Cajun Food | Basics with Babish (feat. Isaac Toups)

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2019
  • This week on Basics I'm joined by chef Isaac Toups to show you how to make some amazing Cajun dishes: jambalaya, gumbo, dirty rice, and rillons.
    Recipe: basicswithbabish.co/basicsepi...
    Check out Isaac Toups' restaurants:
    toupsmeatery.com/
    toupssouth.com/
    Ingredients & Shopping List
    + For the Chicken & Sausage Gumbo:
    1 lb boneless, skinless, chicken thighs
    Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
    1/2 cup all purpose flour
    1/2 cup vegetable oil
    6 garlic cloves, minced
    2 ribs celery, diced
    1 small green bell pepper, diced
    1 small white onion, diced
    8 ounces beer (just not a light beer!)
    4 cups chicken stock
    2 bay leaves
    1 pound andouille sausage, cut into coins (or smoked kielbasa)
    1 Tbsp cayenne pepper
    1 Tbsp smoked paprika
    Cooked white rice, for serving
    Sliced scallions, for garnish
    + For the Rillons:
    2 pounds pork belly, skin removed
    Kosher salt
    2 cups red wine (full bodied like Malbec or Cabernet Sauvignon)
    2 cups sugar
    Fresh thyme
    + For the Dirty Rice:
    1 pound ground beef
    Kosher salt and fresh black pepper
    1 Tbsp vegetable oil
    Cumin, to taste
    Cayenne, to taste
    1/3 cup beer (not a light one!)
    Plus roux and trinity ingredients:
    1/4 cup vegetable oil
    1/4 cup all purpose flour
    1/2 cup diced onion
    1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
    1/3 cup diced celery
    4 cloves garlic, crushed
    1/3 cup beer (not a light one!)
    2 cups chicken stock
    3 cups cooked white rice
    Scallions, for garnish
    + For the jambalaya:
    Dirty rice (ingredients above)
    1 pound andouille sausage, sliced into coins
    4 boneless chicken thighs
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  • @babishculinaryuniverse
    @babishculinaryuniverse  4 роки тому +21623

    Why’d he have to wear a blue shirt to the shoot, you can’t tell who’s who

    • @prodaah6379
      @prodaah6379 4 роки тому +191

      Facts

    • @itsregal
      @itsregal 4 роки тому +315

      Please tell me you decimated that pork belly. Ive never heard of that and it looked insane.

    • @danielmeshack280
      @danielmeshack280 4 роки тому +26

      That was fun

    • @radicalpaddyo
      @radicalpaddyo 4 роки тому +23

      Well one of them sounds sick as heck

    • @moshadj
      @moshadj 4 роки тому +64

      I thought it was beautiful coordination.

  • @RetroMediaInc
    @RetroMediaInc 4 роки тому +11151

    Isaac Toups is what Babish will grow up to be if he gets watered regularly and plenty of sunshine.

    • @AnimeFan-wd5pq
      @AnimeFan-wd5pq 4 роки тому +392

      Sarah Holiday I just imagine babish sitting in the corner dry and surrounded by darkness while watching Isaac getting watered outside.

    • @youthazia
      @youthazia 4 роки тому +164

      *moonshine

    • @rokkfel4999
      @rokkfel4999 4 роки тому +27

      And beer

    • @charliecoello829
      @charliecoello829 4 роки тому +6

      😂😭🤣😂😭🤣😂

    • @Razmatini
      @Razmatini 4 роки тому +69

      you must watair your babbisch or elas he will not groawh

  • @ShifT818
    @ShifT818 4 роки тому +6720

    "I got this cool whisk you can use."
    "Yeah let's try that."
    *sets it to the side and never touches it again*

    • @jonahs8261
      @jonahs8261 4 роки тому +16

      lol

    • @Disembow1280
      @Disembow1280 4 роки тому +183

      God help him if that was tiny-whisk being neglected...

    • @ApocalypticBlades
      @ApocalypticBlades 4 роки тому +3

      Time stamp?

    • @ughookhoo976
      @ughookhoo976 4 роки тому +8

      Chasen Tom 4:10

    • @Moots787
      @Moots787 4 роки тому +52

      Some people just can't handle the full power of the Tiny whisk.

  • @b.c.2281
    @b.c.2281 3 роки тому +1601

    The tension between "Don't worry about it" and Andrews's extremely obvious physical restraint from worrying about it is making this so much funnier.

  • @Mildcat743
    @Mildcat743 2 роки тому +3121

    Andrew frantically trying to damage control Isaac's complete and utter disregard for measurements is possibly my favorite thing on this entire channel.

    • @KissLimeBlondie
      @KissLimeBlondie 2 роки тому +71

      Something similar can be found with Gordon Ramsay when he tries to learn about Malai cooking; hilarious.

    • @Dctctx
      @Dctctx 2 роки тому +4

      @@KissLimeBlondie Gordon

    • @azurephoenix9546
      @azurephoenix9546 Рік тому +96

      Southern cooking in general doesn't really involve measurements as such, it's about knowing what a dish should taste and smell like as you go through the stages of cooking.
      My granny used to say that recipes are for baking, cooking is a heart thing. And also that nothing ever got ruined by adding a little bit of bacon grease.

    • @GavinPetty
      @GavinPetty Рік тому +25

      Just like what Uncle Roger says, "Just use feeling." I live by this mentality... except when I'm baking.

