4 Levels of Chicken Nuggets: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur Emily, home cook Lorenzo, and professional chef Saul Montiel from Cantina Rooftop - to prepare their take on chicken nuggets. Once each level of chef had presented their creation, we asked expert food scientist Rose to explain the choices they made along the way - both good and bad. Which nuggets are you dipping into first?
Chef Saul is on Instagram at @chefsaulmontiel
Keep up with Emily on her TH-cam channel at / emilyduncan
and on instagram at @emilyslamduncan
Follow Lorenzo at @rollinabenzo
Rose is on Instagram at @rosemarytrout_foodscience
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Level 1: Emily Duncan
Level 2: Lorenzo Beronilla
Level 3: Saul Montiel
Level 4: Rose Trout
Director: Vanessa Moreno
Editor: Manolo Moreno
Director of Photography: Jeremy Harris
AC: Lucas Young
Producer: Tyre Nobles
Associate Producer: Sam Ghee
Culinary Producer: Carrie Parrente
Culinary Assistant: Stevie Stewart
Culinary Assistant: Young Sun Huh
Audio: Austin Rumsey
Post Production Supervisor: Stephanie Cardone
Associate Director, Post Production: Nicole Berg
Epicurious Video Team
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Ali Inglese
Dan Siegel
Rhoda Boone
June Kim
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Saul's Daughter: "Daddy, can I have chicken nuggets for dinner?"
Saul: "Yes, I'll start cooking them now and you can have them for dinner next Thursday."
Hhhh
In my house we always make the food in the moment, not much preparation and stuff. Dishes that require days or hours of preparation are my favorites because I never had them.
Exactly bruh. Almost all the expert chefs have some good looking food just takes way too damn long. 😭
Frank: You will get them on your 18th birthday after I have bred the perfect chicken.
@@ilovecookiesization Frank: ¨Oh you want the wagyu version of Chicken?? Wait til your 20th birthday, and hopefully I have bred the perfect chicken to be considered wagyu material to make you chicken nuggets dear.¨ lol
Two things I have learned: Chef Saul's daughter has high expectations and he doesn't approve of salt bae.
Love this guy!
I mean have you genuinly watched salt bae try to cook anything? *It's actually painful watching him cook...*
@@teku6266 I haven't and I have no intention to either.
...and Chef Saul did a khaby hand gesture too 🤣 #perfect
salt bae charges $15 for fries and almost $20 for mashed potatoes. That should tell you what kind of chef he is.
Good man lol
Emily: just wants to make them fast
Lorenzo: laughing and cracking jokes
Saul: telling how to properly put salt
Levels of cooking perfectly displayed
Salt Bae, nah
Sault Bae, we like that.
I like how Saul’s vibes tbh. Seems like a great dad and chef. He talks simple and doesnt seem like he’s trying too hard for the camera.
An episode with either Emily, Lorenzo, or Saul is already a good episode. But when you put all three together, you my friends are in for a real treat.
4 level :frank =perfection
Touché
couldn't agree more!
@@vanessamoreno6008 I usually avoid the ones with Lorenzo. He's just completely not my kind of cookie.
@@mconem u gae
Never expected Saul to take a jab at salt bae but I'm not complaining
And Khaby reference
I didn't understand the salt thing. Who puts salt in like that?
@@tjmarx Look up "Salt Bae" to find out more its what the internet came to know him by.
@@Nexxus088 Something about a Turkish butcher.
@@tjmarx An overrated cook who charges a lot of money for food because he got famous on the internet
"I´m gonna put it on the fridge for AT LEAST four hours. Or two. Whatever you want. Do what makes you happy."
Love Saúl.
Chef Saul is officially my favorite level 3 chef you've had in these videos. He was hilarious. And I learned a lot of new things. Perfect combination.
Chef Saul: I'm gonna make chicken lollipops.
Lorenzo: I'm gonna make a brine.
Emily: I've been done hours ago!
Plus she plated a 9 nugget, as opposed to those 6 nugget cheapskates!
I am the one thousandth like 😂
Frank is probably waiting for the chickens to hatch
@Jed Flanders dude, why do you think she's in front of a camera? Definitely not her cooking skill...
"I love brine, but sometimes it's night and I want dinner" -Emily
hungry foodie: It hurts because it's true
I feel like this is the main reason some of us are stuck at level 1.
i just so happened to read this comment as Emily was talking about it.
I really connect with Emily on this
I don’t get it? Can someone explain to me. Ty
Emily is all our after work spirit animal.
'Paprika is not spicy, it's just food colouring'
Truer words have never been spoken
@Mihael Keehl paprika is spicy to you? it's not supposed to be... it really only lends a very light flavour and mostly colour. unless it's smoked in which case it tastes, well, smoky, but not spicy. Saul's culture has a lot of spicy food but even white-bread-only folks don't struggle with paprika so maybe you're thinking of cayenne or chilli powder?
