Andy Makes the Crispiest Saffron Rice Cake | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit 

“just make it naked”

I love how enthusiastic Andy is about his dishes.

My wallet started screaming when he showed how much saffron it took.

"you could use a pastry brush if you're...THAT kind of person" lol

“If you don’t have saffron...THEN DON’T MAKE IT” He sounded so sweet and understanding about the other ingredients if you didn’t have them BUT NO you have to have saffron (all stern). 😆😂

omg when he stuck out his tongue that got me

Ive had this in Iran with chicken and its pretty incredible!! Iranian food is so GOOD, but sadly it doesn't get the appreciation it deserves.

'nothing wrong with the rice brad gets'

andy loves a crispy top

not watching this bc I'm ever gonna make this, just watching because Andy is hella cute

If you want to turn it into a whole meal, just braise some chicken with onion and some garlic and then add the shredded chicken in the middle layer, preferably also add some of the chicken stock to the yogurt mixture and it becomes a fantastic dish. My wife actually made it for lunch today. But without the chicken, it is more like an amazing side dish that you can have instead of plain rice.

Let's get more Iranian/middle eastern recipes on here. They always look so delicious!

6:59: Get you a man that looks at you the way Andy looks at that tachin.

oooh andy is pretty

that shade on brad though im screaming

I love Andy

Ou Andy is persian? Thank you bon apetit again for introducing Iranian food to the world!

LOL I was hoping he would said if you dont have saffron, no problem.

Hey editors, next time please keep the word balloons around a little longer.

THIS WAS SO GREAT IM PERSIAN AND I THINK ANDY SHOULD JUST RECREATE LIKE EVERY PERSIAN DISH EVER THANK YOU

I need myself a man like andy, i swear i won't need anything else.

Didn’t know Andy was Iranian! I love tachin so much it’s one of my favorite dishes. I hope we’ll see more Iranian dishes made on here! So awesome

Made this last night- it's truly a beautiful dish! Subbed dried cranberries for the barberries. Super yum and gorgeous presentation. Will become a staple! Thank you BA!

More Iranian dishes by Andy please! Like Ghorme Sabzi or OOOH! How about Fesenjun?!

So Andy is iranian? OMG! Iranians have special place in my heart 🙂

Tachin Morgh is one of my all time favorite dishes. Iranian cuisine is amazing!

thats a hell of a lot of saffron

I might just fallen in love with Andy.

I freakin love Persian food! I'm lucky to live near a Persian food buffet! Its truly soul food, if u don't know.. You need to try. Loving this lesson.

Looks amazing, bit too much saffron for my budget sadly! Also never heard single pieces of rice called kernels though, always thought they were called grains! Hence long grain, short grain etc. Either way looks delicious and hope to try it one day

Love seeing iranian cuisine being represented, will definitely make this soon!

ANDY,,,, Can you redo this recipe i wasn't able to pay attention because YOU ARE SO HOT!

GRAINS OF RICE NOT KERNELS!!!!

Jayzus, what was that like $30 of saffron?

I've had this when I was invited for Persian New Year and it really is incredible! Agree on the saffron, it makes the dish.

In iran we put some chopped and cooked meat or chicken with zereshk between 2 layer of rice mixture😉

Andy is Iranian. Love that!!! Do more Persian Dishes Andy!

I've never had this dish, but it looks hella tasty, I'm gonna try this real soon :)

MMmmmmmmMmmm tahchin is my favoriteeee 😍🤤 Persian food is to die for

I made this last night and it was delicious!!! Crunchy, creamy, tangy, salty. The texture contrast between the crunchy outside and the soft inside rice is delicious. The berries contrast deliciously with the rice. I didn't have barberries, so I used tart dried cherries. I even ate it again for breakfast! So good, Thanks Andy!

Omfkfmdm Andy's TONGUE

You're gonna rinse it until the water on the bottom is clear. Hm. Good instructions Andy

I was very distracted by the very beautiful man. What did he make again?

Love to see tahchin on BA but whoa, thats ALOT of saffron. That amount would cover my moms cooking habits for a while and she uses alot of saffron.

TACHIN my favorite !!! Yassss for introducing Persian food to the world !

That tongue is made for eating

I question my sexual orientation when I look at andy cooking.

I like how Andy's using real iranian ingredient for this...this is how it should be

yaaaas where my persian people at?

Andy, can you please make shol-e zard?!

