They all said this is better than MSG, so we tried on steaks!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Croatia is an incredible country that one day I hope to visit. But I was told by you that this special ingredient is alot better than MSG. So we tried it on steaks.
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1 package frozen phyllo (filo) dough
2 tsp sesame seeds for the top, optional
2 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, diced
2 pounds ground lamb
2 tsp salt, plus more to taste
4 cloves minced garlic
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp allspice
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
1 large egg
3 tbsp Greek yogurt
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp melted butter
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Vegeta is very popular all over Eastern Europe. In Romania, all grandmas use it in soups, stews and many other dishes.
this
we all do it’s made in Croatia tho
@@Youknowwhatimsayinnn and us, Romanians thank you for making it :D
@@thomasthalberg92 :)
IT s also a good cancer source
Vegeta is popular all over the Balkan region. We use it instead of salt and its included in 90% of our grandmother's recipes 😅
Same thing in Poland
Let's unite it as the seasoning of eastern europe
@@Sam-dd7jm Balkans isn't really eastern Europe it's like... Southeastern
Istina ahahah
Same in CZE and I'm guessing in SVK as well
Vegeta is really popular in all slavic countries. We use it a lot in Poland too.
I actually thought it was Polish. But All the Balkan states have their own seasoning. Hungarian Paprika seasoning that usually in a plastic bag inside a cardboard box is good as a soup base and the de facto standard to season grilled chicken or Greek Gyros seasoning....also good instead of just salt on cooked eggs. Normally comes in a glass.
@@AmstradExin Yes, most of us, have different local types of seasonings in Europe and cuisines and it's really worth exploring those tastes. Hungarian paprika absolutely slaps. In Poland I think the most classic and local ones would be juniper, savory/winter savory and black cumin.
@@AmstradExinit's Croatian 🇭🇷
Pół życia myślałem, że Vegeta jest polska, dopuki nie pojechałem do Chorwacji XD
and romania too
As an Persian/Australian I’d like to say my family always uses vegeta instead of salt for a lot of recipes
you officially gained citizenship to any ex yu country mate hahahahahahahaha
Same On everything
@@lilveacky taman htedoh napisati
Where did you buy it in aus?
🎉
Man, Vegeta is a backbone of Balkan cooking. As a Croatian it makes my heart warm. I learned to makes stakes from you guys, and I always wanted to try them with Vegeta but never summed up the courage. Now that you did it, I'll give it a go...
really popular in all Northern Slavic Countries as well. Hello from Warsaw;)
Did you get angry when he clumped the meat in a pile instead of spreading it out for the burek
Stek je bio odlican ali onaj sos sa burekom mu ne smemo oprositi 😂 pozz iz srb
@@93crodude yes it felt wrong 😂
Pa probaj
The Flavour is Over 9000 😂😂😂
Yes!
😂📡 ladies and gentlemen we have a comment winner!!!
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Damn, you bear me to this joke 😂
Lmao😂😂😂
Lmao😂
As a fellow Croatian, you did a really good job, even tho the burek is more of an Bosnian food but it's also very popular over in Croatia...
Burek is a Turkish dish originally.. on the Balkans.. its used in all EXYU countries.. each a bit different.. idk.. i would call either better or worse.. they are all amazing, regardless where you buy them.
@@izil1fe Was a Turkish dish long time ago, we took it, changed it and now it's a shared dish :)
as a bosnian i agree but still
While the name might be Turkish and some old version of the dish, the burek we eat today is authentically Bosnian. Like kebab - yeah, comes from Turkey, but our kebabs and Turkish ones - different dish. When one says "burek" there is only one - Bosnian one. And it does not have as much meat nor that many spices and extra stuff that they added there.
It is very simple, fatty and unhealthy food, with lots of calories, and we LOVE it, all across the Balkans. But it is a Bosnian dish, not Croatian. Also, the thing they made, while probably delicious, would have a person from Balkan cringe. It is not supposed to have all those flavors.
Nobody ever puts vegeta in burek, very strange choice. And usually you don't put a lot or any salt if you're already using vegeta.
Fun fact: Vegeta is best used with chicken. If you bake it in an owen with a bit of oil & water,you will be left with the most adicting sauce you have ever tried + the chicken gives that extra flavour
more of opinion then a fun fact
@@Sulfurin
you must be fun at parties.
its not that good xd
My croatiam employee seasons his whole hog bbq with this. In croatia the same when you drive through the villages in summer everywhere they make a hog😂 chicken is for woman and soup😂
Fun fact: It is Vegeta and not vigita
I laughed so hard when he said burek is a Croatian side dish 😂.
