French Onion Soup - You Suck at Cooking (episode 152)

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  • @kodybartley265
    @kodybartley265 2 года назад +12700

    French chef here, it's actually only french onion soup if the onions have citizenship. Otherwise, it's just hot onion water.

    • @mikestonez4928
      @mikestonez4928 2 года назад +350

      Well shit

    • @ArkThePieKing
      @ArkThePieKing Год назад +135

      Underrated comment

    • @drganja3917
      @drganja3917 Год назад

      As a non french non chef who likes croissant I agree. I tried this recipe and ended up making indian onion soup. My soup immediately asked me to send bob vagene and started scamming people online.

    • @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger
      @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Год назад +202

      I was going to exclaim in French but I am not a French citizen so that would be appropriation. I was also going to curse but that would require me to follow up with "Pardon my French", which again I do not own.
      So instead im just going to say "Gee golly willikers" and go about my day pretending I was never here.

    • @dorianvedel1910
      @dorianvedel1910 Год назад +107

      @@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger I'm french and I got you. I grant you a 1 month french pass to exclaim whatever you want in French.
      And please don't forget:
      Un grand pouvoir implique de grandes responsabilités.

  • @yousuckatcooking
    @yousuckatcooking  2 года назад +11592

    Things I did wrong:
    I sliced the onions too thin because my mind told me 1/8th of an inch thick instead of ¼
    I crowded the pot with too man onions
    I was not French
    And in the end all I got was some super delicious soup. Lesson learned.

    • @shobbleforgobs2811
      @shobbleforgobs2811 2 года назад +75

      Sounds lovely!

    • @shobbleforgobs2811
      @shobbleforgobs2811 2 года назад +118

      lovely sounds.

    • @hayamemichiko4161
      @hayamemichiko4161 2 года назад +213

      Should've been born French 🙄
      L bro

    • @ericaheap
      @ericaheap 2 года назад +92

      do the onions have to be of french nationality or are local ones just as good?

    • @4quall
      @4quall 2 года назад

      So you sucked at overcrowding?

  • @Jalil_Salomon
    @Jalil_Salomon 2 года назад +8574

    As a chef i have noticed a major mistake: Instead of pretending you are crying because your partner left you, you should pretend to be crying while watching the world cup final highligths so people will think you are french

  • @breadleymcthicc5444
    @breadleymcthicc5444 2 года назад +1322

    I'm no longer capable of making food without repeating in my head
    "Salt; Pepper pepper pepper"

    • @soclose2her
      @soclose2her Год назад +13

      Yes. Me too. My family thinks I’m weird. Er. Than usual.

    • @notyetidentified9720
      @notyetidentified9720 Год назад +4

      Hell, Im gonna get a gold shovel for digging out this one, but I haven't watched a channel in a couple of years and you know what? During those couple of years I also couldn't add pepper to anything without saying in my head "pepper pepper pepper" :D

  • @NorthOfEarthAlex
    @NorthOfEarthAlex 2 года назад +3172

    For quick caramelized onions, drizzle some caramel into the pot.

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад +23

      Veg.s have their own sugar. Browning them brings it out. No added sugar needed.
      Roasted veg.s are so good. U need evoo tho.

    • @HauntedReapers
      @HauntedReapers 2 года назад +15

      Then you'd need to melt the sugar separately to make the caramel and it's just easier to do it in 1 pan so you don't need to do more dishes

    • @wavy6470
      @wavy6470 2 года назад +94

      @@HauntedReapers It was a joke

    • @stabheads
      @stabheads Год назад

      @@wavy6470 they have YT in their username on the website RUclips, i doubt they can compherend satire

    • @notso-contagiousanymore
      @notso-contagiousanymore Год назад +25

      My onions taste like condensed milk? What did i do?

  • @samijacquin8814
    @samijacquin8814 2 года назад +5188

    as a french guy living in france what you should've done was bring the soup to my house so i could enjoy it

    • @thespacedisland5746
      @thespacedisland5746 2 года назад +152

      as a not french guy living not in france I also think he should have brought the soup for me to enjoy it as well, serious rookie mistake

    • @corrosivedipz7451
      @corrosivedipz7451 2 года назад +61

      As a asian guy living in Canada I do think so too he should’ve came and brought the soup for me to enjoy truly poor choice

    • @Mmannk
      @Mmannk 2 года назад +34

      As a gay idiot who speaks a little bit of French, I really think he should’ve brought it to my house to enjoy instead, but good attempt

    • @Klementin_
      @Klementin_ Год назад +31

      As a culinary idiot who had 0 cooking skills and lives under my dead hopes and dreams, I think you shouldve brough this to my basement to warm my cold dark room for once

    • @Mgauge
      @Mgauge Год назад +24

      As an American guy living in America, I also say he should bring it to that guy's house so he can enjoy it. It just sounds like a nice thing to do.

  • @bapre9124
    @bapre9124 2 года назад +6260

    As the professional chef Rordon Gamsay, I hereby award your french onion soup 2 Michelin tires.

  • @dutchuncle2716
    @dutchuncle2716 2 года назад +3032

    Fun fact: in France French onion soup is known as just onion soup.

