Clinton Kelly's Five-Star Summer Sides

Clinton Kelly's Five-Star Summer Sides

August 10, 2026 · 31 min · Season 4 · Episode 408

About this episode

Clinton Kelly shares his favorite summer side recipes while discussing various summer topics with Michael Symon and Chef Ari.

Today on Chewed Up , Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly welcome Chef Ari back for a celebration of classic summer sides. Clinton shares two of his most requested recipes: a crunchy homemade coleslaw and his "award-winning" potato salad, both built for backyard barbecues, burgers, hot dogs, and everything else summer has to offer. His recipes are decidedly unscientific - think generous splats of mayonnaise, glugs of apple cider vinegar, and salt and pepper with "reckless abandon" - but the results speak for themselves. For the coleslaw, Clinton combines green and purple cabbage, shredded carrots, jalapeño, Dijon, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, and plenty of celery seed for a crisp, tangy side that only gets better as it sits. Then he moves on to potato salad made with smashed new potatoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, scallions, fresh corn, mustard, mayonnaise, and vinegar - finished with extra toppings so everyone knows exactly what they're getting into. Michael quickly declares it good enough to eat by the bucketful. Once the sides are handled, the conversation turns into a full round of summer hot takes. Clinton goes off on people who reserve hotel pool chairs with towels for hours…

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