I made this rice cake following exact steps it came out heavenly! Thank you Andy 🙏🙏 wished I could post the picture here.

MAKE MORE IRANIAN FOOD PLS YES

Saffron water 4 lyfe😎🙈👀

Thats the vegetarian version of Tahchin. The original Tahchin has shredded breast chicken in the middle.

You just did it like Iranian chefs, good job 👍

Andy is a very fruity guy, delicious :)

please refer to the Persian name of this dish in the title just as Andy mentioned it in the beginning of the video. this is a cultural dish and the culture deserves recognition for the dish.

I've never been interested in this kind of food, but this dish looks absolutely gorgeous and I bet it's freaking delicious. Thanks for introducing me to it!

Mr Andy I would like to see your take on tadig

Get Andy to make Ghormeh Sabzi

I’m going to get the ingredients to make it know!!! Very excited x

Persian gang ✊️🇮🇷

This is iranian food 🇮🇷

Hello, fellow Americans, I have come to give you some excellent advice if you make this yummy looking dish-SKIP THE ROSE WATER. I repeat, SKIP THE ROSE WATER. The only thing you will be thinking while eating something with rose water if you're an American is one thing-Glade air freshener. We just do not have a nose or palate for it and it will always read Glade. Trust me on this one.

This is my favorite Persian dish😭😍

You KNOW you’re Persian when you get this excited over food 😂😂

He kinda resembles adam levine tbh

andy let me be your crispy top

I know this dish and by seeing the title i was sure the guy must be iranian😂

When I make this dish I add strips of chicken or tuna into the rice mixture before putting into the oven and it makes this dish 1000% better

Hi Andy. So proud of you for pure persian cooking skill.

This is one of mi flavorite foodlings

This looks lovely! Please more Iranian food!! We don’t need more western food recipes :)

0:31 Classic walk-in 'wtf am I here for' lmao Also Andy reminds me of a modern Freddie Mercury.

I just made this dish tonight. One wise thing to remember, DON'T add the salt, trust me, just don't add any salt.

This dish reminds me of a combination of 2 dishes my aunt makes. For one of them, she makes a sauce with barberries and saffron and then pours it over plain basmati rice. She also makes tadiq, which is like the very top layer of the rice dish (it's really crunchy but made out of rice). It's interesting to see variations on Iranian dishes!

first of all andy is beautiful and second of all this looks delicious

I have barberries! I'm gonna try it!

I'd love if Andy could do more Iranian dishes. I feel like we don't get enough recipes from the region! :D

My favorite video of Andy so far for the following reasons : 1) Persian cuisine and culture is my absolute favorite. 2) Andy was the most passionate and excited in this episode as this dish is a part of who he is. 3) That guy is really joyful and it's hard not to be engrossed in his little antics. 4) The way he handled ingredients, the preparations and cooking methods were spot on with all Asian cultures. He didn't waste even a single grain of rice, he washed the bowl with water and poured it all in the bowl. He seasons just like in my culture, heavily. Western culture doesn't season as much. He knows the difference between good and best rice, it's an absolute rarity to see someone with that kind of peckiness while choosing rice.

They have to put so many information boxes whenever Andy cooks😂 I wonder if he's so exited for the food that he just forgets to explain the steps

You had me at Andy, but lost me at raisins. Lol.

He be looking like the meal tho lmao

We always called this tahdig. I guess I have more to learn about my Persian half.

this looks sooooooooo good!!! i need more iranian food in my life!

Andy is so much hotter and cuter than brad tbh

definitely gonna try this one day... Also, he seems to be such a lovely person. favorite cook ;-P

he's so.... pretty :V why can't I be pretty like him dangit.

Adding a few spoons of hot water to a granite mortar is pretty hilarious, it's going to be room temperature in about 3 seconds

Is that Brad in the background

Finally someone who wash the rice!thank you!

Can...we have a video with Kat?

This was so nice. It was so nice to see Andy celebrate his roots in the test kitchen. Thanks for the recipe! Definitely gonna try it out.

I see Andy so I automatically click.. love him

He is so beautiful 😍

Ok. What would I use If I don't have 20$ worth of saffron just lying around?

"If you're THAT kind of person." 😂😂🤣🤣 I love him!!!!

Im confused. Is that supposed to be sweet or savory?

Can I marry you Andy so I can have two Persian husbands? Love your recipes. Thankyou

I'm persian and I cannot believe you made it without chicken :'(