Burek is like a it's own food in the Balkan/southern Europe region. And Bosnians and Serbs are probably plotting their revenge now that you said burek is Croatian 😂.
I did find it interesting how you served it...with orange in the yogurt. Here we usually don't add anything that could be sweet when eating burek. That's because it's usually very greasy and it's better to just drink some basic yogurt with it. It's really good tho, must agree here. 😊
Well the most proud one of the burek are bosniians since they like turks a lot and it was brought here after the fall of serbia under othomans, not to mention that we modyfied burek a lot that bosnians cant stand us for doing that. Nah i dont think serbs will be that much angry for that but bosniaks, boy oh boy i wouldnt be in their skin! xD
And in the way it is since they have it too, they didnt said it originate from there...
@@obilic93 Yeah, Bosniaks are a bit too gung ho on their bureks...
And too possessive.
😂
As if we, the Croatians, claimed pizza is Croatian just because we make them here, usually in particular style, then claiming it's the only proper way to do it, then declare all other varieties a pie, not pizza.
😂😂😂
@@Korisniknovi Yep, crazy mofos when it comes to burek!
@@Korisniknovi Yep, but at least we will never lose themes to debate this way which is nice. XD
Now tread carefully.... While this is still burek, never order burek sa sirom in BiH. You will get chased down the road with a rolling pin
I live in Poland and this is a staple seasoning in our kitchen. Surprised and pleased to see Guga discover it!
Poland mountain
POLAND MOUNTAIN!!!
pozdrowienia ziomuś
What percentage of people in Poland would you say speak English? I would love to visit your country but I cannot speak polish.
@@bobby_hill8357 people under 30years speaks pretty well in 90%. People over 30years old are kinda 50-50. I recommend you Krakow
Vegeta is in fact so popular, that they turned it into a character of the famous anime dragon ball z.
No, that's not at all true.
Vegeta was named that because Vegetable.
That's why his brother's name is "Tarble"
It has nothing to do with seasonings
@@lilkittygirl you really didn't get the joke did you
As a Croatian I'm so proud that Guga and guys try Vegeta,and they liked it.We put Vegeta everywhere, meat, soup, fries, you name it.
također
I think they should have tried the non-MSG version also - just to compare.🤓 Is it like cola and cola zero where you lose the original flavours? 🤔
Bruh why
I'm Bosnian and I'm also proud
Burek is not a side dish, it's a dish on its own but yeah glad you enjoyed some Slavic cuisine, all the best to you Guga
It's part of Slavic cuisine, and it definitely is as popular in south slavic countries. If anything it's less popular in Turkey and Albania than in south Slavic countries.
Macedonian and Kosovar Albanians do make the best burek, though. Still, not nearly as popular in the country of Albania.
@Gjergj Kastrioti Wine isn't Italian, it was invented in Georgia. Beer isn't German, it was invented in Egypt. Pho isn't Vietnamese, it was invented in France.
A food/drink originating from one culture doesn't mean it can't be a staple of a different culture :)
Plus it's a bosnian dish
As an Albanian person i like burec but we made something that is called "Piete" its like burec but not as big
this channel is ran by an amerikkkan steak fetishist. any dish is going to be a side here
Man, I didn't know Vegeta went on to create his own line of spices after retiring from fighting.
Underrated coment....nice one bro. Should've name it Vegeta 9000
he didn't retire, he just needed a recipe to impress Whis and Beerus :P
i was scrolling lookign for a comment like this. thank you
Vegeta is a seasoned fighter but goku is the reason to season.
@@marebbpc I'm from Serbia. Did not know about that plan.would've been the best marketin of the century 🤣
I’m born in the same city as Vegeta and I gotta tell you, we are super proud of it here in Croatia and we use it in almost every meal! So excited you guys finally tried it!
Koprivnica?
@@davidgrabar5019 yes
peti blok
Vegetu je izmislila Bosanka iz Travnika, Zlata.
@@Enks77 tata mi je iz Travnika, a ja rođen u Koprivnici.. it’s a win-win situation 😂😂
as a Croatian i'm happy that you rated it good and the burek you made looks the same as i see it in the bakery and we use vegeta in a lot of our meals its just so good.
Nappa: "Vegeta, what does the scouter say about it's marbling score?"
Vegeta: "IT'S OVER 9000!"
Nappa: WHAT? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
"It's... it's...
1006."
"Uh. Wait... really?"
"Yeah! It eat up!"
"OOOOOOOOOHHHH!"
"Wait, I read the Marbling Score upside down. It's actually over 9000."
The seasoning is already at Super Saiyan
I'm scrolling for this exact comment.
