It's kind of minor but I appreciate showing the indecision of certain steps. So many other cooking videos are so thoroughly planned out that following along makes it feel like there's no room for error but it's nice seeing you go back and forth on what to do in the moment (even if it's just you silently moving in different directions before committing) and even rethink a decision like not scooping the bun. It's a human and relatable touch.
The art of engaging, but mostly uncut content is difficult and there aren't many people doing it super well nowadays. But I'm really enjoying this style of video from you Ethan! + I completely agree on sandwiches. Every single day.
Hoping realism in these really helps break down any objections from folks that think cooking tasty food takes to much ___ . (Effort, time, etc). Keeping these handy for the next round of tech bros that say they just want a steady stream of door dash bc cooking is inconvenient 🙄
I really got into rice bowls. My current fav is having thinly sliced meat with a bit of a marinade and cook it with sliced onions on top of the rice in the rice cooker and topped with an egg yolk once it's done. It's a one pot meal that's super filling and tasty.
One that I’ve been eating a lot lately is: 1. Ground beef / chicken seasoned with different spice mixes 2. Pickled something (onions, beets, pickles, sauerkraut) 3. Sauce of some kind 4. Mix with rice High volume, good macros.
I think stews might be my favourite category, because you can cut everything up, throw it in a pot and a couple hours later you get this delicious meal
Deciding things on the fly, moving randomly left to right to find the item or the knife you need for the next step, the snacking on the fallen pieces of meat and veggies this makes this video so human and relatable. Thank you Ethan you are doing a service for food youtube! I'm pretty good in the kitchen and I love these videos for how other people's mind work during cooking.
Hard agree on sandwiches. Most underrated category of food because they aren't seen as 'fancy.' Sadly I had to cut them out of my current diet (too many calories to use enough/quality bread) but I greatly look forward to adding them in as a staple once I'm bulking.
In the same booth friend, though I got a long long way to go before I can bulk. Gotta lose just casually 1½-2 people's worth of weight before that. Sandwiches are the bomb when done correctly, egg sandwiches are my weakness and this sandwich could easily also become a weakness.
My favorite food category is probably pasta. You can change it up and have heavier pasta sauces, but you could also make a light oil dressed pasta salad as well. Plus there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of pasta shapes so it’s almost infinite combinations of different shapes textures and flavors
Really enjoying these new videos, I was a big fan of your old recipe videos on your main channel, they helped me learn a lot about cooking. I love the long form videos on there now too, but I'm looking forward to trying these new recipes out. Great to see you progressively get more confident with this style as these videos come out too!
Sandwiches are definitely one of those. Super highly versatile and amazing food groups. I mean depending on how you define a sandwich, it automatically already includes burgers, but even without something like burgers you're thinking like oh you got stuff with like ciabatta and a pesto. With it going in all the nooks and crannies you have got a pita filled to the brim with some heavily spiced meat and fresh vegetables. You know you've got a classic kind of like sandwich meat with some fresh tomato. You have got tomatoes with just salt and pepper on a slice of bread you've got behind me like it is super versatile. It can do so many things and when I think of my upbringing in Germany, that's when I think like how important bread and sandwiches really are. That's literally the normal supper in Germany
Favorite food category: chili. I eat it pretty much every day. You can do a ton. I put all sort of veggies in. Potatoes. Vegetarian. Beef. Tofu. Chicken. Beans. You can get so much variety and nutrition packed in. Plus you can make a bunch at once.
A food category I like is, Rice bowls. Protein over rice. Doesn't matter what kind of protein, how it's prepared or what ever else is on top, if there's a bed of rice and whatever I can find in my fridge, it's a good one.
Big E, I think my favorite category (in the broader sense) is Asian cuisine. After living all over the world, I have identified several food truths: Italian’s have pasta down (obviously), the French do sauces and desserts, however, the Asian communities have the entree down in the best possible way. That is my favorite classification I could eat for the rest of my life. The balance, textures, and flavors are second to none. Oh, BTW as Americans we excel at the snack.😊
I would have to agree sandwiches would be something I could eat everyday too. Such a versatile framework. So much so I am baking hoagie rolls today from your Cookwell site!
Dumplings are defenitly one of the best food categorys out there because you get some form of filled dumpling in almost every country of the world. Weather it be pirogie, in eastern Europe, manti in turkey, empanadas in Latin America and Spain or all king of asian dumplings or dim sum
Love the show and the ease of making this sandwich. Cannot wait to replicate it at home. Also love that backsplash. Would you happen to know what the backsplash color is called?
Noodles (Asian) is my category. All the various varieties - rice, egg, wheat/ buckwheat. prepared as stir fried, deep fried or in soups, hot or cold. Plus the massive spectrum of what you can add to the noodles - meats, vegetables, sauces, different ways with egg, various dumplings - you can be vegetarian or omnivore. I could likely do something different every day for a year.