    • @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus
      @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Рік тому +8

      @@GavinPetty he also said “you use finger!” . . . Just like auntie helen

  • @mamba_kekw
    @mamba_kekw 4 роки тому +22476

    Wow city babish and country babish this is great

    • @camilleguidry5889
      @camilleguidry5889 4 роки тому +1491

      *bayou babish

    • @zackzettle6890
      @zackzettle6890 4 роки тому +90

      He doesn't sound country listen to how he says sausage. Like a northerner or sum

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 4 роки тому +254

      @@camilleguidry5889 *Bayou with Babish

    • @WayneKerrr
      @WayneKerrr 4 роки тому +50

      Camille Guidry with that name I know you from Louisiana too

    • @gnarlycharlie4818
      @gnarlycharlie4818 4 роки тому +58

      @@zackzettle6890 lmao its always funny to me how much nola natives sound like northerners yet how much they also hate northerners

  • @roscoes-wetsuit1
    @roscoes-wetsuit1 4 роки тому +3172

    why does the video start with you standing next to you

  • @Ulquiorra191
    @Ulquiorra191 3 роки тому +534

    "You can always add more seasoning"
    *30 seconds later*
    "All the fucking black pepper"

  • @TVbasick
    @TVbasick 9 місяців тому +120

    Isaac completely throwing measurements out the window and simultaneously giving Andrew cooking tips has to be the funniest thing I’ve seen on this channel

    • @smartacus88
      @smartacus88 6 місяців тому +15

      Cooking is both an art and a science. Toupes leans towards the artistic side, while Babish is more scientific in his approach.

    • @Good_vibes_for_life
      @Good_vibes_for_life 13 днів тому

      lol, that’s actually so true. (Isaac Toups is my dad) and the way he barely measures when he cooks is hilarious. His food always turn out fantastic though.❤

  • @ZoeBateman
    @ZoeBateman 4 роки тому +4404

    this looks like a "don't talk to me or my son ever again" meme

    • @josephdenio3033
      @josephdenio3033 4 роки тому +4

      Lmaoooo

    • @yankees512417
      @yankees512417 3 роки тому +16

      Take your kid to work day.

    • @jonlarsen3737
      @jonlarsen3737 3 роки тому +1

      Spicy babish would be shean evans? I mean we need to give him a beard first but otherwise hes there

  • @NicDoesDumbThings
    @NicDoesDumbThings 4 роки тому +3001

    babish's first mistake was expecting cajun food to have any kind of measurement aside from eyeballing

    • @TheMistressMisery
      @TheMistressMisery 4 роки тому +233

      Any kind of soul cooking doesn't have measurements, you stop when your ancestors yell at you lol I'm french (mainly) and have always cooked like this

    • @TheKing-nv8my
      @TheKing-nv8my 4 роки тому +56

      I’ve been taught how to cook by my Mah and Pah, I swear not a single measurement was made in the cooking

    • @naiaddore1797
      @naiaddore1797 4 роки тому +21

      @@TheKing-nv8my Yep! The only measurements mine taught me to use was a palm, my eyes, the pot everything went in to & use my tastebuds as I went along. 😁

    • @2t0y
      @2t0y 4 роки тому +44

      As an Asian (yeah, I got a Latino name but I'm all Asian), I was only taught one measuring technique when cooking: that first line in your finger is where the water should be when you cook rice

    • @MrBlack0950
      @MrBlack0950 4 роки тому +6

      Wait, you're supposed to measure when you cook? I thought you just eye balled the ingredients till you got a meal

  • @erinsolomon7774
    @erinsolomon7774 3 роки тому +2228

    As someone from Louisiana, this is literally the first time ever, that I'm not disappointed in a youtube video about cooking from Louisiana. And thanks to our Cajun chef for making the distinction to correct someone from saying Creole instead of Cajun. Very different styles and flavors of cooking!

    • @someoneawesome8717
      @someoneawesome8717 3 роки тому +37

      Ikr? I could smell through the screen and I got nostalgic

    • @captaincrunch72
      @captaincrunch72 3 роки тому +43

      creole/nola cuisine usually = adding tomatos....

    • @blackjac5000
      @blackjac5000 3 роки тому +20

      I heard the difference is that Creole is city while Cajun is country.

    • @erinsolomon7774
      @erinsolomon7774 3 роки тому +187

      @@blackjac5000 noooo. Cajun is from the Acadian people who migrated from french Canada. Creole is the mix of African, Spanish and French cooking found prevalent in the South East part of Louisiana. Cajun is more South West and South Louisiana by the swampy areas on the coast.

    • @Simian-bz7zo
      @Simian-bz7zo 3 роки тому +51

      Isaac is a great ambassador for Louisianan cuisine. My sister gave me his cookbook for Christmas, and even though my gumbo wasn't entirely true to the recipe (can't get Andouille here in England so I had to use plain old smoked sausage) it was still absolutely delicious.

  • @elysemccarty1415
    @elysemccarty1415 3 роки тому +333

    As a cajun I was sitting there like there's no way he can make a roux in 5 minutes without burning it. Now I'm like you mad genius. Don't think I could pull it off but very impressive.

    • @CallanElliott
      @CallanElliott Рік тому +29

      It seems to just be a factor of heat and balls to be honest.

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae Рік тому +51

      @@CallanElliott
      I tried that. Now I have a $30k hospital bill with a 95% chance of impotency

    • @deidrebetts2936
      @deidrebetts2936 Рік тому +4

      I've done it once and nearly burned my hand, but I toughed it out. Worth it, but be ready for your hands to hurt!

    • @robertlewis20
      @robertlewis20 Рік тому +3

      Paul Prodhomme made his roux in about 5 minutes, I believe.

    • @smartacus88
      @smartacus88 6 місяців тому

      I've never made one in five minutes, but I have made one in about 15 minutes. I use lard rather than vegetable oil.

  • @dawddawds8019
    @dawddawds8019 4 роки тому +1439

    Babish: How do you make gumbo?
    Isaac: *unceremoniously*

  • @eamonnoski
    @eamonnoski 4 роки тому +2586

    Babish will be finding green peppers and garlic bits in his kitchen for years.

