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CHICKEN A LA KING Easy Weeknight Dinner
Jul 6, 2026
CHICKEN A LA KING Easy Weeknight Dinner
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RECIPE: https://catherinesplates.com/chicken-a-la-king/
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Welcome back everyone. Katherine's
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Plates. It's simple, easy, and delicious
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in my kitchen. Today we're going to make
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a classic chicken Alla King. What a
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great dish. You can serve this over
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rice, potatoes, toast, which is classic,
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and also biscuits, which we're going to
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do. I've got my chicken already boiling
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on the back, and I'll show you really
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quick right here how I did that. We're
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going to want that going and we can get
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everything else ready and then add the
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chicken that's already cooked to it at
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the end. I'm using some chicken breast.
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You want about 1 and 12 to 2 lbs.
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Boneless, skinless. I'm going to place
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these into a medium saucepan.
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These are pretty thin.
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They'll cook faster.
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Now, you can broil your chicken, boil
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your chicken, you can also bake your
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chicken if you want to do that,
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whichever is your preferred method. Now,
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what we're going to do is pour in some
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chicken broth to cover the chicken.
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So, I'm guessing this is going to be
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about 1 and 1/2 cups. I'm going to bring
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this to a boil over high heat, and we're
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going to let it simmer. It'll take about
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15 minutes to cook your chicken. And in
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the meantime, I'm going to go ahead and
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just start seasoning it up with some
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garlic powder. Got to flavor it up. Some
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onion powder.
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And then we've got some black pepper
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and some salt.
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While we got the chicken cooking, we're
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going to go ahead and start with
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everything else and pull this whole
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thing together. I'm going to be using a
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green bell pepper and a yellow onion.
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And we're just going to prepare those.
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Now, chicken ala king. It's got a lot of
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good stuff in it. It's creamy. It's got
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veggies in it. It's got the chicken in
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it, but it's got a lot of flavor to it.
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Packs a punch. And it's not that hard to
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make.
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I've passed this recipe on to my kids.
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I'm sure they're gonna call me.
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>> Too bad.
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>> Hopefully they don't, though. Now, we're
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going to dice up the onion and the bell
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pepper. Here's the onion. Now, I've just
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taken the ends off of the onion and
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peeled off that outer layer. Cut the
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onion in half. I'm just running my knife
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through large pieces here.
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And then just turn it and run your knife
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through.
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We got some pretty big dices here
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because we want some texture to the
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dish. Now with the bell pepper, I'm just
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going to cut off the sides
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and then we'll get off all the little
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pieces there. We'll chop this up the
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same way. We're just going to run our
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knife through and run it through like
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that. I'll finish the rest. All right,
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let's cook these up. Now, you can change
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up the colors of the bell peppers if you
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want to add different colors to your
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chicken alla king and that would look
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really nice. But I got some red ones
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going in later. It is hot here in
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southeast Texas.
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I'm like, wow. You can feel it in the
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house, too.
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But we still have to eat.
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So, I'm going to put a little bit of
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olive oil into my skillet. And we're
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going to heat that up on a mediumigh
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heat. about a tablespoon or so.
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I want to get that nice and hot before I
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add in the onions and peppers. That way,
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they get a nice sear on them while
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they're cooking and give them a good
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color, too. And all we want to do is
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soften them down. That way, we can
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finish up the dish.
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Ah, I love that sear sound.
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We're going to cook this for a few
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minutes until the peppers and onions are
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nice and soft, have a nice color to
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them. What I'm going to do right now is
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go ahead and season them. Some salt,
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black pepper,
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garlic powder,
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onion powder.
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Oh, it smells delicious in there.
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There's a lot of multitasking going on
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in here. That way, everything can come
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together at the same time. While your
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chicken is cooking and you're doing your
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peppers and onions, this is a great time
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if you're making biscuits to go ahead
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and get your biscuits going or cook your
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rice or your potatoes and have those
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going so it all comes together at the
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same time. So, I'm going to go ahead and
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get my biscuits going so they're done.
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This is a small little pack of biscuits
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cuz it's just me being Thomas. I'm going
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to pop these in the oven and get these
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going.
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Peppers and the onions just about done.
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What I'm going to do is add few
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teaspoons of minced garlic. One and two.
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We're going to mix this around
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for just a minute.
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we can wake up that flavor of the garlic
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and get it all into those peppers and
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onions. I'm going to add in another
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tablespoon of some olive oil or you can
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put in some butter for some flavor,
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which I think I'm going to add another
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tablespoon of butter.
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You know, chicken Alla King, we're going
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to be putting some flour in here. So,
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you need some moisture in there from the
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oil and the butter.
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So, we're going to sprinkle in 1/3 cup
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of flour. We're going to stir that in
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till it's all coated to the onions and
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the peppers.
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You want to cook the flour out anyway to
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get that rawness out of it.
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Cook that for about 1 minute to 2
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minutes.
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Now, what we're going to do, add in two
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cups of chicken broth
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very slowly.
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All right. Once we get that all
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combined, we're going to add in one cup
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of heavy whipping cream.
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I'm just pulling it up toward the sides
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to make sure that all the flour has been
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incorporated.
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Now, we're going to thicken the gravy
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here for the alla king.
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It'll take about five minutes. And while
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that's happening, my chicken is done.
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So, I've taken it off the burner and I'm
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going to pull it out, place it on a
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cutting board, and we're going to give
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it a good chop.
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We're going to add in one cup of frozen
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peas and carrots.
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To give it some more color, I'm going to
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be adding in some roasted red bell
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peppers. They come in a jar. So, I'm
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just going to take a few out and then
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I'm just going to chop them up.
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All right. Then we're going to add all
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the chicken.
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Let's mix it all together.
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I've got my heat still on because I want
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to heat through the vegetables
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and the chicken
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and get that sauce all into it. There
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you go. There's my chicken Alla King.
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Doesn't that look delicious? Does that
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look classic to y'all?
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What do y'all think? I put the biscuits
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on. Give it a nice picture there. We're
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going to scoop this up. Going to put it
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in a bowl. I'm going to give it a try
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for you. Look at the colors, you guys.
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Here's my bite.
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Let's give that a try.
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I love the creaminess of that sauce when
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you got all those colors in there.
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That's a dish to make in the summertime.
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Makes it nice and pretty, doesn't it?
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Mhm.
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Now, I was going to pour the stuff over
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the biscuits, but
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I'm just going to do it like this.
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Oh, that's good.
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All right, you guys. Give me a thumbs up
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on this chicken Alla King recipe. Tell
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me how you do yours differently. All
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right, you guys. I'll see y'all on the
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next episode. Don't forget to hype,
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like, share, all that good stuff. I'll
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see y'all on the next episode. Bye. I'm
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going in for those veggies.
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