2:54 I love how Andrew adds cilantro to the tacos, but in the next shot (when he squeezes the lime and takes a bite), suddenly there's no cilantro on the taco he's about to eat 😂
@@Oddigan imo if your genetics bequeathed you with a flaw like soapy cilantro I wouldn't be celebrating at all. It's like lactose intolerance. Just not really worth living at that point.
Andrew, you're back in top form. A lot of your videos of late have once again had that classic Babish feel - that non-superfluous, witty, relatable tone and quick pace - but this was top notch even by that standard (and not just because I love carnitas). I was mesmerised the whole video. Hats off to you and the crew.
Andrew, you're in my head. I was literally cutting up pork shoulder for carnitas for Friday when I heard this drop. I'm going to try Kenji's sous vide method and see how that goes.
One of the best foods of all time. Thank you for paying a lot of respect to the culture Andrew! I saw my dad make Carnitas once in a huge Cazo, which is a very large metal bowl that is used to create Carnitas traditionally. It's a bit overkill for many people, but it was still really cool to see something that is part of my culture, even if it may seem foolish to some, it's a nice memory.
My late father and uncle would always make carnitas in the backyard for occasional parties. I think through this, I believe I can bring back the nostalgia of that time.
Perfect video. No unnecessary talking or annoying music. No stopping and talking about your weekend plans. No long explanations or history lessons about carnitas. Just cooking. ❤ I subscribed within 2 minutes of intro.
This is actually Basics with Babish. Basics with Banish is the other show, the one where they tell you how to unsummon that gremlin you've accidentally conjured who is eating everything in your sock drawer
Little tip for everyone: during lent, you can get Coke made with sucrose instead of corn syrup in almost every grocery store. Just look for the bottles with the gold or yellow caps labeled as kosher. Much cheaper than the Mexican coke, but kinda hard to find the rest of the year, so stock up if you want to have some for later.
The reason why they switch recipe is away from the corn syrup is an extra religion stringency. During Passover we're not supposed to eat leavened bread and or things made from a specific list of grains. There is a tradition to avoid things that were either grown nearby those grains and or could be mistaken for those grains as an extra stringency to avoid cross-contamination.
Oh man. Carnitas is one of my favs. I live in So Cal and the Taco Shop across the street from my home makes amazing carnitas tacos. I get 'em at least once a week. Your dishes all look amazing as well. Excellence as usual, Andrew! Thanks!
Made these carnitas tacos, last night. I heated the corn tortillas and put a light amount of guacamole with diced white onions and cilantro with a squeeze of lime in the mix 👌🏼 delish❤
Made this a few weeks ago, it was amazing. Crisped it up in a cast iron over lump charcoal in my grill, that was literally the cherry on top! Absolutely delicious, also carnitas breakfast burritos is absolutely mandatory with this...
Other options here include doing your pork shoulder in a slow cooker until fally-aparty, then taking it out and hitting it with fresh lime juice and salt. When you're ready to eat some, fry it in bacon grease. Voila.
little tip, for the flautas use toothpicks to keep them from coming undone, at the ends of the flautas. Once they are cooked the toothpicks simply slide out, just dont forget you use them or else you might end up with a small injury
Just to add, there is a difference between flautas and taquitos. Flautas are usually made with flour tortillas and have more filling, while taquitos are normally smaller and made with yellow corn tortillas. Some people will use them interchangeably on occasion, though. It all looks delicious either way!!
Are you from Tamaulipas? 'cause thats the only place in Mexico ive seen they make flautas with flour tortillas, no hate by the way they taste awsome, just wondering if that's a thing somewhere else.
@@luisgallardo8293 Hey, no worries. I'm from Texas and I've eaten at a lot of Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants. (I say that to clarify that I know there's a difference between Tex-Mex and the large variety of Mexican cuisines and don't lump them all together.) My experience has been that the distinction is common at various Mexican restaurants and universal at Tex-Mex restaurants. But now that you mention Tamaulipas, that reminds me that a majority of Mexican food I tasted in Texas were in different norteño styles, so maybe the distinction is more of a borderlands thing? Thank you for sharing that about Tamaulipeco cuisine btw!