Super dooper saiyan
Im Sudanese (African country, but much more Arabic in terms of food and culture) and we use vegeta too. Even have my grandad sending me more in the post whenever i run out 😂
Greetings, non aligned Brother! 😊
and hello from Serbia bra....
Im from Croatia 🇭🇷, and I didn't know Vegeta was this big outside Croatia 😂❤
I was surprised when i heard from a friend of mine who worked on a cruise ship, The amount of products of Podravka is astounding, Vegeta included, and also few years bac saw Australian chicken recipe and thay went with secret ingredient, which was Vegeta.
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 da i ja sam se šokiro haha
As a Canadian with east European roots, vegeta is an absolute essential in my kitchen! I use it most when roasting whole chicken, but it's good on pretty much any meat
Do you have a store there with Croatian products like food, drinks and stuff? I saw one of those in U.S.A.
Vegeta ingredients - dried root vegetables like carrot, parsley root, parsnip, and such, turmeric for color and subtle aroma, dried green herbs, salt. You can make your own preservative-free version at home, but it is very hard to beat the original Vegeta. You can use it also to make simple vegetable stock and that is what grandmothers have been doing in traditional dishes forever. When you come to Croatia and the rest of the area the food will taste great not just because of Vegeta, but because the ingredients are first-rate.
Using the vegeta plant realy makes the "vegeta" flavor pop out.
@@lidijapoljak2058 Flavor of pride and ego
As a Bosnian, it makes me very happy to see you cook with this ingredient 🥰 it is a staple in my house
Vegeta is the flavour of my mother's cooking 🤣
I was trying to recreate my mom's chicken soup and just couldn't get the flavour to match. Then she told me the secret, Vegeta.
Freaking delicious
Fellow Balkan raised kid here. Grandma and Mom would put this on almost everything. Still have some in my cupboard at all times.
I was eating burek and drinking yoghurt while watching this 😂
P.S. I hope Bosnians didn't give you too much of a hard time for saying burek is Croatian, though 😅
Oh they will absolutely murder him, as will the Serbs (less justifiably than the Bosnians)
Burek is Turkish and not Bosnian
@@Mucho69 Fair enough.
Börek Türklere aittir. Yoğurtta Türkler buldu. Yoğurt yenir içilmez. Yoğurt ve su karıştırılıp ayran olur o içilir.
As a Croatian married to a Brazilian (nordeste) , Your burek does look very good, We normally don't use Tomatoes, but why not.
My mother made a burek in Brazil, and it was very well received. She needed to do another one a week later.
I've never used the plain vegeta on a Steak, they have some other spices made for meat and they are great.
I’ve also never done it steak, but it’s my goto for any vegetable.
Dobro
love hearing about sharing food from different cultures overseas, she must've been really proud.
They have specific meat spice blends?!? :o
Uncle? (My uncle is Croatian and married to a Brazilian lol)
The yellow golden hue comes from the fact that the seasoning has ascended past the normal seasoning state. Some may call this form, super seasoning and this brand is the prince of them all.
I heard it's hair grows if you cook, or ascend it enough
@@Dvlbft3 It does, but only beards and moustaches
on the spot bro
Took me halfway through the video to find a DBZ comment 😂
I'm from Slovenia, attached to Croatia, and we use Vegeta for many dishes, I've had it since I was a kid so I'm very glad to see you using it!
the best food of my childhood in latvia was pan fried potatoes with vegeta! :) or u can add it to simple chicken soup. it is real MSG
Traditionally Croatians do make and consume burek, but it's really a turkish dish that eas perfect for Balkan by Bosnian people. Vegeta is pronounced a bit differently, and the original is still sold with MSG inside it next to salt and other vegetable parts.
As far as your burek goes, it's not very authentic, but I do think your twist to it did it justice. I hope your next European trip is to Croatia 😊
lol burek for croatia ahahah lol. out of all balkan nations croatians are not burek guys
@@tubeyou6794 i didn't say anything wrong. You can find good burek in Croatia, but it's usually made by Bosnians. Especially if it's really good. There are exceptions to everything
@@SailorBorshaIsMovieMoses You didnt! I wanted to make a top level coment idk why it ended up being a reply to your comment!
burek was horrible btw. 😂
ajde sad jedno pitanje - jel burek sa sirom ili sa mesom?
Vegeta. The spice of my childhood and till this day. I think that probably everybody from Balkan knows and use this spice. Sooo wanted in Romania, Hungarians, Bulgarians also loved it... all of our neighbours from ex-Yu. I just think that you overdid it with the steaks (meaning Vegeta). Burek is THE ART of its own, and do not want to even start the discussion about something so sacred. Big respect for you and greetings to all ya nice people out there, wherever you are. From Serbia.
