I just made this and I feel like my entire life has been a lie. It was delicious and a completely different texture to the normal American omelette. Breakfast will never be the same.
You know whats so great about your videos, your format, music and terrible wordplay/puns never changed its pure nostalgia of when i first watched your videos 6-7 years ago it sends me right back to my careless pre teen self
I had an omelette like that this morning! And I stuffed it with fried rice, sriracha and hoisin sauce. Nice thing about an omelette is you can have it on the plate in minutes and it's good any time of the day.
Actually you should do yerself in Tri lol. The Japanese call it "Omurice"... You know... Omelette Rice. And it is Bad Ass! But you should taste it first before you decide to do the deed. Omurice...!
I add finely grated cheese during the folding process, before each folding move. The cheese melts inside with the heat. Tastes great, I recommend to everyone...
+BoloYung That's interesting, I forgot eggs technically have lives since they become the chicken at some point (even though refrigerating and other process might interrupt that).
Opposite Lock like most eggs, the eggs need to be fertilised to turn into chickens... egg laying is chicken ovulation and we're kinda eating the leftovers.... yup that's kinda disgusting, you really can understand vegans sometimes.
Jollivier Why come up with a new word when you can follow a foreign language down a dark alley and beat it up before going through it's pockets for spare vocabulary. English baby ;)
I got up and made this right away. I absolutely butchered the presentation but it tasted damn good. This was only the second of your hundreds of recipes I've had the balls to make. The other was the soft boiled eggs. I'm getting more courageous to try more of your magic.
As always, love the video; as a French omelette, one should not have curds this large. Tip: Keep it moving faster faster faster and you won't need to "spread" then take it off the heat 1 min before it appeared. You will be AMAZED!
Thnk you for existing & posting these. Every Sunday I make one of your recipies and now my family thinks I am a good cook, so for that - tremendous gratitude. I do tell them where I get the info, so I am not totally stealing
I cannot tell a lie, not to you, Chef John...I have been known to line my pan with that no stick aluminum foil, cook my omelette and then pull up one side and roll it when it's done. Please don't disown me!! You may have inspired me, that looks REDONKULOUSLY DELICIOUS!
I never knew there was a French omelette style... I've made mine like this since 8th grade home economics! I do tend to grate in a small amount of nice, dry, mildly salty cheese before the rolling/folding.
I'd love to order a plate of sautéed butter with a glass of wine, but my doctor said I'm not allowed to do that anymore if I want live past 25. But hey: "live fast, die young, leave a pretty corpse" that my motto :D
I never went to medical school but I did researches on my own and once I acted like I knew more than the doctor treating my sister and guess what, I was right, he did a terrible mistake and I partly prevented an even worse situation. Fortunately not everyone is so naive to believe that school or graduation or Ph.D are synonymous with absolute knowledge so there will always people questioning the beliefs of a professional balancing arrogance with knowledge.
I've apparently been doing this for years without even realizing it. Not exactly step for step, but basically with the same end result. I absolutely cannot stand brown spots on any form of scrambled eggs.
Those heatproof rubber spatulas are gods in the kitchen. There's nothing better at getting every last bit of batter/egg/marinade/whatever you are making out of the bowl.
Whoa... thanks for the demonstration. I always thought that continuing to beat eggs made the eggs rubbery. I have never gotten them to that stage....looking GREAT!!
if you whisk the egg yolks & whites separately whisk whites to soft peaks then gently fold in whisked yolks put in a buttered oven dish for the lightest tastiest omlet ever
To borrow a phrase, "Scrambled eggs without some cheese, is like a kiss without a squeeze." But really, this looks fantastic and I'll be giving it a try. This may one up my game.
I had an overcooked, golden brown, dry American style omelette this morning, and it was great! This style seems almost undercooked to me, but I'll give it a shot
" Please, do not buy your eggs at the same place you buy your motor oil".........ha ha ha ha ! That IS original ! Thanks for making an ordinary,cold day bright. I love a good omelette, and will try it this way.......Best Wishes, Food Wishes!
