I love how Josh just casually tells us how to make things cheaper while showing us an authentic grill and wood for the teriyaki chicken cause that’s just so common in the typical household lol
Joseph Koh yup, easy fix! Just thought it was funny in the moment as he was cooking: “let’s make super cheap and tasty chicken teriyaki, mom of 3! Okay first grab your authentic Japanese grill and imported Japanese wood…” 😂
@@thedappercook He went outside after he said this and had a professional Yakitori style grill and Sumi Binchotan Briquettes all ready to go to grill his meat
@@thedappercook Overcomplicate does not mean hard or difficult, it means to make something overly complex where a simple solution would apply just as well.
Man, I love all of Josh's recipes but I would love if he done a "whole recipe price" I don't really mind how much it is per portion, I want to know how much it will cost if I need to go out and buy all the shit at once. I've tried to keep a spice/sauce cupboard filled with everything I need but Josh always pulls out ingredients I've not got haha.
It is super cheap if you plan to make it more than once, but hes always focusing on making the recipe "great" and making the viewers have to substitute some things out.
The biggest reason I watch this channel is because Josh helps me find new ingredients I didn't have before. Once you get your hands on it you can start experimenting with it and find other ways to integrate it into your cooking. Amazon is your friend, so many spices can be purchased so cheaply if you buy them in bulk. In many cases you can even buy them dried whole rather than ground up, which dramatically extends their shelf life and slightly enhances their potency (because of reduced surface area exposed to air)
I need josh to teach me how to buy a weeks worth of groceries and make multiple meals out of the ingredients instead of me getting these ingredients and then being lost on where else to use them
Tbh just pick one recipe youre super excited about making then write down the ingredients and look up recipes that include those ingredients, doesnt matter for what meal time theyre meant for just kinda skim
Be a man buy food one week for the month only plan out one weeks worth of meals and put together variety meals after basically changing out the flavors and texture u want that day. And treat your self to some steak every once Inna while for the muscles
@sortedfood has a meal packs app that gives you a shopping list and recipes for the week to use those ingredients so you don’t waste food and I’m pretty sure you get to choose the recipes and then it makes a list for you
I just make something I enjoy eating and consume it for a few days. It helps to use the freezer for anything that might be eaten/used later. I live alone though. If you live with other people or have a large kitchen, you could prepare a larger batch and store the rest in the freezer. It’s also good to learn how to make food out of leftover ingredients, such as stews/curries for veggies, fried meats, loaded bread, etc.
cooking used to feel like a chore to me but ever since my friend recommended your channel i've been much braver about trying new foods and saving money on top of that. thank u for doing what u do!!
he is good and his videos are good to but he isn't even a chef (technically) and he hasn't really done anything new with cooking. he recreates restaurant recipes, sometimes cheaper, sometimes better, but ultimately his cooking isn't *new* and he hasn't changed the world of cooking.
I love the concept of these videos, making a very well budgeted meal...however, my only gripe is the fact that most creators count the costs of items that you have to buy in a full jar. IE condiments and spices. It makes sense when using that formula on meats and veg, since they are sold by weight but other things makes it seem...unrealistic.. for a lack of a better word...i guess buying condiments is an investment! I started cooking my own Asian cuisine (Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Philippines) and omg...i now have more condiments in my fridge than actual food!! It's crazy how many things you need to achieve familiar flavor! If you cook often and culturally broad, the amount of random bottled sauces and oils is...overwhelming 😅💀
the key to that is to make as much of your own sauces as possible. For pad thai I always make my own sauce with just fish sauce, sriracha, brown sugar, and lime juice. Teriyaki sauce is simple to make but it takes more time. It is actually very easy to make a variety of dishes from different cultures, while saving on space. It does cost money over time though but every other week or two is when I restock on spices/oils/vinegars.
So what, are you just not gonna eat the other half of the cabbage? Just gonna let the other 3 pieces chicken rot? You don't have enough brain power to put what you didn't use in the freezer or make something else with it? You fucking hump.....
i know this is an old comment, but i relate sooo much! i have sauces and ingredients meant for korean/japanese/chinese/vietnamese/philippino food so my cupboard is just PACKED with condiments lol
It would still be sooo useful for grocery shopping if he'd just... include the price of each of the "total items" somewhere. As in, did he get chicken that cheap because it was a bulk pack of 15 or something? Etc, etc.
i think the pack comes in 6 or so and he divided them to how much he uses. if you buy a new pack (idk what its called properly, sorry) sugar, salt and everything basic u need it’ll cost a lot but for once this video seems simple to make. except for the fact he pulled out a grill but yea hes just being extra as usual
I agree, put the cost for the things you need to buy in there, you can't just get one clove of garlic. That's what's always slightly annoyed me with "cheaper " eats, it's only cheaper if you have the ingredients at your house already
@@chaosrulerofall i sort of agree with this, except most of the item's he's using can be easily reused in other meals. So him including the total cost would also be somewhat misleading, because the total cost represents multiple days of food probably
@@chaosrulerofall three bulbs of garlic is 99 cents Canadian and can be used for more than a weeks worth of cooking. Total cost of staples is pointless because it’s stuff that will be used for many meals, up front cost is irrelevant because you should only be buying stuff you intend to use regularly if you’re budget constrained and can’t substitute with whatever is on hand. Who buys a bag of sugar for one meal and why would the cost of the whole bag be relevant when you’re using less than 1% of it? Just do the math yourself because prices are going to be totally different where you live anyways so it’s not like you can use the cost figure shown in the video as an accurate guide.
@@hannahmirembe9232 Just before B roll Kate walks in, tastes the tempura and asks "Can I eat it?" then Josh shoos her away. After Josh finishes, he walks out of frame with the box. You know he took it to Kate to eat.
Even though I am old enough to be your mother, I am so glad I found Papa! Subscribed & ordered the book. I worked/cooked in restaurants for 30 years and I also love recreating stuff at home.
I love that after he cooks those meals, everything dirty just magically disappears! Slow clap to the chef but those guys washing them dishes are the real heroes! hahaha Maybe we need to see all the behind the scenes and all the mess that a cook has to deal with all the freaking time.
I have a request. When we cook we buy stuff. Let's say chicken, and that costs us like 12 bucks. And when we cook it, per serving it is $2 or whatever, but it doesn't necessarily feel like that because some stuff we buy we barely use because it's dish oriented. What if you do this but cook multiple surviving of it and then give the price for the whole batch and how many it feeds. I know there isn't truly a difference there but it'll just make the numbers feel more real and applicable to our lives
12 bucks for like 300g of chicken filet? wow. no. But I understand you. Especially when you live alone, you can't buy a whole cabbage head, without getting so tired to eat it for 4 days straight, cause it is soooo much
I mean...this is great and all, really. I love the idea. But, where are you getting 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs for $1.03? They are $2.99 a pound around me, and 4 of them would be roughly 1.5 pounds. It in no way takes away from the idea that you can make a bento for cheaper, I'm just wondering where some of the prices come from.