It's a dedicated veggie broth base mixed with salt, so a lot of natural glutamate is in there with a lot more flavors there to be the background support.
Europe has it's garum/liquamin sauces that survived to present day, basically fish sauces, but Mediterranean. And a newer thing is fermented wheat/grain mash that outputs glutamate dark sauce with quite a bit of salt added, Maggie is best known there, but you find varients, funny enough Podravka has one of their own I think.
Vegeta is used all the time in Poland and slavic europe in general. Great to see it being tested out by you Guga and therefore displaying it for westerners
As Croatian.. I can tell you you did most things right. Usually burek would be more eaten as whole roll and by hands, and with runny yoghurt on side as a drink (tbh, I still prefer soda tho). As for vegeta.. try sprinkling some on the french fries that are just out of oil so some of it sticks, its amazing.
As a fellow croatian, this brings joy to my heart thank you Guga
But, why would he take it off the steak when he seared it?
@@annai6393 so it don't burn maybe if he left it on the guys could probably tell what's yhe control
@@annai6393 normally vegeta needs to be boiled a little
as a croatian you should know vegeta doesnt come from croatia, and burek isnt croatian either
@@marebbpc ma od kuda je vegeta?
I know only about Romania, my home country, we always use vegeta and barely use salt, since we like it way too much. It probably also contains MSG, since its just so good. We always use vegeta in soups, while making eggs, on beef, pork, fish, lamb, basically everything. It's also really cheap here, too!
Holy smokes, didn't expect to see vegeta being used on this channel, and since the company which makes it is from my home town i must say i'm kinda proud to see it here and that you guys enjoyed it :D
The burek looked amazing :)
Ja sam iz Međimurja, pozdrav! :)
@@TheDennys21 Pozdrav iz Koprivnice :)
This isn't just a Croatian thing. This is pretty common in lots of parts of Europe, especially eastern part. It's essentially one of the mixes that's commonly used as a "cheat" to make food preparation faster and more convenient, MAGI seasoning being another example of it that we've seen on your channels Guga (also pretty popular here in eastern Europe). It's usually used to help season different meats, or meat related things like soup stock or gravy.
If you're good enough of a cook, you'll be able to season things really well without it, but there are some dishes that Vegeta goes with extremely well and it's hard to replace with something else: for example my family loves adding this to potato pancakes instead of salt. I tried many things and seasoning when I started to cook more, but I never found a good replacement to season potato pancake batter with. The saltiness is perfect and the vegetable-like stock flavor it adds to them would be very hard to replicate without serious effort.
I was about to write that but not that well and comprehensively. I completely agree.
Yeah but it is originally Croatian...
@@MyRealName Am not denying that, but it's used hugely in Eastern Europe and variations of it that can be from elsewhere.
I agree! In Romania and Hungary it is pretty common, I guess other eastern European countries are no exception (Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine etc.). Also, there are versions with MSG as well!
This one is actually produced in Czech Republic. As you can see by the address on the bottle.
Brings back many memories, part Slovenian myself. My grandparents make everything with this!
Ah yes, making a main dish as a side dish. Love you man
Hell yeah! Greetings from Croatia, Vegeta is awesome, we use it for everything :)
"It's over 9000!"
no one tell Angel that vegeta has vegetables in it. if he eats more vegetables, then he can go super saiyan!
According to the Austrian Turcologist, Andrea Tietze, 'börek' comes from the Persian 'bûrak', which referred to any dish made with yufka. This, in turn, probably came from the Turkic root, bur-, meaning 'to twist' - an allusion to the way thin sheets of dough had to be manipulated to produce a layered effect.
I am from Serbia, and I can say that we use vegeta a lot. We eat burek (your side dish) as a meal for itself, usually we buy it for breakfast (I think nobody makes it for themselves). Nice video!
So is burek Serbian or Croatian? Someone put this right
@@Iliketoeatjam You're going to start a war with question like that 😂
@@Iliketoeatjamit is certainly a yes.
@@Iliketoeatjam well everybody will probably say it's theirs (guys in Croatioa, Serbia, Bosnia...). The answer, however, is not important, since we are literraly app the same people, that have long ago been divided by those in charge which wanted to divide for their own benefits, they changed the language a bit and now we all hate eachother. And that is disgusting. I truly don't have anythign against anybody saying burek is from croatia, even though it is widely popular in Serbia and many people eat it daily.