    • @Sickdudenomnomnom
      @Sickdudenomnomnom 2 года назад +24

      Actually not true

    • @skywanderer
      @skywanderer 2 года назад +182

      @@Sickdudenomnomnom L+Ratio+Actually, you're wrong

    • @AiRde
      @AiRde 2 года назад +147

      @@Sickdudenomnomnom actually true I'm french and I just say "soupe à l'oignon"

    • @shadowplayer11.86
      @shadowplayer11.86 2 года назад +66

      As a fake french citizen, I can confirm

    • @cam4636
      @cam4636 2 года назад +86

      Fun Fact: In the Netherlands Dutch Uncle is just known as Uncle

  • @dachandewuffsteiger
    @dachandewuffsteiger 2 года назад +349

    The reason your onions fell apart is because you cut them cross grain rather than with the grain. Which is known as frenching an onion. You cut it for onion rings not onion soup. Still tastes delicious, different texture.

    • @Mossy5150
      @Mossy5150 2 года назад +59

      Yeah, this soup should be called Frenched Onion Soup.

    • @scottboettcher1344
      @scottboettcher1344 4 месяца назад +6

      He shredded the Gruyeré backwards too, which DOES change the taste.

    • @ScottA2345
      @ScottA2345 4 месяца назад +10

      Frenching an onion? Talk about bad breath.

  • @borkaraju7632
    @borkaraju7632 11 месяцев назад +27

    french chef here, you forgot to add french peoples souls. They are very expensive because most french people dont have them but it just makes the soup taste better

  • @quantumimagesQC
    @quantumimagesQC 2 года назад +9670

    As a French descendant living in Québec, you should have switched the onion soup for gravy, the bread croutons for french fries and the gruyère for cheese curds, making it a poutine instead.

    • @o0Takka0o
      @o0Takka0o 2 года назад +442

      As someone who is not French at all but does like croissant, I think he should have substituted the onions for lamb, the croutons for any kind of not stale bread and the cheese for salad and chili sauce boss, making it a kebab.

    • @louannecataford4939
      @louannecataford4939 2 года назад +84

      I concur fellow Quebecer. Poutine is much easier to make.

    • @back_inussr7314
      @back_inussr7314 2 года назад +65

      @@louannecataford4939 poutine....Vladimir Poutine???

    • @louannecataford4939
      @louannecataford4939 2 года назад +37

      @back_ inUSSR oh God he'd taste like dust and disgraces the honor of the delicious poutine

    • @back_inussr7314
      @back_inussr7314 2 года назад

      @@louannecataford4939 i bet he tastes like president. Or chicken.

  • @jasonyoung6420
    @jasonyoung6420 2 года назад +3029

    It's only French Onion soup if it comes from the Onion region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling Onion soup.

    • @nothingtofind9099
      @nothingtofind9099 2 года назад +47

      THIS. Nothing is more French than their provencial seals of authenticity. Gotta have that terroir and all that... now other countries are following suit seeing the money, err dedication to traditional methods, haha.

    • @shirocraban3978
      @shirocraban3978 2 года назад +18

      J'allais souligner qu'il n'existe pas une telle région en France, et puis j'ai compris
      Merci pour le fou rire, "rosbif"

    • @jellezegers
      @jellezegers 2 года назад +7

      Ahaha gold comment

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад +7

      Good one! I hate wine snobs. It is all just rotton grapes.

    • @dandanjambon
      @dandanjambon 2 года назад

      @@nothingtofind9099 lmfao wtf just take a look at the difference between like idk Swiss, French or Italian cheese and the crappy fake ass copies you can find in the US

  • @DeepFriarShow
    @DeepFriarShow 2 года назад +3092

    The problem is he used white onions instead of French onions. French onions come pre-caramelized. They’re only available in France and are too delicate to survive the trip over the Atlantic.

    • @Doctor_Straing_Strange
      @Doctor_Straing_Strange 2 года назад +17

      wait for real? I live in France, where can I get these onions?

    • @thighmeat6034
      @thighmeat6034 2 года назад +167

      @@Doctor_Straing_Strange i usually get them from joe

    • @Tomezilla514
      @Tomezilla514 2 года назад +49

      @@thighmeat6034 Who's Joe?

    • @WinstonSmith0824
      @WinstonSmith0824 2 года назад +155

      @@Tomezilla514 He's a friend of Dave.

    • @TomsBackyardWorkshop
      @TomsBackyardWorkshop 2 года назад +75

      @@WinstonSmith0824 Dave's not here man.

  • @sickgringo007
    @sickgringo007 2 года назад +70

    As a Swiss, I commend you for using Gruyère and thus turning this into a de-facto Swiss onion soup.

  • @internetuser7763
    @internetuser7763 2 года назад +162

    Is anybody else impressed by the clear-paste onion skin bowl at 00:48?

  • @cineblazer
    @cineblazer 2 года назад +777

    As a totally legit and 100% real French chef, I rate this video four twenties ten nine out of a hundred.