Ok I'm bored so here's the actual price including cooking equipment* (I'm British so prices are in pounds but I converted at end): - Mayo 1.75 - Siracha (430ml) 2.60 - 3 garlic 0.90 - Table salt 0.90 - Rice vinegar 2.00 - Short grain rice (Sushi rice) 1.65 - rice cooker shown (I think it's the Zojirushi) 181.99 - 8" Bouillon Strainer Extra Fine Mesh 1 (1) 24.99 - White cabbage 0.80 - Adjustable Mandoline Slicer 25.97 - carrots 0.40 (you'll have enough mayo, garlic and salt from previous purchase so we won't add them again) - white vinegar 1.25 - Soy sauce 1.87 - Ginger 1.00 - Veg oil 2.25 (same garlic still) - Sugar 0.65 (same soy sauce and white vinegar) - Corn starch 1.92 - The Medium Long Konro Grill 499.00 -Charcoal 9.99 - Chicken thighs 1.80 - AP flour 1.55 - Soda water 0.60 - Butternut squash 1.50 - Sweet onion 1.30 - broccoli 0.70 - Giant cooking pot 10.00 (use leftover veg oil for frying I guess??) - That 5 section Black bento with red inside 28.00 "Extras": - Green onion 0.99 - togarashi spice 2.95 - furikake 2.70 TOTAL (WITHOUT EXTRAS NOR COOKING EQUIPMENT) = £27.39 OR $37.95 TOTAL (WITH EXTRAS) = £34.03 TOTAL (WITH COOKING EQUIPMENT NO EXTRAS) = £834.72 OR $1122.28 TOTAL (WITH EXTRAS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT) = £841.36 OR $1131.21 This ain't meant to offend but rather shed light on total cost and the problem in this video and others like it. Sure this bento won't cost too much to those who have half these ingredients lying about (sauces, ginger, garlic etc) and you'll have extras of those ingredients bought for this but those of use who don't, either through taste or price, it racks up, and extra most likely will go to waste. It's pretty ridiculous to walk into a shop and ask for 60g of mayo, so why price it as if we could do so? It'd be nice if you could do a meal with the whole price? But that won't end up as classy will it? Extra Notes: I included items such as salt and sauces cause not everyone is going to have those sauces, most people will have one or the other but not all. I personally only have hot sauce and salt. I also included cooking equipment as it affects taste, and he didn't show alternatives. *I didn't include every single bit of equipment, just the bits I believe most people won't own/anything special, like a rice cooker or a giant pot (looking at hungry collage students) EDIT: thanks @Colin for correction in a calculation! EDIT 2: Added Charcoal for Kenro grill to calculations it's included in the total with equipment, thanks for reminding me @xpierogix also apparently the average cost of water in the USA is $1.50 per 1,000 gallons, $117.65 per month for electricity so add those if you wish. As for labour costs I have no clue how to calculate that, my best guess would be the US minimum wage $7.25 per hour and times that by how many hours this'll take. My assumption will be at least 2 hours? If you use you're time wisely. So that'll be $14.50 added on. @Sydney Studds
I added up all the prices you listed, and it actually came out to be £27.39 or $37.95, based on current exchange rates, with no cook ware or extras. Going by the per serving price of $2.24, you can make approximately 16 servings. Nocking out vegetable variety and 'common' items, the price falls to around £18.32 or $24.72 which is about £1.11 or $1.50 per serving. I get what you're saying about the per serving price not being representative of the true cost, but for what is roughly $20 for two weeks of well above average lunches, its honestly not that bad in terms of value.
@@ColinXYZ thank you! you’re right I’ll change it, must’ve added a cooking equipment or something. Still tho, he only shows this as one meal not batch cooking. So IMO it feels cheated. Not only that but the equipment he used? Regardless people will click on the video thinking they only have to pay £2 when in reality it’ll be way more.
@@ColinXYZ also it’s unknown if it’s safe to freeze these and keep the same quality, if you do make 16 of them they’ll go bad before you can eat them all. That’s judging if you want to eat the same lunch 16 days straight.
Did you include water cost (ice unless it was made from soda or free water from well), electricity/gas used to cook and time/labour cost? Also not sure if you did include charcoal for grill.
It's funny how expensive "Bento Box" are in America. They're supposed to be cheap meals from the conbini or something you make at home. That's like going to Japan and paying $15 for a PB&J and some chips🤣
The price difference reflects labour costs, which always tend to go up. Don't know what minimum wage is down there, but in Canada we are heading to $15 an hour, and when you add mandatory gov't employer taxes you are topping $20 an hour. And then there is the tip. And since prepared meals are federally taxed, don't the servers get ticked if you "only" tip on the pre-tax amount. And it better not be less than 20%. Almost glad we haven't really been able to go to restaurants for nearly 2 years. And tomorrow is our 45th Anniversary, so yes, I am glad I know how to cook and cook well, thanks to people like Josh. Will search the channel, and I hope he has something on crab legs.
a store bought bento in japan was 400 yen, it was the cheapest one i could find. It had a ton of rice, chicken, salad, some pickle daikon and if i do remember well a bit of pasta. of course the 700 one had the same but instead of chicken it had a patty hamburguer and 2 tempura shrimps, big ones, and for 800 i think you could get the same but instead Pork and 3 tempura shrimps. of course making it yourself would be cheaper but when you work 18 hours a day I think time is in short supply.
I love you Josh, but this is progressively becoming less and less about making things cheap when you keep whipping out cooking tools and stations I cannot afford or even find. But that's just me. The content is still nothing less than stellar.
Mandolins and rice cookers are super cheap on Amazon, and both are kitchen essentials that I'd consider a long term investment. You don't need a fancy grill. It would still taste really good in the oven although it wouldn't have the smoky flavor profile of grilled meat.
None of his recipes are relatable. They overly complicate basic recipes. He seasons to his taste buds, no to ours. You are suppose to give a base to start the dish off. Knowing weights of a exile is fine. But that is only half the job. You need to know how to handle them with great care.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 can you give an example of something here that isn't doable, substitutions included? By that I mean obviously not everyone has a grill but you can just use a stovetop.
I have a challenge for you Josh! Do a But Cheaper where every ingridients can be found in local stores and I have every basic kitchen tools already in my house to make it! Cuz I love that it's supposed to be a but cheaper and yet always half of the ingridients has to be bought online and just the shipping cost is already higher than if I just ordered the food myself.
@@peepoo3477 in this particular video there’s not much like rice vinegar, sriracha etc. But you know not the whole world lives in the usa.. there’s no asian store in every corner and you can’t get easily quality stuff just if you ship it from abroad.. sometime half of the ingridienrs are stuff nodoby can even understand… stop assuming wrong from ppl🤦🏻♂️
@@patriklendvai6826 that is true. but Josh can't really know what is sold in every single grocery store in the world so he simply bases off his videos on stuff he can readily find in his supermarkets. Also, a lot of the ingredients in the video can be easily replaced, just need a bit of creativity and willingness to experiment.
@@peepoo3477 That is also true. But that is what i don't like that it's based off of his experience and he shows stuff to the whole world. I think it should be universal, well atleast most of it. I get where you're coming from, but I think that you also get where I'm coming from with this. I love his recipes and videos but 80% of the time I can't make it bc even the but cheaper ones are way too expensive and I'm just a 20 years old guy who likes to cook for himself and his friends and I don't have the experience to replace stuff that I don't have from the recipe
This is my first time watching your channel. I’m subscribing AND buying your book. Lot of complainers in these comments. Starve then 🤷♂️ or go back to ramen packets. This dude is killing it. Don’t listen to these sour souls bro. I appreciate your efforts 🙏 thank you.
So I tried and made this recipe I was skeptical with the tempura but boy was it bussin! I can't believe I've been paying 8$ for like 6 pieces of vegetables tempura. Everything else was so delicious and easy to follow 😋
Can everyone take the moment to praise Josh for including the recipe in the description. Makes life so easier. Can't wait to get his cook book on my kitchen shelf.
Man such a great idea at such a steal! when i saw this, i immediately went out and bought a good grill with premium charcoal, fixed up my deep fry station with 4 liters of oil so i can fry 4 onion rings ( Americans can just use they regular personal deep fry station) and took a day off from work so i can make this steal of a great meal! Thanks Josh!
@@TheEnabledSecondary Come on, it's not 3-4 hours of efforts ! 😂 Rice is 20-25 minutes, if you're really slow and including rinsing time. While it's cooking, you can prep any other part of that meal. The sauce is literally 2 mins to make The cabbage slaw, 25 mins if you're really slow again The longest to make here are probably the tempura veggies, +/- 40 mins And the chicken. So, maybe 2 hours all in all. You can make several servings at once for very little additional time and money, and enjoy your Bento a few more times during your week. The main thing is, you need to consider those 2 hours as leisure and enjoyment, rather than a chore. Or, you know, you can pay those 15$ + delivery for a single meal if you dislike cooking and have a lot of money and little time, or other hobbies that bring you more joy.
@@charleslavoie7622 I was more joking than anything, I love cooking and this channel, and I understand the need for him to create this title and thumbnail. Some things like frying just really aren't worth it to me at home, even though I've done it several times
@@charleslavoie7622 I have a zojirushi rice cooker and it's an hour. 30 minutes to soak the rice, 15 to cook, and 15 to rest. It makes the perfect rice if you follow this instruction.
This would take me 3 hours to make (not a great cook). I would love a series about what techniques to use in the kitchen to cook faster: how to stay organized, how to multitask, how to not have to check the recipe 49912414 times while cooking, how to clean as you go, etc.
@@fauxre skip the parts you think will not massively make a difference in your experience. The coleslaw is something a lot of people will skip because cabbage is sad. On a side note, teriyaki sauce is something that you are expected to make before the actual assembly so that's another 15 mins saved. Same with the garlic sauce. You can even buy the teriyaki sauce if you don't wanna bother making it. That effectively leaves you with the preparation for the rice and the chicken. The rice is usually leftover. Therefore, it's just the chicken that you need to cook on the spot.
@@fauxre if your done with a bowl. Get rid of it. Done with a pan? Get rid of it. Done with utensils? Get rid of it. Same with any ingredients. Anything that you no longer need for the recipe you should put it away so that your enviourment stays clean. Clean workspace clean product.
