Welcome to another episode of "Presidential Bites".

Today, I'm gonna be recreating a special dish

that Obama had from Ben's Chili Bowl.

This is the half smoked chili dog.

(phone ringing)

I know that this recipe is top secret

but is there anything that you guys can

like share with us today?

- Well, you know it's our secret recipe,

(Kamal laughs)

and it's loaded with love.

- That's the key ingredient right?

- [Virginia] Exactly.

- So where did this recipe come from?

Is it like a family recipe?

- Oh my goodness!

The recipe came from my husband and me.

Yes, he had a great recipe. - Wow.

- My husband was the original of the recipe.

- So hopefully I can represent for him and Obama today.

Thank you guys so much.

All right y'all .

So we're getting into the chili now,

something that's really interesting about this recipe

is all the amazing spices.

So I can only imagine how great this is gonna taste.

First things first, I have my pot getting hot

while I'm gonna get into the flavorings.

So we're going to add our garlic powder, onion,

beef bouillon, chili powder, masa harina,

which I think thickens the sauce.

We have some cayenne, some paprika, turmeric, cumin

and red curry powder, lots of spice.

So I'm just gonna whisk this up into a bowl

and I'm gonna slowly pour in some water.

So this is pretty much the base of this chili

it's gonna be what makes the chili super banging

and then I'm gonna move back over to the pot.

We're gonna add our beef into this pot

and then we're just gonna like break it up.

This recipe is very interesting to me

because the water goes straight in with the beef

which I heard that this is what makes the consistency

of the chili like nice and loose, not too thick.

So I'm just gonna break this down.

I'm gonna add some water into this,

(water pouring)

and I'm gonna let this cook out.

So I'm gonna grab the lid and I'm gonna put it on top

and I'm gonna make sure this is really hot

before I add all of my flavorings,

my tomato paste and bay leaf.

Okay, so now we have the ground beef in the water at a boil.

I'm just gonna give it a mix.

And then at this point is when

we're gonna add our chili paste/mix straight in there,

straight like dat.

Next, I'm gonna give it a mix one more time.

Then I'm gonna add our tomato paste

which is gonna give it that nice sweetness.

And then I'm gonna add our bay Leafs.

And then the lid is gonna go back on

and we're gonna cook this for about an hour.

So we're gonna prep the links

and we're also gonna prep to vote.

Make sure you guys get out there and go vote.

If you're not registered do so now,

and by the time you come back, the chili will be ready.

So now that this chili smells amazing in here,

we're going to take our hotlinks

and we're gonna broil them,

you guys can grill them or boil them,

but you wanna make sure you're going

for that nice smoky and snappy texture

when you bite down into your chili dog.

Okay you guys, these dogs look amazing,

they're charred and they're crispy like I like.

I'm gonna go ahead and give this a taste right

before we plate this up.

Tastes amazing!

So the way Obeezy ordered this was

american mustard, white onions,

so I'm gonna do just that.

I'm just gonna add a little bit of,

actually a lot of it because I like mustard

and I'm gonna add raw onions right on top.

Beautiful!

I'ma load this up with the chili.

Can I do that?

I hope I can do that, I'ma do it.

So I'm just gonna go chilly right on top.

And there we have it,

"The Presidential Obeezy Dog".

Smells popping, it smells amazing.

We're about to get into it.

Thank God I'm wearing an apron because I got a white tee on.

I'm just gonna go for it.

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Mm!

Mmm.

So I can taste all the spices coming through,

the mustard on there is amazing.

The white onion are giving it that nice freshness

that nice texture, the chili is really worth its add though.

All the spices, the way it's cooked down.

At first, I said earlier, I was like

"Yo, it's gonna be like really weird

"without like browning it"

but with all that water, it really made

for like a nice, smooth consistency and texture.

I think this is such a presidential dog.

This is banging.

I see why Obama ordered this.

Shout out to Ben's Chili Bowl.

If you guys ever make it around to DC,

make sure you guys tap in with them.

But one thing you guys have to do is make sure

you guys tap in, get registered to vote.

I'm about to do so and fulfill my civic duties

as an American while eating this American chili dog.

The recipe for this chili dog is gonna be down below

in the dets.

Peace out, go vote, do the right thing, eat a chili dog.

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