A Cheap and Delicious Meal in 30 Minutes | Struggle Meals LIVE Challenge 

This was a fantastic platform for the struggle meals show, the connection that it gave the view with frankie and his vibrant fun loving personality was perfect for his show. The challenge idea was amazing, it put frankie to the test and showed viewers that you can think outside the recipe book, flavour and create your own meal. Im so glad he made himself available for viewer questions while cooking, it gave frankie the opportunity to get more of his knowledge out there and also let people get to know the real frankie. Look forward to seeing more of this and hope the best for the struggle show and team.

I have watched so many cooking shows, I can’t even count. “Struggle meals” are so fun and so interesting. I always learn something, I love his substitutions, his use of cheaper ingredients, and his variety. I love how he tells how and why to use the different ingredients. Also, he’s very funny! Keep it up please.

Can you do a surprise ingredient thing like this regularly? Maybe a Wing it Wednesday thing? Though I’m sure you can come up with a better name...

Here we are in 6/22 and I'm STILL lovin' you, your recipes and goofy antics!!! I think I've learned more from you than any other professional chef!!! YOU ROCK THE KITCHEN!!!

You have a very wise mother and family who helped shape your culinary skills and your taste buds.

This dude is the most down to earth person.

Dude good looking meal👌, like your techniques and the things you talk about, very informative. 🌵💚

We usually don't eat the spongy white stuff inside the bittermelon. We scoop it out, then cut the bittermelon, scrub it with rough salt to remove the bitterness. Rinse it, then cook it with garlic, hot chili peppers, and salted fish

Chef Frankie, I'm so thankful for you and your cooking channels. You have taught me so much and helped me improve my skills in the kitchen. Again, my thanx. Keep doing what you do best.

@Frankie next time soak the bitter melon in salty water to get rid of the bitterness -my filipino grandma

Yo! Give whoever made that thumbnail a raise, that is some high quality work right there. LOL!

Frankie... you are awesome! Thank you for your passion for food! I look forward to each of your episodes!!

He looked nervous lol he is amazing and so charismatic good job 🤍

Oh my goodness this looks delicious. And so does he ❤😘 so cute and funny.

Your show had made my 14yo son want to start cooking and experimenting w food. He also says we need to start a packet drawer 😁

I love this show and your personality. I gotta say you're not fooling me. That chicken is still raw lol. Still enjoyed every bit of this though

Leave out the seeds and the white part of the bittermelon. Use only the green part. That is the way we, Indonesian, eat it We usually boil it or saute it with other ingredients.

I'd love more live streams! I'm so sad I missed this one 😢

Aw, I'm sad I didn't catch the live but still love you guys are doing this. Hopefully you do more, the food turned out amazing and great info. As always.

Frankie...You are my cooking "Spirit Animal" 😁 You bring such life and knowledge to the cooking basics, and for saving the budget AND food waste!! I grew up watching a lot of great Chefs on PBS, and also on Food Network, and I would liken you to a modern Alton Brown. You have the same high energy level and knowledge dispensing persona. I really appreciate your efforts!!

What fun! Easy to understand the number of subscribers he has! ME INCLUDED! 😊

Love all your videos so far... Keep up the great work... I might even recommend your videos to the culinary teacher at my teens high school. Something they can get inspired to make at home !!!

Chef Frankie, I love how you are able to make a delicious meal out of simple ingredients. You are a wonderful example for all of us new to cooking.

Frankie, "Get some new tongs 'cuz those tongs touched raw chicken"...... that works on the set, but in real life Struggle Meals, we're out here washing the tongs before using the same ones on the cooked chicken. 😏😅

Thankyou very much for picking my question it was amazing, so thanks Frank and thanks channel.

Love this. BUT...I have the same crockpot since 1970...my mother’s. I also have an electric skillet from my grandmother from the 1950s. I wouldn’t trust pressure cooker. I had 3 in three years. Gave up on that one. Love watching this. Passing this on to my college kid for when he moves into his own apartment.

Frankie, Loved this venue. FYI, Bitter Melon is called Foo-Gua in Chinese Cantonese cooking. My father used to make it with onions and Pork and egg whisked in, stir fried in the Wok, served over white rice. We eat it without any adulterations. No sugar, no hoisin sauce, maybe a little soy sauce. As a kid, we hated it. When I got older, I developed a taste for it. You can also make "stuffed Foo-Gua" using ground pork. It's delicious.

