This dude is legit. 20$ victorinox knife, affordable delicious meals, clearly loves cooking and food, worked in Michelin star restaurants, and he's doing these recipes for us? What a legend
The Victorionox Fibrox chef's knife is actually one of the highest rated value chef's knives out there. It's a highly recommended knife for beginners and those on a budget; it's comfortable, sharp, well-balanced, and sturdy. You'll see it a lot in commercial settings because it's an overall good knife that's well priced. Of course, once you develop your skills and preferences, you may get a different, more expensive knife, but one should not discount the Victorionix knife as being 'bad' because it's cheap.
he has my respect for sure. he's literally showing us recipes with canned seafood unlike many others who expect you to go out and buy 30 ingredients for one dish.
Sir, you are what the Food Network has totally abandoned, the experienced chef teaching the rest of the world how to make the best dishes that we can afford. Truly, I thank you.
@@edgartriay8485tbh most of the time you don’t need recipes, all you need is just the basic techniques,for example stir frying, braising, pan searing, etc. and just use whatever ingredients you have with whatever technique that match your ingredients
The 'afford' part is the big thing the channel is missing now. Having to go to 3 different grocers to get what you need for one meal you'll probably never make again
I may be just adding another voice to the chorus but I admire Dan more than any other chef out there today. He’s cooked in some of the best kitchens in the world where a seat at a table can cost hundreds of dollars and left all that to focus on making good food available to everyone. We need more Dan Giustis in this world.
Dan really is the best! If you’re interested in similar chefs, I would absolutely check out Jacques Pepin. He’s the OG when it comes to teaching people how to eat well even with the most basic ingredients.
I can’t believe I just bought chopped clams for the first time because of this. I’ve spent so much money trying to make all these fancy complicated dishes and stressing myself out thinking I have to get the “best” stuff. This is like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for these vids and please keep making them!
@@Marcel_Audubon He worked as head chef at Noma, which has two Michelin stars, and was ranked the best restaurant in the world for four years (now #2). He quit all that and created an organization that designs nutritious, delicious food programs for school lunch programs. In many ways, he's taken on an even greater challenge than a Michelin star menu. He works within the budget of $1 per meal, limited trained staff, while appealing to the palate of little kids. I absolutely think that's legendary.
I like how chef used the microwave in making the clams casino dish, lots of great tips for not only using low-cost ingredients but utilizing time-saving prep.
I was just looking at my pantry this morning and trying to figure out what to do with the random canned fish I bought during early pandemic. This video was the answer. I’ve got both the sardine salad toppings and the salmon frittata going in the oven right now. Thank you!!
I LOVE canned/packet seafood for easy, affordable, protein packed meals. Tuna with rice is a favorite. If you have tuna, mayo or miracle whip, rice (sushi or sticky), and seaweed, you can also make some pretty easy, delicious Japanese inspired rice balls. I make them all the time with instant ingredients.
Actually, love canned tuna and mayo -> with cold rice and leftover vegetables for a tuna-rice salad or -> with leftover vegetables mix to put on a toast + cheese to broil kinda my version of easy/quick/cheap panini ^_^
I like these kind of recipes because it shows me how and what I can combine when I have leftovers or just food that I bought for a dish once and that just sits on my shelf.
Given the fact that Dan has worked in Noma, where it can cost easily $350 PER person to dine there (that's if you're even lucky to land a reservation), and is utilizing a microwave and not coming off as a pretentious "cheffy" chef, I love this. I like to fine dine as much as the next person, but these type of meals and budget is much more realistic to my means.
As a Floridian who has moved to a rural area in a landlocked state, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. I only ever learned how to cook fresh seafood and there's only so much you can do with frozen shrimp. The ideas and pairings here sound delish!
What Dan failed to mention here is that sardines, if eaten with their bones are actually very high in calcium. So there are health benefits to eating the bones along with the fish
High in collagen! That's what I like! Never use 'vegetable oil, tho. Go for a quality olive oil or some cold pressed avocado oil. vegetable oil is too high in Omega 6 fatty acids, while the others are high in Omega 3's . Also, heat processed oils are actually made rancid by the processing. Rancid oil is terrible for u.