    •  Год назад +27

      This comment deserves more love

    • @yuudontenomi6947
      @yuudontenomi6947 Год назад +7

      These comments are buck wild

    • @zabunga
      @zabunga Год назад +3

      dhjoiejerayi im haing asie u saiesu a seizre

    • @supertone4761
      @supertone4761 Год назад +29

      You know this guy is legit when he says "four twenties ten nine" instead of "ninety-nine" like a complete barbarian

    • @a.reisens1673
      @a.reisens1673 Год назад +6

      God this is clever. If only the peoples knew.

  • @SojournToAlkaiser89
    @SojournToAlkaiser89 2 года назад +749

    Maybe the real French onion soup was the friends we made along the way

    • @mertz7305
      @mertz7305 2 года назад +15

      Maybe we made the French onion soup out of the friend along the way.

    • @ninottorracastanyes8996
      @ninottorracastanyes8996 2 года назад

      The Good Place reference?

    • @walterbrunswick
      @walterbrunswick 2 года назад +1

      @@mertz7305 yuck

    • @younggod5230
      @younggod5230 2 года назад +3

      the friends we caramalized and crowded and geglazed along the way.

    • @edgeisloveedgeislife5439
      @edgeisloveedgeislife5439 2 года назад +5

      @@mertz7305 Maybe we know the secrets of alchemy and messed up our french onion soup, accidentally *making* friends along the way.

  • @cobalt2672
    @cobalt2672 2 года назад +588

    As someone who knows a chef that knows French this is definitely a food

  • @lolilollolilol7773
    @lolilollolilol7773 9 месяцев назад +8

    French chef pro tip: since you won't use the bowl anymore, no need to wash it. This way, the next time you use it, you'll have that delicious crusty taste at the bottom that everyone loves.

  • @j.d.7208
    @j.d.7208 Год назад +4

    Not a French chef not a chef not a French person not ever disappointed in the amount of humor in your videos 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @AndyTheWhale
    @AndyTheWhale 2 года назад +232

    As someone who knows France exists, you forgot to use a guillotine to remove the heads of the onions. That’s what makes the onions “French Onions”

  • @CaptainKapitan
    @CaptainKapitan 2 года назад +2094

    As a Filipino who's living in a country with an onion scarcity problem, damn that is a very expensive soup

    • @DarrelRho
      @DarrelRho 2 года назад +86

      i shed a tear at 0:30 at how decadent it was since I knew I will never be able to afford to make a soup with such expensive ingredients
      /s

    • @lesley4928
      @lesley4928 2 года назад +126

      As a non-Filipino non-French New Zealander living in New Zealand, a country which also has Onion Deficit Disorder, I concur that this is a most expensive dish. Still gonna make it tho.

    • @mollusckscramp4124
      @mollusckscramp4124 2 года назад +36

      Oh no! We gotta send you guys some onion care packages stat! (they're quite cheap here)

    • @kamcorder3585
      @kamcorder3585 2 года назад +55

      In the United States, onions are dirt cheap, especially in bulk. I make this when I have a bunch of onions that are going to go bad soon.

    • @m.t-thoughts8919
      @m.t-thoughts8919 2 года назад +15

      Skill issue

  • @cygnusnox8589
    @cygnusnox8589 2 года назад +605

    As somebody who never tasted, nor made French Onion Soup before, I can say that the onions needed more time to brown in the pan, and the bread should be crustier, and the beef stock should be made from grass fred French cow and that there should be more cheese that it will coat the whole bowl.

    • @weirdyoutubechannels
      @weirdyoutubechannels 2 года назад

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    • @sooz9433
      @sooz9433 2 года назад +17

      Grass fred?😳 no wonder my beef stock tastes ....off

    • @cobaltchromee7533
      @cobaltchromee7533 2 года назад

      Grass fred is the cow's highschool nickname. She got it when someone noticed her munching on grass during recess

    • @radimmeduna5764
      @radimmeduna5764 2 года назад +16

      Why Fred? :( why does it have to be him, noooo!!! :(

    • @mundanestuff
      @mundanestuff 2 года назад +2

      You need to try french onion soup. It's truly yummy. Cleanup afterwards, scraping that cheese off the bowl, is a huge pain in the wrist. So be neater with the cheese when you make it at home. Oh, and don't leave the lid on the pot. That's his only real mistake.

  • @dxmxrxsbxxckthxwxxdxlf3931
    @dxmxrxsbxxckthxwxxdxlf3931 3 месяца назад +1

    I never knew that a chef with a sarcastic sense of humor is what I needed to brighten my day. Keep them coming, mate!

  • @Dav1dhatch
    @Dav1dhatch 2 года назад +16

    I work in a cheese shop and I can assure you, gruyere, is in fact, a cheese

  • @haruseyon
    @haruseyon 2 года назад +5525

    As a non-French and non-chef, I must say, you could have done it better... Somehow. Yes, somehow

    • @generalrubbish9513
      @generalrubbish9513 2 года назад +227

      As a fellow non-French non-chef, i know what you did wrong, I'm just not going to tell you. I'll let you figure it out yourself as a learning experience.

