4 Ways to Make Cheaper Meat Taste GREAT

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  • @midge158158
    @midge158158 Год назад +1614

    I'm impressed how considerately Baz and Mike handled Ben's meat

  • @markwallendal
    @markwallendal Год назад +956

    Given the comments the normals make about bay leaves, I’m waiting for a taste the difference episode where they cook with and without them. It’d be interesting imo.

    • @nanoflower1
      @nanoflower1 Год назад +50

      I'm not sure why they keep saying that. The only time I tend to use bay leaves is when making a stew but it makes a big difference in the taste of the final product. I can tell if I didn't add any bay leaves to the stew.

    • @raccoonking7566
      @raccoonking7566 Год назад +36

      @@nanoflower1 It doesn't have a very noticable flavor - but when it's absent, the stew feels like it's missing something. The flavor is less "full".

    • @noahgray5229
      @noahgray5229 Год назад +13

      @@nanoflower1 Cooking a couple bayleaves with my ragout always adds a freshness, I generally think it lightens up any "heavy" or dense dishes, be it a stew or anything else that cooks for long enough to have an effect. And it very much makes a difference, so much so that a lamb lasagne i did cooking them in the sauce, it almost overpowered the whole dish. Don't know why the normals say that, but I guess there's a reason they are, in the end, normals and not a chef

    • @asmith8692
      @asmith8692 Год назад +10

      I have tasted homemade soup with and without bay leaf. Can definitely taste the difference between the two.

    • @dh1380
      @dh1380 Год назад

      Or would it? ;)

  • @alexdavis5766
    @alexdavis5766 Год назад +94

    “I’ve used a face mask of this” is a prime Barry quote 😂

  • @andymorgans4115
    @andymorgans4115 Год назад +261

    The addition of chick pea flour is brilliant. So often you just have a bunch of marinade sitting in the bowl.

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +46

      Definitely! Glad you find the tip useful.

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy Год назад +1

      I missed the purpose of adding it.

    • @christianstorms3950
      @christianstorms3950 Год назад +13

      ​@@b_uppy it makes the marinade sticking to the meat. Instead a bowl of fluid marinade you only need just enough to smear around the meat.

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy Год назад

      @@christianstorms3950
      Thank you.

    • @Qri0
      @Qri0 Год назад +5

      @@SortedFood Question! Can I substitute it with corn starch for same result?

  • @Fqubed
    @Fqubed Год назад +303

    Since you guys love zero waste you'll love this one:
    Pineapple (that you mentioned) also works much like the papaya, but with pineapple you can use the "skin" and external parts that you would normally discard as inedible, these parts actually contain the highest amount of enzyme, enjoy pineapple on one side, use the waste to tenderize tomorrows dish

    • @user-es5wp1id1g
      @user-es5wp1id1g Год назад +20

      And how do you use it? shredding it or just roughly chop and put the skin into your marinade? I'm very interested in this because is about the pineapple season in taiwan now!

    • @joes0280
      @joes0280 Год назад +5

      This is really good to know and something I had no idea about which I'll absolutely try, thank you!

    • @Ashtari
      @Ashtari Год назад +33

      Sadly they can't use that one cause Barry's allergic.

    • @hrodga
      @hrodga Год назад +16

      @@user-es5wp1id1g Most people I've seen using it use a blender.

    • @adde9506
      @adde9506 Год назад +9

      ​@@user-es5wp1id1g I'd put the rind in just as you cut it off the pineapple so you can fish it out again. If you're really good about planning ahead, you can make the marinade ahead of time so the enzymes have time to leech out into the liquid of the marinade.

  • @Anna-uh3jq
    @Anna-uh3jq Год назад +55

    Yay for the Bennuendo counter! 😂

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +8

      As per community recommendations 😁

    • @Anna-uh3jq
      @Anna-uh3jq Год назад +4

      @@SortedFood and thank you for listening to the suggestion. 😁

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 Год назад +2

      Bennuendo, that’s how you say welcome in Spanish, right. 😆

  • @TwinMamaCrafts
    @TwinMamaCrafts Год назад +112

    So glad to see you guys use green papaya instead of pineapple for Barry so he can enjoy it too :)

  • @inkno701
    @inkno701 Год назад +63

    Thanks for all the great tests!
    You should do 0 mins vs 30 mins vs 12 hours vs 24 hour marinades.

  • @TheSpdz
    @TheSpdz Год назад +296

    You could also use a chemical tenderizer, like baking soda, to quickly tenderize tougher cuts of meat. It’s often use in american chinese restaurant here in north america to tenderize tough beef cuts. You do have to move quickly because it quickly get’s too soft.