I lived in Coahuila for almost half my life and have never heard of flautas being made with flour tortillas. 🤨 In fact Ive never heard of any dish that requires frying flour tortillas.
Also Mexican from Aguascalientes (northern center Mex) flautas are made with corn tortillas. Wheat flour tortillas are more popular on the border states but never heard about wheat flour flautas. Tacos dorados or taquitos usually refer to frying folded in half , usually using a toothpick to keep it closed. refer a
Nice that this has its own video now! Ive always kept going back to the meat tornado video for remembering little things on the recipe. The coke addition is new here though, I'll have to try it.
A delicious idea to make is Smothered Porkchops/Chicken Fried Bacon/Chicken Fried Bananas from Everybody Hates Chris episode, "Everybody Hates The Gout" Don't forget the salt
Fun fact, Mexican coca cola is now high fructose corn syrup also but the stuff they export to the US is cane sugar because of marketing. It's actually all about the water source. The absolute best is the 500ml
Thank you so much for sharing this! I've tried to make this a couple different times but couldn't get the flavor right, should have used lard. Now I know. Been a fan for years, love your videos. You should narrate for audible.
I appreciate the new method. I attempted these 52weeks ago and they came out dry as I neglected to acknowledge that cooktime may depend on the burner and ambient temp etc. The oven version will hopefully yield non dry carnitas.
Some day I'd love to see something made several times just with progressively more bay leaves, to finally determine what difference bay leaves make. That was an awesome trick with the sandwiches though for quick preparation of multiple buns.
Idea: Books with babish: Double cheeseburger, vanilla shakes and extra large servings of French Fries from the garden gnome emporium in The Lightning Thief. I need this.
Great timing. I was thinking of doing some sort of large pork roast situation this weekend for my meals for the week. This might just make my pork rotation.
I feel like you should tackle Meemaw’s Brisket from Young Sheldon. I know you did the Kosher Brisket from the Marvelous Ms. Maisel but this would be an interesting look at barbecued brisket and Texas style barbecue
This entire video blew my mind. Didn't know carnitas were stewed /in lard/, didn't know flautas were made like that, didn't think the inverted cubano thing would work or look quite as delicious as it did. Just wow.
You CAN get cane sugar coke in the US, but it's rarer. 1) I believe the green label coke is cane sugar 2) before Easter, coke produces kosher for Passover bottles with yellow caps that use cane sugar.
Fun Fact: Mexican coke was at one point using cane sugar to sweeten its drinks but since the price of Corn Syrup in Mexico has gone down manufacturers are starting to opt for Corn Syrup. There’s a video by Johnny Harris on UA-cam if you want to find out more!
@@SKiZ0TT Yep, I can add some, ahem, flavor to that. While the coke sold in Mexico is almost entirely HFCS (and has been for as long as I've lived here, 12 years), there is still a cottage industry at one or two bottling plants making the sugar cane version for the export market. You can also get it in Mexico, but as with the US, it's something you have to search for and pay a small premium for. But, wait, there's even more. On top of the change to HFCS a while back, the government has mandated that artificial sweeteners be used in order to lower the calorie content. So, as of a year or two ago, coke (and other sodas) are now sweetened with a blend of HFCS and Sucralose. :-(
This might be more of an Arcade with Alvin idea, but I'd love to see a recreation of the Grammeowster Chef's Platter from Monster Hunter World Iceborne. I remember loving the episode Babish did on the chefs choice platter from the base game
an alternate to making the cream thinner, mix some milk and salt with regular sour cream until you get it to the desired consistency. i've always done it like this.
@babishculinaryuniverse can you make a Basics: Flavors episode that explains how to experiment with the five different categories of flavor? What sweet flavors pair with spicy flavors. Or when and how to add umami, salty, or bitter in the right amount? Maybe what foods go well with which types of flavors (or don't go well)?
As a mexican, I can assure you Coca-cola has no cane sugar here either, before it did, but it's been years since we switched to high fructose corn syrup
LOVE that you didn’t use American soda. For those who haven’t had the “real thing”, visit your local Mexican grocery store (a lot of Mexican owned convenience stores have them here in Boston), and get Mexican soda. It was always made with real sugar, until the creation of corn syrup. I rarely drink sugar drinks. Maybe once or twice a year. And the difference is so noticeable I’ll only drink cane sugar soda.