    • @richardngo2561
      @richardngo2561 2 года назад +70

      @@generalrubbish9513 As another fellow non-French and non-chef, I will add on that I do believe there were at least one(s) mistake(s) made within this video. I know from past experience watching a video on French Onion Soup approximately 30 seconds ago.

    • @TheShows247
      @TheShows247 2 года назад +8

      @General Rubbish as a French non chef I'll do the same

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid 2 года назад +7

      Wasgood Im a regular hood dude doing food reviews on my RUclips channel 😩

    • @shotokanslugger9291
      @shotokanslugger9291 2 года назад +15

      You absolutely did something wrong, you forgot to sing the silly song after the video, You are quite a good singer, I miss those silly songs, they bring a smile to my face.

  • @JackFrawley101
    @JackFrawley101 2 года назад +384

    Chef for 11 years, classically trained french, have "mise en place" tattooed on my body. Can confirm, wangjangling the sugar in there is the key

    • @Orynae
      @Orynae 2 года назад +10

      If this is true and not part of the joke, I hope your tattoo is spelled better than your comment. Without the E it's kinda implying _you_ were put into place and stamped for it

    • @LDrosophila
      @LDrosophila 2 года назад

      where do you have the tattoo? it matters

    • @JackFrawley101
      @JackFrawley101 2 года назад +2

      @@LDrosophila forearm, obviously

    • @y.a.s
      @y.a.s 2 года назад +2

      I hope it's a typo because it's "mise en place" not "mis en place"

    • @seancostello4158
      @seancostello4158 Год назад

      @@Orynae ikr lol

  • @intergalacticnarwhal
    @intergalacticnarwhal 2 года назад +188

    As the inventor of cooking, I must say this is definitely one of the french onion soups of all time

  • @3seidel
    @3seidel 13 дней назад +1

    One of the best and funniest cooking videos I’ve seen in a while!!! 😂😂😂

  • @__ruebee
    @__ruebee 2 года назад +3

    i might be wrong, but i'm pretty sure that out of all the people i'm subscribed to, you're the only one whose entire video catalogue i enjoy. i don't think you've done a single video that i haven't enjoyed. i think that's pretty cool. thanks for always working hard to entertain us!

    • @__ruebee
      @__ruebee 2 года назад

      what's with these lame-ass numbers behind my username

    • @__ruebee
      @__ruebee 2 года назад

      i fixed it. i'm not happy about it, but i fixed it.

  • @dingomingo7214
    @dingomingo7214 2 года назад +79

    "And we will all be able to live together in ignorance and in harmony" this man can help achieve world peace through an onion soup video

  • @el_spaghetto
    @el_spaghetto 2 года назад +428

    As somebody who is Cajun, which is technically French, you didn't make nearly enough mistakes.

  • @1waka2laka
    @1waka2laka 2 года назад +93

    I am actually a french shef and I say you should use those special bowls with the handles on them in every episode from now on

  • @mauz791
    @mauz791 Год назад +3

    You can also add some hot water to the onions, which break it down faster. Then theres more surface area to brown easier, and it gives a softness headstart.

  • @tomatosoupe4271
    @tomatosoupe4271 2 года назад +2

    You want to make sure the onions are Throngled before you cut them, otherwise they fall apart. Make sure you get a Throngler from France otherwise it’s not real French onion soup, it’s just 5 onions cut to .25 inch strips, softened in 2 tbsp butter until soft and caramelized, add in chicken or beef stock once simmering and cook for 30 minutes, near the end of cooking add a splash of balsamic vinegar to taste. Add bread and cheese and serve hot.

  • @brandon9869
    @brandon9869 2 года назад +744

    As a non-french non-chef you should have used carrots instead of onions.

    • @cobaltchromee7533
      @cobaltchromee7533 2 года назад +4

      As a fellow non-french non-chef I must say, YSAC should've used apples, like some people use onions instead of caramel apples

    • @cobaltchromee7533
      @cobaltchromee7533 2 года назад +3

      For balance

    • @diannt9583
      @diannt9583 2 года назад

      Gag, never carrots!

    • @diannt9583
      @diannt9583 2 года назад

      Umm, the word "rot" in carrot is in there for a reason...

    • @eba44
      @eba44 2 года назад +1

      @@cobaltchromee7533 In fact, adding a shot of apple brandy- or cider is a great and marvelous thing in onion soup, and you weren't even trying!

  • @EndermanAPM
    @EndermanAPM 2 года назад +38

    "We don't want to crowd the pot to avoid steaming them" --> Proceeds to put the lid on.

  • @darthplagueis13
    @darthplagueis13 2 года назад +219

    As someone who either is or isn't a french chef I can confidently say that the onion soup may or may not look perfectly fine and that there is a possibility that there's room for improvement, but maybe also not.

    • @mariefinkelman
      @mariefinkelman 2 года назад +25

      Ahh! Schrödinger’s Soup!

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      The improver would be using boulon and having a beef san to dip!