    • @paulinemegson8519
      @paulinemegson8519 Год назад +31

      That’s not always suitable tho. It can leave the meat with a soapy flavour and jellylike texture that’s unpleasant, just like using a pineapple, or papaya marinade for too long. Both WILL tenderise meat, but too long and the texture suffers..

    • @hildigunnurr
      @hildigunnurr Год назад +4

      @@paulinemegson8519 yeah you have to take care not to leave baking soda on for too long!

    • @dolan-duk
      @dolan-duk Год назад +15

      @@paulinemegson8519 Don't use too much and you have to rinse the meat off a couple of times. I use it as a brine - 1 tablespoon kosher salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1L water - overnight then rise before marinating however you like.

    • @Rye312
      @Rye312 Год назад +7

      Came looking to see if anyone had said sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate. As I've gotten more into Chinese cooking over the past couple years I do find that I mainly use it on beef or venosin. Some soy sauce, water, a little sugar, msg, garlic, and bicarb, then massage

    • @nanoflower1
      @nanoflower1 Год назад +8

      The only time I've used baking soda is in cooking potatoes for just a few minutes before roasting. Then cut up and spin the bits around in a colander to rough up the edges before roasting. Makes for some nice crispy edges.

  • @tpp95
    @tpp95 Год назад +73

    Next time you do cheap vs premium, can you do bay leaves? 😂

    • @Sengseng428
      @Sengseng428 Год назад +1

      And actually don’t use bay leaves in either dishes!

  • @Silentgrace11
    @Silentgrace11 Год назад +89

    I was in a biotechnology vocational lab, and we actually did an experiment regarding different tenderizing properties. We looked at pineapple juice, salt, and acid....but when we realized lemons were out of season one of us had the bright idea to use vinegar, which was labeled as acetic acid. Except the person who grabbed the bottle didn't realize they were grabbing hydrochloric acid.
    It most certainly worked, but had a more "melting" effect than a "tenderizing" effect.

    • @firstname4337
      @firstname4337 7 месяцев назад +10

      " the person who grabbed the bottle didn't realize they were grabbing hydrochloric acid." -- that person should never be allowed to work in a lab again

    • @neruneri
      @neruneri 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@firstname4337 Im just reading OP's comment and the more I think about it, the more confused I'm getting. How the hell do you actually make that mistake?

    • @SpaceManRD
      @SpaceManRD 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@neruneri Right? Does it not have fumes? A _smell?_ Wouldn't they notice when they popped the container open? Why was it stored in the same place?

    • @catzkeet4860
      @catzkeet4860 4 месяца назад

      ​@@nerunerionce?

    • @andrewsparkes6275
      @andrewsparkes6275 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@neruneriThey didn't. No-one did. OP just watched Breaking Bad one time. Hydrochloric acid doesn't melt meat. No-one who has ever seen it in actual action would describe it that way. It dissolves, if anything.

  • @helenswan705
    @helenswan705 Год назад +14

    I am a vegetarian. 40 years. But I will watch, because it is you.

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +6

      Probably not the best episode for you then 😬

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 Год назад +4

      @@SortedFood no, I mean yes. You have great skills and you are funny. I will give it a go. Though of course I dont need to be bashing my tempeh with a mallet, I am interested in food science!

  • @youcanteachscience
    @youcanteachscience Год назад +134

    Love this format, really helpful info! A wee science corrrection Ben: Osmosis is the movement of WATER molecules (from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration). Diffusion is the movement of any other molecule other than water (from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration). So the movement of salt molecules is DIFFUSION. 🤓 ❤ your friendly neighbourhood science teachers from You Can Teach Science xx

    • @JadeNeoma
      @JadeNeoma 10 месяцев назад +1

      its always been kinda annoying to me that this destinction exists. its the same thing just water and not water so why call it different things

    • @willcool713
      @willcool713 9 месяцев назад +8

      ​​​@@JadeNeomaThe difference is because osmosis is designed for water molecules specifically, and only goes one direction naturally (from higher concentration to lower). While diffusion happens with any ions or particles which are small enough, and can pass both directions. Salt -- sodium -- is slightly different (as is potassium), because osmosis is also specifically tailored to allow these chemicals to pass through the cellular membrane, to balance the turgor pressure within a cell, so it doesn't soak up too much water and explode. That's one of the reasons osmotic water filtration doesn't help with desalinization, but is the gold standard in water filtration for most other applications.

  • @kristisudharsanaakaalex6828
    @kristisudharsanaakaalex6828 Год назад +68

    Papaya leaves also are a good tenderizer... You just wrap the meat with the papaya leaf and leave it for a while, has basically the same effect as using the fruit.😃

    • @HuSoph
      @HuSoph 11 месяцев назад

      That's really interesting. My mum used to cut in a few pieces of the stem and let that sit in the marinade for a bit. I wonder if she knew she could've used the leave as well.