Dude sweet! I'd love more live stuff if you guys can find the time. This was great, just longer :D

Ah bitter gourd is the best as a quick pickle salad. Slice thin, add sugar and vinegar and a bit of salt. Best served with little hard boiled quail eggs

Looks wonderful! Informative too! Thank you for sharing.

Ahhh I wish I was watching this live- I was literally calling out “it’s a bitter melon Frankie!- not cucumber!”

I’m just happy we got 2 struggle meals in one day! I was so happy when I woke up this morning 😂 Love you Frankie. From Australia

love this idea! Cant wait for another live stream :)

That's so mean... Bittermelon! I've been lied all my life that " it's not that bitter".😝 Love your show!!!

I get Frankie’s point about slow cookers and gadgets in general- but as someone with a physical disability- I love electronic gadgets that enable me to cook without the need for lifting and carrying heavy objects full of (often) VERY hot substances!👍🏻🤷‍♀️🥰

Would you consider budget meals with restrictions? Soft GI low residue

Please do more of this!

Love the show!

That "12-inch skillet" response explanation was so pure... That is not where I thought he was going.

Frankie, when you're done over there can you come to my house? I have pasta/sauce, but I've had that the last 2 nights & don't want it again. All that's left is... some bread, 2 eggs (which I am not a fan of anyway) and cheese. Blah! ETA: Well, forget the bread. It's moldy. Pasta it is!

I love your shows

you rock Frankie..i would love to see recipies from where I was born ..laghorn Italy ..cynthia in colo

You use a cast iron skillet on the show most of the time. Is that your preferred skillet for cooking at home? Are there foods that do better in non-stick pan?

I can't believe I missed this!

ohhh I missed it :(( watching it now!

You are so awesome!

I bet that room smells divine 😁

Nice

You can make an omelette with thin slices of bitter gourd and onions 😋

I first heard about you on Amazon prime. Season 1 is one prime

Muy delicioso

Your awesome Frankie

Filipino dont eat the bittermelon/ampalaya with the inside. We scrape it with a spoon. We eat just the outside not the inside

Proud of you Frankie, keep up the great work!

I see the next Chopped champion or lets go bigger.... The next food network star!

Use the "cucumbers" as a dipper for the hummus

I love you Frankie.. 😍😘

I'd quick pickle the bitter melon and serve it like a salad with the chicken and hummus.

I love you frankie from Denver

@2:59 Bitter gourd?

Muy riquísima

This is legitness

Love your work get you schmaltz ! Why don’t you just use your regular kitchen duh ? You could have an extra room if you did !❤

my mother has had the same slowcooker since i was 14 and i just turned 30 so it depends on the brand and model

I generally cook the bitter mellon without the seeds.

Funny. They film in the fake kitchen and not the real kitchen.

Indians use bitter melon and cook it in a savory broth, cook it down with spices and aromatics until it's like a stew.

I thought that was a seedless cucumber.

Frankie’s soooo fking cute

its called bitter gourd or corillla

How do you keep your herb garden alive with no sun light

That's bitter melon-Asian vegie

You can pickle bittermelon

A prickly cucumber????

U r so much fun... But why only a few minutes.... Sheesh

How old are you

Who else is bothered by the out of sync audio?

Hey Frankie how old are you

Hummus would have made a good sauce.

Frank the vegetable is a bittergourd

No

Bitter melon

Bitter melon?

Scrub-a-dub-dub 13:05.

I’ve never understood the idea of washing your hands and using a new cutting board with chicken and veggies etc- if you’re going to cook the veggies anyway, wouldn’t any bugs etc be killed/rendered harmless anyway? I understand that it would be bad to use the board for cutting things that will remain raw, but yeah!?🤷‍♀️🧐

sencond lol

Bittermelon?

Remove seeds

I'm the 666th like... 😂😁🤣😜

Looks like bitter melon

unless you cut it open the Chicken Looks RAW inside far too pink/red along the middle line

Lose the hat

I love you Frankie but you’re no Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers was is my all-time hero. Hero of ages. Most attractive man in a sweater.

Bitter melon