TL;DR: Do one recipe a few times in a row (or with as little time in between as possible), until you internalize the techniques. Then use a notebook and basically rewrite the ingredients in the proper order, grouping if possible, and make a timeline of the processes you'll have to do and try and find, in the timeline, moments when you can clean your work area and wash a couple of the dishes. My process: Do only 1 recipe a few times (to me, 3 or 4 times in a row is usually enough) over a week (or a month, depending on how fast you get tired of eating the same food), until you have the techniques internalized, then, get yourself a blank notebook and turn that into your cookbook notebook, and make the recipe instructions simpler, no need for multiple instructions regarding how much you should cook something. This can also help with organization, specially when it comes to baking, since there are many times in baking when you'll have to use 2+ bowls to mix different things, and than mix everything in the larger bowl in the end. What I usually do is write the ingredients that go in a bowl then use a simple curly bracket for grouping them into "large bowl", or something like that, and so on. During the cooking process, if you realize that there are moments when you'll have a lot of time in between instructions (time during which you can leave the food that is being cooked unattended), then just use that time to clean stuff you won't use again for that time, you may even write down an order depending on whether or not you'll have time to wash that greasy pan you just used while you're waiting for the pasta to finish cooking.
@@ayoubrachidi2668 yes that’s it, like bullet train. It even has a name for it known as “ekiben” (eki means station and obv the “ben” coming from bento 😀)
I have a feeling that he's teaching us how much making good food costs to restaurants and how much they're ripping us off. Thanks, you just made us work for minimum wage. 1.5 hours of labor + ingredients = $15
He also has the tendency to bang his fist on the table like Totomeister, but instead of being it through rage it’s because his food tastes so damn good 😅
I learned how to: 1. Make my own teriyaki sauce 2. Make a unique dipping sauce 3. Make my own tempura batter. Thank you for another wonderful video. Your book is hilarious! The recipes are delicious. I highly recommend it.
Looks delicious! I found the best way to cook and get that good firm rice texture is use hot water to cover rice before setting the rice cooker. However, if you like rice that’s more wet/soggy (in which there are people who do) then you’d use cold water to cover.
@@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit Well... labor, rent, utilities, equipment, other operational overhead, taxes, profit margin, et al but otherwise your point stands.
Can you please add a timer on how long it takes to make these "But Cheaper" meals. Time is money and for a lot of people it makes no sense to spend multiple hours to save $12 when they could be earning substantially more doing other activities. Also, forget to mention cleaning all the equipment required (hence the edit).
Making it yourself will never be as fast as just paying somebody for it. Whether your time your your money is worth more to you is for the individual to weigh
i do gotta say. honestly it weird. from his videos he says all these ingredients, tools, or techniques ive never heard of so have to spend the time to research that. he also wants to make the video compact and small cause viewers now a days dont like long videos and getting repeated told info. if he told how to make or do something on every video then the video like an hour or 30 min. im a chef in learning. i mostly just got few items that i work with and knives i bought for myself. the time to buy ingredients for recipes like an hour or 4. then....i like to take shit slow and make sure good...so when i prepare food it takes much longer than whats said on recipes. and im still learning so thats also played into it. cleaning tho for me pretty easy and fast. all i know is that alot of my time or like days where i do cook. i spent like 4 or 3 hours. 1 or 2 on even the smallest things. to eat in 30 or 15 min. so i understand buy food and paying for that extra labor. just easier
@@rubendixon7925 There are two elements to saving time in the kitchen. Experience and frequency. As you cook more, you will get better and spend less time. The other element is frequency. Some reduce this buy preparing in bulk and freeing small individual meals. I do it with OMAD. I cook an amazing hearty brunch (around 1600-1800 calories as a woman) and eat nothing else
Joshua, love the channel, love the book, BUT! ,as a subscriber and fan of your book/channel, I am always baffled by your comment of "per person". Could you do an episode that helps me, father of 3, on a family meal feeding 5? But cheaper? I challenge you 🤩
If you want the ultimate but cheaper and live in an area where molasses is readily available than molasses baked beans is just about the cheapest thing you can feed a family with. 2lb bag of beans should only cost in the neighbourhood of $2 and you will have plenty of leftovers for the next day or to freeze. If not in a molasses area you can make tomato baked beans but they aren’t as delicious though they may or may not be even cheaper. Another great base is make a large pot of chilli and as much rice as your rice cooker can handle. Serve the chilli over rice which will stretch it out and make it cheaper. Save the leftover rice for fried rice the next day. Chilli also freezes well and is fairly cheap per serving especially if you make your beans from dry. A 1lb bag of dry kidney beans is roughly 4 cans worth and will usually cost about $1
2 hours of work at $10/hr + $2.24 for ingredients = MORE THAN $15. Sure you can do it yourself (and I do when I'm feeling up to it), but restaurants are not ripping anybody off by charging $15. That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me.
All his recipes are impractical for someone wanting to cook for themselves. Yes making it yourself is better but we ain getting paid to spend hours making food unlike food youtubers
@@SEA-dv5kh Agreed. I also don't get why he makes a big deal touting his homecooked versions of cheap fast food meals. Obviously homecooked food is going to be better, that's not what a fast food meal is trying to do lol.
@@thehaymaker3660 Well it's because a lot of people think fast food tastes better, hence the obsession with fast food (especially inAmerica). Especially kids, teenagers and young adults. A lot of them seem to not know how to cook in the first place so their version is not better just because it's home cooked. Home cooked doesn't mean it's better (not everyone had parents who were a good cook) and Josh is trying to show that it's easy to do if you learn and realize it can be simple. Although I feel Josh is over the top and braggy. Also when he does the fast food comparisons it's literally because people act like what they ate is a the best thing on earth and there is a huge following over it. Just like the popeyes chicken sandwich in which people literally hurt and even killed people over.
Where I live a Bento Box is $18 in my local currency which makes it $21.61 in USD, so yep it's a rare treat. The upside is it does save me lots of time because I don't have to do the labour of cooking and cleaning up. However! I appreciate seeing how simple it is to make the individual components and could see myself trying a couple out on their own like teriyaki chicken with rice or the coleslaw or the tempura vegetables with the chicken or trying teriyaki shrimp. Thanks for the video!
just bought your cookbook! I've been watching your videos for a while and you always inspire me to make some shi** at home instead of wasting my money on crap, keep up the good work big pee pee.
Love bento boxes, I can get my favourite bento on weekday lunch specials for $8 CAD. (Tempura, chicken teriyaki, rice, salad, sushi, spring rolls, miso soup and ice cream). I’d love to make it at home the way Josh does it, but damn, that’s gonna be a LOT of clean up.
For the truly capsaicin-friendly, try splitting a whole jalapeño lengthwise, de-seeding and ribbing the halves and Tempura-izing the halves (stems on for effect). They really work well in Tempura batter, nutty and savory not hot and dangerous.... Good video, we make Bentos frequently at home and have those same Bento boxes.
CLFT (culinary life pro-tip) - a much safer option to the "death-trap mandolin" slicer for things like lettuce & cabbage is to just whip out your trusty bread knife & use it to cut away 1/5in sections of the produce in question.
Josh:: "Nothing better than grating your knob on a Sunday morning" Me:: spits coffee across the room 😂😂 Also me:: I should have known better. I shouldn't drink liquids while watching JW on Sunday morning.
Now I'm hungry. Looks so good but I'd be recovering for days after cooking it irl. Joys of my draining disability but liking good food as well. May try it all individually to try it all because it looks so good. Though I agree rice cooker is infinitly better than microwave rice
@@asphorcata I mean… everyone makes their own choices lol. I just like to eat more health-conscious foods mostly, though I do splurge on less health-conscious foods other times.
everyones dunking on the grill but honestly this is one of the more accessable “but cheaper” episodes IMO. the grill was obviously just for show, especially since he even said “make it in a pan” at the end-which i do all the time, and my chicken teriyaki comes out great. i can say from experience that all of these components are quick, easy, and cheap to make
Dude, I came to this channel to learn how to make a poke bowl🤦🏽♂️ I ended up watching 6 hours worth of videos and I still haven’t made the poke bowl😂 Im so entertained, i feel like im binge watching a show on Netflix and I love it!
thank you for doing this, ive been wanting to make home made chicken teriyaki instead of buying a $12 lunch for a long time but never got it right. this will be my go to for lunches now.
My favourite relatively cheap and very easy food nowadays is spinach salad. At least where I'm from its quite cheap. Basically it's Greek inspired salad that super filling. Spinach, cherry tomato and feta(or feta like salad cheese) tossed in extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. And for substance on side, lots of homemade hummus, chicken and some vegetables. Finally some sriracha on top :D This is super healthy and tasty. Cost isn't actually very much, salty salad cheese doesn't cost much, hummus is super cheap and so is chicken, I often just get whole rotisserie chicken since it's easy and cheap. And obviously some frozen vegetable mix is also cheap. So overall, everything that fills you up is really cheap products, and salad is very high in protein and fiber so it's optimized for keeping you full longer. And since you are not using lettuce, it has actually plenty of nutrients in it.