  • @sneezeey
    @sneezeey Год назад +74

    Surprised not to see the bicarb/alkaline marinade method common in things like Chinese stir-fries, that'd be super interesting because of its massive flavour vs texture tradeoff!

    • @flandrble
      @flandrble Год назад +6

      Sorted struggles to cook rice, they're not at that level yet :P

    • @hbfdfgjcyk555
      @hbfdfgjcyk555 Год назад +1

      If you're tasting the bicarb you're probably using too much

    • @yupyupyup732
      @yupyupyup732 Год назад

      Same with washing beef before the stir fry - I'm learning about it through Kenji, i'm sure the sorted staff have it on their radar 👀

    • @sneezeey
      @sneezeey Год назад +1

      @@hbfdfgjcyk555 Yes but even if you don't and you wash it off, I feel like you lose a bit of the original taste, don't you? Plus honestly it's not uncommon in restaurants to still taste the bicarb

    • @petertaylor4980
      @petertaylor4980 9 месяцев назад

      The other good thing about using bicarb is that the higher pH promotes Maillard reactions.

  • @mattosborne3252
    @mattosborne3252 Год назад +7

    The bits where I lost it:
    Thats it! Bash it out with Ben's tool in your hand.
    Mummy can we have bottom steaks for tea.

  • @wallythewondercorncake8657
    @wallythewondercorncake8657 Год назад +70

    On the topic of cheaper meat, an offal video would be good. I tried lamb heart the other week and it is the strongest lamb flavour I've ever tasted, and it's incredibly cheap and available in the supermarkets

    • @Chooibah
      @Chooibah Год назад +3

      If you dice it, reasonably small, it works great in a curry. Especially a vindaloo (vinegar-based overnight marinade).

    • @etuanno
      @etuanno 10 месяцев назад +2

      Put it into a stew with other strong flavours?

    • @patrickdurham8393
      @patrickdurham8393 10 месяцев назад +2

      The U in flavor tells me UK. We can barely find lamb in the US and it makes me sad sometimes.

    • @petertaylor4980
      @petertaylor4980 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@etuanno Yes, heart stew is great.

    • @ethancampbell215
      @ethancampbell215 9 месяцев назад

      I would love to find an opportunity to experiment and experience different types of offal but I’m not brave enough to do it myself at home. If I don’t like the offal then it would be a waste of money, but if I enjoy offal then I could save so much money by replacing my protein consumption with offal which is cheaper due to being less desirable so having lower demand. If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations that could help me experiment with offal it would be greatly appreciated

  • @tiafielding
    @tiafielding Год назад +28

    Pork shoulder is an incredibly underrated cut. It's normally quite cheap and makes for the easiest, tastiest steaks on a budget. Plus like Ben said, it's ideal for dishes where you have to cook it much longer. I tend to put it in a Hungarian dish called Pörkölt, which is a paprika flavored stew and only gets better the longer you cook it.

    • @duckysbro88
      @duckysbro88 Год назад

      They're a local staple here in St Louis that you'll find at nearly every BBQ. They're great just on the grill and some bbq sauce.

  • @mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686
    @mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686 Год назад +7

    I automatically hit the like button whenever I click on these videos, but I wish I could hit the like button twice just for all the Bennuendos!

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +3

      Haha glad you enjoyed them!

  • @Aren-ai
    @Aren-ai Год назад +20

    This episode raised a good point; like Barry I never leave marinades overnight, and always wondered if I'm missing out! I'd love to see the boys do a blind taste test to see if leaving it longer really does make a difference.

    • @skilletborne
      @skilletborne Год назад +2

      I can say categorically it does. At the very least, you want it to sit for a couple of hours. The goal is 8 to 12 hours, but you can get away with 2 to 24.
      Anything less, you may as well just season the food rather than making a liquid it can sit in, anything more can cause some unpredictable quality issues, such as over tenderizing, loss of volatile compounds, oxidization etc.
      Cooking may be an art, but science still plays an enormous role in it.

  • @daniellegoodman3211
    @daniellegoodman3211 Год назад +24

    I would love to see a video with lots of recipes for sauces that covers some of the reasoning behind the flavour balancing within them and how to choose what type of sauces to pair with different foods!

  • @ArielK1987
    @ArielK1987 Год назад +327

    I'm shocked that Jamie isn't doing this episode. Given how much of a carnivore he is

    • @Xenotric
      @Xenotric Год назад +48

      you could probably stir him into a bowl of water and add a turkey to brine with how salty he must be.
      ultimately i suspect he's the one normal that actually knew all these already with how often he cooks steaks and such

    • @ifyouwereabean
      @ifyouwereabean Год назад

      Hahaha!