I think that it's also made with sugar in most of Europe, but just regular sugar, not cane sugar. At least mine was here in Poland when i checked the ingredients
as a mexican i understand this recipe is oily enough but those tortillas need to be heated with a little bit of oil just the tiniest spray of avocado oil on the pan makes all the difference in the texture of the tortilla
Babby keeps saying Crema is hard to find but I don't think I've ever been to a grocery store where they didn't sell it lol guess it's because I live in California
Love this episode. It felt like the reason I started watching Babish in the first place. Simple, straightforward, no nonsense Basics.
I miss the original format so much
Yeah Andrew centers himself too much in his episodes now. His whole appeal was that the videos were about the food and the media, not the chef.
and no sponsors that take up half of the video!!
@@mopey39 I like his humour though.
@@mopey39 oh no! the host shows himself too much in the show!
Rr: Pork butts. They used to transport them from New England in cask-like barrels, which were also called butts, and the nom de plume stuck.
Ahhhh... very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Neat. I always like the history of things. Thanks.
2:54 I love how Andrew adds cilantro to the tacos, but in the next shot (when he squeezes the lime and takes a bite), suddenly there's no cilantro on the taco he's about to eat 😂
Well...he said that he doesn't like cilantro lol
That's because the soap had done its job in sanitizing the food and could safely be removed just before eating.
@@Oddigan I feel genuinely bad for anyone whose genetics prevent them from experiencing the joys of cilantro + lime
@@oorto1393 At some point I just have to be happy my genetics made me a human and not some sort of insect that gets cannibalized after mating.
@@Oddigan imo if your genetics bequeathed you with a flaw like soapy cilantro I wouldn't be celebrating at all. It's like lactose intolerance. Just not really worth living at that point.
Andrew, you're back in top form. A lot of your videos of late have once again had that classic Babish feel - that non-superfluous, witty, relatable tone and quick pace - but this was top notch even by that standard (and not just because I love carnitas). I was mesmerised the whole video. Hats off to you and the crew.
"You've really been showing your personality more lately.
I don't like it."
@@cameronphenix2096 another Cameron!
I agree. He's not in alot of videos lately either. These other people are not nearly as entertaining.
To each their own, pal. Don't drag everyone else's passion for cooking with your completely biased opinion.
Your timing couldn’t be more perfect, I’m cooking for a bunch of volunteers at my Church and I said I’d make them all Carnitas last night 😂
Might wanna get started right about now then 😂😂
@@steveloge8119 too right 🤣
What a blessing 🙏
Let’s goo! 💪
Update?
This will be a challenge but I would love to see Babish make Energon from Transformers in both it’s solid and liquid form
Get your Energon-O's
@@blazingstorm9351 Ener-John's
@@blazingstorm9351 even better if Babish made that
There was that powder that glows in blacklight. I think he can figure something out
@@shadowednight1600 are you sure something that glows in the dark is edible? i'd go for mirror glaze and some bright blue light behind the camera
Ive been watching Babish for years and this is a refreshing return to the fundamentals that I missed so much lately.
Breakfast with Babish! Thanks for being part of my Tuesday routine.
Andrew, you're in my head. I was literally cutting up pork shoulder for carnitas for Friday when I heard this drop. I'm going to try Kenji's sous vide method and see how that goes.
Please let us know! Yummy!
Are you trying to mess it up? He said to braise the pork! Just kidding . Hope they turn out great.
One of the best foods of all time. Thank you for paying a lot of respect to the culture Andrew! I saw my dad make Carnitas once in a huge Cazo, which is a very large metal bowl that is used to create Carnitas traditionally. It's a bit overkill for many people, but it was still really cool to see something that is part of my culture, even if it may seem foolish to some, it's a nice memory.
That’s awesome
Question is the milk traditional?
@@bryantparks6634 it is! My dad made it with milk like that too
My late father and uncle would always make carnitas in the backyard for occasional parties. I think through this, I believe I can bring back the nostalgia of that time.
0:45 chef here: it does matter what orange you use. If you can't get sour oranges, modify the acidity with vinegar or limes.