Being on a diet anything with chicken breast is my go to... UNTIL the home grown tomatoes come into play. Ill eat a heavily spiced cooked well (think pulled around 155) chicken breast every single day and feel full. I cant feel full off of something like a pasta dish or a burger. I still sometimes get a salt hit at the end of the day with popcorn or ramen, but that isnt the main form of sustenance for the day. One tomatoes come in ill eat a tomato sandwhich, but that tomato will clock in at half a pound. Massive slice on some toast with mayo salt and pepper. My brandywines last year got to 1-1.5 lbs /tomato.
My favourite category would probably be hand-food. Sandwiches, burritos, wraps, basically if I can stuff it into my face without a knife and a fork, I'm happy.
For me, my favorite genre of food is noodle soups. Taiwanese red-braised beef noodle soup, ramen, udon, pho, even chicken noodle soup or instant noodles - all of it tastes like home. Sandwiches are a close second though, since they're almost as good and so much easier to make.
Favorite food category : either tacos or stir fry. Tacos for their ease of eating, stir fry because the abundance of veg along with rice/noodles or some other starch to soak up a delicious sauce
hello ethan, love your videos. Was wondering if you could try to do some low carb meals like this instead with something like a lettuce wrap or something similar? As a diabetic i have to watch the carbs or it will shoot up my blood sugar haha.
Definitely gonna try this one. I think my favorite category would be stir-fries. Like Asian style with either noodles in the stir fry or served over rice.
I have to go with what we do most here which is a 3 item meal. Meat, potatoes and some kind of veg, preferably in bechamel sauce. I could down that every day and never get tired of it.
Having just come back from Mexico, I can say I’d eat tacos every day. Breakfast tacos with egg, meat, veg, and cheese, and anything you can imagine for lunch and dinner.
What is the model of scale used here? It measures to a tenth of gram, which is really nice - my oxo scale is pretty all over the place when i just want one gram, and my little accurate scale is hard to use with a bowl of any size.
Food categories, rice bowls is up there for me! Is that too broad of a category? Like rice beans carnitas; or rice, steamed veggies, chicken teriyaki, etc?
Stews and soups. I got IBS so having my vegetables boiled to oblivion makes me less likely to react to what I eat. Plus, I love how easy it is to portion it out into one portion containers and freeze them.
I'm wondering, why are you wrapping it just to get it out when you eat? I always keep the wrapper on while I eat, I think that's the point of it; the sandwiches fall apart while one takes a bite out of them, or the ingredients spill at the edges; the wrapper keeps them in while one bites. I've seem you doing this in multiple instances now.
I have to agree, a good hot sandwich is good anytime, all the time! Asian noodles is a close second! Also, I have started using napa cabbage in place of iceberg lettuce.
Pizza and sandwiches are definitely my fav food formats. With sandwiches, the wide array of possibilities presented by a few slices of bread just makes me so happy. (Edit: this sandwich looks so delicious!)
I’m a massive sandwich fan. I could eat a sandwich every day and with the huge variety it could probably be different for almost every day of the year. Now I’m curious. Has anyone ever done that?
How I think about food categories is what you do with leftovers. Do you turn them into sandwiches, salads, fried rice, etc… For me leftovers become tacos.
What always comes up in my mind in sandwiches that are wrapped: Are you not eating foil? As in, I see you cutting through it and foil just ripping apart. Do you not push any of it inside the sandwich? Honest question!
I think it has to be sandwiches or stir fry - there's a heck of a lot of variety inside those two categories. But going just based on how balanced you can make it, and how easy it is to skew from rich to light, probably sandwiches.
I don’t think a category exists that I won’t get tired of but sandwiches would also be on the top for me followed by pizza but it ultimately depends on my mood.
Stews easily but it's kind of a cheat, since it includes curry and you can serve it with any carb, i can have pot roast, birria, cantonese brisket/tendon stew, oxtail, etc
Burritos, dude. Burritos. Breakfast burritos, veggie burritos, even a well executed bean and cheese burrito. Let's not get started on California Burritos (carne asada with extra crispy french fries, cheese, sour cream/guac, and pico.) Go bonkers with whatever salsa you want. I'm a hardline burrito boy. I'm from Southern California so that definitely has something to do with it.
I often ask myself that question: When you would only be able to eat one category of food for the rest of your life, which one would it be. I always come back to the same answer: Ramen
For eating, I feel like nothing beats a sandwich, but stir-fries are indispensable for cooking because you can literally make a delicious meal out of anything as long as you've got the technique down and you know your ingredients
