth leaving that overnight. This looks absolutely delicious and I wish we had this kind of food in the uk 😊
I'm from Australia and while we have "Southern" or "Soul food inspired" restaurants, its nothing even CLOSE to this! I was absolutely fascinated and will definitely be trying these recipes. Thank you for sharing!
Soul food is a type of Southern food. The two are not exactly the same as the ADOS community prepares our foods differently for our palate, and there are foods that are part if our cuisine that are not part of overall Southern cuisine like chitterlings and tripe.
You’re definitely from the South! Can green bean with seasoned, sautéed onions will do it every time--when you don’t feel like doing it from scratch. Great video! ♥️
Thanks for the tips!
I appreciate the full meal videos because I’m trying to learn to make everything that goes well together.
I’m glad you vibe with them. I got a whole video of more ideas coming out soon!
as a Mississippi native, this touches my soul. thank you for sharing 💕
please continue doing a full course meal video . i love watching you cook and my man loves the meals he is eating lol . life saver
The way you season the the flour and the food in general, I already know it’s going to taste good!
I really like how she explained from detail to detail on how to prepare and cook properly for this meal... The mac and cheese was a bit dry but wasn't a problem🤗
Oh my goodness. I just found this video today, three years after it was posted, and I’m positively crying… Because all of this looks and sounds so delicious, I can’t hold my tears lol. I just want to run to your house and taste some of it because I feel like it would heal every single sorrow in my life. ❤
Your question ”do you like it when I do these whole meal videos?” Yes, ma’am, yes very much! This is the first video of yours that I’ve ever seen, but I really hope to find more on your channel now! It looks so wonderful and I’ll definitely try it! ❤
im so glad you loved the video! i do have many full meal videos posted on my channel! i hope you check them out ans try the recipes :)
I’m trying to make this for my husband. I’m Mexican lol and I always cook Mexican food so I know he misses soul food. I’m going to try my best 😭 thank you so much!
you will do great i believe in you sis!
You going do Great girlie 🌼
You’re doing him a favor by cooking him Mexican food over soul food anyway. Mexican food is better
@@ralphymay5292 Your opinion….& some would say, a poor one at that.
@@ralphymay5292 “what do you mean by that”
You made everything seem so simple and it looks great! So many cooking shows ask for exotic ingredients. This is easy at home cooking at its best!
I just had my first taste of soul food today, chicken, corn bread, and mac n' cheese. Let me tell you, it was great! I always wanted to try soul food and it did not dissapoint :D
Thank you for the recipes! Everything look good and I can't wait to make it at home ❤
I’m a white Irish teen who has never even heard of soul food or what makes it ‘soul’ food, after making this… it was amazing. Thank you for this recipe and introducing me to new flavours
Hope you enjoy
Soul food is really just southern US recipes. It includes alot of frying and use of pork fat, and certain select foods were common like pork and chicken, sweet potatoes and greens, bit its mostly about frying and the use of pork fats
@@deborahdean8867 Nah, there's a difference between "southern" and "soul". lol Trust.
@@slimbaby4285 not much, if any. All soul food is also southern food. Prepared the same. Same ingredients. All soul food is southern food but not all southern dishes are soul food.
@@deborahdean8867 Hate to disappoint but no. It's prepared differently and does not taste the same. lol
LAWWWDD!!! I’m going meatless this March!! AS SOON as 1 April, I am making these wings!! THANK YOUUUUUU!! This entire meal looks soooo YUMMY!! New subscriber! 🥰💞💙
You are so welcome! Im glad you love the meal!
LOVE THESE RECIPES
it’s very hard to find someone that uses amazing FLAVORED southern cooking
Glad you like them! yep no salt and pepper only cooking around here lol
YES!! Hot sauce doesn't make it hot!! Makes it soooooo flavored ❤
I never seen Mac & Cheese made this way. But I’m going to try this thank you for this recipe ❤️❤️❤️
I’m from Kenya 🇰🇪 Africa cool to see American southern food looks delicious
It's NOT southern it's SOUL!!! She LITERALLY calls it SOUL and you make your own name up!!! 🙄
It is soul food not American southern food
Yum. Like your style. 🧚🏾 I was taught how to burnnnn by women and men who can cook- cook. I add a different season for savory sides, each to distinguish the flavor. I don't use Lawry's. It makes everything taste the same. I create my own base season without salt for the chicken. I brine chicken in salt water, and herbs, garlic cloves bay leaf (talkin bout flavorful & juicy!) then i season & marinate in the buttermilk. The season I use for the chicken is spicier than the base season I use in my veggies. My dad taught me how to make bechamel sauce from roux for Mac & cheese, homemade Alfredo sauce when I was about ten. My veggies I prefer fresh or frozen. I like to tease the palette and marry the flavors from each item on the plate and keep ya mouth watering for more. This video made me hungry sis 🌹I want them yams!
i can tell you can cook! i only use Lawry's on certain dishes. you are right if you use it on everything it will taste the same. thanks so much for watching
Love the full meals. Smothered chicken and oxtail meals would be great. Black eye peas, greens, and red beans & rice recipes would be perfect
I can't cook worth a damn! But I would be so grateful for an invite anywhere this masterpiece was served! Thank you for sharing
edit: You just have real great positive energy, I appreciate you
Lol, I know what you mean. However I cook ok I just never liked cooking,
Lol
I grew up on this kind of cooking, and I still cook these foods today. That mac and cheese looks so good. I love that you're not afraid of using seasonings either. When I saw that hot sauce go in I was hooked. You have a new subscriber here. Thank you for the good groceries girl.