@@fork8303 Just wanted to check the pressure level in the Balkan region
I think you did a decent first attempt at Burek for someone who has never had it etc. I wouldn't call it "right" by any means, but you have me curious to try this Guga version! You used the wrong dough, there are different kinds of Phyllo dough and what you used is more for sweet dishes like Baklava. For Burek it is thicker. You definitely want a good handmade and stretched dough for burek. Also, you usually don't pre-cook the meat and onions. It is all cooked together. Finally, you want to give a splash of water as it leaves the oven for some extra crispness on top.
and no tomato sauce in it!
@@dominiklozar5199 Ye
I my family we tease my mom when she uses the pre made sheets by calling her dish "lina pita" or "lini burek" (lazy pita or lazy burek) :D
Pronounced veh-geh-tah, the original actually has MSG in it. Also burek doesn't really have cumin (if you're making the Balkan version) but it looks absolutely delicious
It's not pronounced like that at all.
@@dustyacd it is
Highly recommend to make a Dip sauce for Börek with:
- Cottage Cheese
- Heavy Cream
- 1 raw fresh Egg Yolk
- chives
Thats what i remember from my childhood - from my father (Bosnian)
You did actually a really great job on that Börek - basically (just seasoning the meat was off imho) doing the same with my family recipie
Also very delicious with sheep cheese and Spinach - which is actually the "oldest recipie" for Börek.
Especially your Eggwash was amazing - we here in austria also doing that for Strudels (puff pastries and filo) :)
Just replace for sweet Strudels the Greek Joghurt with heavy cream - your Strudels will be AMAZING
And Vegeta ... yeah lol - i can remember as a Kid that ive sprinkled that stuff on buttered Bread because i loved that taste so much.
Good old times
My Albanian mother in law makes a killer burek, all hand made Phyllo dough included, 11 layers per side. 3 types of filling:
Beef minced meat with onions and tomatoes.
Sautéed spinach.
And a sweet version with milk and zucchini.
Amazing stuff❤️
Interestingly enough, Albanian bakers are often known as top tier burek makers in many cities in Serbia. And it's usually one of the few Albanian families in the entire city.
@@nirad8026 i lived 5 minutes from albanian bakers when i was little and almost every day we would buy a large bun for everyone to eat, also they make great ice cream
We also use Vegeta in Romania as an additive to soups or stews. They also make spice mixes for barbeques and oven baked meats.
Honestly the burek couldn't be more far off from the traditional way we make it, but I'm so glad to see you discover Vegeta.
Vegeta is a nice spice! It's mostly used when making Goulash , stews...mostly with food that is eaten with a spoon..but you can add them to everything :D
Also when making Burek it's meant to be salty and greasy...and there are no sauces or something that go with it. You just take a cup of yogurt and that's it :D
I had a friend from the US visit me for the first time last year. She didn't know about Vegeta but got addicted to it as soon as she tried the food here. When she came back home she sought it out in the international market and now says 'I put that shit in everything!' 😅
Guga I love you for doing this. I'm from croatia and i've been watch for at least 4 years and finally seeing something from croatia makes my day. Hopefully i can see you dry age a steak in this next. ❤
Burek isnt Croatian 💀
As a balkan person, thats burek looks nuts,congrats guga, ur aprooved
agree
Braco to je pita ne burek, burek ima izmedju layera komad po komad burek a ne cijeli komad mesa na jednom mjestu.Đ
To nema veze sa burekom
I dont know where you live, but in Balkans that is 100% not a burek. Its some kind of scuffed meat pie, and that 'sauce' is complete bs
@@big.muscles.ohyeah im from balkan, so what you watched is not really relevant
@@infernus6278 idk show us how you do it.
Next you should try "Fondor" by Maggi. Its a traditional german seasoning which usually goes with everything. You could say its the german msg and i think it would be a perfect candidate for an experiment!
Agree. DEW ETTTTTTTTTTTTT
I'm Polish this is how I turn cheap meat into expensive meat
- Take a piece of cheap meat
- Use a meat tenderizer with holes and puncture all over the meat.
- Use a meat tenderizer with a flathead until its thin.
- Add a little bit of "vegeta" or "kucharek"(Which is what we use in Poland), not too much because it's saltier than salt.
- Add pepper/garlic/thyme. If you have time, you can let it marinate, but it's not necessary. Sometimes I brush it with a bit of melted butter onto the meat before I marinate it.
- Put it on the grill, in the air fryer or bread it and fry it in oil.
- If the meat is in steak form, add butter.
And as a Croatian, tbh I am proud of our food. I'd say its the best in the WORLD. Not specific Croatia, but that region.
sta je sa bosnom sta mislis o bosanskoj hrani? Ako ne kazes 100/100, bice problema 🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦 🤝 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
@@Bruka1. burek sa sirom
Hellou fro Serbia ):) what is the croatia food?
