Frozen Ingredients ONLY Battle | But can a Chef Tell? (BATTLE)
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Today Jamie and Barry go head to head in an ULTIMATE FROZEN FOOD BATTLE! Can they pull off a tasty dish ONLY using frozen food AND will chef Ben notice?!
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This needs a sequel. Get Ben and Kush to make complete fine dining meals out of frozen- soup course, main course, dessert- and then have the normals blind rate them.
Or have the normals reproduce them!
I have a suggestion to this; One of them uses frozen while the other one gets fresh. Then have James come in and dine with the normals, and have all four of them rate the individual dishes and agree on a "fair" price to pay for each. The one that makes the most net profit wins.
Alternatively, both chefs use frozen. The normals have to blind taste test them, and decide which is frozen and which is fresh. They twisr is they don't know both are frozen
Chef and normal has to make the same dish but the chef has to use frozen and normal uses fresh.
2nded
“He’s brought a deconstructed ready-meal to reconstruct it into a ready-meal.”
Sounds genius! And the way loads of us cook. 😂
And they wonder why people want to have Jamie around... instead of Mr. "Shoehorn a fishpie into everything" or the inventor of the legendary "Pondscumburger".... At least ready-meals taste ok. Most of the time... ;)
@@sefribu4159 completely agree with you. Atleast Jamie isn't pretentious like some,😂
I’m sure Kush intended that to sound like an insult but I just think fair play Jamie, you’ve done something clever there 😂😂 instead of trying to combine a variety of frozen ingredients to make an unknown dish, why not use frozen ingredients that can make a dish which already exists in a frozen form, it’s safe because it exists as a finished product and leaves no room for guesswork or uncertainty
I love that face Jamie did when he was blending those smiley fries and the delivery on that line "Their not smiling anymore" that was gold. I laugh so hard I had to watch it twice.
Ben had a great idea with "Bring Back Big Night In"! I would love to see you guys revisit that concept with all the new stuff you've all learned!
Agreed! Big Night In is one of the all-time best Sorted series, and one that always REALLY makes me wanna cook!
I love how Kush is getting so much camera time. He's crushing it and vibes with everyone so well.
Totally agree! But should that be he's "Kushing it"? 🙂😂
@@padders1068 dang, son!
@@padders1068 DANG!
@@padders1068 or would be that he can kush it, kush it real good?
In my personal opinion I would say getting Kush on camera is the best decision they’ve made since James’ departure! They’ve desperately needed another chef presence on camera to relieve the pressure off of Ben having to be in every video and if he becomes a permanent feature of Sorted videos and continues to be himself he will improve the channel in so many ways
Chef Kush’s disapproving face and throwing things in Barry’s direction will be timeless.
You can always rely on Kush to really tell you how he feels 😂
@Sorted Food Some amazing chefs just arent meant for content. We miss the redhead...
@@Dylanplaysslots please speak for yourself I really enjoy Kush on the channel
@@Dylanplaysslots Kush is amazing. James was great, but Kush is just as fun to watch in a different way
@@Dylanplaysslots I don't want to say I couldn't stand that guy, but he was no fun at all and a drag on every episode he was in. Kush is 100 times better
Jamie's grin as he says, "they're not smiling anymore" and Barry's shriek of "nooooo" will haunt me
I just can't
That was... disturbing for sure
I love it, lol. 4:53
Twas a highlight of this one 😂
I burst out laughing at Jamie's serial killer treatment of those potato smilies.
I fell out laughing, had to look for this comment. 😂
Not often you see Jamie having a crisis of confidence, usually he’s so confident
Cooking those super huge prawns is pretty scary 😂
@@SortedFood to be fair he was pretty scared eating them in the video last week. So scared this week we didn’t get one innuendo 😂
I’d say committed not confident.
@@alexdavis5766 Ben wasn't in the kitchen AND Jamie was nervous so the innuendo levels were critical this episode
Whether he should be or not
Would love to see a "powdered ingredients only" sequel to this :) Since flour is a powder, could turn out with some amazing pies, sweets, or baked things.
How do you get a powdered fat?
@@stargate525 powdered milk, butter, peanut butter etc all exist!
Is powdered water a thing?
@@tinnagigja3723 That might have to be their store cupboard ingredient or they'd just have powder at the end 😆
@@stargate525 beef suet might count,
Frozen Ingridients are nothing to be ashamed of using. I always make the best of them and they do the job. Justice for Frozen!
We totally agree!
@@SortedFood Yessir!