    • @lg3988
      @lg3988 4 роки тому +81

      And garlic on the ceiling

    • @pizzas4breakfast
      @pizzas4breakfast 4 роки тому +28

      "Be gentle with the garlic"

    • @Cossyc
      @Cossyc 3 роки тому +6

      Why do you think he moved?

  • @MrHenrythe8thiam
    @MrHenrythe8thiam 2 роки тому +122

    Isaac: YELL AT IT
    Babish: Move faster... please
    lol

  • @ARcinder
    @ARcinder 3 роки тому +349

    My grandmother thought me never to measure when cooking. She also told me that she will never bake because baking is an exact science and that not how she rolls. She has fed 4 generations; I'm am proud to have her recipes in my memories.
    .

    • @steampunker7
      @steampunker7 10 місяців тому +7

      Yup. Baking is chemistry while cooking is painting. So long as you have a basic understanding of what generally goes with what, the kitchen is your canvas.

  • @musicnfoster96
    @musicnfoster96 4 роки тому +2436

    (foam about to overflow from pot)
    Isaac: "I've never scraped the foam off of anything"
    Babish: *nervous laughter*

    • @justalittleblackraincloud
      @justalittleblackraincloud 4 роки тому +22

      I wondered if anyone else caught that

    • @TheOriginalAspie
      @TheOriginalAspie 4 роки тому +1

      Eh, it's not that bad

    • @jhh6061
      @jhh6061 4 роки тому +89

      Ha! I feel like Babish was having major internal anxiety attacks throughout!! He centered the pot! ( which I would have done) then tried to taste around the “oil slick” & def didnt want the lard in the dutch oven. This was fun

    • @johnindigo5477
      @johnindigo5477 4 роки тому +1

      ???

    • @catnium
      @catnium 4 роки тому +5

      foam is the same as the liquid it rides on , just mixed with allot of air.

  • @rowkeaton00
    @rowkeaton00 4 роки тому +1767

    I'm glad you finally got to spend some time with your dad

    • @coldbloodkiller100
      @coldbloodkiller100 4 роки тому +5

      Keaton Row 😂🤣

    • @zer0_zen189
      @zer0_zen189 4 роки тому +4

      His dad actually appeared in a fried tomato recipe he did

    • @izeberamia
      @izeberamia 4 роки тому +7

      @@zer0_zen189 oh god is he ok??

    • @gon4455
      @gon4455 4 роки тому +3

      Or his twin brother! Lol

    • @henrybemis9956
      @henrybemis9956 4 роки тому +3

      Which one do you think is the dad? Babish looks like the insurance-salesman-dad who gets to learn what his son does for a living.

  • @TheSacredTexts
    @TheSacredTexts 3 роки тому +804

    "you gotta be very careful when chopping the garlic you dont wanna-"
    *proceeds to remove any hope of life in the garlic*

  • @Jaredbert
    @Jaredbert 3 роки тому +131

    "If cracklins had a sluttier sister" 13:04
    Babby's face! He want's to comment but, just doesn't need to...

  • @biazswed6761
    @biazswed6761 4 роки тому +2962

    Isaac is the personification of “you’re doing amazing sweetie”

  • @lovetolaugh1997
    @lovetolaugh1997 4 роки тому +3585

    Yall look like alternate timeline versions of the same dude I love it. Love your vids!

  • @impendingfrog
    @impendingfrog 3 роки тому +352

    I would watch thousands of hours of Isaac Toups cooking, he's got such a wonderful presence.

    • @violetholiday
      @violetholiday 3 роки тому +6

      I hope you know he was on Top Chef, I'm not sure which season but he's one of my favorite contestants of all time.

    • @austynhl9484
      @austynhl9484 3 роки тому +4

      @@violetholiday Season 13, the California season. He's great in it.

  • @activevertex4475
    @activevertex4475 3 роки тому +261

    Ive never heard of Isaac before, but within the first 2 minutes he just irradiated with southern hospitality and I loved it

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo 2 роки тому +9

      I think you meant "radiated", things that irradiate are radioactive.

    • @paulroark6840
      @paulroark6840 2 роки тому

      @@kaldo_kaldo and now a terrible song is stuck in my head

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 Рік тому +1

      ☢️😅💀

  • @g.e.gramajo9136
    @g.e.gramajo9136 4 роки тому +4368

    Andrew is NY Babish, the other guy is Cajun Babish. There must be countless other Babishes.

    • @themaximum97
      @themaximum97 4 роки тому +431

      Grecia Gramajo Into the Babish-Verse

    • @ghostquartzgrey5639
      @ghostquartzgrey5639 4 роки тому +195

      Is the plural term of babish babii?

    • @g.e.gramajo9136
      @g.e.gramajo9136 4 роки тому +116

      @@hassanahmed5210 Blue flannel and a lot of 'ope's.

    • @nicorohrssen7056
      @nicorohrssen7056 4 роки тому +57

      Imagine a German babish

    • @99897767
      @99897767 4 роки тому +66

      There is a Chinese babish called 王剛

  • @derekguilfou3540
    @derekguilfou3540 3 роки тому +4246

    "like a tablespoon of spices?"
    "yeah i'm not measuring."
    Spoken like a true cajun.

    • @hoodie7257
      @hoodie7257 3 роки тому +99

      You not from the south if you measure your seasoning🗣

    • @brucemaximus3797
      @brucemaximus3797 3 роки тому +184

      @@hoodie7257 "How much pepper?"
      *Sniffs for potency, pours the pepper*
      "Bou' da much, cher."

    • @nowdefunctchannel6874
      @nowdefunctchannel6874 3 роки тому +33

      Only weaklings measure seasoning

    • @Maplecook
      @Maplecook 3 роки тому +20

      This comment thread is awesome! Okay, I gotta ask you guys -- because it seems we have a gathering of knowledgeable folks here -- as a Canadian who wants to learn the right way to make Cajun, who has the best channel for it on YT? I honestly want to know. The more obscure, the better! I want to see what REAL Cajun people are doing. I find the big channels a bit too, "Hollywood," for my tastes. I just wanna see some real Cajun dude that nobody else knows about, and study that guy's stuff.