@Aronix burek sa tvojim mesom
@@psr101beorol7hello from serbia, what is our food?
I always thought Vegeta was a Saiyan in Dragon Ball Z ... This stuff looks pretty good.
"Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his flavor?"
"IT'S OVER 9 THOUSAAAAND!!"
I love how Leo goes in depth of how the food taste: so tasty, it's beefy, earthy, complex, richness, Etc
I also love how simple Angel is: It's tasty...
As a half croatian myself, to see Guga use Vegeta, makes my heart full, especially on the Queen!
I would love to see a dry age attempt and/or dry brine charcoal cooked vegeta steak
That Borek looks amazing aswell man
I am from Serbia! And Im proud AF! We use Vegeta as well, in all our dishes
No half, you're either full Croat or full tard.
@@JankovicCreative na šta se ponosiš? Pa Vegeta je Hrvatska.
@@TheDennys21 pa dobro i vi se ponosite Teslom 😂
@@bukizzz naravno kad je Hrvat.
So glad you discovered Vegeta. Greetings from Croatia 👍
as a croatian im happy you foud our food..try sprinkling some vegeta on the french fries that are just out of oil so some of it sticks, its amazing. and for chicken soup.. it will change the flavor dramatically
I'm from Poland and I did the same thing with fries, Best regards, Adam
@@akillaonwax my aunt has used this for chicken and dumplings, I love it.
Also try eggs with vegeta. 🥰 Pozdrav!
Nikola tesla je bosanac
@@OfficialVideoHDX Rođen brat u mostaru
vegeta is present from 80's (or earlier) in Poland, it has several replacements here, basically it's salt, msg, little of dried vegetables and yellow colouring. It's grandma's kitchen, sure, because in 80', early 90' it was something almost fancy as it wasn't many different spices then :)
Vegeta is almost in every slavic country.
In croatia we have vegeta s8nce the 50s and 60a
As a Slovenian I couldn't help but smile when I saw Vegeta in the thumbnail. We use it a WHOLE lot too 😁
EDIT: He made burek as well!!
yeah, he made burek, but he said that it was a croatian dish, even tho it's a bosnian dish.
@@yodae31 who cares
@@JmMateo933 its like saying to an italian that spaghetti carbonara is a french dish. Altough burek or börek origins are from Turkey(region). As are the most balkan dishes.
@@rhinomb You need a history lesson…no offense…during when the Ottoman Empire reigned over the Balkans (took over almost all of the Balkans)..they adopted our cuisine, culture and folklore, which thus influenced us too because what’d you think? 500 years of the bloody Turk taking us over (Albania, etc..) we wouldn’t steal a couple things too? Lmao? Let’s be real…history isn’t fair and a lot of what comprises of “TURKISH” cuisine is BORROWED AND ADOPTED from all over the nations they conquered. So stop, seriously be the first to stop putting them to a pedestal…they’re JUST LIKE modern day Greece…smh
Really enjoyed this video as a fellow Croatian :)
All post soviet nations use this too. We are all grateful to Croatia for this deliciousness.
My father was foreman in Vegeta in time when mr Mężyk started packing this seasoning in town Skoczów PL (he was telling about his boss was making travels to Croatia to buying Vegeta, loading on small trailer with niemal car and bringing to Poland to packaging and selling.
I remember smell of plastic sacks which he sometimes brought to house to store wastes from his carpentry workshop. This smell was good!
Btw. Starting watching video. I expect nothing less than SSJ Steak.
here in sweden vegeta is pretty much a staple household item and every kitchen i've been in has it
and almost every large food store has a warm compartment for burek that you can buy and eat immediately
Really?
How did you discover it?
@@MaaNicoli probably from migrants, plenty of exYu came there in the late 80's and 90's
I’m from Latvia and same, everyone has vegeta here 😂
We are spreading more and more every day.... Maybe one day the world will be Slavic 😂😂😂😂😂
As a Bulgarian, Vegeta is in the dishes of any Balkan country, just a staple in the kitchen. Amazing ingerdient, turns out for steaks it is great also
I've been waiting forever for this video. Vegeta on chicken cutlets cooked in a pan with a some butter is phenomenal and simple to make.
Vegeta is intensely used in Romania, too. All of Eastern Europe, basically.
Vegeta! What's it's flavor level?
IT'S OVER 9000
Clicked on the video for the dragonball jokes.
I live in Australia and I have a bottle of this in my pantry, I use it on chicken wings, In pasta, on fish, and in ramen N stirfry … basically on anything, OMG its Awesome adding a pinch into your mash potatoes even into gravy and finishing sauces
HOW CAN IT BE?! THAT SEASONING'S TASTINESS IS OVER 9000!!!