I was looking for ways to incorporate more calcium in my daughter's diet and the pediatric nutritionist mentioned sardines! I didn't realize this and my daughter absolutely love the recipes above. Not that chicken nuggets are bad but we gotta keep introducing different and more nutritious foods to our kids.
@@staceykersting705 pretty sure Canola oil’s Omega 6 to 3 ratio is 2:1, which is pretty ideal given that daily dietary recommendations hover around 12 g omega 6 and 1.2 g omega 3
this is the most useful cooking video ive seen in quite a while! realistic recipes and new ideas without any BS. I've been eating sardines and chickpeas alot recently and the salad looks perfect! cant wait to make it
I don't generally do seafood, much less canned tuna, but I made my own twice-baked potato with tuna/potato and herbs for the filling. It turned out pretty decent
This is amazing. Seafood is one of the healthiest proteins you can consume, but everyone thinks you have to buy the very expensive fresh wild caught kind to benefit from that. Canned seafood is insanely good for you and costs a fraction of the price, but I've always struggled with using it because of the sometimes overwhelming fishy flavor it has (ESPECIALLY sardines). Seeing this video is rekindling my interest in getting more seafood back into my diet, very grateful for this.
When I saw the title, it reminded me of something my grandma would always make for Christmas. It was a basic cheese ball: cream cheese, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and canned shrimp, all rolled in crushed walnuts. Sounds weird, tastes delicious.
I actually use canned sardines in oil for pasta! Very yummy and very easy to do-just saute garlic and sardines with oil in a pan (i break them so that they’re evenly distributed) then add pasta and voila! You have dinner ready in minutes 👌🏽 The sardine salad is a great idea chef, will do that next time ☺️
I also do this! I also use canned tuna, tomatoes, parsley, garlic, and kalamata olives over linguine, spaghetti, whatever I have on hand. It's delicious, cheap, quick and one of my favourite recipes. I really appreciate Epicurious for presenting this episode!
Oh man the clams casino toast reminds me of the "linguine in clam sauce" my mom made. Canned clams, bottled clam juice, garlic, and Italian seasoning served over linguine. Was my favorite growing up. Canned seafood is so helpful on a budget; even used canned crab to make crab cakes for my spouse's birthday! Love this video. Will there be more videos like this?
Mackerel or sardines in red sauce as a base for a bowl of pasta - it's so easy to make, so savoury, and cheap af if you're on a tight budget. Sure, sometimes it's squid ink pasta with prawns in a white wine sauce. Sometimes it's pasta tossed in a pan with a can of mackerel and some cooking water.
My new favorite series from Epicurious. Thank you Chef Dan with your advocacy, making food good great and accessible to all( narrowing disparity between rich and poor, struggling moms and families, should i say) while teaching how to prep, explaining well to viewers to entice them to cook pantry and cheap ingredients. Pandemic made us keep lots of canned food at home. Thank you for all the ideas!! (Next, give us SPAM, luncheon meats, canned mushrooms, liverwurst, devil’s spread…)
I am sitting here eating clams Casino toast and it is DIVINE. It is way better than I even thought it would be. Everything if perfectly balanced. The crispness of the toast, the cream y richness of the filling. The brightness of the lemon. I am going to make this again and again. As a main course with a light salad. Incredible. Perfect for when you have a useless amount of bacon left over from another recipe.
Growing up, we kept a few cans of tuna/salmon in the pantry. My mom made the best tuna croquettes with rice and green beans. I always knew money was tight when this meal was served but it was always one of my fav dinners!
Good content, I discovered sardines a while back for cooking on a student budget and they're great. Love them in a spicy tomato sauce with capers for pasta. Also much more environmentally friendly than eating canned tuna and less mercury contamination since they are lower on the food chain. Hope to see more of this guy, cooking on a budget can be made fun and interesting with the right ideas.