    • @user-dt6jf2cy3p
      @user-dt6jf2cy3p Год назад +16

      Maybe Jamie is too much of an expert already 😂

    • @kchara7078
      @kchara7078 Год назад

      Good point

    • @secretforreddit
      @secretforreddit Год назад +3

      He probably knew all the hacks already!

  • @twinkle7389
    @twinkle7389 Год назад +44

    Chickpea flour is used a lot in Indian cooking. A lot of fried foods like vadas, pakoras use chickpea flour as the main ingredient for the batter. My mom also adds it to fenugreek flatbreads (thepla). It makes the dough come together perfectly and i find it makes them crispier. We also add it to yogurt kadhi to thicken it. My mom also adds it to capsicum sabzi, it's the perfect textural mix and delicious!!

  • @samanthalanphar7933
    @samanthalanphar7933 Год назад +28

    I use all except for the papaya in its green form, but I use the stuff in the packet. Thank you for your content- it’s always my favorite content to watch 😊❤😊

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +8

      So glad you enjoyed the video 😁

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +33

    The bennduendo counter is something i always wanted to see you guys make my dreams come true!😊😊😊❤❤❤

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +21

    In the last video, Ben’s Face Journeys with ‘I’m done’ Energy is Peak Storytelling. Best host for a reason.

  • @Psychoti
    @Psychoti Год назад +2

    My idiocy is a compliment to Kush. Just got off work, preheating the oven for dinner, and having a small ice cream novelty to cool me off while I watch a bit of Sorted while the oven is getting ready. I'm at the part of the video where they're trying the brined/unbrined pork and just subconsciously dipped my cone onto my kitchen timer while seeing that delicious-looking dip on-screen. Did I mention I'm tired AF as well as stupid? That, too. And hungry. A bit of sleep and a bit of food'll conquer two of those problems.

  • @ZanguSwe
    @ZanguSwe Год назад +1

    Barry actively and deliberatly turning off the hob is like watching that one person finally succeed in life. FINALLY

  • @nathanbrown492
    @nathanbrown492 Год назад +4

    Just what I needed after a stressful assignment...

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +3

      Good luck with the assignment 🙌

  • @History_Buff
    @History_Buff Год назад +22

    Every Thanksgiving after my brother and I found Alton Brown's brined turkey, we have never done it any different. The salt penetrates the whole bird so it's perfectly seasoned and succulent. Plus, adding peppercorns and a few other spices works wonders.

    • @keawarren
      @keawarren Год назад +2

      I second this. Have done AB’s brining and cooking method for Thanksgiving for more than 25 years. It is always perfect.

    • @tickledtoffee
      @tickledtoffee Год назад

      When I make roast chicken, I always brine the chicken and it's a game changer for flavour and juiciness, especially for the breast meat

  • @WinterC773
    @WinterC773 Год назад +9

    As someone who likes to cook and is on a very strict budget, making cheap cuts of meat tender and juicy has been something I do a lot, and it was cool to see so many methods I've used before. I'd never heard of the papaya one though! I've used pineapple for pork shoulder which I suppose is a similar concept, although a lot of acid as well so maybe more of a combo of the enzyme and the acid. Would love to see more methods like stewing, coarse salt without the water, or velveting too!

  • @eddieaicken5687
    @eddieaicken5687 Год назад +2

    I was at a BBQ years ago. The host organised the local farmers market and had received a leg of lamb as a thank you from a local farmer. Three days before the BBQ he got a syringe and injected it with Lime Juice. It Barbequed brilliantly and I've never had anything like it before or since. How about a BBQ episode guys?

  • @brandondeel3567
    @brandondeel3567 Год назад +5

    My favorite way to tenderize meat, especially in Asian dishes is to use a technique called velveting. It can turn the toughest meat soft. Its pretty amazing. All you have to do is use a little corn starch to cover all the meat with a thin layer before seasoning. It will also help thicken up the marinate as you cook. If you're not sure what velveteen is, think of an Asian dish like beef and broccoli from your local Chinese restaurant. The meat is usually extremely tender and its due to velveteen. Most Chinese restaurants use a lot of corn starch for velveteen and thickening up sauces. Kind of amazing stuff!

  • @sush07
    @sush07 Год назад +4

    At 2 points in this video I went "aah" - one at the tandoori marinade and then at the raw papaya, instantly recognising them.
    When Ben was talking about how you NEED TO cook out the raw papaya or else it will basically eat you, I was thinking of this nice side dish we make with raw papaya. (From Kerala) and that pregnant people are advised not to eat papaya, even the ripe ones are allowed only a little, especially in the first trimester.