  • @bonitas.7106
    @bonitas.7106 3 месяца назад +1

    It looks great! You can fry the onions until brown. Just higher heat in a frying pan. ❤

  • @lisxhvfhbvgvx575
    @lisxhvfhbvgvx575 3 месяца назад +1

    After 10 min of sautéing onion, add teaspoon salt and teaspoon honey. After 20 min, add some minced garlic, continue stir until caramelized. Deglaze with red wine
    For bread; make garlic bread by rubbing garlic on stale baguette or sprinkling garlic powder on the baguette and bake till crisp

  • @noahdavis7570
    @noahdavis7570 2 года назад +529

    Can’t wait until you do American onion soup

    • @HexIsme
      @HexIsme 2 года назад +54

      That's just shallots and water.

    • @adityarasendriya5138
      @adityarasendriya5138 2 года назад +99

      Just add gunpowder instead of pepper

    • @II-sf1df
      @II-sf1df 2 года назад +60

      @@HexIsme substitute water for tears of anyone paying medical bills

    • @spinaltap526
      @spinaltap526 2 года назад +30

      That's onion rings in barbeque sauce

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged 2 года назад +13

      It's kinda the same, but you add a pound of sugar.

  • @ncmartinez_his
    @ncmartinez_his 2 года назад +25

    Cut the onions with the grain and cook without the lid on. Cutting with a grain, from top to bottom keeps the slices of onion whole. Taking the lid off keeps steam from developing helps develop fondé -- which is like fondue but not really.

  • @60DollarCodger
    @60DollarCodger 2 года назад +138

    I'm a little bit French-Canadian:
    substitute the butter with maple syrup

    • @ebenwaterman5858
      @ebenwaterman5858 2 года назад +4

      Substitute the beef broth too. :)

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 2 года назад +12

      As someone who isn't french but lives in a country that is closer to france than canada is, I'm officially declaring you to be a heretic in the name of the french people (who I didn't ask beforehand).

    • @TheSekki76
      @TheSekki76 2 года назад +1

      @@darthplagueis13 as a french people (bonjour youtube, j'espère que vous allez tous bien) i totally agree with ur statement ^^

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare 2 года назад

      @@ebenwaterman5858 with what? Pork broth? Or maple syrup too?

    • @davidy22
      @davidy22 2 года назад +3

      @@TheSekki76 Je suis un chaude bibliotheque

  • @TeaWithFoxMeat
    @TeaWithFoxMeat Год назад +5

    1:52 Hey YSAC thanks for not pulling out a watch or alarm clock during that moment. I know that must have been pretty difficult for you.

  • @hankt2792
    @hankt2792 3 месяца назад +1

    As someone who has seen at least five or six youtube videos on how to make french onion soup, I consider myself an expert on french onion soup and based on the number of views of this video, I rate your recipe the best. No need to taste it...I'm an expert.

  • @TheLlamaHugger
    @TheLlamaHugger 2 года назад +46

    I’m no chef, but I must say that this is definitely a perfect French onion soup with no errors at all.

  • @h2oski1200
    @h2oski1200 2 года назад +498

    other things you did wrong:
    Did not scream "sacre bleu" at any point during cooking.
    uh, that's about it.

    • @magenstaffarts
      @magenstaffarts 2 года назад +33

      Oh oh, he forgot to laugh "hon hon hon" as well.

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 года назад +7

      @@magenstaffarts Didn't did mimes moves and didn't shooted Vive La FRANCE or Vive L'EMPEREUR trully not Français enough especially while cooking onions

    • @AiRde
      @AiRde 2 года назад +2

      you know that in france no one say "sacré bleu"

    • @namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682
      @namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682 2 года назад +2

      You may be a chef, but something tells me you might not actually be French.

    • @AiRde
      @AiRde 2 года назад

      @@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682 I'm French actually

  • @GurinObservationArchive
    @GurinObservationArchive 2 года назад +93

    The problem was that he didn't make the soup in france, so it didnt get infused with that french air of superiority

  • @danispy0063
    @danispy0063 2 месяца назад +1

    As someone with no cooking experience from somewhere not France, I can confidently say that this man is right.

  • @spacecat942
    @spacecat942 5 месяцев назад +1

    This channel is so comforting for me for some reason 😭

  • @i-am-goose8428
    @i-am-goose8428 2 года назад +117

    To get the onions to brown quicker, you need to speak French to them while they are cooking. Another optional thing you can do is have French music playing in the background (I am partial to Debussy myself) and have a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 Год назад +4

      I find that the onions brown themselves fastest when I feed them laxatives.

    • @andrzejsteplewski1304
      @andrzejsteplewski1304 Год назад +1

      Polska zupa!-Przypkowski-Edward Pomian-Pożerski!

    • @paulabuls5802
      @paulabuls5802 Год назад

      No, definitely Edith Piaf!

  • @k8giggles
    @k8giggles 2 года назад +31

    When I make French onion soup as a non-French non-chef, I prefer to cut my onions longitudinally (tip to root) because they hold their shape better.

    • @michaelsims1460
      @michaelsims1460 2 года назад +3

      My chef non-French brother confirms this wisdom.

    • @JackFrawley101
      @JackFrawley101 2 года назад +6

      If you angle the knife towards the centre of the onion half while cutting root to stem it is actually called a "french cut"

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      Huh. Thank you.

  • @exinon5092
    @exinon5092 2 года назад +53

    En tant que non français, non chef, je pense que tu as été parfait.

