4 Million Subscriber Special: American Vs. Full English Breakfast

you know they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and i don't really know if that's true or not scientifically i'm not sure it is there is one complication we need to figure out here the full english breakfast or an iconic diner american breakfast is there a true winner [Music] hold up one second we have a very important announcement we recently hit 4 million subscribers that's four times what we had a year ago so as a very important thank you we brought in a bunch of you guys into a discord and we got into video chats with random people left and right and we surprised people with free kitchenaid sand mixers you know those really good stand mixers that i'm always using and you guys are like oh gosh i don't have one i'm literally giving them to you what's up man i heard you ditched your girlfriend for this i'm scared man this was my first relationship since do you cook a lot yeah i do do you have a stand mixer do you usually need the dough in your hands dude okay well then i got you covered we have one coming your way hit up vikram and i'll get you a stand mixer wait do you guys require my credit information no no i don't believe that i'm talking to you what's up man you got a question or any burning questions you ever want to ask me i know you're all about chef and i was wondering if you played guitar and like what's your top three songs to play funny answer i used to play all the time now i'd like barely play anymore i got to the point where i was able to play the whole song of holy diver and that's where i like stopped i was pretty good at it it wasn't bad do you do you cook a lot by chance yes i do i'm in love with your butter chicken recipe if are you ever planning on making bread or anything like that like would you want a stand mixer for that man that's like an amazing thing for you to offer i i don't know how to do that it's already done it's done you can grind your own meat you can do all the things you need to do with it you can have the whisk attachment all the things i love it are you using a stand mixer what are you using i'm waiting one for my birthday waiting for one for your birthday well if they haven't gotten it yet i can get you one right now you want it of course okay done it's done oh my god i love you can you like give me a cup of cheese papa kisio do you have do you have all the equipment you need you're all set up you got the stand mixer oh yeah bro i spent so much money watching you oh i'm sorry hey hey what's up man so i've been i'm 22 and i graduated nothing related to cooking at all now i'm making fresh dough what would you say the next step in terms of advancing your food keep pushing yourself buy more cookbooks look at the weird cookbooks get new equipment do you have all the equipment do you need do you have like you have the stand mixer that i use all the time we got one but uh i don't know i don't know if it's the same one you have the stand mixer that i use all the time bro like dude my wife loves baking we have two standards wow two stand mixers you're always complaining oh josh we can't afford it look it's okay if you can't afford a stand mixer but i'm trying to give some away this dude had two who am i supposed to give it to so we spent about two hours doing this and i was shocked by the amount of people who had a stand mixer we're very bummed out about it so we gave away as many as we could but you know a lot of you guys kept saying you had one that was a lot of fun like i said if you're not on the discord please the description go there click on it join the discord we'll do more of these thank you so much from the bottom of my heart four million i cannot express to you how much it means to me the team everyone involved so with all that said let's make this darn recipe okay so today we are making breakfast two different ways we've got the full english alexa i'm not talking to you shut up i'm not even being it's a robot just right off the bat i have a feeling i may lean more towards the full english only because there's more options but i'm not sure yet i have to make it i have to put it together and do all the right things bring them together two plates one gentleman and one mouth so with all that said let's make this shall we all right folks this is a true showdown an all-american breakfast versus a full english breakfast minus the black pudding though because not everyone loves it feel free to add if you wish now let's begin with the all-american of course we have to talk about bacon very simple get the thickest sliced bacon you can find and for about two to four people you can place four to eight slices on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil pop that into a cold oven then set it to 450 degrees fahrenheit and set a timer for 20 to 25 minutes and once your timer has gone off your bacon should be a beautiful golden brown and cooked perfectly if it's not crispy or dark enough then just leave it in there and tell well it is up to 10 more minutes then pull that out let it drain on a paper towel and that's your bacon next up is our hash browns snag three chunky rusted potatoes wash and peel them