    • @Iceechibi
      @Iceechibi 3 роки тому +34

      @@Maplecook Isaac Toups is a real cajun. I’m not cajun, but I live in south Mississippi and was taught cajun food by cajuns I know. You could look up some of the old cajun chefs like Justin Wilson and Paul Prudhomme. There are some of their old stuff from the 90s on youtube here.

  • @tomriddolls
    @tomriddolls 2 роки тому +118

    Isaac: "nothing fancy just a rough chop"
    -Goes on to cut perfectly sized cubes of veggies.

    • @lumethecrow
      @lumethecrow 8 днів тому

      Shows how experienced he is

  • @AlexCowlesMusic
    @AlexCowlesMusic 3 роки тому +249

    I made the gumbo from this and it was the best dish I've made in my entire life.

    • @c_darnell277
      @c_darnell277 2 роки тому +11

      i made it too! even my hella white Canadian fam loved it

    • @rachel705
      @rachel705 Рік тому +11

      @@c_darnell277 Cajun food comes from immigrants of Canada so kinda the perfect audience lol

    • @ariliving
      @ariliving 11 місяців тому +1

      Same ❤

    • @stephenpaquet
      @stephenpaquet 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, French Canadian here. I’ve made this exact same gumbo recipe and everybody loved it. The dirty rice is just a thing of beauty and the way he turns it into a jambalaya I thought was perfect. I’ll make that next.

  • @raul9562
    @raul9562 4 роки тому +1635

    Baby Babish and Big Babish make for great content.

    • @markzambelli
      @markzambelli 4 роки тому +11

      @Raul
      Now all we need is "sauce-whisk-Babish" and the trifector is complete

    • @raul9562
      @raul9562 4 роки тому

      @@markzambelli you mean holy Trinity.

    • @420phoebe
      @420phoebe 4 роки тому +1

      Raul i woulda said northern babish and southern babish

    • @PolyBiBadger
      @PolyBiBadger 4 роки тому +1

      151Bryce bayou Babish and city Babish 😂

    • @yeemcgee8149
      @yeemcgee8149 4 роки тому

      Chef John is the pope

  • @joelburch5605
    @joelburch5605 4 роки тому +988

    The trick to cajun cooking: do everything unceremoniously

    • @brandonlantier
      @brandonlantier 4 роки тому +26

      Joel Burch That ain't no lie, I have people asking for recipes and the best I can do is a handful of this a 3 finger pinch of that lol

    • @justjetta4783
      @justjetta4783 4 роки тому

      Thank u for this comment

    • @cheezpuffg0rawr
      @cheezpuffg0rawr 4 роки тому

      I read this at 15:12. Timing = Perfect

    • @maxineokwah
      @maxineokwah 4 роки тому +1

      This is also how to cook African food

  • @TheTruth70777
    @TheTruth70777 3 роки тому +71

    This is the first time I saw Isaac joke less, this is the first time I saw Babish laugh more than once. They balance each other.

  • @BLoman25
    @BLoman25 Рік тому +27

    I love that he is truly watching and learning from a regional culinary master. Even those who excel still have everything to learn.

  • @Tigermonkeytv
    @Tigermonkeytv 4 роки тому +2476

    "If you're somewhere on the planet and you can't get chicken and sausage, move." Godlike

    • @parmeiladhevi8602
      @parmeiladhevi8602 4 роки тому +29

      I'm just curious if someone asked him for a vegetarian or vegan version. 😂😂

    • @fargurubunga3444
      @fargurubunga3444 4 роки тому +3

      Hol’ up, this kind of stuff exists?

    • @dylanwilliams7868
      @dylanwilliams7868 4 роки тому +7

      *Saudi Arabia has entered the chat*

    • @faisalsalam4161
      @faisalsalam4161 4 роки тому +15

      @@parmeiladhevi8602 you can get close with sausage made from impossible or beyond meat. That would be a decent replacement.

    • @christymccullough7306
      @christymccullough7306 3 роки тому +17

      But if you say vegan or vegetarian to this man he might cry lol

  • @wakaluli
    @wakaluli 4 роки тому +900

    its gettting outta hand, NOW THERES 2 OF THEM

  • @CharlesPecot
    @CharlesPecot 3 роки тому +100

    Jaw-dropping inspiration. Like watching a Jedi and his padawan.

  • @sonomama82
    @sonomama82 3 роки тому +35

    As a bald guy, I feel super comfortable watching this episode.

  • @sailorratchet745
    @sailorratchet745 3 роки тому +2490

    "If you're in a place on the planet where you can't find chicken and sausage...MOVE." Words to live by. Thank you, Isaac.

    • @j.t8529
      @j.t8529 Рік тому +8

      He's basically dissing the whole North Korea

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 Рік тому +23

      @@j.t8529 probably the most dissable nation on Earth

    • @hecticscone
      @hecticscone Рік тому +12

      @@gregorsamsa1364 top 5 at least

    • @lars2894
      @lars2894 8 місяців тому +2

      I mean, real sausage is difficult to find in most grocery stores of the world. "Sauage" in non-western countries is basically highly processed hotdog that we find in bottom shelf. As for chicken, most cities of the world only get factory produced stuff which isn't great nutrition wise. Accessible pasture fed and raised chicken is a rare luxury only available in a small number of countries like the US.