  • @vey5579
    @vey5579 2 года назад

    I’ve been blessed to say: tomorrow is my birthday and so that’ll make it 7 years I’ve watched YSAC. I’ll forever love this channel so much 💕

  • @croma2068
    @croma2068 2 года назад +2

    You giving me the length in the wrong metric unit doesn't bother me because the metric system is internally coherent and I can easily convert kilometers to centimeters by multiplying with the appropriate power of 10. Thanks for proving metric superiority once again.

  • @deanospimoniful
    @deanospimoniful 2 года назад +69

    Hearing Croque Monsieur talk made me laugh.

    • @skyllalafey
      @skyllalafey 2 года назад +4

      Monsieur sounded just like I would have imagined, if it had ever occurred to me before now to wonder what a sandwich's voice sounded like.

    • @Meela9088
      @Meela9088 2 года назад

      Crepe should’ve appeared in the video too lol

    • @dirtyketchup
      @dirtyketchup 2 года назад +1

      It croaked. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      Well ,what he ways is a crock alright.

    • @stringlarson1247
      @stringlarson1247 2 года назад

      I was tripping on acid one time and my deli roast beef and dozens of little mouths talking to me.

  • @PLAYCOREE
    @PLAYCOREE 2 года назад +22

    Hey as a chef (i am not a chef) from france (i am german) you could have used red onions for the extra antioxidants

    • @Null_Experis
      @Null_Experis 2 года назад +11

      That DOES sound like something a German would do...

    • @JzelMoniK
      @JzelMoniK 2 года назад +2

      And then people wonders why we had so many wars with each other...

    • @TheDaaabou
      @TheDaaabou 2 года назад +1

      But you'll have to cook them at lower temperature to actually keep the antioxydants.

    • @PLAYCOREE
      @PLAYCOREE 2 года назад +1

      @@TheDaaabou as i said, as a chef (not)...i just buy red ones in general, no reason for me to buy normal ones

    • @tropicalbartender6510
      @tropicalbartender6510 2 года назад

      A sentence only a German would understand.

  • @Coolking5678
    @Coolking5678 2 года назад +72

    As an onion this is my favorite form of cannibalism

  • @sweaterdog5475
    @sweaterdog5475 Год назад +1

    French Chef here, You should used a 1 pound steak in place of the bread but over all you did a really good job.

  • @Ting003
    @Ting003 2 года назад +1

    This is the first video I've seen from this channel and I don't know what I should be more confused about, the video or the comments... But I like it here

    • @luismoref
      @luismoref 2 года назад

      Welcome. You're in the start of a long journey. You'll have good laughs, will enjoy some music.. and maybe you'll start cooking.

  • @alexhb12333
    @alexhb12333 2 года назад +108

    If your onions won't cook down, don't sweat it.

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад +3

      Takes a certain pan. Some pans are jot good browners.

    • @deprofundis3293
      @deprofundis3293 2 года назад +12

      Does no one else get the joke?? Nice one 😂

    • @katiekawaii
      @katiekawaii Год назад +1

      Boo! 😁

    • @ispep8882
      @ispep8882 4 месяца назад

      Love me a good Dad joke.

  • @Duelkitten
    @Duelkitten 2 года назад +121

    Nothing sucked more than being on caramelized onion duty when cooking in school for service. It was one of the most time demanding jobs. You had to get everything on early and just....stand there and watch. Especially because we used those massive shallow pans.

    • @Duelkitten
      @Duelkitten 2 года назад +7

      @@Maximumllama so it does work. But it takes a while doesn't it? Doing it In a pot is time consuming but it is faster then having it sit for a few hours. Especially if you have to do service. But definitely a good idea for home use.

    • @NWolfsson
      @NWolfsson 2 года назад +22

      And everybody is busy doing literally everything else and you get self-conscious because you spend entire minutes just watching, but you know the onions will find a way to spontaneously combust if you even think about taking your eyes off of it.

    • @robertjohnpecayo8642
      @robertjohnpecayo8642 2 года назад +6

      ​@@NWolfsson Ye man, I don't trust those onions if you take your eyes off them for even just one second they start to burn

    • @Duelkitten
      @Duelkitten 2 года назад +5

      @@NWolfsson so fun story time. During one of our classes/service. Someone on the onions did actually manage to have it catch fire. Now I was in the back area cutting up veg for one of my dishes. But suddenly this massive plum of flames goes up. I was actually surprised the sprinklers didn't go on (and super relieved). I'm not sure how they managed to catch it on fire. Maybe some had split something on the stove. But it definitely caught fire. Had to throw the batch out. It was for a sandwich so no onions for that sandwich.

    • @brendacrawford260
      @brendacrawford260 2 года назад

      @@Duelkitten Oh my gosh , that's crazy !!

  • @sparce206
    @sparce206 2 года назад +5

    Good morning Mr. YSAC!! Chef here! I think as long as you make it for yourself and enjoy it, you can't go wrong! Have a nice day!