Vegeta is essential here in Bosnia, it goes well with pretty much anything- soup, meat, you name it. Just remember to keep Vegeta away from the fridge 😂
We only keep Vegeta out of the fridge because Kakarot might get stronger and we have to let Vegeta train!
I have a recommendation for an experiment. It is a korean ingredient called Saeu-jeot. it's basically a fermented shrimp paste. It is used in almost all of korean cuisine from kimchi to stews, but I recommend it because it is a popular condiment for korean barbeque. It is salty, fishy, and goes well with any meat.
Literally my favourite spice, I always thought it was Italian though. Also had no clue it was MSG, not that I know what that even really means, in Australia it says vegetable stock on the packaging so I just assumed it was supposed to be put into soup but I usually put it in everything, especially pasta sauce, never tried it on steak though, gotta give it a go when I get back home in like 10 months. Also if anyone knows where to buy this stuff in Japan let me know, I'm dying without it here
I love how Guga always looks surprised when the boys go for the side dish rather than the next steak. 😮
The GE from veGEta is pronounced like gue in guerilla. :) Also when I first heard about MSG, I am sure I've read on the packaging of Vegeta that it contains MSG but I can't find it now. Perhaps they changed it. I see different sodium compounds now. In Croatian MSG is called - mono natrijev glutaminat.
yep the still sell it with msg 15% of it
You should try Sazón next. It has msg amongst a blend of other spices for that latin kick.
Yesss...I jus commented this...sazon n adobo r like the 1st spices u learn being Rican or Dominican...America born anyways...I jus fought out the main ingredient in sazon is msg...I've been eating it all my life ...have put it on steaks...but best on pork...n gotta get the o.g. regular sazon buy goya...
As someone with Serbian parents we have a lot of vegeta at home, and I still remember whenever my parents were making something and I saw the jar of vegeta I always used to eat it because it was so good.😂
Jeo si čistu Vegetu?
@@TheDennys21 Psihopatski 😂
@@OnionMilker haha
Just to put it out there Vegeta is the main in Polish kitchen. Thank you Croatia❤
we use quite a bit of vegeta cooking here. but in my case its usually with either turkey, chicken or some sort of cream sauce. not beef. btw, my mom made it at home by dehydrating the vegetables and grinding them down. it tastes like the original. so it at least in theory can be perfectly natural with nothing added to it other than salt.
I have a metal tin that used to contain VEGETA. My wife used to use it in everything when we first got married 28 years ago. The tin is probably 15 to 25 years old. VEGETAt used to contain monosodium glutamate as a main ingredient listed just after the dried vegetables that are listed in parentheses on the ingredient list you showed. Cheers!
The ones I get in Sweden has MSG in it
The original still has MSG in it, but now there are versions without it
What would have made this video even better is if Guga invited both Christopher Sabat and Brian Drummond to taste the steaks. I can only imagine the hilarity of their reaction when Guga eventually shows them the secret ingredient he used in cooking the steaks, especially its name.
If you know, you know.
"It's over 5,000!!!!!!"
Massively popular in Slovakia. Kucharek is similar. I put it in soups a lot.
Slovaks are Croats in denial themselves just like Hungarians, so no surprise there my Horvat brother
Really happy to see Guga try our food from Southern Europe
Vegeta ingredients: 100% Saiyan Pride
Guga you should try the MSG of Australia, Chicken salt 👍🔥
Vegemite more like it 🤣🤣
The Mitani brand, which most households have in their pantry, if he can get his hands on it.
Vegeta is a must have in every Croatian home, we use it for everything. Super proud of out Vegeta and also our Zvijezda Mayo, people all across the world say it's the best mayo. You should try that too. Also you nailed the burek, though it's pronounced more like boorekk. Awesome video man :)
No one says boorek? Its quite literally bUrek. In Croatia to be exact. Turks say Borek and some Bosnians but its Burek for the most part
Great stuff,im really glad someone appereciates our cuisine!
I've been watching Chef John for over a decade now. If you and him did a collaborative video it would be epic. Please make this happen! 🙏🙏🙏
Seriously
Since you mentioned MSG, here is a video idea for you. I recently learned that snacks that use MSG sometimes also contain Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate (aka DSI/DSG or I+G) to enhance the effect of MSG by 20x-30x stronger (for example, Doritos, Pringles, KFC, Snyders Pretzel Pieces, Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing, etc). Even this Vegeta powder from this video has Inosinate and Guanylate!
From what I’ve seen, some people buy a 50/50 premix of DSI and DSG (for example, by the brand Make It Meaty) and then make a custom mix of 97g MSG and 3g DSI/DSG to make an “enhanced MSG mix”.
