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For this week's episode of Basics with Babish, I'm covering how to make a (not smashed) burger and fries.
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Ingredients & Grocery List:
Russet potatoes
Peanut oil (or preferred frying oil)
Beef: short rib, brisket, and sirloin
Burger accoutrements: tomato, iceberg lettuce, red onion
Burger buns (plus butter to toast them in)
Vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
American cheese (or your preferred cheese)
Special Sauce ingredients:
Mayonnaise
Ketchup
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Paprika (regular or smoked)
Sweet relish
Special Equipment:
Vegetable peeler
Meat grinder (I use the Kitchen Aid attachment)
Deep fryer (or vessel suited for frying)
Cast iron skillet
Instant-read thermometer
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I don't care what your opinion is about meat, burgers are cooked *well done.*
who or what is a babish then
Wrong, you can definitely salt the ground beef before forming into patties, unless you think you know better than Heston Blumenthal. And, incorrect use of the word "whom." Maybe just stay away from that one.
This comment will get lost because this video is old, but please hear this:
Tasteless beef does not a bad burger make, but a tasteless bun will. The bun is BY FAR the most important part of the burger. It sounds stupid. It sounds ludicrous. But think about it. Imaging the most perfect burger, exquisitely seasoned and tantalizingly juicy . . . and put it on a dry, bland bun. It will ruin it, I promise you.
If you still don't believe me, do an experiment. Here's what you do:
1. Make one fully seasoned burger and put it on a basic hamburger bun.
2. Make one burger with no seasoning, but put it on a high quality toasted bun.
3. Taste.
That's all you need to do. It'll change your life.
+Ozzyfisk Thanks! Will try them soon
+Teunske202 Brioche buns are a great choice. Lots of restaurants use them. There are always other options, but they are a good start.
What kind of buns do you recommend?
oh ffs. this ruined me going to bed. i want to eat now : (
“I know, and that’s not my real name” 😂
When I was a kid I mixed ketchup and mayo and called it special sauce... I thought I invented it
I use japanese mayo in my burger sauce and skip the sweet relish and mince hot pickles instead. And use a griddle so i can make a few burgers.
well i tried to do it but ı screwed and have rock instead of a bun
Burgers with bobish
Special sauce is also great on crispy chicken patty sandwhiches
How dare you, Don't desecrate The Fry sauce with Radish (its supost to be a smooth sauce)
The special sauce is actually fry sauce
Yo, ketchup and mayo is fry sauce... just in case you didn't know.
I am pretty sure Babish would throw me in some sort of prison. My burgers are always on plain white sandwich bread, with Kraft cheese, never seasoned store bought ground beef with mayo. Pretty much nothing else. They are also little misshapen well done little pucks.
In Utah, we call that Fry Sauce, and it's an institution unto itself. Created in 1950, at "Arctic Circle", it can be found in almost every restaurant, burger place and food truck that has something that you can dip into it. Most places here make their own version with slightly different ingredients.
OMGoodness!!! Mouth watering.....I need!..I want!! ...
Who's here from the 3 day potatoes salad?
hey babish can i keep em frozen and do step two at a later date?
Good but where's the CHEESE!
Babish needs new & better knives. Maybe Shun knives. heh heh
5:30 instructions unclear: got third degree burns on my butt
I choose to season my meat before forming the patties, just something I've always done. To each their own. This is what I choose to do.
I hate myself. I went to the store and looked for garlic and onion powder. I couldn't find any. My dad said ''Oh look there. Garlic and onion *salt*". I said that's not what it is. He said that it was the same. It definitley wasn't.
Why is it bad to salt the meat before forming the patty?
Nice Burgers shame its ruined by the choice of bun
You remind me of Alton Brown in Good Eats ❤️
What if I have a allergy to Canola and Vegetable oil which I believe is a mixture of Canola and soy-bean
American cooking be like: whatever you do make sure to put it in the freezer
Im such a fuckin weirdo- i love ketchup but i dislike tomatos- weird textures ma dude
“Burgers| Basics with Babish” ...
Alright guys so once you’ve got your meat broken down freeze before we use the meat grinder that everyone has
unpopular opinion: well done burgers are good asf
Basics with bepis
I wonder how many people actually "rinsed" the short rib after cutting.. "because he said to" lol
That's a tasty power move right there with that pimenton de la Vera. I see you Andy, I see you
Ketchup and Mayo- Fry Sauce!!
You can have your sauce, but I'm from Texas!! The only sauce that belongs on a burger is mustard!!! Also, sauteed onions are the BOMB and way more tasty than raw ones!! Other than that, you nailed it, especially with the Med-Rare version!!!
Both. Put both on. You get both flavors and textures and it's totally worth it. White onions for the cooked, red for the raw.
so basic
What happens if you salt your burger before forming the Patty ?
Does this have to be done on a cast iron? What changes are needed for nonstick pan?
Don't place your fries on a paper towel, when you take em out of the freezer there are gonna be stuck to the paper towel, at least that's what happened in my case tell me If I did something wrong
Idc what anyone says about fake cheese this and that. American cheese gives burgers that taste that a burger needs and doesn't taste right if it doesn't have.
