I Made Steve’s Lava Chicken in REAL LIFE!

Hey everybody, it's Tammy, and Lava Chicken! It sounds crazy to even say, but Jack Black's latest little ditty is not just the song of the summer, it's also the reason that my subscriber count is officially over 100,000 strong! Where the hell is my play button, YouTube? So I figured, to commemorate this awesome little occasion, I would make a version of Lava Chicken that tries to honor the kind in the movie. Now, I don't own a Volcano, so sourcing the lava is going to be really hard, but I think I've devised a recipe that honors the spirit of lava chicken, even if I don't have actual lava. No, I don't think that's cheating. No, we don't have lava, but that doesn't mean that we can't make a super spicy delicious chicken that'll have you ringing the bell. What bell? Who knows? Jack Black knows, but he won't talk to me, Because I keep making fun of that awful movie that he made early on in his career. You know, the commercial for the video game Pitfall. To make the marinade, grab a small pot and pour in some Frank's red hot sauce, sriracha, ranch seasoning, two cloves of minced garlic, butter, a little brown sugar, and a few cranks of pepper. Bring these ingredients to a simmer and cook until you've got a thick, bubbly mess. You know, kind of like lava. Should take about five minutes or so over medium heat. Taste it. It should be pretty strong. That's good. It's gonna flavor an entire chicken. Let this cool to room temp. And technically, I'm not using a chicken. I'm using a Cornish game hen. These are much easier to cook than a full chicken, and if you ask me, they're tastier too. I love these little guys. But before we apply the sauce, we're gonna do some minor surgery. Using kitchen shears, snip around the bone on each of the legs. Then you can yank off the sinew and the skin. This part is optional, but it'll ensure that the bone is exposed so it looks a little bit more like it does in the movie what's not optional is to slide your fingers underneath the skin of the bird primarily on the breasts and the thighs this will ensure that you will get crispier skin and better tasting meat place your chicken in a big bowl and pour on that lava marinade really work it into the chicken especially under the skin okay set this aside before we assemble another optional addition now this chicken is going to give off a lot of juices as it cooks and it would be a shame to waste all of them and nothing soaks up juice is better than potatoes peel and dice these bad boys and then place them in a bowl nuke them for two minutes just to give them a head start take them out stir them up with a spatula careful they're hot and then nuke them for another minute and a half now you can drizzle on some butter and season with salt or better yet some more of that ranch seasoning a little bit of pepper too. Mix to combine. Line a small baking sheet with foil, then arrange your potatoes nicely on the sheet pan, and plop your chicken on top. And then tuck the wings under the bird. I trust it's legs together, but that's optional. Slide it into a hot oven. This is lava chicken after all, and we want this bad boy as crispy and delicious as the in movie version. It's been in my oven for about 30 minutes, and it looks pretty perfect, but I would start checking it after 20. I'm gonna stick my thermometer in the deepest part of the thigh to see if it's cooked. If it's 180 degrees Fahrenheit, it's done. Pull your chicken from the oven and grab some tongs and grab your chicken and carefully drain the whole over those potatoes. Remove your chicken to a plate to rest for 10 minutes. Carefully flip each piece of potato so that it can soak up more of those chicken juices and let them rest in your warm oven while the chicken rests. Now this chicken is amazing, But if I had to pick between these two, I'd probably pick the potatoes. That's how good they are. To serve, make a small bed of potatoes on your plate and top it with some of that sliced chicken. Lava chicken, a catchy song, a goofy video craze, and now a recipe that's most definitely yummy. Thanks for watching. Be sure to subscribe and turn notifications on because I've got big things planned and I don't want you to miss them. Also, check out this recipe for mock pizza from from Earthbound. It's one of my favorite quick cooking hacks. See you next time. Bye!