Chef needs his own tv show. He's an incredible personality
i love how emily has come so far as a chef, but remains a level 1 because of her attitude of wanting her food to be fast and easy to make even though she has gained the skill to do more as shown in the pro vs home cook series /pos
Honestly her cooking style is relatable. That's something I need as a teenager.
She’s a level 2 now 🎉
She’s a level 2 now 🎉
my favorite part about these videos is that no matter the level of chef, they're always happy and proud with what they made, and there's just something so wholesome about that.
Yes, couldn't agree more!
Sweet and sour is 💣!
furry 🤮
furry 🤮
True, and cooking is very very fun, especially with a meal u LOVE and something u made yourself
It’s truly amazing
Especially if you make it for the family and they love it
Saul : I know everyone uses chicken breast, but I use this part because my daughter expects a lot from me.
Me: 💕
Can’t believe Emily’s dipping sauce wasn’t just ketchup. She’s come so far and I’m so proud of her!
wow ketchup is gone
I wish Saul told us his real feelings toward Salt Bae.
Same, Lego dad, same
He did, god the salt bae thing is annoying.
The Khaby hands 😂😂😂
@@hybridpsycho Praise
Real chefs hate a messy cook area 😆
The level 3 recipe isn't actually all that technical this time and I know for a fact my daughter would be obsessed with it. Might have to give it a try, looks delicious!
This chef often makes not too complicated recopes
Having made chicken lollipops before, you're going to want to give up about halfway through the process of lollipopping a kilo of wing flats... is genuinely the most time consuming and fiddly bit.
I was thinking the same thing. Usually the level three chef is like "first I start by growing my own chickens".
@@nerdaway2787 which just goes to show you don’t have to be all extra to be an amazing cook
What happened to that feminazi child food scientist?
i literally paused this video to go make some chicken nuggets
Respect
I would too if I knew how to cook
Where you done in minutes or in hours?
Saul is so respectful when hes cooking a receipe he got from somewhere else. Love it!
My dear God, Saul is just a wonderful human being. He is so nice and funny and happy. He brings the tears to my eyes at times, just by cooking those beautiful dishes and talking about them, with so much passion and joy.
yep 100%
@@vanessamoreno6008 I see you 👀 ☺️☺️😀😀😀😂😂😂🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳
I can only say one thing “MUCHAS GRACIAS” 🤩🤩😊😊😊😊😊
@ hello 👋
I thought he was arab or pakistni
Level 0: Me grabbing a packet of frozen nuggets from the freezer and baking them.
A true level 0 would microwave them.
@@gfpbaneable 😂
@@vanessamoreno1961 Level -10: Right out the bag, baby! 🥶
I am also a level 0 :O I cook my fishsticks and fishnuggets in a toaster....
level -1:order them online
Man, Emily, Saul, and Lorenzo in ONE episode? Don't mind if I do! Also, Saul not liking Saltbae and Lorenzo saying "Fried Filipino" I nearly lost it :))
Saul and Frank are the reason I still love this channel. Saul is so heartwarming, I rewatch the burrito video all the time because of it.
"If your nuggets are not nice and gold, they're not nuggets."
"They're NOTggets."
They need to have a blind taste test to see who's is best
You really *winged* that joke, didn’t you?
@@justopher8487 ayyyyyy
ⁿ⁰
I see what ya did that.
Saul needs his own show I always get upset when he’s not in the 4 levels of
Same here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ SAUL YOU ARE A LEGEND
Agree. I'd watch him a lot!
@ love u man ur an infectious personality
i love how saul gives kudos to the peruvian sauce he was inspired by. I think that respect he has for the different cultures is super cool
3:31 “don’t do this 🧂👌that’s annoying” lmfao 😂
Gotta love the nuggets. Great job by all.
Yes Chef!
Let me guess why you're not in this video. You're creating the 1st chicken out of thin air showing to those people debating that you came 1st and not either the chicken or the egg
Yes
FRANK MY MAN
Chef FRANK!!!
Emily, Lorenzo, and Saul? Don’t even need to watch, it’s gonna be a great episode
Auto like right?
my first thought
right? dream team
But.... you should anyways.... For quality control, someone's gotta do it 😋
Sees the 3 chef combo: Oh, this is gonna be hilarious!
Saul mocks salt bae with every occasion: Yes!
The best thing that epicurious did was putting, Emily, Lorenzo and chef Saul in one videoooo 😭💜 love their food and their personalities.
Saul, that beautiful soul is an international treasure !!!
Wouldn't he be an intercontinental treasure?
