Late night Carbonara and Whiskey Sour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Pro-tip: if you make your carbonara with an extra yolk, that leaves you an extra white for your whiskey sour. I didn't cook enough pasta, so I'm saving that egg mixture and I'll use it for savory french toast tomorrow morning.
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Kenji: "See you in the morning"
Me: "OK Goodnight Dad"
It's just like watching my dad cook. Except the food isn't burnt and he's not shouting at me.
@Evan Xu its a meme phrase, i think its from the IT crowd show
Whos doing the dishes and clean up, I think all home cooks can learn a few tricks and tips from a pro like @J. Kenji López-Alt
@Vijai Madhavakkannan what was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
This right here
*banging pans and making no effort to be quiet while cooking*
Also him: goes outside to mix drink
It’s the thought that counts tho 😂😂
I think that's partly to avoid splashing, though, since the cocktail shaker likely wasn't a perfect seal
Shakes drink**
Neighbors: 😴😴😴😴
Neighborhood dogs: 🤨🤨🦻🚨
Chris Anderson he wouldn’t be whispering throughout the entire video if he wasn’t trying to be quiet
I think it's to not excite his dog, if I shook that around, my dog would be jumping everywhere, it'd be really loud late at night, and dangerous around all that fire.
Nah its actually the execution lol
Me: Why's he going to the farther cabinet? The pasta is in the closer one
Also Me: I need to stop watching these videos
nope, there's no need to stop watching Kenji's videos, whatsoever
SumitoMedia my exact thought haha
Yeah I also am realizing I’m starting to memorize where everything is in Kenji’s kitchen 😂
I think I know his kitchen better than my own 😂
Also, when he was looking for a fork and opened the two drawers.
Me: It's the one on the right, dude.
"and I'll even take a video to prove it"
*audience burts into celebration and applause*
Yesss 😭😭
Whos doing the dishes and clean up, I think all home cooks can learn a few tricks and tips from a pro like @J. Kenji López-Alt
burts
@@MrDW72 good question but wrong place.
Hi Kenji!
I have made this carbonara twice in the last week, and the first time, I royally messed it up. Burnt the bacon, pan was too hot so I scrambled the eggs but when I made it tonight, my dad said that it was one of the best Carbonara's he's ever eaten. I'm only 16, so I'm really proud of that, especially coming from someone who was a chef for 10 years, and has been a home cook for over 20.
Thank you very much!
When will we meet eric the legendary sous chef and bacon master
He's currently cryogenically frozen in the Wursthall freezers until the restaurant opens back up.
@Eric Lussiana oh shit
@Eric Lussiana can I order bacon from you?.
@Eric Lussiana Lies.
kenji:
*whispers quietly as to not wake his family*
also kenji:
*bangs the spatula against the pan with the might of thor*
I feel like we've followed the journey of that carton of eggs... At first I was like "You put your empty egg shells back in your carton??!". Now, I'm like "well, when you go through a carton in a couple of days, I suppose it is only efficient..."
I always use the carton when I'm cooking. If there's more than a couple eggs left, I'll throw away the shells. Otherwise, I'll toss the whole carton with shells in it into the compost.
Arwe Drøv
Fun fact. Salmonella resides on the outside of the eggs due to other eggs breaking and coating other eggs. Wash your eggs to be safe!
rrek7 Eggs sold in the united states are prewashed which also strips their protective coating, that’s why we need to refrigerate them. In europe and probably other parts of the world they’re sold unwashed and therefore unrefrigerated.
Whos doing the dishes and clean up, I think all home cooks can learn a few tricks and tips from a pro like @J. Kenji López-Alt
@@eq.8640 i never noticed that but yes, can confirm that eggs in Europe are in fact sold unrefrigerated but the seller always advises to put them into the fridge when you get them home.
The dog shows up for the lesson. Stays for the bacon.
I wonder if his wife ever watches these late night videos and is like "I thought you said no more carbs and cheese?"
Imagine the smell of Kenji’s turd the next day
He was so quiet I almost expected him to break out a "oh, I didn't see you there" and start monologuing half-way through.
I just love the chronological order of these videos
3 Ingredient Mac and Cheese -> Late Night Mac and Cheese Quesadilla
Late Night Carbonara -> Carbonara French Toast
Thank you, Sous Chef Eric
Kenji: "Yeah, me and my wife, we don't really like carbs"
Also kenji: "well, it's midnight, time for some delish noodles covered in animal fat"
Fat is not carbs(duh)
@@давидцыгановский noodles are though, dumbass
@@David-tr2ul why did you emphasize the fat the fat then ?
