2 Pound TURKEY WINGS!! Giant SOUL FOOD at Laura’s II - Lafayette!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's mark wiens i'm in lafayette louisiana and today for lunch we're gonna go eat at one of the best restaurants in lafayette it's called laura's two and madonna she specializes in creole soul food we're gonna hang out with madonna we're gonna watch a little bit of how she cooks and especially how she prepares her giant stuffed turkey wings two pounds in a single turkey wing the food looks absolutely incredible and i cannot wait to share all of the food the cooking and all of the eating with you coming up right now in this video this is a plastic fork [Music] beautiful morning in lafayette and we've arrived early before she opens before laura's two cafe is open and we've arranged to hang out with madonna who's the owner who's the chef and again she makes all sorts of creole soul food a full lineup of food but her most famous dish are her stuffed turkey wings so let's go inside oh man the turkey wings look absolutely incredible it smells so good i could smell the aroma outside already right now [Music] oh okay oh dirty rice wow so dirty rice is a combination of rice and well it's this is a mix okay it's mixed with rice like we cook it from uh roux water we season it and it's scissors liver wow um like chicken chicken liver okay and corn okay and um they cook it down so that darkness is coming from the the root okay roux is a combination of flour and fat ah okay and rue is one of the like foundational everything everything so it's like a base a base for many dishes okay okay these are the turkey wings the legendary turkey wings they're huge [Music] they are gigantic and you're just trimming those up right now how many pounds are each of those turkey wings about i'd say at least about a pound and a half pound and a half per wing per week almost two almost two pounds yeah wow we made this that's the stuffing yeah we make a lot of this a lot right yes which is a cayenne pepper we got a little secret ingredient in it okay and minced garlic and garlic cayenne pepper garlic and some secret seasonings all secrets yeah oh yeah so that's like a paste a taste of flavor and it's hot too okay this is our uh seasoning okay that we normally season it with this is uh this is cajun chef red peppers okay it's made in saint martinville okay this is all cajun chef cayenne red [Music] and we mix with our own little special seasonings so they're all washed and ready we take our paste also that's why she cut some slits into those wings right just stuff it up with that paste wow um we just stuff about a million of these okay i imagine so there i mean you offer quite a few dishes but really this is this is the main the main dish right okay world renowned yep [Music] [Music] so just stuffing those turkey wings and those turkey wings are gigantic i mean even the the the drumstick wing part is way larger than a chicken drumstick and she's taking a little little bit of that paste that spice blend paste and just stuffing them into those slits within the turkey wings where where did a lot of your recipes come from are they family recipes and okay my grandmother started these okay um 1968 and this the same recipe for these stuffed turkey wings so cool everything insane cayenne pepper okay and so now let all of that dry seasoning we would just say red pepper red pepper red pepper that'd be the local way to say that spicy okay the red pepper will cause the skin to kind of do like a little pepper caramelized oh man [Music] it definitely will burn your hands okay you have to have some kind of coverage all right there's the giant turkey wing and uh many of them are one and a half almost two pounds in a single turkey wing and i just love the amount of spice that you're adding to everything [Music] usually as mr bobby would say we put a we try to put the water in where we're not really disturbing it and it's all based upon really a guess okay the level of water the amount of water [Music] fitting them in like a puzzle so that they're just it's like a they're nestled they're nestled within their within their spice and they're just gonna bake into a sweet harmony of all that delicious flavor okay oil oil okay clear oil oh i'm back in here all right and then wait till they are golden brown golden brown and will most of that liquid stay in stay in okay and it kind of absorbs into the turkey oh man and they already have a whole batch already in the oven going so every now and then uh she has to take them out rehydrate them a little bit add some more liquid keep on boiling keep on baking them you can already tell that all of that spice all of that flavor is just gonna absorb into those massive turkey wings oh man those are going to be just unbelievably tasty raised in rice and gravy i love it gravy here [Music] with so that would be something common to eat with the turkey rice and gravy okay oh wow that's our pork stew pork stew okay this is the gravy that we make every morning this is just room brew water and cayenne pepper seasonings that we use normally we have just the gravy that goes say for instance if you're getting the rice and gravy which are turkey ween so we make like a separate gravy for that but today we have rice dressing