"mm.. fried filipino" he gots me 😭✊
I laughed so hard
I love this episode you can see their funny personalities, and they’re straight up , they go so well together 😂
I love Saul, his outloook "do what makes you happy" is everything! Also his nuggs looked most appealing!
Emily:Ketchup
Lorenzo:Butter
Saul: *SPICY* 👁👄👁
Spicy ketchup the best
Me: Frank's red hot! 😋
Spicy gang, where you at?👀
@@andreabenton7798 here
Yuicy
Emily is officially my spirit animal “of course I want to eat that I just don’t wanna make it”
Do you really need to use that picture for you profile? It is not a dating app lol
@@ahsaiiara dude look at you and me both 😂 what are we doing with our profile too? Ain't a staring contest 🤷🏻 Let people be
@@blu4078 at least we have eyes. That's way thousands times normal than hers
@@ahsaiiara You're looking like a Japanese Muslim..... though at the same time I agree with your opinion.
@@ModernGamesSuck 😅 me Japanese? I'm not 😂 but thanks, I guess. And your profile pic is also good. I think you get my point as you kinda agree with me. At least people who hides their face kinda know what's good to show and what's not.
I am currently watching the episode and just by seeing Emily, Lorenzo and Saúl I'm absolutely sure this is going to be perfect!!!!!
Lorenzo killed it! I would to try his chicken nuggets!
And I agree with others in the comments, Emily definitely seems like she's comfortable and knows what she's doing nowadays instead just trying her best. She's like the boss you would have to beat to get to the next level now
Never thought i would see a professional chef make chicken nuggets
Same
I’m sure you have, it’s just normally named something different
Jaime Oliver did it for a bunch of kids. The video is on TH-cam.
If you think about it, Saul is just showing us how much he loves his daughters.
@@puckstopper25 for real
I love Saul, like, “Cook this for 20 minutes, or ten, or 5 even, u do want u want” lmao
“Eat raw chicken, get salmonella, you do what you want”
"Do what makes you happy"
Reminds me of Marco
@@tahmkench118 There is no recipe
i visibly threw my hands in the air and cheered when i saw Emily, Lorenzo AND Saul
Saul was fantastic again! Also how can you not love Lorenzo and Emily? Great episode!
Lorenzo: A lot of people do this *leans forward* . I do not. Why? I am short.
As a short guy I relate to that.
As a 6"3 guy of... not inconsiderable size, my issue is not accidentally resting my gigantic hairy belly in the pan.
..And now that image is in your head for the next two weeks! You're welcome.
My problem Is i sit down.
@@H0lyMoley Bruh
Lorenzo is pure joy
“Sometimes it’s night, and I want dinner, you know?” Lol agree 1000%
Emily is now that good, that she can say that she's using ketchup with complete confidence. Well done!!
I love how different this is from how I make chicken nuggets. Everyone has their own nugget lol.
Can we appreciate that fact that lorenzo is proud to short.
Frank: "I like to make my own universe, it really helps me live."
Jokes aside Saul Lorenzo and Emily kinda pog
"just act normal" LMFAO i loved this guy
Saul is who I aspire to be when I walk in my kitchen, but Emily is who I actually turn out to be 🤣
I want my chicken nuggets to have the flavor of Saul and Lorenzo but the easiness of Emily
Its actually not hard at all, but you do gotta let them rest for a few hours for the seasoning to absorb nicely
You could just sub thighs for breasts and do her exact same recipe. Maybe cook it for 1 minute longer.
@@justinanders9371 by that time the pizza is already here and we've all eaten Papa Johns now we got no place for nuggies.
*Start video*
"HI I'm Emily"
Yes!
"Hi, I'm Lorenzo!"
YES.
"Hi, I'm Saul"
YESSSSSSSSS! TRIPLE THREAT!
OMG I LOVE LORENZO, EMILY, AND CHEF SAUL!!! THEY ARE SO FUNNYYYY!!!! LOVE THEMMMMM SO MUCH!
Me toooo!!!
each of them were in their full form this episode i love it
I just think it’s so cute thinking of Saul spending time with his daughter letting her watch him cook
Sometimes I think they have to have Emily do level one still because they afraid to bring back half a cheesecake guy. Do not fear him, give Emily her level two promotion, but do have her a cool little graduation episode for supporters in the comments to cheer her on, she's earned it, don't leave her in the same level as cheesecake dude
You do NOT disrespect my man Stephen like that smh
@@nitro_anh upon rereading this comment I do concur that I've done your man dirty and I sincerely apologize. I still think that Emily deserves to graduate but it was unnecessary to drag a man who just knows what he likes to make my point. I hope all your chicken nuggies are blessed
@@Grace-er9ep idk fam her nuggets looked white and dry and the sauce was literally ketchup+mayo
@@Grace-er9ep her nuggets literally had no crust she’s still a lvl one
@@leoglasmeyer2853 ketchup + mayo is all you need tbh
"come on guys, who doesnt love chicken nuggets" damn saul, u really calling everyone out
I would love a Saul cooking videos of just him teaching us recipes.