Ok I just realized that babish has a goku symbol tatto on his right forearm
you should go with a couple slices of tomato and pickled onions
4:23 sounded a lil bit wrong
Disappointed he didn't fry the fries with lard, that's how McDonald's originally did it and they are gosh darn world famous. They left the lard in the past cause of some asshole that sued them, and it's just never been the same since
Well, I'd assume they abandoned the what 90 or 95% beef fat, because they didn't want to murder millions of people, right?
You can eat that stuff maybe every few weeks or something and that's fine, but people who frequent McDs would just kill themselves even faster with all that fat. Fat itself isn't the devil, but some discipline is necessary and considering the fast food state in the US, going a little less insane on the "I need more fat and sugar in every single meal" isn't something to be condemned for.
Feed hole
Heaping helping
Do a good burger episode
American cheese sucks in/on anything except burgers
"Sir, you caught a parasite from raw or undercooked beef."
"BuT GoOd BoRgEr"
"nAiCe bOorGeEr"
+Darian Mavandad , if you buy beef from a local rancher it wouldn't matter that much.
itsKingAce if you grind ur own beef it shouldnt matter that much
A burger should be cooked through!
Whats silver skin
Man I wish Babish had said if peeling the potatoes or not at all changes the way you cook them. I love skin on my fries, and I doubt it changes anything at all, but since I have no idea for sure or not, looks like I’m skinning my potatoes....
Fries in the burger >
how does putting lettuce underneath a hot object prevent it from wilting
nah, burgers belong well-done, this aint steak
Did u use the pan from pubg
Mayo and tomato ketchup is called fry sauce. Not special sauce, not fancy sauce, but fry sauce.
My opinion, I'd rather have my lettuce not shredded.
Frenched fries? Funnily, the French don't call them French fries, they're called frites, and they're Belgian.
You missed a great opportunity to call this video “Burgers with Babish”.
This makes me want food
ALWAYS COOK A BURGER WELL DONE ITS NOT SAFE TO EAT OTHERWISE
It very much is
Well done is the only way to eat beef patties
“I know, and thats not my real name.”😂
Do you think gordan ramsey would like your burger if he tested it
*_YOU DONT PUT CHEDDAR ON YOU BURGERS_*
Then go to your "mEaT GriNdEr" who tf frfr has a meat grinder in their kitchen?
i use sea salt where you use Kosher, is there a difference
+SupI'mMason thanks
there's no difference besides the shape of the salt
I like my beef medium well. Fight me.
Babish's basics in cooking and charisma.
I must be a weirdo, because i can't stand mayonnaise.
Babish isn't his real name!?
WhErE tHe PiCkLeS aT
Yo man u the best man, funny
two things:
1) what kind of hormone have those veggies been fed - theyre bloody massive. i mean the tomato and onion are both the size of a small bowling ball!
2) in none of the 3 finished products does the beef look at all properly cooked
Im sorry did you say
B O N E L E S S
So, while I appreciate advice like "Don't salt the burgers before you form the patties" could you also tell us WHY we shouldn't season before forming? I mean I'd like to know the reason behind doing something, rather than just blindly following.
Too thick for a burger. Smash burger all the way
Made this.... is excellent!
1:12 WAIT WHAT
Coolest and Dopest chef on TVclip 😎😎❤️🔥
Frying frys with peanut oil?
Are you Mad?
One uses cattle suet thats the way you do it in belgium.
And thats the tasties way.
Thank you for being so calm and wholesome. I have a lot of issues with sensory overload and it's really nice to watch relaxing videos like this to calm down a bit, and I get to learn something about cooking at the same time. Cheers Andrew, thank you again.
In Europe the mixture of ketchup and mayo is just called 'Cocktail Sauce'.
Wrong use of whom....
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Babish, I know you can probably cook me under the table but if you soak the fries for an hour in water first it will change your life....lol...Great Video
Darn you Babish and your delicious cooking! Made me go out and spend good money on kitchenware and ingredients!
Totally worth it though. Keep it up my man. Great channel.
...thinly slice some tomatoes. I like them about the quarter of the width of a sheet of paper :P
Damn... Now I want a burger. I live about an hour away from the nearest store... Who wants to bring me a burger plz?
I don’t like sweet relish for the special sauce, so I just use dill, it still taste really good
That sirloin made my mouth water like Niagara falls. Damn that looked juicy.
Those tomatoes are some real gmo shit half bigger than those in europe
I usually rinse the potatoes thoroughly after cutting and use a health amount of seasoning on the burger.
You probably get this a lot, but can you make a GOOD BURGER? Preferably with Ed's Sauce? :D
Fun fact his name is binging not babish
the best burger is the burger without all the bull shit condiments. just bun, patty, cheese no lettuce no tomato, its a distraction. everything else makes it messy. if you have to cut into it just to eat it you are over doing it. i hate when a burger is stacked to the ceiling because its sitting on a mountain of lettuce tomatoes onion etc. the entire point is to taste the meat of the patty, not overwhelm it and smother it in a bunch of other crap.
people have forgotten the simplicity of a classic american burger. but hey what do i know, im not a chef.
I wish I could send this video to every vegan on Christmas. It would offend them twice. Once for the meat and twice for assuming they participate in Christmas.
All my friends thought I was weird for putting the special sauce on my burgers...