That is beautiful Chef. I first had a french omelet while on vacation years ago and it was the best i had ever had. This is the only way to make and eat an omelet.
LOL @ "Please do not buy your eggs at the same place you buy your motor oil." That says it all... It's always good to get re-grounded. I learned this originally from Ms. Child, but over time I tend to complicate and "Americanize" it, and I need to be reminded of the raw simplicity of the real thing. Thank you for doing that! And now, please excuse me while I head to the kitchen and make one.
One of the very first things I remember watching on RUclips is Julia Child making this exact kind of omelette. She had a different way of making it but this one looks...cleaner, for a lack of better terms. I bet they're both delicious.
This is NOT a French rolled omelette! I would know, I made them for six years at a French restaurant. A true one is made with clarified butter, one ounce per omelette, non stick pan is a must. There is no scrambling of eggs, it is entirely done by tipping the pan forward and springing it back towards yourself an a continuous motion for at least a minute if not two. The omelette will form a very tight spiral, not a flaccid tube. When properly executed, it is a thing of beauty, tightly rolled, ovaline in shape with a generous dome. Ingredients may be added during the initial sauté, before the eggs are added. Never ever season eggs before cooking. I do like your channel, but as a chef with more than 35 years experience, I just couldn't let this go. Cheers!
For 27 years I didn't eat omelettes, although I love eggs, because of its taste. In the army we had "omelette in the oven" ones a week. It was awful. We used to call it SpongeBob for obvious reasons. For the last year I have been making the french omelette stuff with Feta cheese and some herbs. now is one of my best food to make and eat. Chef John is it true that you have Greek origins ?
a part of me is screaming because i hate when my eggs are even the slightest bit runny so i often overcook them and drown them in butter, a part of me wants to try it because its so smooth, a part of me wants to hate this channel but loves it ;-;
This is great, there are so many people (and restaurants) who desperately need a course in Eggs 101, myself included lol 😂 I'm just learning that low and slow is the way to go for perfect scrambled eggs.
Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/257918/Chef-Johns-French-Omelette/
Each sentence sounds like you have a question
Just stabbed my ears
Whenever I screw up my omelette, I just pretend that I was making scrambled eggs from the start.
Lord Commander a true chef will improvise. nothing went wrong until it's burnt.
Whenever I try to make an omelette and my roommate asks what am I making, I tell them eggs just so that if I do mess up they won't call me out on it.
And if it gets burnt you can always call it a char grill. Nothing went wrong until it's burnt to ashes :P
Lord Commander same
nono, at that stage they call it "blackened" or "charred".
nothing went wrong unless someone gets poisoned. :P
the 'up and down' inflection in your speech makes my head spin.
Would you like any egg with your butter?
Shazzkid Welcome to french cooking my friend :D
"don't buy your eggs from the same place you buy your motor oil." you're talkin' about walmart right?
Haha, my thought exactly
I was thinking about Costco.
Qwik trip
7-11
I get my eggs from they guy behind the exxon....
In France they only use 1 egg to make an omelette because 1 egg's an oeuf.
John G u killed me with this comment :D
John G you may be excused
You forgot to butter the toast.
i'm sure he roasted it on another tablespoon :)
can I do this without butter or eggs?
yes
2 subs You are already doing it.
lol
I prefer to use organic real vegan eggs.
Paul Johnson his meat
I just made this and I feel like my entire life has been a lie. It was delicious and a completely different texture to the normal American omelette. Breakfast will never be the same.
A rich decadent sautéed french butter dinner garnished with a little bit of egg.
I can't handle how this guy talks.
You're the voice in my head that says "treat yourself, you deserve it"
Why this dude always asking me questions
here's the recipe guys:
2 pounds of butter
3 eggs
salt and pepper for taste
thank me later
I just made this for breakfast, I would say that it was the best omelette I have ever eaten!
Thanks chef!
You know whats so great about your videos, your format, music and terrible wordplay/puns never changed its pure nostalgia of when i first watched your videos 6-7 years ago it sends me right back to my careless pre teen self
I like buying my eggs at the same place i buy motor oil.
huh that's nothing, I don't even use butter, I actually use motor oil (0-40 in fact, only the best)...