I was thinking the experiment could be this:
1. Steak + Salt Pepper Garlic (control)
2. Steak + SPG + MSG
3. Steak + SPG + MSG + DSI/DSG
Then maybe you could do a mini test with maybe another meat like chicken or maybe a potato based side dish or something, so we can see how it works with and without the MSG+DSI/DSG.
I can even see the video title already “Food scientists say THIS makes MSG BETTER!”
Anyways, I hope you give it a shot!
you're seeing the future
Man you're so consisteent
I can tell that your an awesome person
Baker! I used to watch your videos all the time
@@ImJofty thanks bud
Guga you make the Balkans proud! Come visit anytime 🇲🇰
as a person who has requested this on your videos and always seasons steaks with vegeta how we croats would say: ovo je pre lipo i hvala ti.
i've requested vegeta as well :D
And i sent him a Detailed email explaining what Vegeta is, and how to use it on multiple recepies. Feels proud man!!!
Holy crap I didn't expect this :) I'm Croatian i didn't think vegeta is so popular o.o u even made burek omg. Altho burek is more of a Bosnian dish but is eaten all over the balkan. I would suggest u try čevapčići once atleast but also try bosnian recipie cause theirs are the best.
my polish grandma does everything with vegeta and it always delivers
So your grandma is Bulma?😏
@@22ninja1 tbh i dont know what or who bulma is, definitely not polish name
@@xMatiProKox I was kidding with you it's a Dragon Ball Z reference.
@@22ninja1 ight
@@xMatiProKox you ever heard of or seen Dragon Ball Z?
Hey Guga, I got your cookbook as a gift and made the korean style short ribs. They were so good that even my neighbor, a pescetarian, loved it. Your recipes are converting people.
Gotta love when they learn the beauty of meat
I’ve noticed the casual vegans/pescatarians absolutely destroy meat after a few drinks
@@respektfully I've definitely seen it on several occasions with a few different people. Hahaha
@@SimuLord new favorite Latin phrase thanks for this
Already for a Croatian like me I am very proud that we have a nice product like this 😍
Saying it like you made it
@@vukmijailovic1977 daj da pogodim, ti si iz Srbije?
Pa imamo mi puno fantastičnih stvari.
This thing was the key ingredient in our home cooking, thanks to this I started experimenting with individual spices
I love that you used Vegeta,and hopefully it's gonna become more and more popular in the world.
I do want to make a few notes:
- don't remove Vegeta from the meat 😭 no need for that
- Personally, I'm not sure I saw anyone make the "butter-Vegeta" meat seasoning (at least we don't do it in my home), but that does look like an excelent idea
- burek (bOOrek) is originally a turkish type of meat pie, but here we advertise it as *Bosnian* national *dish* (it's not a side dish and definitely not Croatian 😅)
A few tips:
- Vegeta can be used in literally anything salty (soups, meats, fish, vegetables, sauces etc.).. there's a saying in Croatia that goes: "Kao Vegeta si.. u sve se mijesas".. in litteral translation it would be like "You're like Vegeta.. you mix yourself in everything" meaning that someone is too nosy, wants to know all the gossip etc.
- when putting Vegeta on meat, coat the WHOLE meat, that way you're gonna incorporate all the taste in the meat more easily and equaly. Basically, just massage it real nice into the meat. For vegetables, sprinkle Vegeta and just mix it with your hands before putting it in a pan (add a little olive oil as well)
- when cooking fish or grilled meat you HAVE TO try this mediteranean sauce: olive oil, fresh cut parsley, fresh cut garlic (don't use none of those american dried powders, trust me), Vegeta, a tiny bit more salt and pepper.. mix it well and pour over the fish/meat... I'M MOUTHWATERING ALREADY 🤤
- although I don't think there's anything wrong with the sauce you made for burek, TRUST ME it is best with plain, white, just out of the fridge yoghurt ☺️
- similarly to burek, you can make it with cheese, potatoes, squash, swiss chard or spinach.. however, if you're using some of these ingredients instead of meat, DON'T call it "burek" or else a horde of angry Bosniaks are gonna come to your door 😂😂 jk, probably not, but yeah, don't call it burek 🤣 it would be a cheese/squash/potato (etc.) pie. You can also combine, i.e. potato and meat, or cheese and spinach as well
Can't think of anything else right now, but I'm gonna add later if I think of anything.
And THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart for using (and liking) our culinary treasure 🥰
Yeah but the Turkish burek sucks not gonna lie🤣
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@@ignlmao yeah, Balkan burek is better