  • @coryses
    @coryses 2 года назад +2

    You just won the award! Not sure which award though… However, you are now my favorite RUclipsr. The only thing I would’ve done differently is fortify the beef stock that you used with extra veggies and maybe beef bouillon paste, and then strain that and use that as my stock. The other thing you forgot to do is to rub the bread down with garlic after baking it. But honestly, this looks amazing. Oh yeah, I’m not sure why you had the onions so thick… I use a mandolin for mine and get them extra thin, this also cuts down on the time they take the caramelize. I’ve always seen people using mandolin.

  • @cwigle101
    @cwigle101 3 месяца назад +1

    the only issue i saw with this is you need to always spank the onions a few times to heighten the flavours and also make them want to caramelized like the good little onions they are.

  • @bdavidson3608
    @bdavidson3608 2 года назад +191

    Now I really want to know if that guy's wife leaving him made him cry onto his soggy onion sandwich, transforming it into a bowl of soup.

    • @princeofrain1428
      @princeofrain1428 2 года назад +14

      Checks out since the traditional broth is your onion-cutting tears

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      Mice would get in it .

  • @keepclimbing15
    @keepclimbing15 2 года назад +34

    Can we get a time travel episode to 2003 where you make Freedom Onion Soup?

  • @shaqtaku
    @shaqtaku 2 года назад +232

    The real star of the onion soup is actually the beef stock

    • @ronniewilliz153
      @ronniewilliz153 2 года назад +13

      And a good cheese

    • @cookingwithashfaqahmad
      @cookingwithashfaqahmad 2 года назад +2

      good

    • @santajimi
      @santajimi 2 года назад +13

      @@cookingwithashfaqahmad A gouda cheese?

    • @dankava13
      @dankava13 2 года назад +9

      @@santajimi funny thing is it's actually pronounced "how-da"

    • @BLY99
      @BLY99 2 года назад +5

      @@dankava13 Funny thing it's actually not pronounced that way.

  • @MathematicalVoid
    @MathematicalVoid 2 месяца назад +1

    I was expecting french fries to show up with all the iconic French food, only to be told “Shut up, you’re Belgian.”

  • @yochannaelishevashawlach8064
    @yochannaelishevashawlach8064 2 месяца назад +1

    You can also use a large frying pan or grill to caramelize the onions

  • @eddmower2297
    @eddmower2297 2 года назад +26

    Michaelin Star chef here, should've used more spaghetti sauce

  • @lawrencekassab1226
    @lawrencekassab1226 2 года назад +14

    I was hoping for a French song at the end there, oh well another reason to cry I guess

    • @missyquill5709
      @missyquill5709 2 года назад +4

      Just keep your phone nearby to beg an imaginary partner to take you back so you don't look like a weakling when you cry over the lack of French song.

  • @Ggamergoodson
    @Ggamergoodson 2 года назад +10

    Coming from a French-American adult from Italy, i gotta say, im a fan of the cheese part.

  • @emmenthol_cheese
    @emmenthol_cheese 2 года назад +1

    hey master chef here with 120+ years of expierence and I just wanted to let you know that actually the onions come last after it comes out of the over, just put them on top raw.

  • @lizpeterson6719
    @lizpeterson6719 Месяц назад

    Very witty, I loved it. I cut my onions so they are left round, I don't cut them smaller than that. Your 1/4 is fine. You should always add a dry white wine to french onion soup. It's a richer taste, and then you already have a bottle open when you go to eat. Bon appetite.

  • @ArcaneTester0
    @ArcaneTester0 2 года назад +115

    Those onions didn't look French to me... They weren't holding little baguettes or wearing little berets

    • @Sleve-McDichael
      @Sleve-McDichael 2 года назад +13

      They weren't even smoking cigarettes!!

    • @mundanestuff
      @mundanestuff 2 года назад +10

      They did have little frowns. That did it for me.

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat 2 года назад +2

      ...or smoking.
      Or taking a nap before FIRING ZE MEESILES!

    • @gwennorthcutt421
      @gwennorthcutt421 2 года назад

      they wear little baguettes as hats, check and mate

    • @Cameron655
      @Cameron655 2 года назад +1

      Or dangling on a string round a guy in a stripy shirt riding a bicycle. I mean, come on, there are standards to be preserved.

  • @krembryle
    @krembryle 2 года назад +28

    You've put there so many onions I thought you were making a cheese soup.

  • @dretcom
    @dretcom 2 года назад +14

    I'm french, if it tasted good, then you did it right

  • @seargantmagor
    @seargantmagor Год назад +1

    I don't know why I watch so many cooking videos when the best culinary accomplishment I have is making a bowl of cereal.

  • @bk6555
    @bk6555 21 день назад +1

    The origin of the French onion soup story had me rolling, lmao

  • @troglodytto
    @troglodytto 2 года назад +111

    Instructions unclear: Accidentally invaded France
    Edit: Guys! Don't worry they surrendered. I am declaring Danny Devito as the new ruler of France

    • @snowstrobe
      @snowstrobe 2 года назад +10

      The gaul!

    • @ZMCFERON
      @ZMCFERON 2 года назад +2

      Roman around in France is very un-chef-like

    • @ethan2670
      @ethan2670 2 года назад +5

      Don't worry, few of us can say they haven't made that mistake

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 2 года назад +4

      Always so embarassing when that happens.