Just came to this channel and this is the 1st video I saw and you already sold me a cookbook By demonstrating what you can make alone.. That's impressive Now if you'll excuse me I have to go subscribe to your Channel
Chicken thighs and chicken leg quarters are cheap here. Sometimes I can even find them for $0.40/lb, you just have to not be picky on which one you need for a recipe. If anything you can just slice off the leg from the quartets and use them for soups if you're a purist. The breast is in so much more demand in the states so the thighs are basically given away. It's a failure of US meat culture I am happy to exploit.
I think they take the purchase price and divide it by number of servings. But I was thinking the same thing. The kind I prefer to buy is $5-7 for one pound.
I'm dying! 🤣 I LOVE all the commentary! It makes watching the video even more enjoyable. I like watching chefs cooks but to make you laugh too. Love it. 🤣🤣🤣
My problem with "but cheaper" is that while his prices are accurate for food costs it isn't accurate for total costs. I'm not just paying for the food, I'm paying for someone else with the tools and space necessary to *make* the food. It would be great for Josh to also include how much time he spends total to make everything.
Most people don’t make their dinner while they’re working. Usually people cook after work or weekends. So I’m not sure y your looking at cooking as money lost lol
Just finished watching it. The grill portion i can understand but christ if you are unable to make this you either can't cook or are too lazy to spend time making it. Swap the grill for pan fried chicken thighs, swap a rice cooker for a pot, mandolin for some knife skills. Its stupid easy people and cheap!
He never seems to calculate in the cost of work time, equipment, the coals in this case, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love watching these videos, I just think the price comparison is anything but reasonable.
I agree. I love watching his cooking for the recipes but calculation doesn't make sense. some ingredients we will have at home and some we need to buy.
Nooooo! Please please do not call your chicken sauce is ‘TERIYAKI’ sauce. I love your cooking channel and I like you respect the other cuisines. The TERIYAKI sauce should only consist with soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar. Sake and mirin should be heated up first to remove the alcohol then add soy sauce and sugar. The mixture should reduce until syrupy texture. I know I am not an expert or a celebrity (like uncle Roger) but being a Japanese, I always frustrates people calling Teriyaki sauce which is actually not. (Sorry for being harsh …) Just want to say, your bento box looks amazing though.
Honestly, I'm not even Japanese and I thought his sauce was blasphemous to be called "Teriyaki sauce". His sauce is pretty much a just a soy sauce based glaze; it's purpose is similar to teriyaki sauce, but good lord is it NOT teriyaki sauce.
Wish I knew where you were finding these $1 chicken thighs... our local store has them for $1.89 a pound, and I imagine 4 of them is going to be over a pound...
Tip: If you're watching But Cheaper because you need the cheap meals and you don't have a rice cooker either ask for one for your birthday/Christmas or whatever gift giving holiday or event you might celebrate; or if you're on a restricted budget, but are able to save a little, save up for one. There are some pretty inexpensive but reliable rice cookers out there (: (this is another reason that I personally think it would be okay to ask someone for one as a gift) Super basic Aroma brand ones go for under $20 (from my experience Aroma is all around a reliable brand, maybe not the fanciest, but their products seem reliable based on what I've used) and they have one with a couple of bells and whistles (specify rice type and a basic steam setting to cook more than just rice) for $30.
I love how Josh just casually tells us how to make things cheaper while showing us an authentic grill and wood for the teriyaki chicken cause that’s just so common in the typical household lol
He addressed that in the wrap-up. XD
I think theres like a mini bbq you can get for maybe 50 bucks, not really that big of an investment and I'll bet you'll get very similar results.
Heather Darrow yeah I heard! Lol I commented it while he was cooking and just found it funny!
Joseph Koh yup, easy fix! Just thought it was funny in the moment as he was cooking: “let’s make super cheap and tasty chicken teriyaki, mom of 3! Okay first grab your authentic Japanese grill and imported Japanese wood…” 😂
Cleveland ooh nice! Probably! Sounds like an affordable foodie’s dream!
Josh: "Please don't overcomplicate this"
Also Josh: *Overcomplicates everything for the next 2 minutes*
This was easy! All basic stuff to do!
@@thedappercook He went outside after he said this and had a professional Yakitori style grill and Sumi Binchotan Briquettes all ready to go to grill his meat
@@Drum8888 easy to do. Or just BBQ the meat !
@@thedappercook Overcomplicate does not mean hard or difficult, it means to make something overly complex where a simple solution would apply just as well.
@@Drum8888 lol so do that then bro!! Do what's right for you. This is a RUclips clip so Alot of it is for aesthetics.
Josh is getting progressively more southern as time goes on. Not an issue. Just an observation. We still love papa.
i think hes bein ironic
Well, he does live in Texas now.
Hasn't he always lived in Texas?
Bento southern?
@@katl8825 Texas Bento
Man, I love all of Josh's recipes but I would love if he done a "whole recipe price"
I don't really mind how much it is per portion, I want to know how much it will cost if I need to go out and buy all the shit at once.
I've tried to keep a spice/sauce cupboard filled with everything I need but Josh always pulls out ingredients I've not got haha.
It would tell exactly where he lives. As prices vary
@@harmonylight9760 he’s already previously said that he lives in Austin so that’s not really an issue
He mostly has all of this stuff already it would just be an estimate if he did that
It is super cheap if you plan to make it more than once, but hes always focusing on making the recipe "great" and making the viewers have to substitute some things out.
The biggest reason I watch this channel is because Josh helps me find new ingredients I didn't have before.
Once you get your hands on it you can start experimenting with it and find other ways to integrate it into your cooking.
Amazon is your friend, so many spices can be purchased so cheaply if you buy them in bulk.
In many cases you can even buy them dried whole rather than ground up, which dramatically extends their shelf life and slightly enhances their potency (because of reduced surface area exposed to air)
I need josh to teach me how to buy a weeks worth of groceries and make multiple meals out of the ingredients instead of me getting these ingredients and then being lost on where else to use them
Tbh just pick one recipe youre super excited about making then write down the ingredients and look up recipes that include those ingredients, doesnt matter for what meal time theyre meant for just kinda skim
Be a man buy food one week for the month only plan out one weeks worth of meals and put together variety meals after basically changing out the flavors and texture u want that day. And treat your self to some steak every once Inna while for the muscles
The channel "Pro Home Cooks" does that.
@sortedfood has a meal packs app that gives you a shopping list and recipes for the week to use those ingredients so you don’t waste food and I’m pretty sure you get to choose the recipes and then it makes a list for you
I just make something I enjoy eating and consume it for a few days. It helps to use the freezer for anything that might be eaten/used later. I live alone though.
If you live with other people or have a large kitchen, you could prepare a larger batch and store the rest in the freezer.
It’s also good to learn how to make food out of leftover ingredients, such as stews/curries for veggies, fried meats, loaded bread, etc.
cooking used to feel like a chore to me but ever since my friend recommended your channel i've been much braver about trying new foods and saving money on top of that. thank u for doing what u do!!
@Maysy Liky sus
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I'm writing an Essay for English 101 right now about influential chefs and I chose Josh and he uploads a video. Sick.
Teacher's bouta get they mind blown
Bruh what books you gotta read for that class? Or is it more of an Intro to Academic Writing kinda class?
I like Josh but he’s not a chef or very influential outside of RUclips. Even as far as RUclips food channels go, he’s nowhere near the top. 🤷♂️
@@Yousuck00 well he used to be a chef, worked in real restaurant so idk why you said he's not chef
he is good and his videos are good to but he isn't even a chef (technically) and he hasn't really done anything new with cooking. he recreates restaurant recipes, sometimes cheaper, sometimes better, but ultimately his cooking isn't *new* and he hasn't changed the world of cooking.
Kendrick's reaction whenever Josh does a crunch test is the best part :D
I don’t trust a crunch test unless Kendrick approves
joah
@@bobbyray5165 Facts
I love the concept of these videos, making a very well budgeted meal...however, my only gripe is the fact that most creators count the costs of items that you have to buy in a full jar. IE condiments and spices. It makes sense when using that formula on meats and veg, since they are sold by weight but other things makes it seem...unrealistic.. for a lack of a better word...i guess buying condiments is an investment! I started cooking my own Asian cuisine (Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Philippines) and omg...i now have more condiments in my fridge than actual food!! It's crazy how many things you need to achieve familiar flavor! If you cook often and culturally broad, the amount of random bottled sauces and oils is...overwhelming 😅💀
the key to that is to make as much of your own sauces as possible.