all right so this is kind of this is the kumbaya of all our plate lunches oh and i can already imagine how incredibly tasty that is over rice served with you can drink this yes you're really good i agree so what is this madonna this is our this is seafood it's grown at a certain time of year it starts about uh mid-may to sometimes september but it's a it's a seasonal it's a seasonal vegetable it's a great creole great creole staple this is uh smothered over putting our sauce on it ah so the barbecue ribs is that just for the weekend yeah okay so this is a special for today barbecue ribs [Music] oh yeah all right okay so we're heading back to the turkey wing station to the oven and he's gonna just check the liquid on them thank you again the turkey wings they bake for about three and a half hours and we've got about one hour left until the restaurant opens they're putting the finishing touches on the turkey wings just checking the liquid situation adding a little more liquid to keep on brewing and keep on boiling and then i think about 45 minutes or so they're gonna be ready really quickly while we're waiting until the turkey wings are almost done just a little bit of history about laura's too um madonna's your grandmother and your grandmother was laura laura and she started started originally 68 1968. location a different location but very close to here yes about cool a few blocks away from here um in her house and um then she was able to enlarge and make like a building but then a fire took in 75 so that burned that that restaurant burned and then she started like in a a trailer like a mobile trailer which was kind of the the hit all up until all from like 70s to the 80s and in 2000 we closed it and my husband bought this building here and this is where we've been ever since uh so that's that's why the name laura's laura's too yeah okay my grandparents my mom my dad um we're all a part of we're all a part of the our history and our foundation before this is my other grandfather who um he he had cayenne pepper fields this is really why we are stuck on that same martinville uh cayenne cause this is what my grandfather grew pepper and they would cultivate it and then it would go to like a lot of the plants or tabasco plants places and this was in the early this was like in the early 80s but that's what they did they they grew pepper 10 30 right now madonna's about to open the door they're about to open and the assembly line is about to come to life and those turkey wings are about to come out of the oven [Music] yeah turkey wings are ready they're beautiful golden slightly crispy on the tops and then just dripping and boiling in their own juices that flavor that spice and as soon as they open the door just people pour in people make orders this is the place to be for the greatest food in lafayette [Music] [Applause] so [Music] that's a big one yeah i'm okay with whatever you think yeah okay [Music] [Music] so the ribs go go together especially with the rice the rice dressing all right [Music] they just serve up just massive boxes of food it's you can either get the white rice or you can eat what they call rice dressing rice dressing which is also an another name for the dirty rice but the rice mixed with the roux oh man and then you choose your protein you choose your sides those gigantic turkey wings and also the ribs are also very popular today and those are just like dripping with juices and barbecue sauce okay so i've got three different boxes let's just open them all up and check everything i'll put a little piece of paper there to to protect your meal from the top this one is the turkey wing with the rice and gravy and then the okra stew oh man it's just massive and you can tell how it's just gonna fall off the bone completely if you were to pick that up next box what is this one it's like opening a treasure chest oh yes all that steam okay this one is another turkey wing with the the rice dressing with a side of green beans with more okra stew and then the final one here is this must be the rib plate oh yeah oh those are just so juicy just dripping with sauce that steam and the portion sizes are huge as well this one we also got with the rice dressing with ribs and with some sides i cannot emphasize this enough everything cooked with so much love so much passion everyone here they're so incredibly nice from madonna to all of everyone i have to begin with that stuffed turkey wing i don't know if it's possible to pick it up but i just have to madonna was telling me oh that po cloud of steam just comes out when you lift that arm madonna was telling me that they are done when the arm lifts away from the drumstick look at that you just feel that skin that's it otherwise it would just fall apart can we pick it up oh yeah it's hot wow oh but it's so hot you can just see the meat will just literally slide off the bone and i think it would actually be easier much easier to eat this with a fork on top of your rice because it's so hot but i just have to pick it up and bite there's no other way okay let's go wow [Music] wow the tenderness that pepper powder the paste i love how all of the juices and the the fat of the skin has just melted into the bone all the way to the bone wow and that flavor yeah that seasoning