Yassss.
Yeah people should really LET (it) GO of the idea that FROZEN food can't be as good as food from fresh ingredients.
Exactly most of the time I use frozen veggies. It helped me really to cut down on food waste
I love the motif of a battle where the chef doesnt know the theme. It adds an additional layer of challenge. Also the drama of one of the two dishes letting the secret out would be good drama. I kinda wish you'd never done the tinned foods only theme now to see if a chef could guess the theme. Would be mighty difficult mind you.
Kush being more in these Videos has been such a Blessing. Hes an hilarious addition to the 3 Normals and Ben. I demand more Kush
Kush is just pure chaos. In all the right ways Baz about to get help Kush just inserts a chaos idea to stop it.
We need one where two identical dishes are cooked but one of them uses a bay leaf during the process.
Can Ben tell which one had the bay leaf? If he cannot, he's got to give up the Chef's Jacket for one future episode.
This needs to happen!
@@SortedFood I strongly believe Jamie said that
Brilliant idea!
This is brilliant haha
@@SortedFood even an absolute amateur can tell which one has bay leaf in it and which doesnt. this is not going to work, sorry. its like tasting a soup stock and going there is something missing in it .... and then you go oh, garlic and bay leaf!
god damnit, now im going to make a fish stock from my cod heads and spines. its 21.41. so much about my damn diet.
This was awesome! I love the idea of needing to be sneaky around a chef and this video taught me about the idea of frozen flavour pellets like the miso butter and smoked butter ones. Will have to keep an eye out in future for stuff like that! thanks for the wonderfully entertaining time!
So glad you enjoyed it..... and found it educational too :)
Oh man this was one of my fav videos in quite a while! That was incredibly fun!
"But can a Chef Tell?" needs to be an ongoing series please!!
They could do a vegetarian one, vegan, gluten free etc. It'd be wonderful
They should made dish using Big Mac as part of ingredient and fed it to Ben.
I often use frozen herbs. It is so handy. When I buy fresh I usually have food waste, buying frozen stops that.
I either buy the pots and then keep them growing or freeze the leftover fresh (either whole or in an ice cube tray).
Not even 3 minutes in and already loving the expressions on Kush's face. 😂😂😂
15:48 Barry's happy dance tells me that food tasted great 😂
This felt like it started as "trick Ben" but turned into "These two aren't just 'Normals' anymore" and I loved it
I love how Kush always watches the cooking like he can't decide if the car is going to turn over and drive off or if it's going to be hit by the train.
I love Kush judging the normals from the sidelines, great to have another on-screen chef at Sorted!
Had an idea to torment, I mean, test the normals: 6 ingredient challenge but with a twist. Let them buy their 6 ingredients for a dish and then make them choose 2 ingredients to keep and pass the other 4 to the next guy. Then they pick another 2 and pass the remaining 2 to the final guy. That way, they each get 6 ingredients: 2 they wanted, 2 they can work with, and 2 wild cards.
Ben mentioning ‘Big Night In’ makes me want you to bring that series back! I loved that style and now me and my friends regularly cook for each other, I need some new ideas!
This already reminds me of the old "can you tell the difference" videos!
Can't wait to see what chaos follows the ice in the kettle! I'm already laughing!
This was amazing, and the fact that the normals managed to "fool" Ben is quite something. Both dishes looked great, well done boys, more of this should come!
Love seeing Kush get more involved with the videos. Would love to see more of the test chefs in front of the camera and join the boys cooking ❤
Kush showing why back of house is so chaotic with his utter gremlin piss take that is actually helpful. The utter hilarity, thank you brother.
Here's an idea, how about testing the recipe writing skill of the normals? Sit them down, tell them they're writing a recipe for e.g. a burrito, and that they need exact measurements, no internet or weighing allowed.
Then the chef follows the recipes exactly and we see how it goes.
This is an awesome idea!
I like that!
I love this idea!
I love this.
Who weighs stuff for a burrito though?
the amount of innuendos in this episode without Ben being in the kitchen most of the time is just cracking me up :D
I adore seeing Kush in videos. He always brings this.. child-like (but in a good way) silly chaos.