For pad thai I always make my own sauce with just fish sauce, sriracha, brown sugar, and lime juice. Teriyaki sauce is simple to make but it takes more time.
It is actually very easy to make a variety of dishes from different cultures, while saving on space. It does cost money over time though but every other week or two is when I restock on spices/oils/vinegars.
So what, are you just not gonna eat the other half of the cabbage? Just gonna let the other 3 pieces chicken rot? You don't have enough brain power to put what you didn't use in the freezer or make something else with it? You fucking hump.....
My Wife CONSTANTLY gripes at all the spices and sauces. Oddly enough, she stops complaining when the food is served and taste amazing
i know this is an old comment, but i relate sooo much! i have sauces and ingredients meant for korean/japanese/chinese/vietnamese/philippino food so my cupboard is just PACKED with condiments lol
It would still be sooo useful for grocery shopping if he'd just... include the price of each of the "total items" somewhere. As in, did he get chicken that cheap because it was a bulk pack of 15 or something? Etc, etc.
i think the pack comes in 6 or so and he divided them to how much he uses. if you buy a new pack (idk what its called properly, sorry) sugar, salt and everything basic u need it’ll cost a lot but for once this video seems simple to make. except for the fact he pulled out a grill but yea hes just being extra as usual
I agree, put the cost for the things you need to buy in there, you can't just get one clove of garlic. That's what's always slightly annoyed me with "cheaper " eats, it's only cheaper if you have the ingredients at your house already
@@chaosrulerofall i sort of agree with this, except most of the item's he's using can be easily reused in other meals. So him including the total cost would also be somewhat misleading, because the total cost represents multiple days of food probably
@@chaosrulerofall three bulbs of garlic is 99 cents Canadian and can be used for more than a weeks worth of cooking. Total cost of staples is pointless because it’s stuff that will be used for many meals, up front cost is irrelevant because you should only be buying stuff you intend to use regularly if you’re budget constrained and can’t substitute with whatever is on hand.
Who buys a bag of sugar for one meal and why would the cost of the whole bag be relevant when you’re using less than 1% of it? Just do the math yourself because prices are going to be totally different where you live anyways so it’s not like you can use the cost figure shown in the video as an accurate guide.
The price can vary depending on where you live
This series should be titled: Joshua Weissman fights inflation: Bento Box
True
I'm going to make this dish now, because by 2023, a 2 dollar meal is probably going to a bowl of sawdust with grass as a garnish.
"Can I eat this?" And immediately Josh takes the box to Kate so she can eat it.
Time stamp?
@@hannahmirembe9232 9:40
True love is in the hair and the food
@@hannahmirembe9232 Just before B roll Kate walks in, tastes the tempura and asks "Can I eat it?" then Josh shoos her away. After Josh finishes, he walks out of frame with the box. You know he took it to Kate to eat.
Hi I am going to get a knife for my mom for Christmas anyone have any recommendations? It has to be under 100$
Even though I am old enough to be your mother, I am so glad I found Papa! Subscribed & ordered the book. I worked/cooked in restaurants for 30 years and I also love recreating stuff at home.
Lol
I love that after he cooks those meals, everything dirty just magically disappears! Slow clap to the chef but those guys washing them dishes are the real heroes! hahaha Maybe we need to see all the behind the scenes and all the mess that a cook has to deal with all the freaking time.
"Always go for the thigh over the breast" -The motto of our generation
Good man.
WARNING I am the unprettiest human YTer worldwide. Take the hint, dear mo
Yesssirrrrrr
@@AxxLAfriku Yea you bet you are
@@AxxLAfriku WARNING no one cares
I have a request. When we cook we buy stuff. Let's say chicken, and that costs us like 12 bucks. And when we cook it, per serving it is $2 or whatever, but it doesn't necessarily feel like that because some stuff we buy we barely use because it's dish oriented. What if you do this but cook multiple surviving of it and then give the price for the whole batch and how many it feeds. I know there isn't truly a difference there but it'll just make the numbers feel more real and applicable to our lives
probably because $30 bento box doesn't beat the algorithm
@@marshaylewis637 🤣🤣🤣
I agree 100%
I looked at the list and ..... almost everything here is a kitchen staple. So I think he did put in some effort to make it as basic as possible.
12 bucks for like 300g of chicken filet? wow. no.
But I understand you. Especially when you live alone, you can't buy a whole cabbage head, without getting so tired to eat it for 4 days straight, cause it is soooo much
I mean...this is great and all, really. I love the idea. But, where are you getting 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs for $1.03? They are $2.99 a pound around me, and 4 of them would be roughly 1.5 pounds.
It in no way takes away from the idea that you can make a bento for cheaper, I'm just wondering where some of the prices come from.
I think the price is per serving?
@@kalaski734 He does use price per serving, which is cheating. You cannot buy groceries by the servicing.
@@jamiewilliams3471 he’s assuming you also are eating all of it. So in that way it’s not cheating
@@jamiewilliams3471 he is comparing the price against what you would pay at a restaurant so not really cheating.
@@kl-tj4nx Still not cheaper.
Ok I'm bored so here's the actual price including cooking equipment* (I'm British so prices are in pounds but I converted at end):
- Mayo 1.75
- Siracha (430ml) 2.60
- 3 garlic 0.90
- Table salt 0.90
- Rice vinegar 2.00
- Short grain rice (Sushi rice) 1.65
- rice cooker shown (I think it's the Zojirushi) 181.99
- 8" Bouillon Strainer Extra Fine Mesh 1 (1) 24.99
- White cabbage 0.80
- Adjustable Mandoline Slicer 25.97
- carrots 0.40
(you'll have enough mayo, garlic and salt from previous purchase so we won't add them again)
- white vinegar 1.25
- Soy sauce 1.87
- Ginger 1.00
- Veg oil 2.25
(same garlic still)
- Sugar 0.65
(same soy sauce and white vinegar)
- Corn starch 1.92
- The Medium Long Konro Grill 499.00
-Charcoal 9.99
- Chicken thighs 1.80
- AP flour 1.55
- Soda water 0.60
- Butternut squash 1.50
- Sweet onion 1.30
- broccoli 0.70
- Giant cooking pot 10.00
(use leftover veg oil for frying I guess??)
- That 5 section Black bento with red inside 28.00
"Extras":
- Green onion 0.99
- togarashi spice 2.95
- furikake 2.70
TOTAL (WITHOUT EXTRAS NOR COOKING EQUIPMENT) = £27.39 OR $37.95
TOTAL (WITH EXTRAS) = £34.03
TOTAL (WITH COOKING EQUIPMENT NO EXTRAS) = £834.72 OR $1122.28
TOTAL (WITH EXTRAS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT) = £841.36 OR $1131.21
This ain't meant to offend but rather shed light on total cost and the problem in this video and others like it. Sure this bento won't cost too much to those who have half these ingredients lying about (sauces, ginger, garlic etc) and you'll have extras of those ingredients bought for this but those of use who don't, either through taste or price, it racks up, and extra most likely will go to waste. It's pretty ridiculous to walk into a shop and ask for 60g of mayo, so why price it as if we could do so?
It'd be nice if you could do a meal with the whole price? But that won't end up as classy will it?
Extra Notes:
I included items such as salt and sauces cause not everyone is going to have those sauces, most people will have one or the other but not all. I personally only have hot sauce and salt.
I also included cooking equipment as it affects taste, and he didn't show alternatives.
*I didn't include every single bit of equipment, just the bits I believe most people won't own/anything special, like a rice cooker or a giant pot (looking at hungry collage students)
EDIT: thanks @Colin for correction in a calculation!
EDIT 2: Added Charcoal for Kenro grill to calculations it's included in the total with equipment, thanks for reminding me @xpierogix also apparently the average cost of water in the USA is $1.50 per 1,000 gallons, $117.65 per month for electricity so add those if you wish.
As for labour costs I have no clue how to calculate that, my best guess would be the US minimum wage $7.25 per hour and times that by how many hours this'll take. My assumption will be at least 2 hours? If you use you're time wisely. So that'll be $14.50 added on. @Sydney Studds
Damn you WERE
I added up all the prices you listed, and it actually came out to be £27.39 or $37.95, based on current exchange rates, with no cook ware or extras. Going by the per serving price of $2.24, you can make approximately 16 servings. Nocking out vegetable variety and 'common' items, the price falls to around £18.32 or $24.72 which is about £1.11 or $1.50 per serving. I get what you're saying about the per serving price not being representative of the true cost, but for what is roughly $20 for two weeks of well above average lunches, its honestly not that bad in terms of value.