  • @iisadragon
    @iisadragon 4 роки тому +1665

    “If you’re somewhere in the planet where you can’t get chicken and sausage: m o v e”

    • @nebs6888
      @nebs6888 4 роки тому +24

      I feel called out

    • @midnite_twilight
      @midnite_twilight 4 роки тому

      was looking for this comment to like haha

    • @Voknerech10Z
      @Voknerech10Z 4 роки тому +4

      Maximus Corry Would you be willing to tell us where do you live then?

    • @anthonykobel4780
      @anthonykobel4780 4 роки тому +1

      Reminds me of the Sam Kinison 'World Hunger' skit

    • @nebs6888
      @nebs6888 4 роки тому +12

      @@Voknerech10Z no.
      India. Lack of sausages.

  • @SeraphinaPZ
    @SeraphinaPZ 2 роки тому +50

    Isaac seems like a guy who is just really fun to be in the kitchen with. The smashing the garlic bit was top notch.

  • @TrojanAtTheGates
    @TrojanAtTheGates 3 роки тому +26

    I'm only three minutes in and had to stop an comment on the unbridled wholesomeness of this man

  • @rid4474
    @rid4474 4 роки тому +1780

    “You can call me whatever you want, just don’t call me late for dinner.” *words to live by*

    • @RedJohnO22
      @RedJohnO22 4 роки тому +19

      Such a southernism...

    • @mollietenpenny4093
      @mollietenpenny4093 4 роки тому +13

      That would look nice on a wooden sign in my kitchen. 😂😊

    • @SwagDemon
      @SwagDemon 4 роки тому +8

      My dad would say that all the time he was from South Carolina I guess that saying is more popular than I thought

    • @jesslesinski
      @jesslesinski 4 роки тому +10

      I was hammered at a bar one time and a waiter with a handlebar mustache came by our table. I said, “I enjoy your mustache, sir! Imma call you handlebars. That cool?” And he replied with that exact statement 👨🏻

  • @SxTxferlife
    @SxTxferlife 4 роки тому +1090

    I think EVERY GUEST from now on should dress exactly like babish, including the hairstyle. Only babish wears glasses tho, even if the guest does in fact wear them in there normal life

    • @TheSim1derful
      @TheSim1derful 4 роки тому +52

      I think they should have mandatory bald caps too lol

    • @Moots787
      @Moots787 4 роки тому +16

      Rachel Ray with a bald cap and beard.

    • @grim86
      @grim86 4 роки тому +5

      so Babish will just be shinpachi from gintama as in only glasses

    • @corydavidson9003
      @corydavidson9003 4 роки тому +2

      But what if you have the eye sight of a mole with your glasses off? ahaha literally tho, I am like Velma here without my glasses

    • @blueshanks1
      @blueshanks1 4 роки тому +3

      Their*

  • @kobypeterson
    @kobypeterson 3 роки тому +81

    Thank you so much for this amazing gumbo instruction. I got my roux done in 20 min and after a long simmer I had the best cajun food I've ever had. Seriously appreciate what you guys do, I haven't had much first-person learning experiences and watching great cooks/chefs really helps me improve.

  • @redpolscorp
    @redpolscorp 3 роки тому +117

    "Everybody can get a Hersheys Cocolatebar" *me, trying to find one in Germany*

    • @bradsimpson8724
      @bradsimpson8724 3 роки тому +24

      This is a guy from the Deep South; he's entirely unaware of nations beyond the 50 states.

    • @dopaminedreams1122
      @dopaminedreams1122 3 роки тому +3

      Lidl has hersheys in some spots

    • @bobafett4457
      @bobafett4457 3 роки тому +1

      @@dopaminedreams1122 for real???

    • @romeo_romanova
      @romeo_romanova 3 роки тому +1

      @@bobafett4457 ye I got some today :]

    • @rebel4466
      @rebel4466 3 роки тому +7

      Hersheys appears in the weirdest of places. Found some at Karstadt in the food section before. But I'm not fond of the stuff. Tastes really cheap to me. I'd pick a German or a Swiss one over Hersheys any day of the week (sorry muricans)

  • @Amanda-xo5tl
    @Amanda-xo5tl 4 роки тому +463

    "You know how to make something cook faster? Yell at it."
    *Babish proceeds to yell very softly at the hot oil*

    • @sfsophiafernandes
      @sfsophiafernandes 4 роки тому +16

      And politely

    • @PolyBiBadger
      @PolyBiBadger 4 роки тому +1

      O Mundo de Sophia me when I try to yell at someone or something 😂

  • @Mildcat743
    @Mildcat743 4 роки тому +831

    Isaac: I've actually got it to under 5 minutes.
    Andrew: *visibly recoils*

  • @JohnnyMrHattersmith
    @JohnnyMrHattersmith 2 роки тому +26

    Exactly why I love Toups (and cajun) food in general, inviting experimentation is so freeing when it comes to coming up with a meal on the fly.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 2 роки тому +58

    The northern Louisiana version of gumbo has actually become my favorite. Roux gumbo with duck meat and deer sausage.

    • @nicchauvin1096
      @nicchauvin1096 2 роки тому +5

      That's not from northern Louisiana. That's been a thing since the Cajuns hit the bayou.

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 Рік тому +2

      @@nicchauvin1096 exactly lol,northern Louisiana is more dixieland than it is Acadian or creole

    • @emmettyoung7603
      @emmettyoung7603 3 місяці тому +2

      you ever make deer boudin? it’s amazing. my grandpa would make 1/2 and 1/2 pork and venison

  • @arturoatoyan895
    @arturoatoyan895 4 роки тому +500

    0:01
    - "Can I copy your homework?"
    - "Sure just change it up a bit so it doesn't look like you just copied it."
    - "Sure thing."