I have a potato soup recipe that I've been cooking for my family since I was a teenager (we shared cooking responsibilities in our house). Always took about an hour of prep, and several hours to cook properly, and a fair amount of attention, but it was a favorite of the fam. When I was an adult, and feeding my own family, on a limited budget of both money and time, I realized that almost all the veg I used was included in a package of frozen potatoes O'Brien. The homemade mashed potatoes I used in conjunction with boiling starch out of the diced potatoes for thickening were cheaply and easily replaced with mashed potato flakes. The bouillon in the recipe, easily replaced by a 32oz carton of chicken or vegetable broth. The chopped ham, I could buy already chopped. I make the same recipe today, but instead of an hour of prep, I throw most of the ingredients into a crock pot and leave it alone for a couple of hours, add in the ham, heavy cream, some fresh chopped herbs, and potato flakes at the end, and voila. If you put it side by side with the same recipe cooked the way I used to cook it, no one would be able to tell the difference. Fresh is great and all, but sometimes the convenience of pre-packaged ingredients is worth the switch, especially since with the cooking method, you can't tell the difference. And bonus, less food waste, at least directly from my kitchen.
Well done boys, this is exactly what Sorted is all about. You’ve made frozen ingredients sexy, made good food even more accessible and Ben is smiling… lovely 😊
16:39 Jamie’s face at “attempts at piping” 😂😂
That was a bit harsh, Ebbers...😉
One minute in and already know this is gonna be hilarious 😂
It always gonna be with the boys!
One minute in: FISH PIEEEEEEEEEEE
Those were both really smart approaches! And I loved how proud Ben was of Barry and Jamie. :)
I love the relatable content, I watch your videos but mostly cook with cheaper and often frozen ingredients
Frozen ingredients are amazing! No waste, and for someone like me with disabilities who can't stand and chop things like chopped veg are a life saver. If it wasn't for frozen veg I likely wouldn't eat them.
And honestly a fair amount of the time if you buy a decent companies etc it often tastes better than the so called "fresh" which has travelled hundreds of miles if not more and then sat out back of a warehouse, then the supermarket before you even consider how long it might spend on the shelf. There's honestly some great frozen foods out there even some cheap stuff from the right places. To me frozen just makes so much sense unless you're really a huge foodie who might actually tell the difference in several cases but this video seems to show that's not true so. For most families, everyday home cooks well why waste food or money? Then as you say there's many people who need certain things done or need help who can get decent preprepared food when in that case the only real alternative is canned and canned veg and most food in general is awful and already over cooked and soft when you open the can.
4:35 The theft of the potato smilies had laughing hard
The level of frozen food in the UK is incredible. We cannot get anything like most of these ingredients where I live in the U.S. I was in awe of the store Iceland that sold nothing but frozen items when I was staying there for several weeks. Plus, the prices are so much less expensive!!!! Love this challenge!!!!!
Genuinely speaking the videos you guys put out help my cooking so much even though I’m not with the sidekick app the videos helped me so much make much more healthier and tastier dishes with less money. On that note frozen foods are so handy and amazing
1:53 Barry has just learnt that water expands when frozen
"They are not smiling anymore. :)" "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" 👌👌
I'd say Ben gets partial credit for guessing "work in as many hacks and tips and tricks as you can" since that's basically what they had to do with the ingredients available.
I could do with a few more challenge videos like this. Not sure what the next theme might be but I’m eager to see. Good work folks.
One of THEE BEST moments from this series EVER, "I don't understand WHY you two are so alarmed at how good", LOLOLOLOL Bro, the frozen DRAMA of this all. WHOA! 😮💨😬😑😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣
This was one of the best. Really great job guys!
Absolutely love Kush's commentary, please be on camera more!
Love the shoutout for wild garlic. It grows a lot near my house and is such an amazing ingredient. We've started adding it to kimchi and it's absolutely amazing.
Ben’s “that’s what they are” reaction was the best 😅😍 Instant crush, haha!
The boiling of the ice. 😂
Frozen ingredients can give you so much flexibility and freshness. Especially with stuff that would suffer from long storing times or stuff you can't get otherwise.
Or just stuff that doesn't suffer from quality drops when frozen.
In my own cooking I use a fair bit of both fresh and frozen ingredients and I like the results.
And with some stuff (like peas or spinach) I often don't even bother buying them fresh because they are actually "fresher" if you buy them frozen anyway and they are just as good.
Especially for midweek cooking.
Every time I see "Normal" associated with the boys, I chuckle. We really need a middle level for them - something between normal and chef. Nice job, guys!
High praise from Ben! The boys have a sweeping victory with this one.
First time catching a video the instant it releases. Great perk up for my day.
Welcome to the early club and enjoy!
@@SortedFood And I get a sorted response. My day has doubly been made.