@@давидцыгановский because cutting down on carbs and overloading on fats while still not cutting down on carbs is a funny thing. I like kenji, but felt like poking fun
@@David-tr2ul lmao you fucking murdered him. Good on ya
I've been this vibe before. It's cooking with a couple drinks in you, maybe post restaurant shift and late at night. It's his rhythm, the way he's talking and also how he's trying to not wake up the family while making some noise haha. Love it.
idk why but maybe it’s the computer desk/little office area or the few things scattered on the floor but his house just feels warm and cozy for some reason
Kenji singing Zeppelin to himself is exactly what I needed
Time stamp?
@@mitzo4526 0:39
Lol I didn’t even listen close enough to realize at first. Sure enough...Immigrant Song
On the next episode of what carbs or cheese dish Kenji is going to eat...
someone else made a comment like this. i don't understand. he's done many other videos on meals that aren't just carb and cheese. since americans eat 45-65% carbs in their diet, how is this surprising to you
@@redeyeofthenightfall The joke is that he said in a previous video that he was going to stop eating so many carb + cheese dishes.
Next episode - visit to the cardiologist
he already said it bread and carbonara sauce
he already said it bread and carbonara sauce
Extra white for the cocktail. Genius ingredients pairing..
Just a classic whiskey sour.
Yeah, that's the recipe for a whiskey sour.
I never heard of adding an egg white to a whiskey sour before, but apparently that's what is often called a Boston sour, which makes sense.
@@kareninalabama Yeah it's I believe the original recipe which went out of fashion for a while and now is making a comeback
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@@slpplz the Original whiskey sour is without egg, the Boston sour is more modern an with egg.
And the New York sour is like Boston sour, floated with dry red wine! Very good.
Is it weird that we both whispered "sous chef Eric's pancetta" the exact same time? Lol
In my kitchen, “whisky sour” usually just describes how I feel when I’m beating my Caesar dressing and the lemon juice won’t emulsify.
deadfr0g underrated comment
“i would normally use guanciale but i only have this pancetta that sous chef éric made”
His catch phrase 😂😂😂
I'm not convinced he WOULD normally use guanciale!
The old kitchen and late night videos honestly bring me so much comfort
This is literally my favorite Kenji video to date and I swear I’ve watched them all
3:25 whoa it's weird hearing him actually drop the F bomb.
Brandon Ding let it out king
Its like your Math teacher yelling it when he stubbed his toe
He wouldn't say "fuck truck" a couple videos ago but here he is now
Let be honest, he owns and has worked in restaurants. The F bomb was in its natural habitat
@@Faustvonholle true but he mentioned once that he has a no yelling or cursing policy at his restaurant
5:39am watching someone cook.
I always catch his videos at that time, and it always makes me hungry. Then I go to bed thinking about what I'm going to cook tomorrow.
BastiontheMighty I just be high as fuck watching these videos 😂
I want to watch this before I sleep...but it’s 3 am and it isn’t processed yet. I’ll check it in the morning!
I have insomnia, so I have time to see it.
Woozlewuzzleable relatable
Mr Drum i’m just tripping out that your comment says 58 minutes ago for me and the actual video was 43 minutes ago
@@tenouttatena same XD
Giulian Tena i think he posted it twice, the videop
I'm so happy I can level with this man on at least one aspect.... Singing Led Zeppelin whilst filling up my pan with water for pasta
Kenji, these POV cooking videos are just fantastic. They are very raw, personal, and really give me a look as to what you guys do in the kitchen when it's not some professional televised program. This to me, is what cooking is. I hope you don't stop making these. Learning a ton, thank you.
Kenji: goes outside to shake the cocktail shaker to not make loud noises inside late at night
Also Kenji: throwing utensils into sink
God bless him
*chucking utensils into sink 😂
Out of all the things I’ve learned from discovering kenji’s channel, I’m still blown away/ truly astonished by the fact that you can have a *boiling water tap* in your house lmao
is THAT what that is?!
"Figure out what to do with the left over sauce." - Put your carbonara in a bowl and drink it like an adult.
I've never masted pasta carbonara until I used this technique (and I've tried several). The key is keeping the sauce and pasta moving off the heat at the end; when the egg started scrambling a bit, I added more hot pasta water and kept stirring like crazy and the solids dissolved. Perfect!
This has to be the best most engaging cooking video I have seen for you. Love love love the soft-spoken late night tone. The humming and everything in between.
This is, without question, the best idea for a late-night foodnetwork show I;ve ever seen. I don't want talking (though I love you, Kenji!), but the idea that we're just making food and a drink POV is perfection.
I'm italian, trust me: pasta is so much better of you wait the water to boil and then add pasta. Try it!
I think it's because they use grano tenero and we use grano duro so it's a different type of pasta and different to cook. Obviously grano duro it's the original Italian pasta
@@oppla5222 u right but the only difference is the time, not the way to do it.