15:55 If you're worried about your bread burning under a broiler from exposed edges, a little trick you can do is just dab a little bit of water around those exposed areas. It slows down them burning quite a bit
I'm blown away ...a Noma chef actually giving us free recipes online? And to boot there are things that I can afford, things that I can make and things that I like to eat. Absolutely heaven sent
I really enjoyed the two videos I have seen with Chef Dan. Nice change from the more common cooking videos. Just the right amount of humility, experience, skill, good humor, clear descriptions, easy instructions, nice speaking tone and speed, and what appears to be delicious dishes made easily and inexpensively. I hope Epicurious will continue to produce more Chef Dan videos of this type (focus on low cost meals, simple meals, etc.). With so many people suffering from the Covid Pandemic, and so many people living on tight budgets because of it, it is nice to see a chef putting out some meal ideas that are affordable and yet also look interesting and appetizing. Bravo Epicurious & Chef Dan!
This is a wonderful series, great ideas for heathy delicious food on a budget. Many thanks Dan for the creativity, enthusiasm & willingness to teach. The Clams Casino looks so good. BTW, in the spirit of not throwing away anything -- cats love the water from tuna cans.
Feels like the price point is being pulled down by dividing into more portions. But still, even if you doubled the portions the meals are still great value. Looks delicious and most likely more nutritious than what you can buy outside for this price.
I had to laugh when they said 2 cans of wild planet was $3.50-ish; it's $4 in upstate NY for 1 can, let alone 2. But agreed, still cheaper than eating out, for sure.
I DO wish more recipe channels, not just Epicurious, would acknowledge that prices of most of their ingredients vary depending on where you live- maybe show a range that an ingredient might cost, or show where they get them from, or even just a disclaimer that they’re not ignorant to that would go a long way.
@@mamagermany Tottally agreed ! i almost laugh when i saw the tunna can was 3,50 ish...around here they are usually around 6$ some better quality brands costing around 10$ if i could get tuna that cheap id eat it almost daily xD
I honestly don't understand why almost everyone does this when showing off budget recipes. Oh wow it's $2.00 for a portion half the size of a slice of pizza - that's not a meal. Just cook something that's the size of a meal that 1 person might eat and then put a price on that. Stop arbitrarily dividing it into tiny 'potions' to make your price tag look smaller.
I made the salmon frittata today. I didn’t have canned salmon so I used the fresh one I had in my fridge. But I appreciate his innovative ways of using cheap ingredients.. will make more of his dishes!!
I love the additional ideas for canned seafood, some I wouldn't have ever thought about before. I cook with canned seafood often, tuna, salmon, as well as Mackerel for Mackerel cakes and canned oysters for anything from dressing to a cream based oyster stew. I hadn't ever thought of cooking with sardines, even though I love them. I will definitely be experimenting with ideas with sardines. Thanks!
I have made all four of these recipes and I really enjoyed them all!! I had only ever used canned tuna before even though I love fish. I never would have purchased something like a canned mussel. Dave is an incredible educator and I feel like he has changed the way I look at ingredients after just a few of these videos.
Wow. I can watch him cook all day. He explains everything, shows his technique, adds his experience where needed, and makes it so simple to follow. Gordon Ramsey could learn from him.
Please keep these coming! It’s a fantastic concept and helps me see ingredients in my fridge and pantry on a new light. Loved the chickpea recipes by the way!
Thank you for these awesome Chef tips. Who knew you can make a dressing from chickpea juice and sardine oil. Also, roasting tomatoes,onions and chickpeas make Umami flavors. Great recipes thank you Chef 👍 would love to see more budget-friendly meals.
I made all of these last summer, and now, when I'm trying to fit more protein into my diet, the sardine salad is what comes to mind. Fish and chickpeas are great protein sources and I remember the dressing was rather tasty!
10:20 "So I'm not just eating out of this gigantic bowl by myself" I feel personally attacked. Don't shame me for having serving bowl sized "personal" salads lol
I do the same thing with Caesar salads. I LOVE Caesar salads, and I am only one person, soooo...to paraphrase a famous line: all Caesar salads are belong to me. 🤣🤣
I love your recipes!! I'm pescatarian so for the clams casino toast instead of bacon I used mushrooms and just skipped the microwave step and it was delicious!!! I subbed a few other ingredients for what I had around the house, feta for parm, no fresh herbs so added green onion for color and it tasted still really great. Definitely not really the same recipe after my changes but I liked the creative idea and it helped mix up my typical lunch meals. I appreciate these videos so much :)
I love his approach, I also like when chefs dish out crazy ingredients and whatnot but I love when a chef just tells you how to keep it grounded and realistic
I had sardines for the first time at the end of 2020. I was very pleasantly surprised how good they are, even right out of the can with just a little lemon juice squeezed over them. I now always keep a couple of cans in my pantry for a quick light meal. I actually buy the brand used in this video.