  • @fabe61
    @fabe61 Год назад +9

    This was one of your best videos in years. Please do another one with some other marinating methods or style - the papaya pulp was completely new to me and I’m sure there are other side by side comparisons I’d love to see. Really great work guys :)

  • @eclipsedbadger
    @eclipsedbadger Год назад +1

    Ben is obviously a chemist at heart, you can see his eyes light up while explaining how each method worked.
    Hope one day Ben gets a chance to do some course or something around chemistry, he would be absolutely chuffed, like a rabbit on a carrot field.

  • @robertt3715
    @robertt3715 Год назад +17

    I do a turkey brine around Thanksgiving, just a big clean 5 gallon bucket, water, salt, and sugar, with a whole turkey in there, and it comes out amazing! Never thought to use it on this, now I'll have to try!

    • @emalinedickinson7492
      @emalinedickinson7492 Год назад +1

      Did that last Thanksgiving before the deep fry. Blew my entire family's mind, and my own, with how succulent such an easily overcooked meat came out to be.

    • @auntlynnie
      @auntlynnie Год назад +2

      I salt & season my turkey (no water or sugar) for a couple of days, uncovered, in the fridge. Some people call it a “dry brine,” but that’s a misnomer.

    • @nanoflower1
      @nanoflower1 Год назад +1

      @@auntlynnie I do the same with turkey. Though lately I've also taken to breaking away the skin and putting a gochujang/ginger marinade underneath the skin to add some extra flavor to it. Just did it the other day (as the local Publix had whole turkey on sale so a 10 lb bird was just over $5.)

    • @auntlynnie
      @auntlynnie Год назад

      @@nanoflower1 Great price! The benefit of buying a whole bird “off-season.” I’ve done a bunch of seasonings with the salt - poultry seasoning, orange zest, garlic… (not all at once)

    • @robertt3715
      @robertt3715 Год назад

      @@emalinedickinson7492 We have a oil free turkey fryer thing that we use for it, turns out amazing.

  • @nitegloss
    @nitegloss Год назад +14

    Two suggestions: one kind of tenderizer that's cheap and is a cupboard staple (for me anyways)--honey works great in a marinade.
    Another process I've heard of--Japanese fermented rice bran. Looking it up, it seems to mostly be used as a pickling process for veggies, but I've heard of it being used to tenderize meat-based protein as well (although I could be wrong about that).
    Thank you guys for doing this video! Some techniques I definitely need to try in the future!

    • @Raina111111
      @Raina111111 Год назад

      I'm sorry, this may seem like a weird question if you haven't, but have you watched an anime called Food Wars?

    • @nitegloss
      @nitegloss Год назад +2

      @@Raina111111 I have! I read the manga, too--they had researchers that put a lot of food science into those recipes and I learned a lot--I use honey quite often myself. But I also happen to have studied a bit of Nihon's culture and language, and I thought that suggesting it to the SORTED team might give them some ideas for new content (even if they don't find that it works well enough, it will be interesting to see in action).
      I WOULD NOT recommend the SORTED team watching Food Wars/Shokugeki. I think there are already enough Ben-uenndos being thrown around...

    • @Raina111111
      @Raina111111 Год назад +1

      @@nitegloss I was like "hmm, that combo of ingredients is familiar". I've also read the manga, but I figured anime might be the most 'recognizable' thing.
      It's so good but the 'reaction' side of it is... strong.

  • @TheFGSDude
    @TheFGSDude Год назад +1

    Just to add to what Ben said about brining with aromatics doesn't penetrate the meat.
    Whilst it is true that it won't penetrate the meat, it will still be on the surface. This means for thin to medium pieces like they used in the video, you can tell the difference.
    If thicker you might as well put the aromatics the pan with butter and sear it like you normally would.

  • @rosshudson8197
    @rosshudson8197 Год назад

    I worked in a professional kitchen for a year and we brined every piece of meat we used and it makes the world of difference, I now swear by it even when I’m cooking at home!

  • @Anna-uh3jq
    @Anna-uh3jq Год назад +4

    “I have used a face mask of this.”
    Of course, of course he has. 😂

  • @sankhaweerasooriya3621
    @sankhaweerasooriya3621 Год назад +7

    OOH we do the papaya trick with Pork! My grandma used to make pork curry after having marinated it with raw papaya! Also, sometimes we do use Pineapple juice (unsure how effective it is since i am allergic to it haha🤣)

    • @Ashtari
      @Ashtari Год назад

      Pineapple is also really good at breaking down proteins too.

  • @andy70d35
    @andy70d35 Год назад +2

    Bennuendo counter™ another great video guys.

  • @swissfoodie3542
    @swissfoodie3542 Год назад

    No fancy innuendons from me, because clearly Englisch is not my first language. I just love this channel, and find your british sense of humor, your recipes and everything about "Sorted" really great. Thanks for the amazing content.

