Jamie Oliver RUINS TEX MEX! Pro Chef Reacts 

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Had he called that a Greek or Mediterranean chicken wrap rather than Tex-Mex it would have been a home run rather that a strikeout.

A bit of trivia on Jamie Olive Oil that you may or may not know. The BBC were doing a documentary on River Café (an Italian restaurant in London with 1 Michelin Star). Jamie was a fresh-faced line cook working in that kitchen that day. If I remember correctly he was approximately 2 months into that job. The BBC producer doing the documentary took a liking with him because of his charisma (read: he was very good at blagging) and his young face was what they were looking for to replace an aging cast of TV Chefs. So basically they handpicked a chef with next to nothing cooking experience and brought him to the mainstream. He was a hit with the young female crowd when he was young and babyfaced. It is no surprise that chefs like Gordon who paid their dues in kitchen and actually know a thing or two about cooking dislike Jamie.

As a Mexican in Texas..... He would be chased out of Texas with this dish

It's unfortunate that his country sent so many out in search of so many spices and Jaime Oliver is so afraid to use them.

I'm a native Texan who's also half Spanish with family from both Spain and Mexico. So I grew up on Tex-mex, traditional Mex, and traditional Spanish cuisine. Watching this literally made me want to punch Jamie in the face for just being so arrogantly WRONG about this entire dish. Mad props to you, Brian for actually having a firm grasp on Tex-Mex cuisine. Love your content.

Stay tuned for Jamie's next video where he makes a traditional Ethiopian vegetarian dish using pineapple, spaghetti, beef, coconut milk, and Mexican oregano.

"First I'm gonna show you a technique how to do the sweet corn" *just puts it in a pan. Wow, amazing, I never would have figured that out on my own, what a chef

Tex-Mex centers around beef, chili peppers, cumin, sour cream and yellow cheese. This dish was literally zero for five.

Just let it be known: he's not universally loved in Britain either. He's a very divisive figure in a way, mainly because his material has involved showing off his own wealth a decade before Instagram normalised such showiness. And almost all of his criticism of the eating habits of the public is aimed at working class families. Also: I'm british and not a chef but would never dream of not using cumin in a Mexican/Tex Mex dish.

The thing with "healthy-fying" foreign dishes (without explicitly stating that it's a "diet" version of it) is that it's especially bad if it's a cuisine your audience is unfamiliar with (i.e. Brits and Tex-Mex). You might end up making them dismiss an entire type of food because of an underwhelming dish. Like imagine if the first time you ever ate pizza, it was a small flat piece of whole-wheat crust, with only tiny bits of low-fat cheese and tomatoes, with only salt and pepper for spices (no oregano or basil). Would it be edible or even decent? Sure. Would it be healthier than a normal pizza? You bet. Would you be forgiven for thinking the world is really overhyping it? Absolutely.

Mex/American who lives in Texas checking in. This episode was cathartic. Love when somebody can differentiate the two. 100% the common telltale signs of TexMex is the use of copious amounts of cheddar cheese (shredded or melted), sour cream (thicker one), Comino (cumin), heavy black pepper, chipotle or chili powder, and the use of iceberg lettuce/roma tomato in just about anything. Need that crunch, and you need a meatier tomato so it's not super watery. I prefer authentic mexican food, but sometimes Tex Mex hits the spot. Crunchy tacos and chimichangas hit pretty hard. Then again, fried food is just addictive in general lol.

I agree. The problem here is the nomenclature. If Jamie called this "Jamie's delicious chicken dish" I would have no problem. But if you're going to invoke tex-mex and capitalize on the caché of that term, you need to operate within the parameters. Here in New Mexico, here's what we would have done. Made Carne Adovada (braised chicken with garlic, cumin, limes, oregano. Added red chili sauce for liquidity and green chili sauce for flavor and texture. If you're serving to non-natives add crema agria, cheese, and flour tortillas. Otherwise, keep it healthy

He just needs to say stuff like "this isn't tex mex, but it has a little bit of influence and is a delicious dish that's easy to make" We wouldn't rip on him so much

Okay Brian, now you have to show us how to make an amazing Tex-Mex meal.