Its great on a tomato salad. Chop tomato, crumble feta, thin sliced red onion, sardines, oregano, salt pepper and olive oil. Boom. With some bread you got diner
Easiest way to get them in your diet is to just put some filets into a tomato pasta sauce, throw some spinach and/ or more veggies in, over any kind of pasta, I prefer capellini or angle hair. Bonus if you sauté onions and garlic in the oil first then add the pasta sauce to it. Super delish, healthy and savory!
I bake frittata in a square cake tin lined with baking paper. Cook potatoes etc. then pour however many eggs you want to use, herbs, seasoning, breadcrumbs, cheese, touch of olive oil on the top, maybe sliced tomatoes if you wish then bake for around 20-25 mins. Easy to lift out and a lot less trouble!!! Hi from Australia, and thank you!
I’ve been watching Dan for several months now, great teaching style. Everything he makes is well worth having at home. I have all these canned foods in the cabinets , with delicious options, excited.
He has good ideas, but with his execution I find it hard to believe that he was a head chef anywhere. His hands are shaking which means he's nervous I think
@@phoghat idk. It’s pretty natural to be nervous from 150k people watching. That, and it could also be an illness sorta thing. I have one server who has that. It doesn’t have to be nerves. That and he seems to have the energy and know how to be a chef. Plus cooking at home and cooking in a kitchen are vastly different.
@@horneytoaster4773 I'm I am a member of sag I have work in many commercials nobody is watching him or me because it's them or video tape or recording some other way if your hands shake like that there are things you can do so they don't.
@@phoghat would you like English lessons or would you just like to struggle through by yourself? Either way, no, sometimes there just aren’t. The sever I’m talking about has been to many top class doctors and it’s just something he’s stuck with. And either way sometimes it’s not feasible to get it looked at.
Tuna chowder recipe is definitely a keeper. Haven't tried the others....yet. Wish the recipes were listed out instead of having to watch and rewatch the video several times to get the recipe down on paper. I've made the tuna chowder twice now and it is delicious. One of my new favorite soups to make. Tricked my daughters, who refuse to eat tuna, by telling them it was chicken. They loved it. Didn't even bother telling them it was tuna once they were finished. They'd probably never eat it again despite how much they liked it. Here's the recipe for the tuna chowder. Hopefully this helps a few people save some time - Makes what I would say are 6 servings Saute 1/2 chopped onion in olive oil, adding some salt to help onions sweat (I end up using an entire medium onion) 3 cloves minced garlic (second time I made it, I did not have any garlic so I used 3 tablespoons of pesto) crushed red pepper to taste 1 can of diced tomatoes, including liquid 1 can of whole corn, including liquid 6 cups of water (he doesn't say how much water to use. I just guessed) 1 10 oz box of frozen spinach 3 large basil leaves (he adds whole, I chopped finely. Added basil even on 2nd making when I used pesto instead of garlic) Bring to boil While it was coming to boil, I started adding salt and pepper to taste. I also added more garlic powder to taste. I like garlic. Once boiling, add 8 oz of pasta (I used small shells) and cook as long as pasta directions indicate Once pasta is done cooking, remove from heat Add 2 cans of tuna, broken up and chunked Give a good stir, let sit for a few minutes before serving to let tuna come to temp
Loved his ideas and educating us on how to utilize canned seafood. But i don't taste my food, i just season until the ancestors tell me to stop. It usually comes out well. Lol
I made the Salmon Frittata this morning and my family loved it! I have all the ingredients ready for the sardine salad for lunch. Thank you for sharing the recipes!
Please, more videos like this with Chef Dan Giusti! He is so practical and thoughtful in his approach and choices, actually providing useful info and tips. All do-able recipes. Well made and organized video.