    • @thealphas1
      @thealphas1 4 роки тому +14

      He’s literally Babish with more volume

  • @jtgispan7150
    @jtgispan7150 4 роки тому +832

    Why does Babish look like he’s a kid being taught how to cook a meal by his father

    • @TC-rc1zf
      @TC-rc1zf 4 роки тому +1

      I think it was more improv on their part

    • @tjcihlar1
      @tjcihlar1 4 роки тому +22

      lol well he was humbly learning from a master and let him have the spotlight. It is change from food network shows (like DDD) where the host is supremely confident, all-knowing, and outshines the great chefs that are being featured

    • @MrPhlorky
      @MrPhlorky 4 роки тому +2

      Humility goes far

    • @MrPhlorky
      @MrPhlorky 4 роки тому

      @J K jaboody dubs version is good though

  • @bradenleonard6286
    @bradenleonard6286 2 роки тому +39

    "If you call this food Creole one more time..." I'm scared for you Babish.

  • @patricksviola
    @patricksviola 3 роки тому +33

    As a person from Southern Louisiana this made me very happy to see. Wonderfully done. Now I have to go visit the restaurant when I go back.

  • @bvse.g9275
    @bvse.g9275 4 роки тому +2330

    So far we have:
    Nerd Babish: Vsauce
    Cajun Babish: Issac Toups
    We need to find the rest.

  • @xXicOdMoDziXx
    @xXicOdMoDziXx 4 роки тому +427

    When your parents pick matching outfits for you and your brother

    • @MegaCakeFan
      @MegaCakeFan 4 роки тому +6

      Seems more like a brother set in his ways and a youngling that gets the hand-me-downs lol

  • @ki11ers0da
    @ki11ers0da 2 роки тому +14

    8:11 😂
    "Now what's the most important thing about cooking?"
    babish: "drinking"
    "Taste the food.."

  • @SlapSister
    @SlapSister 3 роки тому +412

    Babish quietly mumbling hashtaggarlicbuddies is the most millenial thing i have ever heard from him

  • @L-Squared
    @L-Squared 4 роки тому +664

    "what's the most important part about cooking?"
    "drinking"
    "taste your food"

  • @AceAttorny
    @AceAttorny 4 роки тому +3952

    22:45
    "Think we swapped spoons, but... We're safe."
    We were so innocent back then.

    • @veghead05
      @veghead05 3 роки тому +9

      😂😂😂

    • @ladybugspritz
      @ladybugspritz 3 роки тому +17

      i was like 😭 NO

    • @georgiam4725
      @georgiam4725 3 роки тому +112

      Ah yes... the “before” times.

    • @LoddyDah
      @LoddyDah 3 роки тому +27

      Oh man. 😣😒 I forget for a moment, and then people share spoons and I remember. 😬😷

    • @bl6973
      @bl6973 3 роки тому +4

      Yes..... those times

  • @ws8061
    @ws8061 3 роки тому +36

    This is probably my favorite Babish episode ever, these guys are great together

  • @viperrius
    @viperrius 3 роки тому +21

    "You can call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner" xd

  • @lalahadams1061
    @lalahadams1061 4 роки тому +714

    Issac: *eyeballing the measurements* 🍳👀
    Babish: *physical discomfort* ._.^

    • @joeyclemenza7339
      @joeyclemenza7339 4 роки тому +5

      reminds me of a skit on SNL where phil hartman plays the anal retentive chef, and is cooking with a cajun chef played by john goodman.

  • @DB-ib9kl
    @DB-ib9kl 4 роки тому +1992

    toups: "i've never scraped the foam off anything i don't think"
    babish: *laughs nervously*

  • @mouse2689
    @mouse2689 3 роки тому +22

    Babby should do a series called "Babish Abroad" where he travels to all of his favorite chefs kitchen of choice and learns their signature dishes and cooks along side of them then they sit down and talk about where their cooking roots started

    • @ennbee2051
      @ennbee2051 Рік тому

      Babby?! You utter creep.

    • @redgoldcrown3990
      @redgoldcrown3990 5 місяців тому

      bonus if the guest chef looks like the host HAHAHAHA

  • @williamvouk2911
    @williamvouk2911 3 роки тому +18

    I like to think that there’s a council of Babishes all across the country, and Isaac here is only the second one we’ve been introduced to. Can’t wait to meet midwest Babish!

    • @redgoldcrown3990
      @redgoldcrown3990 5 місяців тому

      it is after all the Babish Culinary Universe, gotta throw some AUs in there somewhere.

  • @23secondsofsauce65
    @23secondsofsauce65 4 роки тому +1252

    Andrew: **offers Isaac a sauce whisk**
    Isaac: **proceeds to not use it**

    • @luvely1062
      @luvely1062 4 роки тому +5

      Poor babish lol

    • @garrettporter1207
      @garrettporter1207 4 роки тому

      rip

    • @tyllercalvert5586
      @tyllercalvert5586 4 роки тому +9

      Its Because that was a sauce wisk and he was adding flour and its texture became too heavy

    • @luvely1062
      @luvely1062 4 роки тому

      @@tyllercalvert5586 but they were still making sauce...

    • @tyllercalvert5586
      @tyllercalvert5586 4 роки тому +1

      Evelyn Buckels Did you see everything they added?? Why dirty up two utensils? It would be pointless

  • @CrazedPapaBear
    @CrazedPapaBear 3 роки тому +2925

    The Cajun way “Sprinkle and shake until the whispers of are ancestors say “Ah dats enough cher”

    • @lucheng1945
      @lucheng1945 3 роки тому +36

      *our
      sorry

    • @kathy3178
      @kathy3178 3 роки тому +7

      Yes

    • @crazygangrel
      @crazygangrel 3 роки тому +5

      FACTS!

    • @smartaleckduck4135
      @smartaleckduck4135 3 роки тому +30

      My ancestors would scream at me and tell me that I need a degree in science

    • @greatdune3174
      @greatdune3174 3 роки тому +39

      Can I be adopted by your ancestors?
      Mine just keep calling me a lightweight.