  • @alexdavis5766
    @alexdavis5766 Год назад +3

    Fun weekday drinking game. Take a sip for every innuendo and end up sozzled by the end 😵‍💫😵🤤

  • @MRBongo-ol5lp
    @MRBongo-ol5lp Год назад +3

    I really think if sorted do another poker face Ben should just have one where it has way too many bay leaf just to prove a point to the normals (or prank them we won’t judge)

  • @audreylongstaff5575
    @audreylongstaff5575 4 месяца назад

    Guys, thanks so much for reminding us to LIKE the video through the video, because I get so engrossed that otherwise I might forget, LOVE your stuff!!!!

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator Год назад +1

    Surprised they weren't more familiar with brining. That's definitely the trick I use the most. Cheap, easy, and will make your fried chicken divine.

  • @wandagrayson646
    @wandagrayson646 Год назад +3

    I love this kind of technique content. I just watched the 2 ways to make a cheese sauce and that is going straight into my tool kit. This is the same thing. I’ll refer back to this vid, for sure.

  • @simianimp
    @simianimp Год назад +19

    Do you all have a counter for "it's been _ days since we forgot Barry's pineapple allergy"?

    • @sampiaggio9534
      @sampiaggio9534 11 месяцев назад

      Is it “forgot” or is it “ignored”?

  • @deetanner7153
    @deetanner7153 Год назад +1

    Here in New Zealand we don't use papaya overnight, we use kiwifruit for one hour only...especially on 'harder beef cuts', like rump steaks

  • @Timmycoo
    @Timmycoo Год назад

    I love the running gag of bay leaf teasing for Ebbers lol.

  • @duckweedy
    @duckweedy Год назад +3

    I just hit it with rolling pin between two sheets of baking parchment till it flattens out

  • @brianlawson3757
    @brianlawson3757 Год назад +23

    I hope this is a helpful tip for someone. Be careful about marinading in things like Papaya or Pineapple pulp. They break down connective tissue fast and I had to learn the hard way after marinating chicken with Pineapple for just a few hours only for it to come out so soft that the texture ruined the dish. We had to get take out instead that night. The chicken was grilled over coals and still came out mushy. It was so gross even I had to spit the first bite out into the trash. So, be careful using those recipes.

    • @misterkayy
      @misterkayy Год назад +2

      Papaya paste in chicken ONLY if you have no time to marinate and it goes straight to the cooking pan. Papaya paste as a marinade ONLY for tough meat like beef and mutton.

    • @MrMartinSchou
      @MrMartinSchou 7 месяцев назад +1

      There's a Danish dish called Hamburgerryg ala Hawaii using slices of cured and smoked ham and slices of pineapple. It goes in the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour.
      I tried making it sous vide, gave it two hours at 65°C since it's pork.
      Basic chemistry tells you that heating things up will speed up reactions (unless you break down the chemicals used).
      I used 2½ cm thick slices of ham and ended up with slices that were maybe ½ cm thick with the rest having been reduced to a sort of grimy sand like substance.

    • @brianlawson3757
      @brianlawson3757 7 месяцев назад

      @@MrMartinSchou
      Oh, no! Let's have a moment of silence for our ruined dishes. *plays taps on the bugle* 😢

  • @WondrousPurple
    @WondrousPurple Год назад

    Love this content with variations on practical information. Thanks!

  • @kthomas8385
    @kthomas8385 Год назад

    Mike running out at the end there reminded me of Fridays at my workplace.. 😂😂😂😂

  • @mariawardell7844
    @mariawardell7844 Год назад +3

    I'd love to know if vacuum sealing decreases the amount of time that you need to marinate. My vacuum sealer has a marinating container and it supposedly decreases the time required for the marinade to work.

  • @OliverXRed
    @OliverXRed Год назад +14

    Really love this, and would like to see more of such videos, where you would be able to do some at home experiments. What i really like about them is that you would be able to find out what different ingridients in recipies do to the dish, and what different techniques do.
    Would be interesting to see maybe some kind of guide, to what adding specific spices, herbs or other ingridients such as sugar influence the taste of a recipe.
    Also, for you reviewing kitchen gadgets, it would be interesting to see you have a look at the Combustion Inc Thermometer, by chef Chris Young (same guy behind Juule sous vide stick). It is a thermometer with 8-sensor that you can leave-in during cooking, its 8 points along the probe is to feel for temperature, so it can give you both the center temperture of the meat, but also temperatures closer to the surface of the meat, where it automaticly finds the center temp.

  • @valliarlette6596
    @valliarlette6596 Год назад

    Good lesson! Thanks.

  • @ldmlhome
    @ldmlhome Год назад +1

    Gentlemen, you continue to AMAZE and I learn so very much from you each and every time, THANK YOU!

  • @phenom1153
    @phenom1153 Год назад +5

    "Elevating the Meat"
    Nice.