beautifully then using a box grater grate all of your potatoes then place them into a large bowl season them with salt very generously toss together and you're gonna want to squeeze them pretty aggressively to coax some of that wawa out then give this a nice rinse underwater drain them then place in a dish towel wrap that up and wring out as much water as you can from there just heat up a medium non-stick pan over medium heat add in just enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of the pan around two and a half tablespoons once the pan is hot hot whoa press in some of your potato mixture enough to fit that pan edge to edge then let that cook for three to four minutes or until you get a nice crust and the potatoes are half cooked through give it a nice flip or well as best you can then repeat on the other side once it's a beautiful brown on both sides and the inside is cooked through it's done season its taste with salt if needed then repeat with the rest of your potatoes next up is our pancakes i find it so annoying that people go to buy box mix when in reality it takes literally three to five minutes just to make your own mix sorry to admit it but you're saving yourself little to no time by doing that just a note from papa this recipe is from my ultimate pancake guide the link for that is in the description you make the batter optionally let it rest then heat up a large non-stick pan over medium heat lightly grease it with cooking spray or vegetable oil then cook three to four quarter cup mounds of batter at a time for about three minutes per side or until you flip and get a gorgeous dark golden brown on both sides and the inside is fluffy and cooked through stack and place those to the side on a plate to keep warm as you finish the rest for the eggs you can cook them however you want but typically i see them scrambled so we're gonna do that i call this a medium scramble not rubbery but also not super loose and rich like a soft scramble in a medium non-stick pan heat up two tablespoons of unsalted butter until it's melted and bubbling crack four to six eggs into a medium-sized bowl and give those a nice whisk until they're homogeneous then pour those into your pan then while constantly stirring with a spatula and shaking the pan cook these bad boys for about two to three minutes and look when i say constantly i mean constantly don't stop the movement you'll notice that they go from creamy then they'll thicken then they'll form curds and as soon as it's formed curds and there's just a little bit of liquid left and they aren't total rubber remove them from the heat season a taste with salt and optionally a little bit of black pepper and those are your eggs listen if your eggs do happen to go rubbery well then papa no hug now to plate this up well you're gonna need a plate then place down your fat stack followed by a pad of butter some of your eggs a touch of fresh cracked black pepper on those and some thinly sliced chives add on your beautiful hash browns and last but not least your bacon as crunchy or floppy as you like it look enjoy your bacon however you need don't let anyone tell you how to live your life alright so we've got our american style breakfast contender i think it's time to go english we first must have our bean discussion because it's well very important to this dish get a medium sauce pot and add one and a half cups or 350 milliliters of chicken stock three quarters of a cup or 180 milliliters of water three and a half tablespoons or 53 grams of dark brown sugar two and a half tablespoons or 35 grams of tomato paste a third cup or 80 grams of ketchup three large cloves of garlic lightly crushed by hand give them a little bat bow and finally add two sprigs of fresh sage this was a large sprig so i did just one set the heat to medium high and bring that to a boil then immediately reduce the temperature to low and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly reduced then add three cans of drained navy beans and simmer for another five minutes then separately combine one tablespoon or 14 grams of cornstarch and one and a half tablespoons or 21 grams of water whisk together to create a slurry then stream and whisk in about half of that into your beans let that continue to heat for a few minutes and if that's sticky wicky to your liking then stop there if not then add the rest of your cornstarch slurry then just season that to taste with salt and pepper if needed and place it at the side to keep warm okay so the mushrooms and tomatoes can be cooked in the same pan so get a large skillet add two tablespoons of unsalted butter and a generous glug of extra virgin olive oil set that over medium high heat just until the butter is fully melted in cut the stems off all your mushrooms if you wish then add them to your pan stem side up yes the whole darn thing brother be sure to leave enough room on the other half of the pan to then add two to three clusters of cherry or grape tomatoes season the taste with salt optionally toss in a couple sprigs of fresh thyme doesn't that just look beautiful already it's about to have me boissen now just let those cook without moving them around too much for three minutes or until