The times I've tried canned tuna I found it unpleasant, but I was inspired to try canned sardines after watching this. I riffed off the salad by adding the roasted veggies and sardines to pasta with pesto. It's absolutely delicious! The sardine oil does something special to the chickpeas especially, and putting the sardines into the oven with the veggies for a couple of minutes does tone down the fishiness a lot. I want to try all the recipes now.
7:10 This may seem odd, but ever since I was kid, my favourite treat from a can of salmon has been the backbone. I love the soft, chalky texture of the little vertebrae.
well done Chef Dan! Thank you for spreading the word about how amazing and healthy canned seafood is. We grew up with the cheap stuff, but now we can get amazing seafood in a can!
Please do a part 2 of this!! I love seafood as a protein source but its not easily accessible when its fresh where im from. I love the idea of all these recipes
Yum. Every one of these looked delicious. Love that the chef showed the finished dish at the beginning too, l much prefer having an idea of what something is going to look like when l'm preparing it. Have been a fan of canned fish for years. Canned mackerel is cheap, sustainable, healthy and makes a great fish pie. One of my favourite summer/camping meals is tuna and bean salad; Slice a white onion into ribbons and cover it with water while you prep the rest. A red onion is good too but, as they're milder they don't really need to soak, unless you want the taste to be extra mild. Drain and rinse a can of cannellini or any white beans and put into a serving bowl. Drain a can of tuna in oil and break it into chunks, keeping the oil to one side. Drain the onion and mix into the bowl with the beans and the tuna. Make a dressing with the oil from the tuna and some lemon juice or a dash of vinegar. If you have salad greens add them too - arugula/ rocket is excellent. If I'm using salad, l like to use about the same quantity as the bean/tuna mix. If you don't have salad, don't worry it's still very good. Season to taste (taste first as salt levels in the tuna and the beans can vary) and add the dressing just before serving. Eat with crusty bread.
This dude is legit. 20$ victorinox knife, affordable delicious meals, clearly loves cooking and food, worked in Michelin star restaurants, and he's doing these recipes for us? What a legend
hmm. yes. and Le Creuset. Still, preeeeetty cool and I will definitely make at least two of his recipes.
@@Vera-kh8zj I think we can forgive the Le Creuset on account of everything else being pretty cheap basic ware
This dude yeah laughing stock…
The Victorionox Fibrox chef's knife is actually one of the highest rated value chef's knives out there. It's a highly recommended knife for beginners and those on a budget; it's comfortable, sharp, well-balanced, and sturdy. You'll see it a lot in commercial settings because it's an overall good knife that's well priced. Of course, once you develop your skills and preferences, you may get a different, more expensive knife, but one should not discount the Victorionix knife as being 'bad' because it's cheap.
he has my respect for sure. he's literally showing us recipes with canned seafood unlike many others who expect you to go out and buy 30 ingredients for one dish.
Sir, you are what the Food Network has totally abandoned, the experienced chef teaching the rest of the world how to make the best dishes that we can afford. Truly, I thank you.
Yup. Cooking shows now are not about teaching people to cook. This is awesome:
Cwavt, I agree with you. We need recipes we can afford.
@@edgartriay8485tbh most of the time you don’t need recipes, all you need is just the basic techniques,for example stir frying, braising, pan searing, etc. and just use whatever ingredients you have with whatever technique that match your ingredients
well said, thank you
The 'afford' part is the big thing the channel is missing now. Having to go to 3 different grocers to get what you need for one meal you'll probably never make again
I may be just adding another voice to the chorus but I admire Dan more than any other chef out there today. He’s cooked in some of the best kitchens in the world where a seat at a table can cost hundreds of dollars and left all that to focus on making good food available to everyone. We need more Dan Giustis in this world.
yes sir, you are absolutely right!
Dan really is the best! If you’re interested in similar chefs, I would absolutely check out Jacques Pepin. He’s the OG when it comes to teaching people how to eat well even with the most basic ingredients.
This is the way.
HUNDREDS?!
Yes
This dude has cooked in Noma and is making clams casino on a baguette and prepping it in the microwave. I love this man
He was head chef at Noma, not just one of the cooks there
Exactly 😂 😂
Actually a microwave is bad. Have you ever eaten something out if it that was even half as good as an oven? Also it kills nutrients
@@renegademade6384 False. If used right, it's a very convenient and versatile tool.