Perfect video. No unnecessary talking or annoying music. No stopping and talking about your weekend plans. No long explanations or history lessons about carnitas. Just cooking. ❤ I subscribed within 2 minutes of intro.
I can't believe I didn't think of this until now, but I would LOVE to see Babish do the soup from Nacho Libre.
PLEASE. Do more basics with banish. Your skills on these we love.
This is actually Basics with Babish. Basics with Banish is the other show, the one where they tell you how to unsummon that gremlin you've accidentally conjured who is eating everything in your sock drawer
Little tip for everyone: during lent, you can get Coke made with sucrose instead of corn syrup in almost every grocery store. Just look for the bottles with the gold or yellow caps labeled as kosher. Much cheaper than the Mexican coke, but kinda hard to find the rest of the year, so stock up if you want to have some for later.
I've never seen Kosher Cola in my life.
The reason why they switch recipe is away from the corn syrup is an extra religion stringency. During Passover we're not supposed to eat leavened bread and or things made from a specific list of grains. There is a tradition to avoid things that were either grown nearby those grains and or could be mistaken for those grains as an extra stringency to avoid cross-contamination.
@@nairsheasterling9457 Most people who aren't near a big city with a sizable jewish population won't.
@@Oddigan I live in Phoenix idk
@@nairsheasterling9457 I was thinking places like NYC, Chicago or San Francisco. No clue about Phoenix.
Always love a new episode to start the day
This whole video is pure gold and with the writing on par with a Tarantino film
Oh man. Carnitas is one of my favs. I live in So Cal and the Taco Shop across the street from my home makes amazing carnitas tacos. I get 'em at least once a week. Your dishes all look amazing as well. Excellence as usual, Andrew! Thanks!
Made these carnitas tacos, last night. I heated the corn tortillas and put a light amount of guacamole with diced white onions and cilantro with a squeeze of lime in the mix 👌🏼 delish❤
Made this a few weeks ago, it was amazing. Crisped it up in a cast iron over lump charcoal in my grill, that was literally the cherry on top! Absolutely delicious, also carnitas breakfast burritos is absolutely mandatory with this...
Okay, I made this and my husband is going crazy he loves it so much! Thanks for making it easy 😊
Other options here include doing your pork shoulder in a slow cooker until fally-aparty, then taking it out and hitting it with fresh lime juice and salt. When you're ready to eat some, fry it in bacon grease. Voila.
i love how blunt babish is at 4:20
little tip, for the flautas use toothpicks to keep them from coming undone, at the ends of the flautas. Once they are cooked the toothpicks simply slide out, just dont forget you use them or else you might end up with a small injury
Easy carnitas was my nickname in high school
This is the basics ive been missing. I understand all the recent projects but this was *Italian chef kiss*
1:33 I need those self closing oven doors myself as well
That cubano carnitas technique for a group was absolutely brilliant. Loved that.
🎶 Warm smell of carnitas, rising up through the air 🎵
Andrew, I’m begging. Do us people from Guadalajara a favour and make tortas ahogadas with those carnitas.
Just to add, there is a difference between flautas and taquitos. Flautas are usually made with flour tortillas and have more filling, while taquitos are normally smaller and made with yellow corn tortillas. Some people will use them interchangeably on occasion, though. It all looks delicious either way!!
fascinating. I never see either of those except as expensive frozen meals at the grocery store, and they do indeed seem to use them interchangeably.
Are you from Tamaulipas? 'cause thats the only place in Mexico ive seen they make flautas with flour tortillas, no hate by the way they taste awsome, just wondering if that's a thing somewhere else.
@@luisgallardo8293 Hey, no worries. I'm from Texas and I've eaten at a lot of Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants. (I say that to clarify that I know there's a difference between Tex-Mex and the large variety of Mexican cuisines and don't lump them all together.)
My experience has been that the distinction is common at various Mexican restaurants and universal at Tex-Mex restaurants. But now that you mention Tamaulipas, that reminds me that a majority of Mexican food I tasted in Texas were in different norteño styles, so maybe the distinction is more of a borderlands thing?
Thank you for sharing that about Tamaulipeco cuisine btw!
I lived in Coahuila for almost half my life and have never heard of flautas being made with flour tortillas. 🤨
In fact Ive never heard of any dish that requires frying flour tortillas.