Ancho Chile powder, oregano, cumin, paprika, and chopped garlic mixed with olive oil. Place underneath skin of chin and bake it with the onions and romas if you want. Remove the skin and shred the chicken then blend the garlic, onion, and romas to create a paste, add in a broth to make it more of a liquid state. Heat the chicken in a skillet briefly with the sauce to mix together. Heat tortilla and place chicken then add fresh lime squeezed, cheese, and cilantro. If he wanted a healthy crema, just blend Greek yogurt with mashed avacado and use that. Done.

I had Tex-Mex yesterday, and they didn't Jamie it. Yeah, "to Jamie : to put random shit in a dish and call it authentic." New verb. Awesome video!

I think what's so strange about Jamie is that his recipes are ambiguous enough to be almost interchangeable. It seems to me his "Tex-Mex" and his "Asian" are both just vaguely good-tasting variations of the same recipe, with random regional ingredients thrown in as an afterthought.

As some one born in Texas, and growing up eating Tex-Mex even as baby food, even just his ingredient list hurts me down in to my soul.

I'm only two minutes in but need to interject. Sour cream has a quarter of the calories of Greek yogurt. His health food argument has always been dubious but it completely implodes here.

Great review Brian! I will have to review this later! ;) Hope all is well!

I love it when you have the huevos to attack Jamie Olive Oil directly rather than letting Uncle Roger lead the charge

Man, I don't care where I am, how old I am, or how rich I am, I will always devour the shit out of a cheap ass Ortega or El Paso taco kit with some store bought white tortillas and half of the worlds supply of cheese. This dudes dish feels like a completely different planet compared to what most Americans called Tex Mex growing up. I'll almost always prefer a fully homeade Tex mex meal, but my God, the 10 minutes it takes to just brown some ground beef and use a taco kit from the store is probably the greatest poor man's meal of all time.

You can't mess up Tex-Mex, it combines two of the best cuisines I have seen. Sure I've never had Texan BBQ or Mexican Barbacoa, but I equate it to Indian-Bengali cuisine, there are some overlapping dishes and ingredients, but they are different and there have been like Indian dishes that have been Bengalisized for our tastes. Jamie literally killed anything Tex-Mex. Man just thought it sounds good and ran with it.

I Teach Food Tech (Cooking) at High School level in the UK and I tell my students that Jamie's 'authentic' is most definately not and they are much better off finding videos of Chefs from whatever nationality of cusine and learn from them; even if you have to do it with subtitles. Jamie is not that popular over here anymore and neither is Nigella Lawson. From working with British Teenagers I can tell you their palettes are way more refined that people think and they want authentic cusine now, not crappy rip-offs. Love the videos btw 👍😎

The only british chef I really trust with making authentic dishes is Ainsley. His bbq bible series is a fantastic watch too!

Right from the preview clip, I'm immediately reminded of The Great British Bake Off doing tacos. In an age of easily accessible information, someone can just search for a Tex-Mex recipe or video to get an idea or even substitution options. Plenty of options out there and the only reason I could see anyone checking out Jamie Oliver's video is because he's a celebrity chef and the idea that that means he knows his stuff.

Uk here. Tex-Mex is pretty popular over here, and all the required flavours, spices and ingredients are all readily available, even if you take the easy route and grab an Old El Paso fajita kit. Jamie Oliver just sucks

swap paprika for cumin & oregano, take out the tomatoes and onion, dice them up, add lime juice and cilantro, swap the greek yogurt for sour cream and you can call it tex-mex. like Tex-Mex is pretty simple, too.

We don't need unlce Roger to roast Jamie man you do it just as good 👌🏻😂

You could also use ground coriander and chili powder. Also my preference for tortillas for a while has been corn tortillas. I’m also not a huge fan of Sour Cream (at least not plain) but you flavor it and make more of a sauce, and I’d enjoy it more! It’s not that unhealthy. Also if you’re like me and calcium deficient, it’s a good way to get calcium in the meal. As for no cheese, meh. Tacos are already healthy. You can find some kind of cheese to add to it in small quantities. Cheese is good for you! The biggest gripe as you mentioned is just calling it Tex Mex when it’s really not! lol 😂

Chef Brian - this is officially my favorite RU-vid channel. Period. Also having Chef Paul on is simply icing on the cake!

Being Tex-Mex myself; I’m horrified. I *could* forgive the yogurt if he mentioned what crema is and that the yogurt would be a substitute if you have a hard time finding the real McCoy (which is plausible over the pond). However, sour cream is a better substitute.