Usually we wait that the water started to boil and after we add pasta.
Fratm siete tutti italiani e vi commentate in inglese ma che cazz
@@francescolombardo6926 ahhahaha hai ragione era per renderlo comprensibile agli inglesi
per la pasta secca puoi anche buttarla prima che bolla, non fa differenza. Ho testato io ed ha testato anche lui. Per la pasta fresca invece è obbligatorio che l'acqua bolla altrimenti diventa colla
May I just say how wonderful it is that you make these videos in a working home kitchen, with the good, the bad, and the messy. We had one of those stands that I'm guessing you have for your daughter. Thank you for tonight's dinner.
Has this man ever ate dinner at a reasonable time?
Chef life dude...
Hey Kenji! Loving the quarantine content but I have a question/suggestion. Could you make a video about your knives? I always love to know about a chefs most precious friends in the kitchen and I bet a lot of people would like that too. Stay safe and thanks for the great videos!
Does that skillet in the beginning have a hole in it? He literally put 3 olympic swimming pools of water in there.
i was wondering the same, then i looked at the faucet. i have a friend who has an extra little faucet like this one and it a reverse osmosis water faucet. water comes out at a much slower rate than a normal faucet. might be the same kinda set up.
@@zachyg That's a boiling water faucet. Pretty cool, but necessarily pretty slow.
Thanks Kenji, I feel like you’re a big brother to us all, just doing your thing and sharing the love. Watching your videos has been educational, inspiring and heartwarming. Please keep them coming in these uncertain times. You’re doing great work keeping us connected :)
3:25 precision F strike right there
Whiskey sour and carbonara. Zero waste midnight snack. Egg approved!
I need a friend like you when the munchies hit at 3 am
If any of us had a friend like him at 3am, we'd all be fat as hell lmao but at least we'd be eating some good shit
This makes so much sense! From now on I will be hammered when serving carbonara for the family.
bro you have to wait for the water to boil to put in the pasta, just a quick advice from italy
should also use guanciale and not pancetta
I love these late night meals. Been watching this as my summer vacation already is over, so I get a little bit of a nostalgic feeling of being able to stay up all night and deciding to cook something in the middle of the night and not feel guilty about it or having to worry that I need to get up early for work.
Always wondered why he cooks up late at night. Now I know it’s so he doesn’t have to share with anyone. Smart man.
Using the leftover egg white from the carbonara sauce in the whisky sour might have been the smartest thing I’ve ever seen
People: How much pepper do we add to the bacon ?
Kenji: Yes
You don't.
This is such a unique but actually really helpful way of seeing someone cook.
When he wanted to wisk the eggs and opened the knifes drawer, I was like: no the other drawer you ... .
I mean, we love you man
From Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Ahmed that’s so funny we know his kitchen better than himself
this is the dad you want when you get home from the bars 😅
Potentially the only f-bomb in a kenji video ever. This is history, folks.
Kenji droppin an f bomb and drinking some whiskey it’s like the adult swim version of Kenji
Man after my own heart, I remember learning how to make whisky and amaretto sours in a cocktail bar. So simple, yet so tasty
*Italians racing to the chat to complain that the dish wasn’t made with homemade pasta from 1965
casual piney the elder flex. I see you Kenji! But yeah, first thing i though, that's way to little pasta. Love that you keep the carbonara classic. Respect.
I was hungry tonight and had cheese crackers. This man whipped up an entire entree and a drink. I now feel like less of a human.
Kenji: *uses shaker outside*
Also Kenji: *PEPPERMILL TIME*
Pliny AND a Whiskey Sour? This is my kind of late night.
Does anyone else notice that he's making a Whiskey Sour...as he has an open bottle of Pliny The Elder?
My favorite drink and my favorite style of beer! The man is a genius
Love seeing these regularly and comparing how we cook; Really helps cement more growth in the kitchen.
I see you like roman recipes.. great! Well done, greetings from Roma!!
This man really just makes a gourmet meal as a midnight snack
damn sous-chef Eric really went ham with the pancetta.
It's "Sous-Chef", unless you want to sue him!
Technet9090 damn my bad
“Late night Carbonara and Whiskey Sour?!” Oh shit Kenji partying tonight.
kenji can be drunk cooking late night and still have the mind to save up extra sauce for french toast the next day. if it was me perfectly sober cooking for lunch id just eat it all up cuz carbonara sauce
This is what happens to you when you try watching sopranos for the first time on a Friday night
Here we go again... carbs and cheese :,D
And alcohol...
he's done kung pao, soups, omelet, burger all recently. the average american diet is 45-65% carbs you can't be surprised. what do you want to see instead??
@@mimireich The 3 basic food groups
My Italian grandma is mooving in the tomb...