I love full meal recipe videos, I know I’m late but please keep doing this
More to come!
Looks really good. The whole meal. Love how your doing the whole meal not just individual items
Thank you 😋
I made your jiffy cornbread, the chicken, and mac and cheese. I screwed up the chicken because I don't think my oil was hot enough. grumble. It was still good, but the outside was overly crispy since I was waiting for the meat to the bone got done. The mac and cheese and cornbread was beyond yummy. I had a bag salad that I had to use b4 it self destructed. Thank you for these videos.
Love the full meal deal. It is great. Please continue the process.
thanks for your feedback!
Loved seeing the full meal; you def know what you’re doing and we appreciate you
Thanks 😊
I Love you cooking the full meals, it very educational I learn how to cook a Delicious meal .
Literally would DIE to eat this at your house 🥰🥰🥰 I lived in Charleston South Carolina for 25 years and had soul food often. I don't have enough dishes in my apartment or money to cook all that but know you're making me drool over here. Looks soooo good!!!
TIFF YOU’RE INVITED TO THE COOKOUT.
@@speakerebox don't play with a fatties emotions like that 😂😂
@@tiffanymf22 I’M IN DETROIT THOUGH. IF YOU EVER COME UP I GOT YOU ON THE PLATE NO CAP.
Sis!!!!! I’m so hungry right now!!! Everything looks delicious and yes we want whole meals!! 🔥🥰😋🙏🏾🌹🌹
Growing up my mum only cooked food she grew up with; I love that TH-cam makes it easy for me to learn new recipes. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Jesus for this cooking lesson for the people who want to cook delicious meals for their family and friends..I'm a better cook now for it❤️!
I’m learning lots of cooking secrets here. The last soul food meal that I tried to make, I failed. I’m ready to try this. I’m dying for this. Thank you 🍠🧀🧈🍗🍽🥣 I like this, the full meal.
Omg!!!please do the full meal!! Looks amazing and full of flavor!!!
Thanks 😊 please check out my full meal playlist
Best time growing up eating at my best friends all black church.Service was no joke boi we praised and went to town on some food aftee GOD I MISS THOSE SIMPLE DAYS
Like your style of cooking. I like the simplicity of the mac and cheese. The execution of it was simple and packed with flavour.
Thanks so much!
@@CamirrasKitchen Pro Tip: for Candied Hams..... 1 tub of Cool Whip to finish last 5 mins of cooking.
This is the channel I’ve been looking for. I’ve gone through so many fancy chef channels looking for baked Mac n cheese and it never comes out quite right but it also takes a lot of time. This recipe is PERFECT
The chicken cube is a nice touch. Seasons the water and pasta. Really love this idea.
Your dinner looks delicious!! I like the whole meal idea!!! Keep up the good work!!
Thanks so much! 😊 I'm so glad you loved this meal!
@@CamirrasKitchen This looks delicious. I never thought to use powdered bouillon???
Enjoyed this so much. Relaxing and made to look effortless. Can’t wait to make this 💛
Hope you enjoy!
@@CamirrasKitchen I live in the south and I made this for my Easter dinner
I live in atlanta and was a regular at Mary mac’s tea room, and never thought I could make any of it at home. Thank you for showing me how I can make this delicious food for my family! I sure know my hubby will be happy ♥️ Subbed!
I made everything on this plate on today and it was a lovely tasty meal. Taste is perfection 😘
Glad you liked it!! yes! 🙌 Please try more recipes on the channel love!
Mate, you’re one of the best chefs I’ve ever seen.
Thanks so much!
Everything looks so delicious. The yams were a revelation. Confession: I usually buy those big cans of yams for thanksgiving and then try to doctor them up, but they're always too sweet and too mushy. I'm going to try your way because they look perfect!
we gonna get you off canned yams! haha. i personally think they are too mushy most of the time
The reason why I don't cook canned vegetables, because they are mushy and they taste like the can. I like fresh green beans as well as frozen green beans.
I make my Mac n cheese like yours but something I just tried was melting some cheddar on the bottom of the pan before you add the noodles, it’s so amazing gives you a crispy cheesy bottom. So good.
Sounds great! Whew i sint heard of that one! that sounds goodt!
Try adding pepper jack to mac unless you're in to spicy don't use pepper with harbano cheese
OMG!!! what a great spread! I'm caucasian but absolutely Loooooove this kind of home cooking!!!
This is my first time watching and I'm in love :) I'd love to see more of your complete meals
I just found your channel through this recipe … can’t wait to try it out. You explain everything beautifully- I feel like I’m in my friends kitchen learning a recipe 👍🏼
Thanks 😊 I try to have the homie feel
LOVE THE FULL MEAL EPISODES!
Keep them coming 🙏🏼❤️
My family always adds a little yellow mustard to the mac n cheese roux and its great! Even if you dont like mustard, it doesnt really taste of it, just enhances the wonderful cheese flavour
Yes for years my grandmother added yellow mustard and cream of mushroom soup to her famous Mac and cheese. She used to have to make soo many pans of it because ppl will be tryna take plates home lol