We use a lot of rojo seasoning when we make texmex it’s good for marinating chicken too

It would be fun to watch you review some of the Kenji Lopez-Alt videos. He's one of the popularisers of more scientific approach to cooking, his videos are no-nonsense and his style of cooking will lend to interesting reviews cause he explains the choices he makes

Cheers from the Caribbean, thank you for all the great and informative content!

It's telling that he just calls this dish "Tex-Mex." What dish is he making? "Tex-Mex." It isn't anything specific you could get at any kind of restaurant or food truck; it's "ambiguous cuisine."

Completely agree with you Chef Brian. The dish looks good - Jamie can cook, I think we all know that. Cook like an elite chef? Well... Regardless, whether it's his writers, his recipes or just his presentation, it makes me think that that he does not know - or care - that what he gives us isn't representative of whatever style of dish he's trying to emulate.

Tex Mex to me is avocado corn pepper chili cheese and Steak lime

Good morning Brian... I saw tacos and got excited.

Love your personality Brian, love your channel.

Being a Mexican from Texas I genuinely winced when I saw the title Jamie is NOT invited to the cookout 😂

As a Canadian I feel like if he tried making poutine he'd end up using maple syrup from Vermont somehow, yknow what I mean?

Wow amazing timing on that sponsorship, I just got a new prescription on Friday.

bro bro bro i just fuckin love your videos maan like now a days thats what i always watch any time i open youtube

I'd like to see you do a longer show where you review someone's food jamie oliver or cooking with Jack for example then remake that dish appropriately

My grandmother used to make huge stacks of tortillas. She rolled them out with a rolling pin and cooked them on a cast iron griddle plate She put on the stove top. She flipped them with her finger nails. The only flavor needed was salt in the dough and the char from the cast iron. I have never had tortillas that tasted like that from elsewhere. There have been no pre-made and certainly not any whole wheat tortillas. Jamie's audience is British home cooks who will probably never know any different or any better than what he is presenting. That British baking show that did their Mexican week was horrifying and while it showed some younger people were more familiar. The older participants were completely lost. I think some of the host people were even pronouncing things wrong or giving wrong information even though they were supposed to be knowing and worldly. Plus you have complications because it seems like Spain is Mexico for British people. So there is quite a difference between what the Spanish definition of tortilla is and what it is in Mexico. The same goes for horchata and who knows what else. Most people just accept what they are given and will never look into the information they are fed to determine its accuracy or validity. If you will never verify your information then anyone is free to tell you anything they want without concern for precision, accuracy, or reality.

id be interested in seeing a reaction plus recreating, tasty his version of recipes and giving a final thought!

Recently finally used some crema in a few meals. Pourable, yes, but also has a more buttery taste. Dying to try it on some baked potatoes in the near future.

Its closer to a chicken Gyro. Put some dill and cucumbers into the yogurt and skip the corn. It's as authentic Greek as it is authentic tex mex.

If someone asked me to define the essential traits of Tex-Mex dishes as briefly as possible, I'd say that it's heavy use of open-flame, combination of Mexican tastes and American resources/methods (soft white flour tortilla, greater emphasis on beef, virtually no offal or organ meat), larger amounts of cheese (mainly colby jack, cotija, and queso asadero) and the delicious peppers of the American Southwest & Mexico. It is completely astounding that Jamie managed to both not use all these, but to not use ANY. If anything, Jamie Oliver is an incredibly diverse man. Whether it's India, Mexico, America, or Asia, he WILL find a way to screw up your traditional food.

Good video thanks Brian 👍.

I’ve been cooking my corn cob in the oven while still in its husk for years and it’s the best tasting corn I’ve ever had, no salt or butter needed, but nice extra. I can’t imagine cooking them any different.

I wish Jamie would just say "tex-mex inspired". Like you said, I have no doubt this would taste great. I'm American/Mex/bori🇵🇷 and I agree with all your spice choices! Also, he uses lime and cilantro for every "Asian" dish he makes but can't even use it for tex mex 🤦🏽‍♀️😂

Where was the guacamole? You can't have Tex-Mex without the guacamole; it's the best part.

