Transcript for How to grill for the Fourth of July
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3,"
EVERYBODY.
FOURTH OF JULY, HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AROUND THE CORNER SO WE NEED TO
FIRE UP THE GRILL.
BUT THERE'S A CAVEAT HERE.
>> YES.
>> HERE WITH SOME SURPRISING
DISHES THAT CAN HELP YOU UP YOUR
GRILL GAME.
PLEASE WELCOME, OF COURSE, THE
CO-HOST OF "THE GOOD DISH" CHEF
JAMIKA PESSOA.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
>> WE'RE NOT DOING PROTEINS
TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE
ARE USING THEIR GRILLS BUT
THERE'S AN ARRAY OF THINGS THAT
THEY'RE SLEEPING ON WHAT YOU
DIDN'T REALIZE YOU COULD PUT ON
THE GRILL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
ADD IT TO YOUR BARBECUE CHICKEN
AND RIBS AND STUFF.
THIS IS CALLED THE ULTIMATE
GRILLED FRUIT COCKTAIL.
SO ANY FRUIT THAT YOU LIKE.
WE HAVE APPLES, PINEAPPLE, MAIN
GO, WATER MELON, CUT IT INTO ONE
INCH, ONE AND A HALF INCH THICK
CUBES PAT IT DRY AND PUT IT ON
THE GRILL.
IT'S GOING TO CARAMELIZE IT,
THAT SEALS IN THAT NATURAL
SWEETNESS STARTS TO COME OUT.
WE ARE ADDING SO MANY DIMENSIONS
OF THINGS GOING ON HERE WITH
THIS FRUIT.
>> I'VE GRILLED PINEAPPLES
PLENTY OF TIME BUT OTHER THINGS
I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT GETTING
MUSHED.
>> YOU CUT IT IN THICK CUBES AND
THEN CHILL IT DOWN AND THEN MAKE
THE COCKTAIL.
WE'RE BUILDING AMM MOJITO, BUT U
DON'T HAVE TO ADD THE RUM.
IT'S OPTIONAL.
>> SHE SAID THE RUM IS OPTIONAL.
>> YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING
TO.
>> TJ, AFTERHOURS YOU AND I
PARTY TOGETHER.
WE HAVE FRESH MINT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO CHOP IT, IT
TURNS BROWN WHEN YOU TOSS IT, SO
TEAR IT.
I LOVE TO SERVE IT IN COCKTAIL
GLASSES.
YOU'VE SEEN IN THE SOUTH YOU PUT
A LITTLE SALT ON YOUR
WATERMELON.
>> YES.
>> THAT GIVES THAT BURST OF
FLAVOR AND BRINGS OUT THE
SWEETNESS.
I LIKE TO SERVE THIS POOL SIDE.
YOUR GUESTS ARRIVE, GIVE THEM A
COCKTAIL, THAT'S THERE TOO.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> COLESLAW ON THE GRILL.
>> YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO
THAT?
>> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> WHY NOT.
GRILLING THE CABBAGE IN ITSELF.
I LIKE THE WAY THE GREEN LOOKS.
CUT THEM IN WEDGES AND KEEP THE
STEM INTACT, THAT'S KEEPING IT
TOGETHER.
BRUSH IT WITH OLIVE OIL.
IF YOU HAVE THE BARBECUE SPICE
RUB THAT YOU LOVE TO USE, THAT
GRANDPAREN
GRANDPA PUT TOGETHER, PUT THAT
ON HERE.
WHAT WE CREATED IS TEXTURE.
YOU GET A SMOKINESS IF YOU PUT
IT ON THE OUTDOOR GRILL.
NOT COOKING IT THROUGH.
JUST ONCE YOU HEAR THE SERE, YOU
GET THE COLORS PULL IT OFF.
>> JUST A MINUTE OF --
>> A MINUTE OR TWO.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE FLAVORS,
GRILL PEPPERS, CARROTS AND THEN
DRESSING, IT'S TYPICALLY
MAYONNAISE AND WHATNOT.
I'M ADDING BARBECUE SAUCE TO MY
DRESSING.
WHATEVER BRAND YOU LIKE, THAT'S
WHAT YOU USE.
ALSO A LITTLE MAYONNAISE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THE VINEGAR.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THE SUGAR.
I'M FROM THE SOUTH SO WE ADD
SUGAR TO EVERYTHING.
THERE WE GO.
ADD A LITTLE SALT AND PEPPER
INTO THAT AS WELL AND TOSS IT IN
WITH YOUR DRESSING.
TOSS IT WITH YOUR COLESLAW, GIVE
IT A WHIRL.
SEE THAT.
>> CHOPPED JUONNONS ON TOP.
PUT IT ON A PULLED PORK SAND
WHICH, AMAZING.
BAN NANAS FOSTER.
YOU HAVE YOUR BANANAS SLICE IT
THICK, AND THEN POUND CAKE.
OF COURSE, TRADITIONAL DESERT,
YOU HAVE THE RUM, IT FLAMES UP.
DESTRUCT IT, PUT IT ON THE GRILL
YOU SEE HOW YOU GET THE TOASTY
GRILL POUND CAKE GOING ON.
ADD THE RUM OR NOT.
FINISH IT OFF WITH ICE CREAM.
I MADE EXTRA SO YOU CAN DRIZZLE
UNTIL YOUR HAND GETS TIRED.
YOU GOT TO FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> REALLY, REALLY CREATIVE AND
YUMMY.
THAT BANANAS FOSTER LOOKS
AMAZING.
>> YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS.
>> I WILL.
>> AND YOU WERE RIGHT NO
PROTEIN.
I BELIEVE IN YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
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