The look on Mike and Jamie face when Mike says to Jamie you have me it's priceless
Jamie De-constructing frozen meals into another dish is the most Jamie thing ever❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅😅
"They're not smiling anymore" absolutely got me XD
Unbelievable! Honestly one of the best pieces of content I've seen on UA-cam in general in a long time. Great concept and brilliant execution from Barry and Jamie!
I love how Ben is very diplomatic and level headed and Kush is very open about what hes thinking (especially when the normals displease him).
That was so much fun!! Well done boys! I'd love to see what Ben could make with only frozen ingredients (and if you can surprise him with the frozen water rule as well xD)
I LOVE this channel. I was in such a funky mood and you fellas just turned my mood right round. As usual. #HappyPlace
Love to hear it! Have a great day :)
Frozen ingredients became a reliable staple during lockdown, and its a habit that I have retained since that ended. I always have ready chopped onion, carrot and celery in the freezer, and a good selection of herbs, chilli and ginger. Freezing spare bits of fresh herbs is a no brainer too, so that you can add interest to soups stews etc with minimal waste. Word or warning though - always label things clearly - I discovered that home grown yellow tomato pulp can be easily confused with orange pulp when both frozen and it really doesn't make an ideal spanish almond and orange cake - Yikes!
I want to see Kush and Ben do a complete meal from frozen foods!!
Hooray Kush! He gets more and more confident every video, and great job making more eye contact with the camera! A+
I like Kush being more involved in sorta a cook-wiki for the normals to bounce ideas with + he always looks genuinely horrified the entire time which is great
Very fun episode. Frozen foods have their place. I love broad beans and grow them every year. Blanched and frozen I can have them all year round.
I rarely visit the frozen isle. Seeing what you have available makes me wonder what I’m missing. I use frozen shrimp and spinach, but that’s all.
Frozen Mirepoix is absolutely amazing if you can find it, and frozen strawberries are great right out of the bag
The scratch cook section has a lot of really great stuff. Frozen lime leaves are one of my favourites as they have so much more flavour than dried and fresh are unavailable in my area. The pellets of pre-grated ginger and garlic are also good, though you need a bit more of it than fresh. Ones to avoid are the bell peppers, as they can be rather tough, and the chopped coriander, as it's rather flavourless.
Seafood is always a win, but a more surprising win is hash browns, which are the best of the frozen potato things in my opinion.
Mince has a noticeable difference in texture, but I still use it in things like bolognaise where you slow cook it for hours as slow cooking breaks down the texture similarly to freezing. Any meat you are planning to slow cook works just as well frozen.
In terms of veg, peas are better frozen in my opinion, and the mixed mushrooms make no difference once you drain or cook down the extra liquid. Cauliflower isn't a huge difference if you steam it instead of boiling it. Brocolli loses a bit of flavour and texture though, and edamame beans go weird. Onions aren't as flavourful, but you can still caramelize them and get a good result.
@@blueocean43 Thanks for the review!
I frequently use frozen potatos in various forms (from the obvious fries to thick cuts and smashed, all good to grab for keeping any fresh foods cold on the way home too :p), peas are greener frozen than canned and I use frozen corn because it's easier to portion that cans. Then there are jams and berries and such that are good depending on what you're making out of them. Ofcourse frozen aren't same as fresh but if you are making something that will cook/smash them anyway...
Only thing to consider with frozen meats is that fattier the meat => shorter it stays good frozen. Chunk or cuts of lean meat can stay excellent for a year if not longer but something like fatty salmon, or pork should be used in ½ year or the texture&taste changes - and not for better. Same goes for most ground meats. My totally non-scientific explanation is that the surface of meat dries and any moisture turns to ice around the meat. Ground meat has more surface area compared to thickness so it dries faster.
I always have some mutton, assorted vegetables, mushrooms and potatoes in some form in my freezer. If I'd now empty my tiny freezer it'd feed a family for good couple of days. :p
Oh yes, pleeeeease bring back Big Night In!! That would be so awesome!!🥰
As a non-chef who regularly turns to frozen ingredients for my own meals or just buying whole meals outright, I can say that Barry is completely correct. You will be surprised by what you can find in the frozen section of a supermarket or grocery store. Furthermore, the quality of some products are astounding; e.g., some of the best garlic bread I've ever had in my life has come out of a frozen aisle. It's because of this that I absolutely love this video. It's important to think about what frozen food can do for you as well as what it can't, which honestly is true for everything in the kitchen.