Also Mexican from Aguascalientes (northern center Mex) flautas are made with corn tortillas. Wheat flour tortillas are more popular on the border states but never heard about wheat flour flautas.
Tacos dorados or taquitos usually refer to frying folded in half , usually using a toothpick to keep it closed.
refer a
Nice that this has its own video now! Ive always kept going back to the meat tornado video for remembering little things on the recipe. The coke addition is new here though, I'll have to try it.
2:43 broiling is The Way! That crispiness just makes it extra awesome.
A delicious idea to make is Smothered Porkchops/Chicken Fried Bacon/Chicken Fried Bananas from Everybody Hates Chris episode, "Everybody Hates The Gout"
Don't forget the salt
You're Commentary through this is simply Spectacular.
Fun fact, Mexican coca cola is now high fructose corn syrup also but the stuff they export to the US is cane sugar because of marketing.
It's actually all about the water source. The absolute best is the 500ml
Love the basics episodes, really missed this series
Yuppie! New Basics with Babish video!🎉
Thank you so much for sharing this! I've tried to make this a couple different times but couldn't get the flavor right, should have used lard. Now I know. Been a fan for years, love your videos. You should narrate for audible.
I appreciate the new method. I attempted these 52weeks ago and they came out dry as I neglected to acknowledge that cooktime may depend on the burner and ambient temp etc. The oven version will hopefully yield non dry carnitas.
Some day I'd love to see something made several times just with progressively more bay leaves, to finally determine what difference bay leaves make.
That was an awesome trick with the sandwiches though for quick preparation of multiple buns.
If you steep some bay leaves in water you can find out what flavor they bring
I've been making carnitas since the meat tornado episode. I love the update!
Idea: Books with babish:
Double cheeseburger, vanilla shakes and extra large servings of French Fries from the garden gnome emporium in The Lightning Thief. I need this.
Yessssss. This will make my Puerto Rican man very happy. Gracias
Great fan❤️
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Great timing. I was thinking of doing some sort of large pork roast situation this weekend for my meals for the week. This might just make my pork rotation.
I feel like you should tackle Meemaw’s Brisket from Young Sheldon. I know you did the Kosher Brisket from the Marvelous Ms. Maisel but this would be an interesting look at barbecued brisket and Texas style barbecue
Man, pretty mean subjecting him to that horrible excuse of a show, though
Could you make Grandma Brownie’s Chocolate Chunker Wunker Bunkers Cereal, now with even bigger chunks of chocolate chunks, from Brain Dump?
Wow I just had these yesterday, nice timing
3:00 love how Babish put cilantro on top to respect Mexican way of serving tacos but then got rid of it when taste test had to occur :P
This entire video blew my mind. Didn't know carnitas were stewed /in lard/, didn't know flautas were made like that, didn't think the inverted cubano thing would work or look quite as delicious as it did. Just wow.
The first two are genuinely some of my favorite childhood meals, thanks Babish for triggering my nostalgia!
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wonder if you could do this in a preassure cooker to cut down on the cooking time
Wow those carnitas cubanos at the end looked way too perfect
You CAN get cane sugar coke in the US, but it's rarer. 1) I believe the green label coke is cane sugar 2) before Easter, coke produces kosher for Passover bottles with yellow caps that use cane sugar.
Fun Fact: Mexican coke was at one point using cane sugar to sweeten its drinks but since the price of Corn Syrup in Mexico has gone down manufacturers are starting to opt for Corn Syrup. There’s a video by Johnny Harris on UA-cam if you want to find out more!
Odd, bought Mexican Coke in grocery store and ingredients show cane sugar.
@@SKiZ0TT Yep, I can add some, ahem, flavor to that. While the coke sold in Mexico is almost entirely HFCS (and has been for as long as I've lived here, 12 years), there is still a cottage industry at one or two bottling plants making the sugar cane version for the export market. You can also get it in Mexico, but as with the US, it's something you have to search for and pay a small premium for.
But, wait, there's even more.