@@ColinXYZ thank you! you’re right I’ll change it, must’ve added a cooking equipment or something. Still tho, he only shows this as one meal not batch cooking. So IMO it feels cheated. Not only that but the equipment he used? Regardless people will click on the video thinking they only have to pay £2 when in reality it’ll be way more.
@@ColinXYZ also it’s unknown if it’s safe to freeze these and keep the same quality, if you do make 16 of them they’ll go bad before you can eat them all. That’s judging if you want to eat the same lunch 16 days straight.
Did you include water cost (ice unless it was made from soda or free water from well), electricity/gas used to cook and time/labour cost? Also not sure if you did include charcoal for grill.
It's funny how expensive "Bento Box" are in America. They're supposed to be cheap meals from the conbini or something you make at home. That's like going to Japan and paying $15 for a PB&J and some chips🤣
The price difference reflects labour costs, which always tend to go up. Don't know what minimum wage is down there, but in Canada we are heading to $15 an hour, and when you add mandatory gov't employer taxes you are topping $20 an hour. And then there is the tip. And since prepared meals are federally taxed, don't the servers get ticked if you "only" tip on the pre-tax amount. And it better not be less than 20%. Almost glad we haven't really been able to go to restaurants for nearly 2 years. And tomorrow is our 45th Anniversary, so yes, I am glad I know how to cook and cook well, thanks to people like Josh. Will search the channel, and I hope he has something on crab legs.
a store bought bento in japan was 400 yen, it was the cheapest one i could find. It had a ton of rice, chicken, salad, some pickle daikon and if i do remember well a bit of pasta. of course the 700 one had the same but instead of chicken it had a patty hamburguer and 2 tempura shrimps, big ones, and for 800 i think you could get the same but instead Pork and 3 tempura shrimps. of course making it yourself would be cheaper but when you work 18 hours a day I think time is in short supply.
Bro if you work 18 hours a day you should definitely get a new job
@@medea8395 easier said than done in some places.
@@velvet7765 yeah Japan can be really hard for employees when a large part of society pushes that work is the most important thing.
18 hours? Must be military.
And yes the Bento boxes in Japan at convenience stores or mom and pop places are cheaper than American price tag.
@@Ianbrad65 Alternatively, multiple jobs.
I love you Josh, but this is progressively becoming less and less about making things cheap when you keep whipping out cooking tools and stations I cannot afford or even find.
But that's just me. The content is still nothing less than stellar.
Mandolins and rice cookers are super cheap on Amazon, and both are kitchen essentials that I'd consider a long term investment. You don't need a fancy grill. It would still taste really good in the oven although it wouldn't have the smoky flavor profile of grilled meat.
All of the fancy stuff is not necessary
None of his recipes are relatable. They overly complicate basic recipes. He seasons to his taste buds, no to ours. You are suppose to give a base to start the dish off.
Knowing weights of a exile is fine. But that is only half the job. You need to know how to handle them with great care.
@@PartialVeil
Liquid smoke can achieve that flavor.
@@theoutsiderspost4982 can you give an example of something here that isn't doable, substitutions included? By that I mean obviously not everyone has a grill but you can just use a stovetop.
I have a challenge for you Josh! Do a But Cheaper where every ingridients can be found in local stores and I have every basic kitchen tools already in my house to make it! Cuz I love that it's supposed to be a but cheaper and yet always half of the ingridients has to be bought online and just the shipping cost is already higher than if I just ordered the food myself.
what in this recipe can you not find at grocery stores? how long ago since you last went to one ?
@@peepoo3477 in this particular video there’s not much like rice vinegar, sriracha etc. But you know not the whole world lives in the usa.. there’s no asian store in every corner and you can’t get easily quality stuff just if you ship it from abroad.. sometime half of the ingridienrs are stuff nodoby can even understand… stop assuming wrong from ppl🤦🏻♂️
@@peepoo3477 (ps: my english is not the best)
@@patriklendvai6826 that is true. but Josh can't really know what is sold in every single grocery store in the world so he simply bases off his videos on stuff he can readily find in his supermarkets. Also, a lot of the ingredients in the video can be easily replaced, just need a bit of creativity and willingness to experiment.
@@peepoo3477 That is also true. But that is what i don't like that it's based off of his experience and he shows stuff to the whole world. I think it should be universal, well atleast most of it. I get where you're coming from, but I think that you also get where I'm coming from with this. I love his recipes and videos but 80% of the time I can't make it bc even the but cheaper ones are way too expensive and I'm just a 20 years old guy who likes to cook for himself and his friends and I don't have the experience to replace stuff that I don't have from the recipe
This is my first time watching your channel. I’m subscribing AND buying your book.
Lot of complainers in these comments. Starve then 🤷♂️ or go back to ramen packets. This dude is killing it. Don’t listen to these sour souls bro. I appreciate your efforts 🙏 thank you.
So I tried and made this recipe I was skeptical with the tempura but boy was it bussin! I can't believe I've been paying 8$ for like 6 pieces of vegetables tempura. Everything else was so delicious and easy to follow 😋
i like how kendrick has become the crunch inspector
Can everyone take the moment to praise Josh for including the recipe in the description. Makes life so easier. Can't wait to get his cook book on my kitchen shelf.
Ikr
Josh: An ice cube or two
Also Josh: throws in a handful 😅
Josh: "If you dont have a grill"
Everyone outside of America: what?
Man such a great idea at such a steal! when i saw this, i immediately went out and bought a good grill with premium charcoal, fixed up my deep fry station with 4 liters of oil so i can fry 4 onion rings ( Americans can just use they regular personal deep fry station) and took a day off from work so i can make this steal of a great meal! Thanks Josh!
I KNOW this is a joke and yet it still sounds slightly too genuine
Welcome to another installment of: "Why yes, cooking at home IS cheaper!"
With 50$ of ingredients and 3-4 hours of effort, anything is possible
@@TheEnabledSecondary Come on, it's not 3-4 hours of efforts ! 😂
Rice is 20-25 minutes, if you're really slow and including rinsing time.
While it's cooking, you can prep any other part of that meal.
The sauce is literally 2 mins to make
The cabbage slaw, 25 mins if you're really slow again
The longest to make here are probably the tempura veggies, +/- 40 mins
And the chicken.
So, maybe 2 hours all in all.
You can make several servings at once for very little additional time and money, and enjoy your Bento a few more times during your week.
The main thing is, you need to consider those 2 hours as leisure and enjoyment, rather than a chore.
Or, you know, you can pay those 15$ + delivery for a single meal if you dislike cooking and have a lot of money and little time, or other hobbies that bring you more joy.
@@TheEnabledSecondary lol for real, right?
@@charleslavoie7622 I was more joking than anything, I love cooking and this channel, and I understand the need for him to create this title and thumbnail. Some things like frying just really aren't worth it to me at home, even though I've done it several times
@@charleslavoie7622 I have a zojirushi rice cooker and it's an hour. 30 minutes to soak the rice, 15 to cook, and 15 to rest. It makes the perfect rice if you follow this instruction.
This would take me 3 hours to make (not a great cook).
I would love a series about what techniques to use in the kitchen to cook faster: how to stay organized, how to multitask, how to not have to check the recipe 49912414 times while cooking, how to clean as you go, etc.
The secret is to always be thinking "if I don't need it get rid of it"
@@thomasanderson1535 elaborate?
@@fauxre skip the parts you think will not massively make a difference in your experience. The coleslaw is something a lot of people will skip because cabbage is sad.
On a side note, teriyaki sauce is something that you are expected to make before the actual assembly so that's another 15 mins saved. Same with the garlic sauce. You can even buy the teriyaki sauce if you don't wanna bother making it. That effectively leaves you with the preparation for the rice and the chicken. The rice is usually leftover. Therefore, it's just the chicken that you need to cook on the spot.
@@fauxre if your done with a bowl. Get rid of it. Done with a pan? Get rid of it. Done with utensils? Get rid of it. Same with any ingredients. Anything that you no longer need for the recipe you should put it away so that your enviourment stays clean. Clean workspace clean product.
TL;DR: Do one recipe a few times in a row (or with as little time in between as possible), until you internalize the techniques. Then use a notebook and basically rewrite the ingredients in the proper order, grouping if possible, and make a timeline of the processes you'll have to do and try and find, in the timeline, moments when you can clean your work area and wash a couple of the dishes.
My process: Do only 1 recipe a few times (to me, 3 or 4 times in a row is usually enough) over a week (or a month, depending on how fast you get tired of eating the same food), until you have the techniques internalized, then, get yourself a blank notebook and turn that into your cookbook notebook, and make the recipe instructions simpler, no need for multiple instructions regarding how much you should cook something.