"Who's family? Your family?"😂

Hey man, random suggestion: Ever think about doing something like a tier list or a tournament of worst/best dishes from chefs... or "chefs"... on RU-vid? Just throwing it out there because I think the switch up would be good for the algorithm and might land you on recommended spots you don't normally reach. I dig your content and it'd be awesome to see you blow up more (I also advised other content creators professionally in the past but this is my alt so I stay low key lol). Take it or leave it if you want, but it's easy content to make entertaining and it's not too far of a departure from what you already do. There aren't enough people on RU-vid with distinct personalities which is why I dig your content. Keep on pushing!

43 secs, nice to be this early

The oven chicken no doubt will be fantastic, as the wrap he created will be... But nothing TexMex about it... and I'm Dutch.. only TexMex seasoning I've known is from a satchel... And if I can't get a crema (which is 99% of the times), I'd go for creme fraiche over Greek yogurt any day

I've never been this early OMG 😊 I love your videos

The worst thing about Jamie Oliver is all the weird changes and "twists" he likes to do are next to never involving things the average person in the UK has hanging about. Youd have to go out the way to buy the stuff to make his weird wacky versions of classics

Look up his huevos ranchero dish. It's straight nonsense.

Hi Brian, thanks for the love! Greetings from Guadalajara, Mexico (:

I live in a rural area in Scotland but I can get chipotle fairly easily! Cumin, fresh coriander and lime? Available in my local supermarket!

I'd like to see your take on it, and I get adapting some things based upon availability but the Greek yoghurt did baffle me.

Me as a home chef no one takes that seriously but Mexican and Asian cuisine is my fave and even I'm offended. You keep such composure and helpful tips. Really appreciate what you do. Much love

In the words of Uncle Roger "where the CUMIN...Where CUMIN" 😂😂..Well that's Jamie Oliver for ya always of track 😂😂. Good video bro. Cheers!

8:01 Hey Brian, how's it going? Excellent job, Thanks for the upload! I hope, I don't sound annoying, So, picture this: I'm getting really hungry while watching your video, getting all set to cook some homemade "Mexican Fried Rice". And then, I heard what you mentioned about tortillas. I had to hit pause, couldn't help but react with "ooh hell nooo!" Now, as a Mexican, I feel obligated to point out that there is only thing that beats a "white tortilla" (Asume you mean Flour Tortillas) and that is a Corn Tortillas, Corn Tortillas are the real Mexican deal, But I totally get that in the context of Tex-Mex food, is the way to go (In Texas and most of the USA, Flour Totilla is what most of the NON Mexican people only know though) Don't get me wrong, Flour tortillas are really good too, But In our Mexican opinion, they're just a close second to Corn Tortillas. Keep up the great content! Looking forward for more videos, hope everybody have a great day!!

You can get Chipotle in the uk but most people aren't going to use it enough to warrant buying it.

I'm in the U.K and you can get chipotle powder anywhere!

Jamie makes SE Asian egg fried chicken rice. Alternatives substitute olive oil as cooking oil. Use a deep saucepan instead of wok or fry pan. Switch chicken for whale meat. Swap eggs with caviar. Change rice to pasta. Drop sesame oil for corn oil. Change both soy sauce for marinara and bolognese. Remove all Asian spices for any spice/herb he can find on another continent, say rosemary, sage, basil and 50 others I've never heard of. Remove the mirin and use champagne instead. Now when done transfer to a baking tray and cook at 250° c in the oven for 2 hours. Must not forget use sweetcorn, mashed potatoes and catus purée as mirepoix.

Cumin and cilantro are the best part of Tex-Mex/Mexican food and they were nowhere to be seen. I remember cooking at home before I knew you could find recipes online and "discovering" that cumin was the flavor I was missing all along. Wow, the difference one spice can make!

I love how chill the video is and then the outro song just comes out of nowhere and goes hate af. I'm guessing that's your band? What's it called?

Imo I love flour tortillas but there is something endearing when using corn tortillas that you fry up yourself. ❤

I’m from San Diego, raised in Arizona, have lived in Texas… there is no part of the American southwest in which this guy’s food is not crap.

The only Mexican food I made is guacamole, and elotes from corn kernels in can, and I made a blunder with the guacamole by underestimating the potency of red onion. Next time, I'll either wash off the strong onion flavor, or use white onion, which is milder. I usually mix tomato and red onion with salted egg. Using avocado instead of salted egg makes it guacamole. I just realized the chunky guacamole is the American style.