@@renegademade6384 Literally nothing in your statement was true, but especially wrong was the killing nutrients part.
I can’t believe I just bought chopped clams for the first time because of this. I’ve spent so much money trying to make all these fancy complicated dishes and stressing myself out thinking I have to get the “best” stuff. This is like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for these vids and please keep making them!
Same. I’ve made the baguettes twice now in the last 2 weeks because they’re so good. Never even considered canned seafood before this realy
Canned clams are really good with sauteed garlic, olive oil, parsley and a bit of lemon juice over linguine.
@@Kiki-D-Kimono gonna try this next week:)
I didn't they have chopped clams exist til now! And the one he uses is only less than $2 a can at Target. What a steal!
@@Kiki-D-Kimono Done it before...soooo good! 😋😋😋
Guy spent his time is them fancy restaurants and decides to teach people how to make cheap meals. Legend.
that a pretty low bar for "legend"
@@Marcel_Audubon whatever man
@@Rhamburgers_420 if you find yourself pretending opening a can of fish is somehow miraculous, it's time to reevaluate your life, little lady 🤣😂🤣
and then we have a lowlife criticizing someone for praising a person they admire...it's time to reevaluate your life, little boy 🤣😂🤣
@@Marcel_Audubon He worked as head chef at Noma, which has two Michelin stars, and was ranked the best restaurant in the world for four years (now #2). He quit all that and created an organization that designs nutritious, delicious food programs for school lunch programs. In many ways, he's taken on an even greater challenge than a Michelin star menu. He works within the budget of $1 per meal, limited trained staff, while appealing to the palate of little kids. I absolutely think that's legendary.
I like how chef used the microwave in making the clams casino dish, lots of great tips for not only using low-cost ingredients but utilizing time-saving prep.
Balls
@@kylesantos8059 what?-
@@dinadinh1002 balls
@@kylesantos8059 I agree, balls
@@kylesantos8059 ok
'I happen to have the biggest bowl ever made'
The low key humor of this man is just amazing.
More of him, please. He is very real and attractive, while not cocky and snobby.
What?Lmao
@Wuxxy und ich so bin hab ich u die Frau von Doktor der Firma von mir gesprochen und haben
@Wuxxy its not google translate doing u dirty, i have no clue what hes saying either
@Wuxxy it wasn't Google I swear he's incoherent. I really tried to figure out what he was trying to say.
@@yesyes2543 Blücher!
Chef Giusti really makes me feel like I can make these at home. Please continue doing this series with him; he's excellent!
I was just looking at my pantry this morning and trying to figure out what to do with the random canned fish I bought during early pandemic. This video was the answer. I’ve got both the sardine salad toppings and the salmon frittata going in the oven right now. Thank you!!
I LOVE canned/packet seafood for easy, affordable, protein packed meals. Tuna with rice is a favorite. If you have tuna, mayo or miracle whip, rice (sushi or sticky), and seaweed, you can also make some pretty easy, delicious Japanese inspired rice balls. I make them all the time with instant ingredients.
oh man i keep forgetting you can chunk mayo into rice balls, time to whip out the kewpie
Actually, love canned tuna and mayo -> with cold rice and leftover vegetables for a tuna-rice salad or -> with leftover vegetables mix to put on a toast + cheese to broil kinda my version of easy/quick/cheap panini ^_^
I like these kind of recipes because it shows me how and what I can combine when I have leftovers or just food that I bought for a dish once and that just sits on my shelf.
Given the fact that Dan has worked in Noma, where it can cost easily $350 PER person to dine there (that's if you're even lucky to land a reservation), and is utilizing a microwave and not coming off as a pretentious "cheffy" chef, I love this. I like to fine dine as much as the next person, but these type of meals and budget is much more realistic to my means.
As a Floridian who has moved to a rural area in a landlocked state, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. I only ever learned how to cook fresh seafood and there's only so much you can do with frozen shrimp. The ideas and pairings here sound delish!
You can thaw the frozen seafood and treat it like it's fresh! I do that with frozen shrimp all the time.