  • @sniffersmc2827
    @sniffersmc2827 3 роки тому +28

    the general attitude of this dude is "don't worry bout it"

  • @sirjtkhan795
    @sirjtkhan795 3 роки тому +11

    Isaac: * Adds something unceremoniously *
    Babish: * Slight Discomfort *

  • @johnsimon8457
    @johnsimon8457 4 роки тому +1951

    “Augh! This gumbo has too much pepper. I demand to see the cook!”
    (Man with grapefruit sized wrists steps in.)
    “Yeah?”

    • @JVJ_2000
      @JVJ_2000 4 роки тому +33

      John Simon white people problems.

    • @reneebevere7590
      @reneebevere7590 4 роки тому +21

      Come down to my level so I can tell you less pepper sir.

    • @trevorkimber7434
      @trevorkimber7434 4 роки тому +53

      I have been on this earth for 15 years and never have I heard someone describe wrists as the size of grapefruits.

    • @btsumer
      @btsumer 4 роки тому +46

      Ive lived in Louisiana my entire life and Ive never heard anyone complain about too much pepper.

    • @kidontheblock1234
      @kidontheblock1234 4 роки тому +13

      @@trevorkimber7434 ive seen wrists the size of grapefruits but never heard them described as one

  • @heim_ost
    @heim_ost 3 роки тому +23

    Isaac: "What's the most important thing about coo....?"
    Babish: "Drink!"

  • @Musicisbeast321
    @Musicisbeast321 3 роки тому +75

    Babish: "Creole"
    Issac: *Issac Smash* "CAJUN"

  • @tommynoble3428
    @tommynoble3428 4 роки тому +1422

    This episode should have been subtitled, "Baldness, Beards, and Blue Shirts."

    • @CassiusLashes
      @CassiusLashes 4 роки тому +17

      Don't forget Badasses.

    • @djfiasc0
      @djfiasc0 4 роки тому +33

      Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.

    • @wierHL
      @wierHL 4 роки тому +3

      Black aprons

    • @williamkelley1971
      @williamkelley1971 4 роки тому +10

      "Bald Badasses with beards wearing blue shirts and black aprons"

    • @driftdoge3409
      @driftdoge3409 4 роки тому +1

      Dont forget the black pepper

  • @NewNerdInTown
    @NewNerdInTown 4 роки тому +1322

    "If you're somewhere on the planet, and you can't get chicken and sausage, MOVE."
    I'm a southern boi as well. Great episode.

    • @ColonizerChan
      @ColonizerChan 4 роки тому +9

      Evan Adams
      >life without biscuits and gravy on a Sunday with the family
      Why would anyone not have this in their life?

    • @SharkNinjaBlueStar
      @SharkNinjaBlueStar 4 роки тому +6

      _Why even get up in the mornin if ya can't have sausage and gravy and grits and eggs?_

    • @permachub524
      @permachub524 4 роки тому +1

      I'm from Maine, but I still have southern roots in the fam

    • @tildian
      @tildian 4 роки тому +1

      I thought he said "moo" cause he started talking about beef products after lol 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @ihateflies5605
      @ihateflies5605 4 роки тому

      Same

  • @malakm7778
    @malakm7778 3 роки тому +60

    I love how they understand each other’s sarcasm 😂🙏🏼

  • @richardarmfield6769
    @richardarmfield6769 Рік тому +20

    I'm a X-Men fan and a massive Gambit fan growing up, and I love all things Cajun!!! Growing up I've only had Cajun chicken but seeing these amazing dishes being cooked by a couple of professionals was fantastic and can't wait to have a go myself!! I enjoyed this and it's nice to see why Wolverine always called Gambit "Gumbo" haha!!!

    • @sandybritches
      @sandybritches Рік тому

      Check out The Cajun Ninja here on UA-cam. Give his sticky chicken and his steak rice & gravy a try. Your stomach will thank you 😉

    • @dariusstarrett8837
      @dariusstarrett8837 Рік тому +1

      Gambit is so cool.

  • @rdknight89
    @rdknight89 4 роки тому +202

    13:06
    "If Cracklins had a sluttier sister"
    Babish: (silently prays to monetization gods)

  • @Frozenkoldfury
    @Frozenkoldfury 4 роки тому +1101

    Issac here radiating pure Chaotic Energy and I'm living for it

    • @littledrummergirl_19
      @littledrummergirl_19 3 роки тому +13

      Welcome to Cajun culture, we’re all chaotic out here :D

    • @AskAW
      @AskAW 3 роки тому +6

      He's the original Scarlett Witch.

    • @TheWingus
      @TheWingus 3 роки тому

      @@littledrummergirl_19 creole!

    • @littledrummergirl_19
      @littledrummergirl_19 3 роки тому

      @@TheWingus both are awesome! (But gumbo is definitely Cajun 😜)

    • @ehsaanaminNINJA
      @ehsaanaminNINJA 2 роки тому

      No life

  • @doitynoid2790
    @doitynoid2790 Рік тому +31

    I have literally been cooking this for Xmas for as long as this video has been out

  • @Max-cs1dn
    @Max-cs1dn 2 роки тому +6

    I absolutely loved Isaac featuring this episode. He’s such a man of great charm, funny and whimsical.

  • @reubenbailey7491
    @reubenbailey7491 3 роки тому +1844

    "how long does this have to cool off?"
    "until when you put it in your mouth and you don't go HEARARUGHARA"
    "..."
    I'm so happy that this is the first video I've seen with Isaac Toups in it

    • @TrackpadProductions
      @TrackpadProductions 3 місяці тому +1

      He'd literally rather injure his mouth than ever measure _anything_ in the kitchen. I _instantly_ like this man

  • @Ebound95
    @Ebound95 4 роки тому +658

    Babbish: *is ceremonious*
    Isaac: "ok, lemme stop you right there"

  • @marlenenickerson9388
    @marlenenickerson9388 3 роки тому +16

    "Unceremoniously."
    That food looks soooo good.