Beautiful organized chaos(khoas),..hmm great band name, or clan in some game

Hi chef Tsao, please remember he is a Britt. He is always using Olive Oil for everything like fried rice with egg. The last thing i want to see with Lamie Olive Oil is Northern Germany kitchen like Matjes or "Mettbrötchen". We never will use Olive oil for nothern german kitchen. oh and don't forget Chilly Jam in fried rice with egg.

He could just say "delicious tortilla wrap dinner fast and easy!" And no one would bat an eye!

my favorite brian tsaoism is when you say "theres no doubt that thats going to be delicious" because I know the followup is you wanting to say "but what the fuck"

Last year when I was in Portugal We saw Jamie on the tv and I couldn’t stop laughing

🤔 It's been a long time since I've had Tex-Mex. What you get around Texas is very different from other areas of the country. Totally agree about the spices and limes....maybe cayenne and NM chilies but he may not have access to them. Roast the corn but should be in pieces with beans together with the chicken. Some cheese but usually it's Monterey Jack (maybe a tiny bit of cheddar on top). Sour cream and pico de gallo. Usually the tortillas are corn. It's been so long since I've had Tex-Mex but back in the day usually it was rustic thicker hand done corn or blue corn tortillas.

We have both cumin AND taco seasoning AND tex mex seasoning (kind of - it's fajita seasoning) in the UK...

At this point I’m convinced that Jamie’s research consists of looking at a photo of a certain kind of cuisine and then trying to recreate it just based on what he can identify and making up the rest lol

I’m From the U.K. but it’s like refried beans a big thing in Tex mex especially in the tortillas. How shoot more spices

"Leaving the corn whole" Me intentionally misunderstanding, "not if I can help it 😏 "

To be fair for a good Mexican/ TexMex style chicken, it's so easy, take a plastic ziplock or something that can be covered or sealed, put in your chicken, take some Orange Juice, preferably a real juice one like Simply, fill it until it's almost halfway covering the chicken, rough chop some Green onion, Jalapeno and/or Serrano and Cilantro and throw in. Add plenty of salt, pepper, and garlic to start, add some chili powder, a little paprika, I use Cumin but it isn't really a traditional Mexican spice, more Tex Mex, or I"ll also use this really good all purpose Mexican seasoning that has most of that stuff in it, plus some extras. Then make sure everything is saturated in the marinade and let it sit for at least three hours, pull it out and grill it up, I suppose you could pan fry it or use the oven, but I gotta have that crust and smoke flavor you can only get on a grill, but not everyone has that option, but if you do, grill it always. It's the closest I've gotten to something like an El Pollo Loco chicken marinade and I think it stacks up quite nice.

You can get Chipotle paste no problem in the UK.

Chef Brian when will ever see the Bobby Flay reaction video?

Cumin, chili powder, garlic, lime for chicken. Tomato, jalapeno, chedder cheese, cilantro, queso fresco. I admit, I've subbed greek yogurt when I didn't have queso fresco at home, but never for a presentation uploaded to the internet.

Many abuelas are rolling their eyes right now.

10:39 could have sliced the roasted corn off the cob and mixed it into a salsa or pico

Now I'm curious as to your top 5 cuisines with Tex-Mex being in your top 3...curious also what your top 5 Tex-Mex dishes are

Best way to cook corn is to roast it in the husk in a very hot oven for 45 minutes. I'm also a big fan of died chiles, if your store has them. And if your store doesn't have all the separate seasonings, see if they have Goya Saizon in the "Mexican " section. (And yes I know that people have issues with Goya, but that's the only brand my store carries)

What happened to the neck of your guitar? (Or bass, I’m sorry I don’t know what instrument you play) Edit: I’m absolutely geeking out over your wall art. The Adam West Batman and Powdered toooast man!

Oliver obviously has never had freshly made out of the oven Mexican flour tortillas, there's nothing like it, especially quick crisped off of a burner of a gas stove--it's fv

I love authentic Mexican food. Cow head tacos are my favorite!

It could be a family favorite for a family who's never heard of or tasted Mexican food or Tex mex😆

Everyone I know with a primarily texmex diet just uses Sazon for everything. That's just Cumin and MSG. And maybe also garlic. I don't remember and I'm not in my kitchen rn.

By using yogurt, makes me think Jamie OliveOil thinks Mexico is in the Middle East lol 😆 😅 This could have been called Mediterranean food video 😅