AlternativeDesign100 that's nothing. I have my hens lay their eggs right into my engine.
This is going to be really embarrassing in three years when Whole Foods steps up their game and starts selling Artisan Motor Oil.
Walmart?
519 Forestmonk 😂😂😂
I had an omelette like that this morning! And I stuffed it with fried rice, sriracha and hoisin sauce. Nice thing about an omelette is you can have it on the plate in minutes and it's good any time of the day.
Actually you should do yerself in Tri lol. The Japanese call it "Omurice"... You know... Omelette Rice. And it is Bad Ass! But you should taste it first before you decide to do the deed. Omurice...!
maskvp mGy Don't knock it, dude
Tri-Shake-Atops What the hell? Since when did Chef John channel attracted toxic piece of shits like you???
Hell yeah! I put Chinese dumpling on pasta, or cooking them in pasta sauce. Turns out pretty good.
I add finely grated cheese during the folding process, before each folding move. The cheese melts inside with the heat. Tastes great, I recommend to everyone...
Ommelette du fromage?
26muca07 omeleete du formage!
Non.
Reminds me of that episode of Dexter's Lab
oui oui
Oui. C'est «omelette au fromage» mais, au moins, laissons-les tranquilles mdrr.
Can I use eggs that I have laid?
And as always............ Great lesson Chef John.
That egg looks weirdly smooth.
It died on a bed of butter.
BoloYung *drowned
+BoloYung That's interesting, I forgot eggs technically have lives since they become the chicken at some point (even though refrigerating and other process might interrupt that).
Opposite Lock like most eggs, the eggs need to be fertilised to turn into chickens... egg laying is chicken ovulation and we're kinda eating the leftovers.... yup that's kinda disgusting, you really can understand vegans sometimes.
Fun fact: the French word for omelette is omelette
the more you know :)
That's because we just took the french word and started using it in English instead of coming up with a different one.
Jollivier Why come up with a new word when you can follow a foreign language down a dark alley and beat it up before going through it's pockets for spare vocabulary. English baby ;)
Just tried this and it worked out great! A bit tricky to fold, but not bad. Right now, I'm the number one fan of my frying pan.
An omelette that's smooth and creamy and the extra butter makes it dreamy.
I always feel sorry for people that can't appreciate a cooked egg that's also a little runny... They think the runny part is full of salmonella
Jay DeziFour I'm not worried about salmonella but the texture of runny eggs grosses me out.
Jay DeziFour I'm not worried about salmonella but the texture of runny eggs grosses me out.
It's a psychological thing. Just like the poor souls that can't stand seeing the slightest bit of pink in their meat.
For some it's preference but for a lot they just say "ew gross" before ever trying it.
Chef John never lies. I have cooked this omelette and it is perfect!
P.S. I have also sprinkled some cheese on top :)
Last time I made one of these I chopped up some arugula really fine and sprinkled it on top. Would recommend.
It looks too soft and delicate for a rough and tumble man like me....Will it hold up to my gritty exterior?
no.
I like my eggs burnt 😒 my husband loves his omelettes like this! Thanks for showing me the proper way!! Butter and more butter 🎉👌🏻
I got up and made this right away. I absolutely butchered the presentation but it tasted damn good.
This was only the second of your hundreds of recipes I've had the balls to make. The other was the soft boiled eggs. I'm getting more courageous to try more of your magic.
Just made my first French omelette. Wow!!!
No body commenting on how he emphasizes every goddamn sentence the sAme wAy
As always, love the video; as a French omelette, one should not have curds this large. Tip: Keep it moving faster faster faster and you won't need to "spread" then take it off the heat 1 min before it appeared. You will be AMAZED!
4:02 that joke didn't register for a few seconds or so, oh but when it did. One of those inhuman-sounding laughs happened.
Thnk you for existing & posting these. Every Sunday I make one of your recipies and now my family thinks I am a good cook, so for that - tremendous gratitude.