  • @johnwelsh5591
    @johnwelsh5591 2 роки тому +16

    man, Babish's anxiety is through the roof! he handled it like a champ though and I am definitely trying this.

  • @bkindr3wind641
    @bkindr3wind641 4 роки тому +462

    Isaac drops some wisdom bombs.
    "Call me anything you like, just don't call me late for dinner."
    "If you live somewhere you can't get chicken and sausage, MOVE."

  • @xForko
    @xForko 4 роки тому +374

    "If you're in any place where you can't get chicken or sausage, Move." LMAO

    • @francez123456789
      @francez123456789 4 роки тому +6

      Hes right you know

    • @helicocktor
      @helicocktor 4 роки тому

      I can get chicken but not a lot of sausage varieties apart from shitty frozen frankfurters. Need to move a few thousand miles out.

    • @kaenryuuart543
      @kaenryuuart543 4 роки тому

      @crzy J where i live there's only one type of sausage and no bacon, tbh i'm not a big bacon fan

  • @KennyHavoc
    @KennyHavoc 6 місяців тому +1

    Chef Toups understands that cooking isn’t following everything precisely it’s about feel and taste something that measuring can never truly replicate

  • @RealHypocrisy
    @RealHypocrisy 3 роки тому +18

    I like how food flies all over the place when Isaac is cooking, I feel less guilty now ;)

  • @paulrbrown8032
    @paulrbrown8032 4 роки тому +1481

    I had watched this whole video a dozen times or more. I’m a chef in St. Louis Missouri. I’ve followed both of these guys from their start. I have the cookbook, Chasing The Gator that Isaac Toups wrote and Andrew’s cookbook as well. I can honestly say, there is at least 3 recipes out of each of these books that earned me my promotion as the sous chef for the oldest country club in St. Louis. Long story short, keep doing what you’re doing guys, it’s inspiring a lot of young chefs

    • @nathanaeldunn2385
      @nathanaeldunn2385 4 роки тому +13

      @Paul Which recipes?! I'm thinking of buying both books

    • @steamedclam1
      @steamedclam1 3 роки тому +7

      Paul R Brown That’s neat, congrats!

    • @jaredtiller884
      @jaredtiller884 3 роки тому

      The Normandie golf club?

    • @mememachine3663
      @mememachine3663 3 роки тому +4

      Nicholas Kenneth Paul Baskier in gumbo add chicken after it’s browned in oil it will finish cooking in the broth

    • @patrick.meyers
      @patrick.meyers 3 роки тому +4

      STL gang.

  • @LIZSVLOGS
    @LIZSVLOGS 4 роки тому +672

    you know you’re in a southern kitchen when you can’t find a measuring cup

    • @toriisdefinitlynutz
      @toriisdefinitlynutz 4 роки тому +14

      Elizabeth Ladd honestly true my mother and father I’m almost certain either didn’t own a set of measuring cups or couldn’t find them and I own a set but they are mostly for decor and baking if I really have too

    • @johnemory7485
      @johnemory7485 4 роки тому +7

      Yep. I can't find my measuring cup anywhere. I've been using a coffee mug to measure cornmeal for my cornbread for a couple of weeks. Eyeball the baking powder and salt. Two eggs and milk until it's the right consistency. Who needs to measure?

    • @daltonkent
      @daltonkent 4 роки тому +4

      @@johnemory7485 dude aint that the truth!!

  • @askylinesdivision
    @askylinesdivision 3 роки тому +5

    Isaac: “What’s the most important thing about cooking?”
    Babish: “Drink”
    That’s a mood fr

  • @nemmimomo
    @nemmimomo 3 роки тому +4

    I have been binging these videos Andrew and I love your sense of humor! And I love that you're humble and enjoy what you do!

  • @yonglin9502
    @yonglin9502 4 роки тому +382

    country babish: what's the most important part of cooking
    city babish:drinkin-
    country babish: taste the food
    city babish: yeah... that

  • @Brianlovesrice
    @Brianlovesrice 4 роки тому +860

    I would love to see a basics on Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean foods

    • @InfernoPhilM
      @InfernoPhilM 4 роки тому +20

      Brian Hwang ...yes! And Indian.

    • @kylebennett8369
      @kylebennett8369 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry friend but nobody wants to see babish make curry

    • @kevinhalim378
      @kevinhalim378 4 роки тому

      I can help

    • @fasagalag
      @fasagalag 4 роки тому +4

      My god, I’d love to see lamb shawarma.

    • @fasagalag
      @fasagalag 4 роки тому +4

      kyle bennett i would.

  • @darrochmccaskell7173
    @darrochmccaskell7173 3 роки тому +8

    I love this episode! The dynamic between Isaac and Babish is great fun, they work really well together

  • @ladyjade6446
    @ladyjade6446 3 роки тому +4

    Best meal of my life in Houston. Dirty rice, alligator, crab cakes, catfish and bread pudding with whiskey sauce.

  • @soopsammich4533
    @soopsammich4533 4 роки тому +352

    It's like city guy meets his country cousin 😂 great as usual!

  • @jader4935
    @jader4935 4 роки тому +592

    I don't know about you guys, but one Babish has an entirely different accent than the other Babish

  • @xShogunx
    @xShogunx 3 роки тому +4

    I made the gumbo today and it's legit the best thing I've ever made. I've eaten a bunch of New Orleans gumbo and this video helped me recreate that magic.

  • @pearsequigley1092
    @pearsequigley1092 3 роки тому +1

    Isaac toups is just class, much like yourself Andrew, these videos have made my quarantine/furlough less terrible! Thankyou and hope you are doing well through this awful time