Hey Kenji, I tried the recipe but it didn't come out too great. I changed a few things though. Instead of spaghetti I made my own dough and formed it into disks and popped them in the oven. I ran out of parmesan and eggs yesterday so I thought to myself, well cream cheese has one of those so I put it on the cooked pasta dough. Finally I didn't have any bacon so I used some smoked salmon that I made myself. Didn't really feel like a late night meal. I feel it would be a great breakfast though. Thanks for trying!
No instructions needed, if you already know what is up!!! This looks amazing, no need for a "recipe" if you can see what's happening. Love this, gonna de construct it as best as I can! Thanks for the concept!!!
last time I was this early the video got deleted
I generally don't like whiskey, but after my 2 older sisters' weddings, we had crates of the stuff. I learned that whiskey sours made it palatable. I've never used an egg white nor Angostura though. One benefit to whiskey sours was taking a pre-made cooler of them in our golf cart with my cousin. I wasn't even tipsy but I've never played a better game of golf in my life. During social isolation, taking a couple of those, a wedge, and some whiffle balls and knocking them around the yard is just as enjoyable. Followed by savory carbonara french toast, of course.....
Did you just put spaghetti before the water is boiling? You can't do that.
A guardare sta roba mi sono caduto gli occhi
Che merda, e tutti a dire pure che è bravo
@@JacK-jd9mc infatti, anche a me
E ha invertito le pentole direi 😂
è giusto come ha fatto, per la pasta secca non fa nessuna differenza.
This is actually a brilliant way to use the leftover albumen that you don't use for carbonara. Boiling spaghetti in a pan instead of a pot saves water and it's a quicker method altogether, I don't know why I haven't ever thought of it.
In another episode of "living low on carb i swear" :p
Something I've learned is that Midnight Carbonara just hits different
I’m glad you found your bench scraper. I always hate it when I lose mine. Thanks for posting these and giving us a little human connection in these weird times.
Sometimes I watch kenji videos just to remember what it was like to have hands
a zi, te rinfresco le idee:
•la pasta la devi fa bolli prima de buttalla
• dentro la carbonara ci va lo guanciale, no la pancetta
• NCE DEVI METTE ER WHYSKEY
Been quarantined home alone with the dog for the last three weeks since the missus and the kids are away while I work. Been cooking like a mad man and watching these vids for inspiration lmao.
This sounds like the perfect nightcap.
The best part about the coronavirus lockdown is more late night videos from Kenji.
3:25
Never heard anyone say "so wtf" instead of "so what the hell".
That French toast idea is epic
hearing him swear is so weird
I love it
"if you make your carbonara with an extra yolk, that leaves you an extra white for your whiskey sour."
Damn. That's a moment of epiphany for me
Don't call it Carbonara if it's not Carbonara
🇮🇹 NOT approved by Romans 🙅♂️
Also you throw the pasta into the water BEFORE boiling? 🧐🧐
Fck that cheap bacon, all my homies use Guanciale (pig cheek) $$$
@Aiden Barsness it does, you don't know shit about pasta, it makes it sticky. Also it's not Carbonara, he's not using guanciale.
I swear these foreign people thinking they can cook are the worst
Goes outside to shake drink in order to be quiet. But has no problem banging the pots and pans around 🤣
PLS LET ME BE THIS EARLY
NAILED IT
My favorite thing about this channel is he will literally just stick a headcam on whenever he makes food, so you get to see some pre planned "yeah thatll be a good video to make" foods but also the "fuck im hungry lets see what Ive got in my cabinet" foods that are still delicious
Love how the energy is different in your late night videos.
My favorite part is when he opens the left drawer for a fork he knows is in the right Hahahahah let’s cook and live chef.
this guys midnight snacking is wild
Drunk and pissed off at the world is the best way to describe these late night cooking videos
Me an italian: "yeah let's see how he makes it"
Also me: *closes the video at **00:38*
It looks really bad
Colla
Io sono arrivato a 1:25 più di così non posso, fa troppo male il cuore
I can’t believe I’ve never thought of that. You’re making carbonara, why not use the leftover whites for a cocktail? Genius!
Also, stepping outside to shake the cocktail in order to not wake up anyone. Extremely relatable
Victor Gimenes that moment when he saved the yolk from his whiskey sour I realized this combo was a stroke of genius!!
I’m guessing he thought about making the whiskey sour first then decided to use the egg yolk in a carbonara
When it's late night you already know he's had a drink or two usually (hence other videos where he's moving super loose and stuff) but in this one he's even singing/humming Zeppelin at the beginning. Someone's having a good night.
Being so loud and banging everything around....but then goes outside (while slamming the sliding door closed) to shake his drink hahaha I love your videos man!