  • @JustM2024
    @JustM2024 Год назад +4

    Yes! I definitely brine. I had taken those same cut of pork chops out of the freezer a day before I was cooking them. So, in the evening, I brined them in water, salt, pepper corns, bay leaf & a little bit of soy. They were so delicious and succulent the next evening when I broiled them. It really makes a difference. I have never used a packet to tenderize, but brining works wonders. Looking forward to trying the lemon juice & yogurt marinade.

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 Год назад +1

      Brining is good for tenderizing, but I found that when you roast/broil/grill that meat it doesn't get as much colour. I guess that adding sugar (which I haven't done) as Ebbers suggested can help with that.

    • @JustM2024
      @JustM2024 Год назад +1

      @@urosmarjanovic663 I broiled it brushed with olive oil with paprika, garlic & other spices brushed over each side. It had great color & taste.

  • @theoldgrowler3489
    @theoldgrowler3489 9 месяцев назад

    Brilliant! Thanks!

  • @bestwestern2208
    @bestwestern2208 5 месяцев назад

    I use velveting for poultry. Often used in Chinese cooking. Slice your chicken and coat in corn starch let sit for about 20 minutes. The residual starch on the chicken will help thicken your sauce. Variations are used for pork and beef.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +9

    0:08 0:40 0:48 3:58 10:10 12:40 (Michael! We already have enough with ebbers! Add a counter for mike too!) 14:19 14:27 19:29

    • @Del-Lebo
      @Del-Lebo Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😛

    • @PokhrajRoy.
      @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +2

      Underrated comment.

  • @bethanyurbanek7437
    @bethanyurbanek7437 Год назад +3

    I would have liked to see a comparison between marinating for 30 minutes vs 12 hours - is the overnight really worth it?

  • @Starburst338
    @Starburst338 Год назад +1

    You can also use finely chopped onions or honey, they also have enzymes that break down protein.

  • @charliepp
    @charliepp 2 месяца назад

    love this channel!!

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +23

    Barry and Mike have been elevating their meats for 13 years. That’s an achievement.
    I will say that the former has an advantage because he’s been fed Ben’s Produce. Then again, the boys do know each other’s tongues.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. Год назад +4

    5:13 I despise yoghurt but when added into a chicken dish, it’s absolutely sublime. Also, Marinade OP
    P.S. Talking of Succulent Chicken, you need to try the authentic Kolkata Kathi Roll.

  • @BunnynRosesonValentines
    @BunnynRosesonValentines Год назад +1

    One thing to note is, I think chicken breast being the more premium cut of meat only applies in the UK. In Australia, chicken thigh is the more premium cut, usually $3-5 more expensive by the kilo than chicken breast.

  • @mat4219
    @mat4219 Год назад +1

    please do an experiment on whether bay leaves make a change or not with stocks, grinds, marinades, etc...

  • @marcusshaner7066
    @marcusshaner7066 Год назад +4

    Apparently, the key is preparation!!!

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  Год назад +3

      Definitely!

    • @marcusshaner7066
      @marcusshaner7066 Год назад

      @Sorted Food That's what I get for being cheeky! Here in Ohio in the States, we use all of these but the papaya method on the regular. Especially the brining and physical methods.
      We love you guys, thanks for everything!!!

    • @glasswingbutterfly
      @glasswingbutterfly Год назад

      @@marcusshaner7066 O H !

  • @breaker6683
    @breaker6683 Год назад +3

    When it comes to brining I've found that a wet brine vs a dry brine is better suited for different cuts of meat. An easy example from my recent exploration of brines was that a wet brine added less improvement to my rib eyes than a dry brine did while when I did the same thing with salmon filets the wet brine performed way better.
    I think it's key to know when each method of brining is appropriate. My rule of thumb is: dry brines for beef and pork and wet brines for poultry and fish.
    And yes, like Ben mentioned, don't add extra stuff to your brines, it doesn't do anything, personally I don't even add sugar most of the time to a wet brine and never with a dry brine.

  • @hsalazar99
    @hsalazar99 Год назад

    Love these types of educational videos!!!

  • @heatherhendriks
    @heatherhendriks Год назад

    I usually just watch RUclips for entertainment, but today I learned something I will genuinely use in my life 😊 thanks guys!

  • @simoncatt95
    @simoncatt95 Год назад +6

    The 1st tenderiser is great for preparing belly pork skin to get great crackling. Shame you didn't show that.

    • @andymorgans4115
      @andymorgans4115 Год назад +2

      It's a great use of the product but not quite what they were testing in this episode. Would love to see the difference in a future video though

  • @bugsygoo
    @bugsygoo Год назад +3

    I've never understood the 'overnight' instruction. Overnight isn't 12 hours unless I'm having it for breakfast!