After watching this channel for over 12 years now, still manages to impress. This is absolutely brilliant. I'd love to see more on frozen foods, especially deconstructing prepared meals, and packages that include sauces and the like. Also frozen fruit tends to work well. A meal completely from tinned foods would be great also, although I think that may have been done before?
the fact Jamie did one of Ebbers favorite dishes but all frozen ingredients, was bold cuz he KNOWS how its suspose to taste.
I am so down for how much more we're seeing Kush lately. It's James all over again; reluctantly pulled in front of the camera and destined to become a star.
Just want you and the Sorted team to know that this is by far my favourite youtube channel - been watching for over 10 years (along with lots of other channels) but you're the only ones who have really stuck around for me. Keep it up!
That was phenomenal! Gave me some new ideas for frozen ingredients that aren't just peas!!
Frozen is my goto. Discounted day old bread, bulk deli cheese and meats, leftover soups and chili, it all goes into the freezer. Combined with frozen veggies and frozen juice concentrates, it minimizes what would very likely go bad when only serving a single person.
Honestly those jollie gnocchi sound really good and I’m tempted to make them as is 😂
Kush's silent judging is the cherry on top and it feels like his interactions with the pads have gotten a bit more chaotic 😂
"Whoah, Jamie's whacked out his sack!"
Barry: "Love this!"
Great video showcasing frozen foods. As someone generally cooking for one, frozen vegetables are a great way of adding to dishes whilst being easy to portion control.
Kush sabotaging and being chaotic has to be my new favourite thing on this channel.
Great idea. Thanks lads bring it on. Love to see more of this. Kush been on the side as an advisor. That’s nice to see. Try and do something similar so both cooks. Don’t know what’s been cooked on a similar theme, but all three lads participating cooking for Kush and Ben. Other than that it’s great bring it on plus Coke with unusual ingredients next time that the lads don’t know how to cook With. It’s just an idea. Thanks again take care everybody look after your friends family bye for now.
Love to see more Kush recently. Great addition to the on camera team!
That was such a cool video with 2 amazing dishes. The fact you fooled Ben as well makes it even better. I'd love to see this sort of theme again with things like tinned food, packets, microwave. I think it would go down really well.
This is my favorite video you guys have put out in awhile! Creative new challenge, interesting cooking and dishes, some classic sorted battle vibes and banter, really fun Kush cameos (kameos?) -- what's not to love!?
this may be the best episode ever/ i loved tthe fun and the energy.
I ❤❤❤ that Ben critiqued smiley faces. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what an advert for them would say. Perfectly, crunchy and fluffy, and in a good way greasy😂 #benforfaceofsmileyfaces
Both dishes looked incredibly and I would gladly eat either of them. Great job, fellas!
Where's muh bloop?
Freezing things in pellets instead of additional individual plastic baggies is genius! I currently live in a country where frozen food isn't much of a thing, and I'm so keen on this!
Very clever! I knew you could make a good meal from only frozen, but this is next level! Love it!
I can't get to the market that often so frozen food has been a large part of my meal prep for a long time now. Plus, buying in bulk is a thing. I agree with Barry, though, you can get a lot of really interesting food from the frozen food aisle these days.
Am I the only on who misses the "blooper" at the end of the video? I always loved the extra laugh at the end. :)
That was a REALLY clever and enlightening theme!
I love how Barry always says "certain supermarkets"
Waitrose. It's OK Barry, we know you mean Waitrose
Fantastic episode once more, thank you folks! I use frozen ingredients a lot :) Even my yeast goes in there, keeps for a really long time!
Kush is the perfect mix of crazy and knowledgeable.
This is such a great concept for a video! I watched it once by myself and then later that same day I watched it with my husband. Please do another one like this! And well done to the boys! 😃💕🙌
I cook large meals for a family of six every night, so I like to make extras such as a slow cooked beef gravy, mashed potatoes, chopped raw veggies, fresh picked greens, cooked soups, homemade broths, leftover chopped BBQ, homemade pesto, etc., frozen and available to throw together when I just don't have the time/feel like making a meal from scratch.
Would be amazing ruf you could do an episode with tips for freezing food/freezer hacks, especially to ease cooking (e.g. I once grated some carrots and froze them. Was amazing for stews afterwards).
I love it so much that when Jamie said Ebbers and nostalgia, my first thought was fish pie 😂
Maybe a new format could be the Normals have to cook using a very specific prompt ("only use frozen ingredients") and Ben has to deduce what it is.