I do tell them where I get the info, so I am not totally stealing
I followed your guide for this, It's the first thing I've ever made that you talked about on here but WOW. Incredible. Thanks so much for the video.
I cannot tell a lie, not to you, Chef John...I have been known to line my pan with that no stick aluminum foil, cook my omelette and then pull up one side and roll it when it's done. Please don't disown me!! You may have inspired me, that looks REDONKULOUSLY DELICIOUS!
I watched this then immediately went to the kitchen and tried it. Super easy and it came out perfect. Tastes like a dutch baby without sugar.
I never knew there was a French omelette style... I've made mine like this since 8th grade home economics! I do tend to grate in a small amount of nice, dry, mildly salty cheese before the rolling/folding.
That looks so freaking good Chef.
Thanks Chef John. Your the best! I'll try this tomorrow morning.
Stringalong Mike same
I can smell the butter through my monitor
"and im not sure if thats the best pairing, but i do know how to pronounce it" lol i love this guy.
man i had my doubts but the end result looks so creamy.. my mouth watered
Please never stop these videos
When he sprinkled the cayenne at the end I was laughing so hard!! Love you chef John
Love it, Chef John. I think I'll make this on Easter. After all, I think that I am the David Arquette of my French omelette.
That is perfection! I am not a fan of crusty brown omelettes but this french one will make me a believer!!
I thought this was an omelette video. It's more like sautéed butter with some egg for color video😁
I'd love to order a plate of sautéed butter with a glass of wine, but my doctor said I'm not allowed to do that anymore if I want live past 25. But hey: "live fast, die young, leave a pretty corpse" that my motto :D
I love when people act like they know more than the person who's gone to culinary school. lol
All that butter, hmmm, just how pretty would that corpse be?
Zere is never too much butter :)
I never went to medical school but I did researches on my own and once I acted like I knew more than the doctor treating my sister and guess what, I was right, he did a terrible mistake and I partly prevented an even worse situation.
Fortunately not everyone is so naive to believe that school or graduation or Ph.D are synonymous with absolute knowledge so there will always people questioning the beliefs of a professional balancing arrogance with knowledge.
I've apparently been doing this for years without even realizing it. Not exactly step for step, but basically with the same end result. I absolutely cannot stand brown spots on any form of scrambled eggs.
I was really waiting for you to spoon a few tablespoons of clarified butter over everything before serving. Love your easy presentation and humor.
Love watching Chef John "bust a move" or in this case a yolk ......... so enjoy watching you cook!!
Fiz, ficou sensacional. Valeu pela dica!
Those heatproof rubber spatulas are gods in the kitchen. There's nothing better at getting every last bit of batter/egg/marinade/whatever you are making out of the bowl.
Whoa... thanks for the demonstration. I always thought that continuing to beat eggs made the eggs rubbery. I have never gotten them to that stage....looking GREAT!!
I always enjoy your videos. You explain things clearly. I so appreciate an omelette without brown spots. Hard to find! Thanks for posting!
I'm very glad I saved this video for the morning so that I had a reason to get out of bed before noon.
I've got a special pan just for this, nobody is allowed to touch my cookware. Plain, with fresh herbs, crumbled bacon or cheese, these are the best!
if you whisk the egg yolks & whites separately whisk whites to soft peaks
then gently fold in whisked yolks put in a buttered oven dish for the lightest
tastiest omlet ever
I love the way you narrate your stories.
Well done and with panache. Omelettes are still a phobia of mine. I'll try this method after all my Easter cooking is done.
That looks so delicious.
I first learn how to make this dish from Alton Brown, and it became my favorite egg dish. Its eggciting to see it again.
To borrow a phrase, "Scrambled eggs without some cheese, is like a kiss without a squeeze." But really, this looks fantastic and I'll be giving it a try. This may one up my game.
I had an overcooked, golden brown, dry American style omelette this morning, and it was great! This style seems almost undercooked to me, but I'll give it a shot
It is not undercooked but overdelicious. The air gives the fluffy texture and of course the butter.
you truly have brought the fun back into cooking for me Thanks for the great vid once again
that omelette is magnifique!