This can also help with organization, specially when it comes to baking, since there are many times in baking when you'll have to use 2+ bowls to mix different things, and than mix everything in the larger bowl in the end. What I usually do is write the ingredients that go in a bowl then use a simple curly bracket for grouping them into "large bowl", or something like that, and so on.
During the cooking process, if you realize that there are moments when you'll have a lot of time in between instructions (time during which you can leave the food that is being cooked unattended), then just use that time to clean stuff you won't use again for that time, you may even write down an order depending on whether or not you'll have time to wash that greasy pan you just used while you're waiting for the pasta to finish cooking.
I will never forget the time I ate those wonderful bento box sold on the Japanese trains...
They're literally the best type of food to eat on the go!
eating on the train? I'm pretty sure that's a bit of a no no in Japan. idk tho I might be wrong.
Just realised you probably meant a long intercity train.....
Bento is meant to be eat on the go anyway, like on a train or for lunch at your office, workplace, or out camping, picnic.
@@ayoubrachidi2668 yes that’s it, like bullet train. It even has a name for it known as “ekiben” (eki means station and obv the “ben” coming from bento 😀)
Josh was a fan before but now I see a F1 shirt in the video and now you're my number 1 online chef ! Buy his cook book! It's freaking awesome!
I have a feeling that he's teaching us how much making good food costs to restaurants and how much they're ripping us off. Thanks, you just made us work for minimum wage. 1.5 hours of labor + ingredients = $15
If anyone just wants to watch bentos being made - Imamu Room… addicting
I love that Josh subtly drops Mercedes AMG merch plugs.... as a fellow Mercedes F1 fan, I love it.
He also has the tendency to bang his fist on the table like Totomeister, but instead of being it through rage it’s because his food tastes so damn good 😅
I learned how to: 1. Make my own teriyaki sauce 2. Make a unique dipping sauce 3. Make my own tempura batter. Thank you for another wonderful video. Your book is hilarious! The recipes are delicious. I highly recommend it.
Looks delicious! I found the best way to cook and get that good firm rice texture is use hot water to cover rice before setting the rice cooker. However, if you like rice that’s more wet/soggy (in which there are people who do) then you’d use cold water to cover.
I received my book a few weeks ago. I absolutely love it. Great recipes.
The various cook book b-rolls are becoming my favorite thing about these videos and that's saying a lot!
I can see josh opening a series of resturants literally called "But Cheaper"
when you account for labor it would cost roughly the same, if not more, so it wouldn't ever really work... :^/
@@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbittrue but it would be nice th
that would b littttt
@@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit Well... labor, rent, utilities, equipment, other operational overhead, taxes, profit margin, et al but otherwise your point stands.
As a restaurant scales to become a chain, the quality will go down like those competitors.
Can you please add a timer on how long it takes to make these "But Cheaper" meals. Time is money and for a lot of people it makes no sense to spend multiple hours to save $12 when they could be earning substantially more doing other activities. Also, forget to mention cleaning all the equipment required (hence the edit).
My thoughts exactly!
Yeah, that is a major oversight
Making it yourself will never be as fast as just paying somebody for it. Whether your time your your money is worth more to you is for the individual to weigh
i do gotta say. honestly it weird. from his videos he says all these ingredients, tools, or techniques ive never heard of so have to spend the time to research that. he also wants to make the video compact and small cause viewers now a days dont like long videos and getting repeated told info. if he told how to make or do something on every video then the video like an hour or 30 min. im a chef in learning. i mostly just got few items that i work with and knives i bought for myself. the time to buy ingredients for recipes like an hour or 4. then....i like to take shit slow and make sure good...so when i prepare food it takes much longer than whats said on recipes. and im still learning so thats also played into it. cleaning tho for me pretty easy and fast. all i know is that alot of my time or like days where i do cook. i spent like 4 or 3 hours. 1 or 2 on even the smallest things. to eat in 30 or 15 min. so i understand buy food and paying for that extra labor. just easier
@@rubendixon7925 There are two elements to saving time in the kitchen. Experience and frequency.
As you cook more, you will get better and spend less time.
The other element is frequency. Some reduce this buy preparing in bulk and freeing small individual meals.
I do it with OMAD. I cook an amazing hearty brunch (around 1600-1800 calories as a woman) and eat nothing else
9:20 That crunch was so good, the sound guy was loving it
I follow a lot of cooking youtube chanels but yours are the only recipes i actually make
Joshua, love the channel, love the book, BUT! ,as a subscriber and fan of your book/channel, I am always baffled by your comment of "per person". Could you do an episode that helps me, father of 3, on a family meal feeding 5? But cheaper? I challenge you 🤩
If you want the ultimate but cheaper and live in an area where molasses is readily available than molasses baked beans is just about the cheapest thing you can feed a family with. 2lb bag of beans should only cost in the neighbourhood of $2 and you will have plenty of leftovers for the next day or to freeze.
If not in a molasses area you can make tomato baked beans but they aren’t as delicious though they may or may not be even cheaper.
Another great base is make a large pot of chilli and as much rice as your rice cooker can handle. Serve the chilli over rice which will stretch it out and make it cheaper. Save the leftover rice for fried rice the next day. Chilli also freezes well and is fairly cheap per serving especially if you make your beans from dry. A 1lb bag of dry kidney beans is roughly 4 cans worth and will usually cost about $1
Josh be making things cheaper, but in reality my internet bill is going up. Its a vicious loop😔😔😔
2 hours of work at $10/hr + $2.24 for ingredients = MORE THAN $15. Sure you can do it yourself (and I do when I'm feeling up to it), but restaurants are not ripping anybody off by charging $15. That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me.
All his recipes are impractical for someone wanting to cook for themselves. Yes making it yourself is better but we ain getting paid to spend hours making food unlike food youtubers
It's more about showing you how to make these things yourself than the price you pay at the restaurant being a rip off tbh
Don't forget to buy the grill necessary for the cheaper version too!
@@SEA-dv5kh Agreed. I also don't get why he makes a big deal touting his homecooked versions of cheap fast food meals. Obviously homecooked food is going to be better, that's not what a fast food meal is trying to do lol.
@@thehaymaker3660 Well it's because a lot of people think fast food tastes better, hence the obsession with fast food (especially inAmerica). Especially kids, teenagers and young adults. A lot of them seem to not know how to cook in the first place so their version is not better just because it's home cooked. Home cooked doesn't mean it's better (not everyone had parents who were a good cook) and Josh is trying to show that it's easy to do if you learn and realize it can be simple. Although I feel Josh is over the top and braggy. Also when he does the fast food comparisons it's literally because people act like what they ate is a the best thing on earth and there is a huge following over it. Just like the popeyes chicken sandwich in which people literally hurt and even killed people over.
Where I live a Bento Box is $18 in my local currency which makes it $21.61 in USD, so yep it's a rare treat. The upside is it does save me lots of time because I don't have to do the labour of cooking and cleaning up. However! I appreciate seeing how simple it is to make the individual components and could see myself trying a couple out on their own like teriyaki chicken with rice or the coleslaw or the tempura vegetables with the chicken or trying teriyaki shrimp. Thanks for the video!
just bought your cookbook! I've been watching your videos for a while and you always inspire me to make some shi** at home instead of wasting my money on crap, keep up the good work big pee pee.
2 dollar bento...
_(+ maybe a few hundred worth of coal and bbq equipment)_
Well, if that's too expensive or you don't have those then you can just pan sear the chicken glaze with the sauce and then torch it.
Just pan fry or grill
$2 each bento if you make 20 of them sure haha
Yes. Thank you! I am going to make this next weekend. I cannot believe a teriyaki sauce is so simple, I am never buying the bottle stuff every again.
Love bento boxes, I can get my favourite bento on weekday lunch specials for $8 CAD. (Tempura, chicken teriyaki, rice, salad, sushi, spring rolls, miso soup and ice cream). I’d love to make it at home the way Josh does it, but damn, that’s gonna be a LOT of clean up.
Made this for my family a few weeks ago they fell in love and now upon request I'm making it again tonight
For the truly capsaicin-friendly, try splitting a whole jalapeño lengthwise, de-seeding and ribbing the halves and Tempura-izing the halves (stems on for effect). They really work well in Tempura batter, nutty and savory not hot and dangerous....
Good video, we make Bentos frequently at home and have those same Bento boxes.
CLFT (culinary life pro-tip) - a much safer option to the "death-trap mandolin" slicer for things like lettuce & cabbage is to just whip out your trusty bread knife & use it to cut away 1/5in sections of the produce in question.
Josh:: "Nothing better than grating your knob on a Sunday morning"
Me:: spits coffee across the room 😂😂
Also me:: I should have known better. I shouldn't drink liquids while watching JW on Sunday morning.