that chili all that's just oozing with delicious flavor and spice [Music] look at how clean that bone is on the bottom there i mean that skin it's slightly gooey it's slightly caramelized all that spice has just completely uh caramelized and caked onto the skin of that wing the different textures let's fall off the bone look at how clean the bone is look at that bone you just need to lick it a little bit to get all the juice the rest of the flavor but it's like that is the most effortless to chew wing that i've ever had in my life that is insane let me show you one more time how tender this is i just have to emphasize it one more time this is a plastic fork just shreds it just falls off you could shake this wing and the meat would fall off that's how tender it is scoop into that rice and gravy the deep layering of flavor from that roux the pork flavor the oh that's just like straight comfort just absorbs into the rice the hot fresh steamed rice an ultimate perfect comforting combination okay and then the last dish that i got on this plate is the okra i got two sides of okra that okra is just too good there's seafood in here there's sausage and the other thing miss madonna mentioned is that the way she cooks the okra and prepares it it takes out it removes some of the really stickiness and you can even see that in the texture yeah it's not not quite as sticky as some other okra dishes oh wow that is sensational just a burst of flavor got a little bit of stickiness all of those little balls in there those are all the seeds of the okra before we move over into the other wing let's try the ribs and this she said is a very popular sundae combination we've got the seasoned the rice dressing on the bottom and then we've got the just a pile a stack of ribs on top try one of these ribs right from the top again look how tender that is barbecued and then baked and steamed inside a tray of barbecue sauce oh wow again just insanely tender falls off the bone tender and then because they're baked again with that caramelizing barbecue sauce it gives it a crunchy edge all around but just tender to the max whenever you have a hanging piece of meat there's only one thing to do come from elevation oh wow those are spectacular too okay let's change that i can't wait to try the rice dressing okay and the rice dressing is again there's some roux as the base mixed into rice i'm not sure if they added some meat into here but you can see a little bit of seasoning some herbs in there as well oh yeah that texture is a little bit sticky and then again you take that depth of flavor from that roux simmered down until it creates this rich depth of flavor a smokiness so you can taste all the smokiness in that rice the stickiness the gooeyness outstanding got one more side which is the green beans the smokiness the green beans just melt in your mouth now the food here is so everything so incredibly good family recipes and again like i cannot emphasize or tell you enough times how much care how much passion and love is just put into everything that they make here and that's also a huge part of it i'm moving back over to the bird and i'm gonna try to tackle the the drumstick look at this drumstick love the flavor oh i got a bite of that stuffing for sure that garlic that paste and because it's stuffed it just fills the entire wing all the way to the bone with flavor there's so much meat this is like an entire flap of skin [Music] i'm gonna mix some of that okra with the turkey with the rice get it all in a medley yeah perfect [Music] and i love all those little jelly bits and collagen and the knuckles all that cartilagey all those different characters the joints of the turkey [Music] getting close to the to finishing off this box you need to do a little stretching [Music] that was an insanely good meal and that is so filling all we're left with is three clean bones oh man wow oh yeah that was just incredibly satisfying so so good the turkey wing the ribs the rice and gravy that okra [Music] and that is a meal that again if you did have any plans for the day you should just cancel them after this meal you're gonna wanna just lean back and relax for the rest of the day oh man that was so unbelievably good i loved loved the stuffed turkey wings the sides the ribs i loved everything about it and then just the kindness the hospitality of madonna and her story how the restaurant is dedicated to her grandmother laura who started the restaurant originally in madonna and then her family that run the restaurant all of the staff they're so incredibly cool so incredibly nice without a doubt when you are in lafayette this is the restaurant to come to you have to come here come support laura's number two cafe for just unbelievable meal experience cooked with so much love and that's gonna be it for this video i really hope you enjoyed it please remember to give this video a thumbs up and also leave a comment i'd love to hear from you and also remember to subscribe so you don't miss the next food video thanks again for watching goodbye from lafayette louisiana and i will see you on the next video

Channel: Mark Wiens

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Length: 26min 47sec (1607 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 30 2021