Yum, yum, what a good looking omelette.
How dare you insult my American cheese stuffed once folded giant omelettes!!
american cheese is shite
It isn't cheese, that's for sure.
It's okay, I'm from Wisconsin.
ihateth4pope American cheese is awesome I hate you
great for cheeseburgers not much else.
American on an Omelet?!? Are you crazy?
Not my proudest fap.
Edit: Actually I take that back.
Already knew how to do the french omelette thanks to Julia Child on The French Chef all those years ago, but this was a good way to do it as well.
I've not eaten an egg since I was 10 but boy does that look promising! 😋
Definitely trying this.
" Please, do not buy your eggs at the same place you buy your motor oil".........ha ha ha ha ! That IS original ! Thanks for making an ordinary,cold day bright. I love a good omelette, and will try it this way.......Best Wishes, Food Wishes!
That is beautiful Chef. I first had a french omelet while on vacation years ago and it was the best i had ever had. This is the only way to make and eat an omelet.
Again a fantastic way to make an omelet foe my girl friend.
You're the man. I've been trying to up my omelette game
Anticipating the "those eggs are raw" comments in 3....2...1....
Lisa Boban ITS FUCKING RAW
Thank You I never saw eggs like this before...I can't wait to try this out
YASS Where was this Recipe in my life?
LOL @ "Please do not buy your eggs at the same place you buy your motor oil." That says it all...
It's always good to get re-grounded. I learned this originally from Ms. Child, but over time I tend to complicate and "Americanize" it, and I need to be reminded of the raw simplicity of the real thing. Thank you for doing that! And now, please excuse me while I head to the kitchen and make one.
Just went and made this and holy cow is it night and day to the omelettes I'm used to.
love your honesty bro
Tried it. Eggs stuck to the pan on the fold stage. Still tasted buttery and yummy
One of the very first things I remember watching on RUclips is Julia Child making this exact kind of omelette. She had a different way of making it but this one looks...cleaner, for a lack of better terms. I bet they're both delicious.
This is NOT a French rolled omelette! I would know, I made them for six years at a French restaurant. A true one is made with clarified butter, one ounce per omelette, non stick pan is a must. There is no scrambling of eggs, it is entirely done by tipping the pan forward and springing it back towards yourself an a continuous motion for at least a minute if not two. The omelette will form a very tight spiral, not a flaccid tube. When properly executed, it is a thing of beauty, tightly rolled, ovaline in shape with a generous dome. Ingredients may be added during the initial sauté, before the eggs are added. Never ever season eggs before cooking.
I do like your channel, but as a chef with more than 35 years experience, I just couldn't let this go.
Cheers!
For 27 years I didn't eat omelettes, although I love eggs, because of its taste. In the army we had "omelette in the oven" ones a week. It was awful. We used to call it SpongeBob for obvious reasons. For the last year I have been making the french omelette stuff with Feta cheese and some herbs. now is one of my best food to make and eat. Chef John is it true that you have Greek origins ?
Every time you mention fresh eggs I mentally go "well I own chickens so that's as fresh as it's gonna get"
"Please do not buy your eggs at the same place you buy your motor oil".
LOL
Thank you. I always wanted to learn how to make a French omelet and now I know.
I have never been this early to post in a comment section, ever. And YAY! I've been looking into this technique to make omurice.
wow! I must try this!
a part of me is screaming because i hate when my eggs are even the slightest bit runny so i often overcook them and drown them in butter, a part of me wants to try it because its so smooth, a part of me wants to hate this channel but loves it ;-;
I love eggs with my butter.
that is a nice level of baveuse in your omelette well done.
Love the shape lol does it remind you of something else maybe?
In all seriousness thanks for this recipe and keep up the good work.
This is great, there are so many people (and restaurants) who desperately need a course in Eggs 101, myself included lol 😂 I'm just learning that low and slow is the way to go for perfect scrambled eggs.