the mushrooms get a nice color carefully flip all your mushrooms and cook for another three minutes until the mushrooms get a nice color and the tomatoes are softened lovely and caramelized and keep those warm on the side now for your meat we're not using regular old belly bacon you specifically need english back bacon it looks like this it's essentially the loin from well the back of our three little pigs now heat up a medium-sized pan over medium-high coat the bottom with a little bit of oil then once that's ripping hot sear off your back bacon for one to two minutes or until you get some color then flip and repeat on the other side you gotta steer this quick otherwise it'll go dry if done right you may consider it over belly bacon or well maybe not it's up to you once you've seared off your desired amount of back bacon in that same pan add in some already cooked sausages of choice or you can boil your own from raw that's up to you these are miniature smoked sausages then just simply sear those guys on all sides for about one minute or take in a nice coating of deep brown with a touch of char here and there about five minutes total place those to the side to keep warm as well think warm like a hug from last but not least is our eggs i chose to go sunny side up here and of course i have a special technique for that heat up a non-stick skillet over medium-high toss in about two tablespoons of butter let it melt completely and begin to label crack in 2-3 eggs and let those cook just until the whites are set then baste the top of your eggs with the butter to both cook and flavor the tops then once the whites are fully set and the yolk is still remove your eggies snag yourself a plate and begin to assemble start off with your hot egg men hit them with some fresh cracked black pepper papa's favorite flaky salt followed by a generous helping of your english baked beans your glistening sausages seared back bacon caramelized tomatoes and roasty mushrooms oh and of course toast too although i couldn't fit it on the plate so maybe just serve that on the side also more specifically toast goes with both of these plates i highly recommend any bread you damn well choose a nice brioche is a classy choice but there's nothing wrong with a plain white bread or heck you could even go whole wheat if you desire don't ask me how to toast the bread i hope you know in the toaster please okay so we have our two beautiful breakfast gentlemen now it's time for them to both duke it out in the octagon of flavor okay so we have our all-american breakfaster well not all-american it's just an american-style breakfast eggs bacon hash browns pancakes of course the american one is half carbohydrates and half fat but we're gonna eat this all as one unit so get a little bit of bacon a little bit of hash one some egg there's nostalgic child like flavor wait hang on that's not what i meant to say this brings me back to my childhood that's what i'm trying to say stop making it weird and maple syrup also why do they always put the pancakes on this plate cause guess what watch what's gonna happen when i do this oh hello there's nothing better than just adding like tree sap on my scrambled eggs they're fluffy they're sweet i love pancakes i'm a big fan of pancakes we know what this tastes like okay if you're american you know exactly what this tastes like this versus the english breakfast will nostalgia win will it no you can't have this without toast just saying the beans right off the bat i'm stoked about these okay i love the beans they come with english breakfast i love them this is something you just kind of eat all together you know you get a little bit of egg get that yolk running get a piece of sausage some beans i mean this this is like a perfect meal this is my kind of an experience look how many ways you can eat this unlimited adventure so being born and raised in america i feel a little wrong saying this personally me the eating experience of an english breakfast is superior all the different flavors all the different textures you can eat multiple things some with toast some without toast a little bit of this a little bit of that that's how i like to eat but the american style breakfast you can't forget about the beauty of a pancake the beauty of a hashbrown right i'm not saying this is better than that but collectively as an experience i enjoy this one more you want to know what else is full of papa's glistening sausage b-roll all right guys and that is it so we made our english breakfast versus american style breakfast who is the winner at the end of the day it's a subjective choice really they're both delicious they're both absolutely fantastic i'm not from england but i'm still choosing the full english because i just like to taste multiple things yes the american style breakfast offers that but there's not as many layers of flavor as i would want there to be regardless of what i say the choice is yours you pick it here's the ingredients here's the recipe so with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and i will see you [Music] you

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Length: 13min 16sec (796 seconds)

Published: Wed May 12 2021