🎵you've ruined it, great job pal, check mark on being a culinary 💩🎵
*Always remember to be grateful in life because you never know what you’re taking for granted*
I made the chicken as side with stirfried vegetables and rice. It was really amazing thanks for the recipe!!
LEAVE IT TO MR WEISSMAN FOLKS. He thinks he's improving out lives but he's really destroying them! And we love him for it
his voice is so soothing
*Literally your notification bring a smile on my face.*
Now I'm hungry. Looks so good but I'd be recovering for days after cooking it irl. Joys of my draining disability but liking good food as well. May try it all individually to try it all because it looks so good. Though I agree rice cooker is infinitly better than microwave rice
Felt this, I could probably only make a couple of each of these foods at a time lol
Have you ever conisdered a “But Healthier” series?
Ethan Chebowski or something
he's southern dude barking up the wrong tree on that one
@@ripples1072 I’m sorry I don’t understand the reference. Southern American right? What’s different with Southern American cuisine?
@@raymondu99 we are here for the good time, not the long time lmaoo
everything tastes good, but that taste from the grease etc. come with the price
@@asphorcata I mean… everyone makes their own choices lol. I just like to eat more health-conscious foods mostly, though I do splurge on less health-conscious foods other times.
everyones dunking on the grill but honestly this is one of the more accessable “but cheaper” episodes IMO. the grill was obviously just for show, especially since he even said “make it in a pan” at the end-which i do all the time, and my chicken teriyaki comes out great. i can say from experience that all of these components are quick, easy, and cheap to make
Ikr
Looks great as usual. Josh, I ask $1.03 for 4 chicken thighs? What is this the 20lb value pack from Buc-ees?
$1. For 4 chicken thighs? Not even here in rural America.
Yeah he really needs to break out the math on these vids
Dude, I came to this channel to learn how to make a poke bowl🤦🏽♂️ I ended up watching 6 hours worth of videos and I still haven’t made the poke bowl😂 Im so entertained, i feel like im binge watching a show on Netflix and I love it!
Ikr!!!
thank you for doing this, ive been wanting to make home made chicken teriyaki instead of buying a $12 lunch for a long time but never got it right. this will be my go to for lunches now.
My favourite relatively cheap and very easy food nowadays is spinach salad. At least where I'm from its quite cheap.
Basically it's Greek inspired salad that super filling. Spinach, cherry tomato and feta(or feta like salad cheese) tossed in extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. And for substance on side, lots of homemade hummus, chicken and some vegetables. Finally some sriracha on top :D
This is super healthy and tasty. Cost isn't actually very much, salty salad cheese doesn't cost much, hummus is super cheap and so is chicken, I often just get whole rotisserie chicken since it's easy and cheap. And obviously some frozen vegetable mix is also cheap. So overall, everything that fills you up is really cheap products, and salad is very high in protein and fiber so it's optimized for keeping you full longer. And since you are not using lettuce, it has actually plenty of nutrients in it.
Josh: Add an ice cube or two
Also Josh: *Adds like six*
"Always go for the thigh, over the breast" ~Papa Josh
*A Man of Culture*
As a RUclipsr who makes daily Japanese food videos, I must say this looks DELICIOIS!
I love your videos!!!!!!
Just came to this channel and this is the 1st video I saw and you already sold me a cookbook By demonstrating what you can make alone.. That's impressive Now if you'll excuse me I have to go subscribe to your Channel
I'm been working on my cooking for a while now. Your videos are a big help
Is it normal to find 4 chicken thighs for just above $1 in the US?
Because as a Frenchman, the ✨Poulet✨ is way more expensive for us
Cheapest I've seen is like 5.99 per pound
Chicken thighs and chicken leg quarters are cheap here. Sometimes I can even find them for $0.40/lb, you just have to not be picky on which one you need for a recipe. If anything you can just slice off the leg from the quartets and use them for soups if you're a purist. The breast is in so much more demand in the states so the thighs are basically given away.
It's a failure of US meat culture I am happy to exploit.
I think they take the purchase price and divide it by number of servings. But I was thinking the same thing. The kind I prefer to buy is $5-7 for one pound.
In Holland we can get 4 for like 3 euros at Lidl
@@mikeramm2975 I pay $1.88/lb at Sam's club when I buy in bulk.
i love this series! I made the spaghettis and meatballs but cheaper. It was amazing!
Rengoku would've bought your entire stock.... If only he hasn't......
*Crying* *intensifies*
;v;
Literally no one mentioned anime
@@hermatred572 so?
istg that intro gave me goosebumps, maybe because im sick and its cold or this intro is just fire
I'm dying! 🤣 I LOVE all the commentary! It makes watching the video even more enjoyable. I like watching chefs cooks but to make you laugh too. Love it. 🤣🤣🤣
Josh: Don’t use a pan, get “Down and dirty”
Also josh: You can put it in a pan...
for people that don't want to invest in a grill for just a bento ahah
Now this is epic, gonna be trying this😂
Epical
Welp. Now I feel compelled to buy a bento box just so I can make this.
tell me where you find one
im only watching these videos to see joshe's reactions - but darn it this bento box looks so good !!!
Love to see good food that is less expensive. Thanks.
My problem with "but cheaper" is that while his prices are accurate for food costs it isn't accurate for total costs. I'm not just paying for the food,
I'm paying for someone else with the tools and space necessary to *make* the food. It would be great for Josh to also include how much time he spends total to make everything.
A lot of time lol
Yeah no shit if I make 30$ an hour it's actually a loss to make it myself. (Provided I lose an actual hour of work for it which I don't)
It's cheaper if you don't pay someone to cook your food for you
Most people don’t make their dinner while they’re working. Usually people cook after work or weekends. So I’m not sure y your looking at cooking as money lost lol
Just finished watching it. The grill portion i can understand but christ if you are unable to make this you either can't cook or are too lazy to spend time making it. Swap the grill for pan fried chicken thighs, swap a rice cooker for a pot, mandolin for some knife skills. Its stupid easy people and cheap!
He never seems to calculate in the cost of work time, equipment, the coals in this case, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching these videos, I just think the price comparison is anything but reasonable.
Facts 💯 100% FR so true factual and actual 🔥🔥 spittin💦
I agree. I love watching his cooking for the recipes but calculation doesn't make sense. some ingredients we will have at home and some we need to buy.
Nooooo! Please please do not call your chicken sauce is ‘TERIYAKI’ sauce. I love your cooking channel and I like you respect the other cuisines. The TERIYAKI sauce should only consist with soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar. Sake and mirin should be heated up first to remove the alcohol then add soy sauce and sugar. The mixture should reduce until syrupy texture. I know I am not an expert or a celebrity (like uncle Roger) but being a Japanese, I always frustrates people calling Teriyaki sauce which is actually not. (Sorry for being harsh …) Just want to say, your bento box looks amazing though.
Honestly, I'm not even Japanese and I thought his sauce was blasphemous to be called "Teriyaki sauce". His sauce is pretty much a just a soy sauce based glaze; it's purpose is similar to teriyaki sauce, but good lord is it NOT teriyaki sauce.
@@Xinthium no one cares
I also didn’t get the spicy Mayo with the tempura.
We had WAY to much fun watching this video. If there is such a thing. Beautiful video, good recipes, and just wholesome fun.
So the algorithm brought me here and I must say this editing is top notch
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Wish I knew where you were finding these $1 chicken thighs... our local store has them for $1.89 a pound, and I imagine 4 of them is going to be over a pound...
To make it a smidge more authentic (and to make it cheaper) you can always do black sesame seeds instead of furikake on the rice!
Always entertaining, funny, and fast paced. Love it.
You are hilarious Josh!!
You always make cooking fun, easy, and delicious! Excited to cook
its not fucking funny
When my wife saw you had a cookbook in this video she immediately made me buy it. Lol
Well that escalated quickly
The beautiful person who is reading my comment right now...May success be with you always 💕
bruh by the time you finish the whole dish it is well over 15 bucks lol
Not per portion, though.
めちゃくちゃ日本のこと理解しててすごい！この弁当食べてみたい🤤
Tip: If you're watching But Cheaper because you need the cheap meals and you don't have a rice cooker either ask for one for your birthday/Christmas or whatever gift giving holiday or event you might celebrate; or if you're on a restricted budget, but are able to save a little, save up for one. There are some pretty inexpensive but reliable rice cookers out there (: (this is another reason that I personally think it would be okay to ask someone for one as a gift) Super basic Aroma brand ones go for under $20 (from my experience Aroma is all around a reliable brand, maybe not the fanciest, but their products seem reliable based on what I've used) and they have one with a couple of bells and whistles (specify rice type and a basic steam setting to cook more than just rice) for $30.