  • @preciliahermanto5542
    @preciliahermanto5542 Год назад

    Velveting is a technique we use a lot in our household, and it always reminds me of my dad's cooking

  • @popsock1
    @popsock1 Год назад

    Super interesting and useful. Definitely techniques I feel more informed on and confident using now, thank you! 😊

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +4

    Ebbers certainly knows how to make meat taste good 😉😉😏😏😏

  • @taheera8849
    @taheera8849 Год назад +5

    Absolutely love all these methods, and many of them are not far off being able to achieve (apart from timing, price, and being able to plan ahead). Also love the use of green papaya, my family has used that in meat marinades and it's that little something that you can't quite put your finger on.
    On a separate note, I would love see a video where you compare dried spices to fresh, and perhaps where each can be used to its best part. For example, I've heard that Italian oreganos are better (i.e. more potent) dried rather than fresh. And maybe Ben can finally silence the lads' opinions on bay leaves. I picture a blind tasting where you get them to taste two dishes, one with fresh and one with dried, and see their minds be blown with fresh bay leaves.

  • @GWServices
    @GWServices 2 месяца назад

    Astounding work. A few videos ago you seemed to hesitate to call yourself a watchmaker, you shouldn’t at all, that was brilliant. Loved the rounding off tool, lathe work, excellent ‘I’ll just eyeball it’ on making new teeth, top notch video work. You’re on another level compared to the RUclips watch tinkerers.

  • @karenjordan5731
    @karenjordan5731 Год назад

    That was great! Thank you ❤

  • @Boyd50
    @Boyd50 Год назад +4

    Just wanted to add in that I saw, online, that unripened papaya can be bad for those who are pregnant. Just something to keep in mind, especially since your guests would not know/assume you were using unripened papaya in a marinade. Definitely sounds like an interesting idea, but I wish that there was a pregnancy warning in the video so people know both for themselves and for when serving guests. Love the meat-centric topic though

    • @zainebsb
      @zainebsb Год назад +2

      Cooking destroys the protein. It's raw papaya you need to stay away from.

  • @juicesnap
    @juicesnap Год назад +2

    I'm vegetarian and am watching this anyway... not sure why.

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 Год назад

      me too. cos they are great presenters. though i sometimes feel the meat content is way too high, today there is a purpose

    • @juicesnap
      @juicesnap Год назад +1

      @@helenswan705 yeah. But sometimes I marinate vegetables so maybe you could apply some of the flavor tips for that. It would be cool if they could show you how to apply these tips to other kinds of food.

  • @sgiang
    @sgiang 4 месяца назад

    Dry brining, especially on a cooling rack on a tray is another great option. Similar effect to a wet brine in keeping something moist and tender while drying out the outside. This helps with browning and crisping during cooking

  • @BobbleWorld
    @BobbleWorld Год назад

    Solid work by the editor with that country fried style synchornization.

  • @xeroanarchy
    @xeroanarchy Год назад +4

    A meat episode without jamie seems criminal.

  • @iwanellis-roberts1704
    @iwanellis-roberts1704 Год назад +1

    Not sure why. But this one of my favourite Sorted videos. Really great to see some in depth technique cooking that's really accessible.

  • @natefillipan
    @natefillipan Год назад

    Really interesting and accessible. Thanks

  • @hanifsantyabudhi7988
    @hanifsantyabudhi7988 Год назад +2

    What great hacks! To add a bit more, in Indonesia, we usually use the papaya leaves to tenderise meat. It works the same way as Ben explained!

  • @giraffesinc.2193
    @giraffesinc.2193 8 месяцев назад

    I truly enjoy re-watching your videos, Gentlemen! There is so much to learn!

  • @diewollsocke2674
    @diewollsocke2674 Год назад

    I really enjoy these videos on basic techniques that can be applied with many different things

  • @scottballentine1846
    @scottballentine1846 Год назад +2

    Great video - I will say though that I used to wet brine for years but over the last 2-3 years I have completely swapped to dry brine.

  • @rethabotha4003
    @rethabotha4003 Год назад

    From South Africa, we prepared a game roast by seasoning it and then covering it with papaja peels, cook in a low oven for 2 - 3 hours. Really tender!

  • @meacadwell
    @meacadwell Год назад

    I use all of these in my kitchen, depending upon the cut of meat and what I'm making.
    What you've done is made me hungry.

  • @jonjones659
    @jonjones659 9 месяцев назад

    Very informative and really useful to know 👍

  • @jontipajwani7578
    @jontipajwani7578 Год назад

    Love these vids about quick & easy hacks that everyday people can fold-in to cooking to make a big difference. More of this stuff please..!

  • @ukeitaa
    @ukeitaa Год назад

    This was such an interesting and educational video, thanks guys!