    • @CorvoFG
      @CorvoFG 2 года назад +3

      Did they surrender? They usually do..

  • @ceeepreemee2593
    @ceeepreemee2593 2 года назад +26

    Living together in ignorance might be the only way to live in harmony

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      Best way to is learning to cook well and doing it.

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад

      If I were Garth Brooks I would be so frkn fat. Man can Yearwood cook!!!!!

  • @FaeDiggle
    @FaeDiggle 2 года назад +36

    The true masters arrange their caramalized onions to spell "Hon hon" before pouring in the broth to really French the soup up.

  • @blitzgr8512
    @blitzgr8512 Год назад +1

    as a french chef how am I supposed to be as funny as you in the kitchen? all I do is cry from onions.

  • @k4rt1k63
    @k4rt1k63 Год назад +1

    imagine if someone followed this step by step without seeing the next second
    of the video

  • @TheCharles303
    @TheCharles303 2 года назад +15

    As a non-chef who is also an onion, HOW DARE YOU! No wait, those onions were jerks, you did the world a service.

    • @seancostello4158
      @seancostello4158 Год назад

      wrong color of onions? i prefer the red onions, myself

  • @naefaren3515
    @naefaren3515 2 года назад +44

    So, for people who are trying to caramalize onions on their own, I believe America's test kitchen did an experiment and found that using a little bit of water to boil the onions initially and letting the water evaporate will allow the onions to start caramelizing faster.

    • @rebeccafoster-faith6647
      @rebeccafoster-faith6647 2 года назад +20

      How dare you give serious advice??!

    • @senadzri
      @senadzri 2 года назад +5

      @@rebeccafoster-faith6647 a non-french non-chef here seriously surprised of the non-seriousity

    • @LuwiigiMaster
      @LuwiigiMaster Год назад

      This channel is nothing more than creating food porn while also disparsging the viewers into never trying cooking for themselves, creating a generation of people dependent on pre-made foods.

    • @katiekawaii
      @katiekawaii Год назад

      That is so counterintuitive! Interesting!

    • @Smiththebat
      @Smiththebat Год назад +1

      Works really good for bacon too! Especially thick cut! Just make sure to pay attention once the water boils off!!

  • @screwlose
    @screwlose 2 года назад +5

    You cannot have harmony without ignorance is some dystopian saying

  • @KamiRecca
    @KamiRecca 2 года назад +1

    Hello, authentic french professional chef here with 10 years experience in a Michelin Star restaurant:
    You forgot to add garlic and a few snails to the onions (Like 1 snail per onion are more than enough), to realy improve the flavor and concistrency of the onions.
    Oh, and while Beefbroth works, a broth of Sheep and Game realy brings out the propper flavor of this dish.
    Best served cold.
    From Sweden with Love
    - Kami
    (P.S, no im not. But i would like to think i added something here.
    Something useless, just like me.)

  • @aurashour
    @aurashour 2 года назад +1

    this channel is a giant middle finger at tall the times your parents told you not to play with your food

  • @silentben
    @silentben 2 года назад +12

    I could have used this recipe last week when I made French onion soup for the first time by essentially the same exact method. I guess it's time to fire up the time machine... er, thyme machine?

  • @insederec
    @insederec 2 года назад +19

    This and creme brulee look hard until you make it, screw it up, and then realize it tastes amazing anyway.

    • @MeTreesndirt
      @MeTreesndirt 2 года назад +1

      Anything browned on top is good but that stuff really needs berries. And dry coconut.

    • @insederec
      @insederec 2 года назад

      @@MeTreesndirt I should tattoo malliard on my tongue

  • @neomoleon
    @neomoleon 2 года назад +25

    To make the soup even better: Add cheese at EVERY step!

  • @coryray8436
    @coryray8436 2 года назад +1

    Home non-pro chef here: I brown my onions in a wide and shallow skillet and not in the soup pot. That'll let them breathe more. Also, a pinch of salt in the beginning instead of sugar is what you want. It draws moisture out and preseasons the onion mass.

  • @higherquality
    @higherquality Год назад +3

    0:14
    Take that metric system.
    Nothing can beat 1 foot being 10 inches and one mile being a 1000 foot

  • @CasualClinkz
    @CasualClinkz 2 года назад +6

    For the onions you shouldn't use a lid as long and also you can add a bit of water on the beginning and let them steam for a bit the just let the water cook off by removing the lid. This accelerates the caramelization process of the onions

  • @th3_jelly_one114
    @th3_jelly_one114 2 года назад +6

    3:35 The Story Of French Onion Soup
    The Ending Is Very Surprising 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @simonbas6
    @simonbas6 2 года назад +21

    As a Non French Amateur Chef this could've been improved by sacrificing a chicken to the king that crawls beneath. Also I put garlic in mine to stave off vampirism but that's a me thing

  • @Casey093
    @Casey093 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is not a guide for cooking, this is a guide for life.

  • @timoleduc7586
    @timoleduc7586 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hi, French chef here everything is perfect keep it cool