On top of the change to HFCS a while back, the government has mandated that artificial sweeteners be used in order to lower the calorie content. So, as of a year or two ago, coke (and other sodas) are now sweetened with a blend of HFCS and Sucralose. :-(
This might be more of an Arcade with Alvin idea, but I'd love to see a recreation of the Grammeowster Chef's Platter from Monster Hunter World Iceborne. I remember loving the episode Babish did on the chefs choice platter from the base game
Loved you on the Adam Friedland show sir!
hey Andrew congrats on 10 million subscribers. got dang you have grown since a few years ago
Carnitas seems perfect as a filler for both quesadillas and omelets.
an alternate to making the cream thinner, mix some milk and salt with regular sour cream until you get it to the desired consistency. i've always done it like this.
I'm a simple man. So bread, meat and cheese is my winner here 👏🏻
Happy to know that one of my favorite chefs also has the "cilantro tastes like dish soap" gene.
You should do another version where you do it just on the stove top to talk about cooking time difference. Great video as always though
sliders look amazing dude
That Dutch Oven looks awesome!
Thank you sistah 🙏🏾….from a Cuban man that needed to up his Arros con Pollo game (my LeChong skills are more than adequate ☺️😝. Excellent vid 🙌🏾🌹
Carnitas with no salsa is crazy
for real carnitas con chili verde is amazing
Facts
So, I did everything a little bit wrong, and it was still delicious. Highly recommend, and don't stress about doing it perfectly.
This pork preparation reminds me of Kenji's carnitas. He then adds a tomatillo salsa verde and pickled red onions. Delicious.
Congratulations on 10 mill
This just gave me the idea to do this for pork soulvaki!!
@babishculinaryuniverse can you make a Basics: Flavors episode that explains how to experiment with the five different categories of flavor? What sweet flavors pair with spicy flavors. Or when and how to add umami, salty, or bitter in the right amount? Maybe what foods go well with which types of flavors (or don't go well)?
Great recipe and video, thanks for sharing!
I only missed some salsa… ♥️
As a mexican, I can assure you Coca-cola has no cane sugar here either, before it did, but it's been years since we switched to high fructose corn syrup
You should do a series where you remake early recipes with your current knowledge and experience
LOVE that you didn’t use American soda. For those who haven’t had the “real thing”, visit your local Mexican grocery store (a lot of Mexican owned convenience stores have them here in Boston), and get Mexican soda. It was always made with real sugar, until the creation of corn syrup. I rarely drink sugar drinks. Maybe once or twice a year. And the difference is so noticeable I’ll only drink cane sugar soda.
Not only it is made with actual cane sugar but it also contains actual vanilla; plus the glass bottling keeps the flavor.
@@juandacharroninja it sounds just delicious
I think that it's also made with sugar in most of Europe, but just regular sugar, not cane sugar. At least mine was here in Poland when i checked the ingredients
Any thoughts on making these with country style pork ribs?
What you made here is called a rolled taco or taquito and uses corn tortillas. A flauta uses flour tortillas.
loved you on the adam friedland show!
You rock; love your attitude and videos!
I have to hand it to you, man. Those cubanos look FIRE.
Pork would not "Expand" upon shredding however is would become less dense and take up more area per weight.
as a mexican i understand this recipe is oily enough but those tortillas need to be heated with a little bit of oil just the tiniest spray of avocado oil on the pan makes all the difference in the texture of the tortilla
It’s midnight. It’s too late to make carnitas but I’m now starving.
Incidental Babish music for the win.
Brussel sprouts from KND. Babish needs a Brussel sprouts episode.
Can you please make the crawl penne from vita carnis
question the 2 pounds of lard are they butter or they aren't
You're right, Babish, what you did with the carnitas and the King's Hawaiian rolls is bat**** insane! How do you think of this?! Crowd, how does he?!
Taco Tuesday just glowed up!
Yes! Babish at his finest
I'd love to see you make Volcano Smoothie from Sing 2
Babby keeps saying Crema is hard to find but I don't think I've ever been to a grocery store where they didn't sell it lol guess it's because I live in California
Looks great man!
You are a crazy man. I will definitely not be shredding my pork hot but I also cant wait until tomorrow for my carnitas 😂😂😂
Can I do this recipe but in a slow cooker for 8 hours?
Yes
My mom also uses pork belly , Mexican oregano, sweet milk
Cupcakes from Critical Role would be amazing to see!
Rare to find a UA-cam video that could make me cry lol.