These people should have their own cooking show, not like everyone has their own..they should be all together
Emily and Frank have their own TH-cam channels where they post cooking videos. Not sure about other regulars though
@@fyiicheckforspies Do you have the name of the channels?
@@lepthropy4610 ProtoCooks with Chef Frank, and Emily Duncan (see video description)
@@TheDavidN oh thx
Idk why but the idea of Saul exercising his fingers regularly is really funny to me
Thank you Epicurious for bringing these wonderful people to us! This is one of my favourite series on TH-cam. All the chefs are so nice edit: and rose ofc! ❤️
Emily and Lorenzo are the A+ team. Love the chemistry they have and with Frank.
Also Emily's haircut is cute.
Hold on, hold on, hold on….. I just realized that Rose’s full name is Rosemary Trout!!
The FOOD scientist’s name is ROSEMARY TROUT!!!! What a coincidence 😂
first time here?
It's a good example of an aptronym. (yeah, I googled the term!)
@@jillp1840 thank you!!! I couldn't think of the word lol
Her career was decided by her parents at birth lol 😂
Saul's daughter is very lucky. Just imagine the school lunches
If I was a pro cook my kid would still be making their own lunches or eating school lunch😂
@@youtubestuff683 That's messed up
@@darthsidious6167 and that’s coming from Darth sidious
@@darthsidious6167 I am the dark side.
@@youtubestuff683 I once worked with a child of 3 star resort chef. I asked her if his father cooks for the family, maybe on special occassion. She said, "No, he is tired already. Mom cooks all the time." 😅
What I love when They come together is that it feels like a culinary top gear rather than a cooking show.
Saul is literally the G.O.A.T. of this channel
bro this was for real the first time you could’ve put any of 3 dishes in any order i woulda bought it, shout out emily she come so far.
The other two are great, but there’s something special about Saul.
Cracked up when lorenzo held the piece of nugget to his mic to get the sound of him crunching lol
this is the first time i am entertained by the level 3 chef
Saul throwing shade at salt bae. love it!
I would love to see Lorenzo and Saul do a Pro vs. Home Cook vid!
Saul, Lorenzo. Los amo, me encantan los videos en donde aparecen
Bro the chef was so funny put him in more videos please! 🤣
" i do not "
why
" I'm short" felt tho😂
❤️Emily, Lorenzo and Chef Saul...and Rose too!
The three funniest chefs in one video!!!
saul constantly dissing the salt meme is greatness
Emily, Lorenzo, and Saul... As the prophesy hath foretold, thus is the perfect trifecta of cooking realized!
Emily: "sometimes it's already dark and I want dinner." 😂 I never plan far enough ahead.
Saul wholesomely clapping makes me so happy for some reason.
Mr. Saul had me cracking up 😂, I love em the jokes🤌🏽
If it's not chef Frank emily Lorenzo Saul/frank best combo. And as always Ms rose. It's a delight to watch.
“See how easy it is to put the salt?” 😂
Emily, Lorenzo and Saul in one video IS ELITE
MY THREE FAVORITES IN ONE VIDEO YAAAAAAAAAY. MORE CHEF SAUL PLEAAAAASE. MORE EMILYYYYY.
Yeah, no lorenzo, he's annoying and pretentious wth is wrong with this man.
what can I say I'm a simple man. I see chicken nugget I click!
I see Emily i click
I love how Lorenzo is gently bashing on the lollipops. Didn't he have to do it before during a recipe swap?
I think it was deboned stuffed wings, and it was definitely a ton of work.
I love Saul, he's professional but also very funny and down to earth 🤎
I broke out laughing over his comments on the right way to add salt. No ten thousand dollar steak from him 🤣
Saul! What a lovely fun personality!
Yes! I can’t tolerate fancy salt sprinklers!!! Salt is salt !!!
I would love to try all of them but especially Saul’s they look amazing.
All the Peruvians in the house: YEAH, Saúl!!! 😁🇵🇪
Just one more reason to love you!
any episode that has these 3 make me very happy, and all of them together is absolutely delightful :D
Best Episode
Even the levels was great and exactly what should it be.
Easy and Fast (level 1)
Delicious but take some time (level 2)
Fancy (level 3)
Already knew this Episode was going to be great!! All 3 of them together?? Yes!!! 💖💖
I actually made nuggets one time but ground up the meat then shaped and froze before breading ad frying and they came out pretty awesome
my three favorite chefs on this channel all in the same video, nice.