This is the most legit cooking tutorial of Puertorican cuisine I have ever seen online. (I’m from Puerto Rico, from a family of great cooks). The “until your hear tells you” is very real. That is for me the typical grandma recipe. I asked my mom for the amount in one of her recipes and her answer was “Throw some there, until it tastes”. Omi is amazing. Certainly stole our hearts. Thanks for an outstanding video about our most emblematic dish.
This was by far one of my favorite babish videos I’ve seen. The chemistry and energy was unmatched and truly wholesome. I hope to see more episodes that include dishes from the Caribbean/Latin America. Andrew really enjoyed that mofogo and chicharrón
Love the inclusion, but I like the domimican version better (garlic during the mashing, real chicharron and served with a side of sancochito to moisten it up)
I feel like Andrew has a crush on every guest he invites or something. Like, he seems so nervous and is trying to make the best impression with everyone he meets and is trying to act funny and stuff. It's really nice!
@@Hidori41 watch the flan episode with Dominique Ansel, dude literally comes off as a middle schooler trying to talk to his crush for the first time it's adorable 😭
I love this woman. Growing up in Brooklyn, she reminds me of every Tia and adopted mami I’ve had. She’s just very much herself and you have to love that
Me, a Puerto Rican/ Taino person coming into this video after seeing the title - skeptical, concerned... Me, seeing him bring an actual Puerto Rican chef onto his show to do this traditionally - Perfect
Mofongo is one of the few truly African inspired dishes from Puerto Rico. It's based on African Fufu but made with the ingredients available to Afro-carribeans. The Cuban version is called Fufu like it's ghanian predecessor but is sweet and mashed with bacon and other garnishes. Puerto Rico's is mofongo and is fried green platains with a meat of choice usually fried but sometimes stewed especially if its seafood. Dominicans have mangu which is a delicious mash with onions and often accompanied with fried salami. Mofongo is popular with Dominicans as well but usually boiled green plantains instead of fried. I read somewhere that it became popular with them in the 1960s when many of them moved to the states. There are other notable versions outside the carribean too. In Colombia they have Cayeye which is also similar.
While I'm not Latino myself, I live in a neighborhood that is largely Cuban and Puerto Rican, so lots of little restaurants have mofongo, and I love me some of that, maybe with shrimp and octopus in a tomato sauce.
my heart just blossoms when i see different folks embrace one another culture.....grandma always told me, more love more joy delicious food, brings us together.
I had mofongo in Puerto Rico like 8 years ago and it was one of my favorite meals ever. I watch many cooking youtubers, as well as every episode of ATK, and I think this is the first time anyone's tried doing mofongo!
I love my local puerto rican place's mofongo, they form it into a hollow bowl and then fill it with pollo guisado and serve it all together as something that bread bowl soups wish they could be when they grow up
Babish, i live in Washington Heights, and i gotta tell ya. This looks better than the way some of the restaurants around here have been making Mofongo lately! Thanks for the video, im off to try to make my own soon!
Definitely enjoying this season of Next Level Chef. Omi's dishes look so elegant and can imagine they taste amazing! You're definitely going to win this.
As a Puertorican, this makes me sooo happy. Babish, my favorite food youtuber, making my favorite dish from home ❤. Omi estas bella mi amor, representa tu Isla con orgullo 🇵🇷
"Did I say it was healthy? 🤨" I love that! Ain't nothing wrong with the way your grandma cooked. I also love learning about foods from other cultures and I would LOVE to try this. In fact I will
Even with my almost nonexistent Spanish it was neat to immediately guess and figure out what came next ahead of time because of all the crossover there is in Caribbean cooking. Like they're all distinct but my experiences growing up with Dominican and Haitian cuisine had me immediately just go ah yes. And its fun to see the things that are more or less common or even not used at all in one but are a staple of the other.
Was worried Babby could not eat the plantains due to his banana allergy. Interesting food from someone coming from sweden, this kind of food is so different from our food culture but I still find myself intrigued and hooked. Thanks for an awesome episode~
filipino food that's ilokano style would be a nice video for basics. i recommend you guys make some dining-ding, a vegetable heavy dish that has sweet potatoes, bagoong (fish paste sauce), spinach, and squash flowers. you can also change up the greens to however you like, as long as they're leafy. it's very refreshing to eat and one of my favorite dishes
You could do a whole other series that's just you learning about authentic cooking from people's ancestral cultures. Every country has something different, those countries all have regions, and all those regions have many dishes, so you'd pretty much never run out.
This is a great idea! He's done episodes here and there over the years with other cuisines. But a concentrated series/effort would be great. Andy is so thoughtful and reverential - a perfect way to showcase other cuisines!!
I don't want to offend anyone, but i just started the episode in German mode, and i was really disappointed that there was no Grandma in this video at first, but now i got it. This Episode was a blast to watch as always, thank you so much !
Weeeepaaaaa!!!! It brings me joy to see my favorite dish I’ve grown up with being made on here ❤ I especially love how mofongo is such a personal dish and reflects the heart of the ones making it. Buen provecho🇵🇷🇵🇷
I come from an Italian-American family, so grew up with that cuisine. My sister married into a Puerto Rican family. OHHH, MARONE!!! Saturday nights, I go over to my brother-in-law's mother's place, all by myself just for the food!
Ok I love this, but also, Andy showing true commitment being allergic to bananas (so I imagine plantains could be a risk) and hating cilantro (and therefore I imagine it’s stronger cousin too) but making and eating this anyway 👏🏻
This is my favorite episode!! Omi is amazing, mofongo is my favorite, and I swear I can smell that kitchen the whole time! Thank you so much, Babish for this! Annnnnd where can I get this recipe?! ❤️🤤
I don't know how Simon Whistler does it. He has nearly a thousand voiceover channels where he tells stories, then he comes to New York and puts on a cooking show for us too? Man. What a generational talent.