@@michellebowen1194 I do that too, but I'm glad to have this video for some variety! :D
More of this guy please!! Chef Dan is like a beam of light in quarantine as I try to eat healthy and meal prep
What Dan failed to mention here is that sardines, if eaten with their bones are actually very high in calcium. So there are health benefits to eating the bones along with the fish
High in collagen! That's what I like! Never use 'vegetable oil, tho. Go for a quality olive oil or some cold pressed avocado oil. vegetable oil is too high in Omega 6 fatty acids, while the others are high in Omega 3's . Also, heat processed oils are actually made rancid by the processing. Rancid oil is terrible for u.
I was looking for ways to incorporate more calcium in my daughter's diet and the pediatric nutritionist mentioned sardines! I didn't realize this and my daughter absolutely love the recipes above. Not that chicken nuggets are bad but we gotta keep introducing different and more nutritious foods to our kids.
I didn't know you don't eat them without their bones 🤫 I've grown up eating them whole it's never crossed my mind to remove them. Amazing!
@@staceykersting705 pretty sure Canola oil’s Omega 6 to 3 ratio is 2:1, which is pretty ideal given that daily dietary recommendations hover around 12 g omega 6 and 1.2 g omega 3
@@ruj91 I know, their bones are so soft you can just chew through them
Love this guy, a real chef rolemodel that did the fine dining to the top and now uses his skills and "know how" to improve school-food and beyond.
this is the most useful cooking video ive seen in quite a while! realistic recipes and new ideas without any BS. I've been eating sardines and chickpeas alot recently and the salad looks perfect! cant wait to make it
"When the eggs come in, we don't want it to be super hot, but we want there to be some heat."
This is how experienced cooks give instructions. 😂
Yup, a little bit of this and a little bit of that
Cooking is an art but baking is science
This chef is Amazing! He displays affordability in food, beautifully.
I love these videos from Dan. He seems like a wonderful guy and he uses these ingredients in ways most people wouldn't ever think to!
I don't generally do seafood, much less canned tuna, but I made my own twice-baked potato with tuna/potato and herbs for the filling. It turned out pretty decent
Seafood in a baked potato? I’m going to have to try that. Thanks for the idea!
@@calico9046 did you watch the video 😂?
This is amazing. Seafood is one of the healthiest proteins you can consume, but everyone thinks you have to buy the very expensive fresh wild caught kind to benefit from that. Canned seafood is insanely good for you and costs a fraction of the price, but I've always struggled with using it because of the sometimes overwhelming fishy flavor it has (ESPECIALLY sardines). Seeing this video is rekindling my interest in getting more seafood back into my diet, very grateful for this.
Frozen seafood is also a good option! In many places "fresh" seafood is just frozen seafood that's been thawed, anyways.
When I saw the title, it reminded me of something my grandma would always make for Christmas. It was a basic cheese ball: cream cheese, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and canned shrimp, all rolled in crushed walnuts. Sounds weird, tastes delicious.
this guy, my god. These recipes. This vid makes me want to try all of them. The ex-Noma chef guy on point.
I actually use canned sardines in oil for pasta! Very yummy and very easy to do-just saute garlic and sardines with oil in a pan (i break them so that they’re evenly distributed) then add pasta and voila! You have dinner ready in minutes 👌🏽
The sardine salad is a great idea chef, will do that next time ☺️
Are they boney or do you even notice? Thanks so much
@@ashanein for canned sardines, the bones are really soft you can eat them
I also do this! I also use canned tuna, tomatoes, parsley, garlic, and kalamata olives over linguine, spaghetti, whatever I have on hand. It's delicious, cheap, quick and one of my favourite recipes.
I really appreciate Epicurious for presenting this episode!
Sardines, mackerel, tuna, salmon… delicious with pasta!
Me too... actually I've used sardines, clams, anchovies and also salmon (separately, not together) 😋
I don’t eat fish but I’m obsessed with this idea of inexpensive yet elevated meals. More of this thanks.
I just cooked the clams casino toast for my dad and myself and it was fire! Great recipe! Please do more seafood tips and recipes!
how long did you broil it for?
Oh man the clams casino toast reminds me of the "linguine in clam sauce" my mom made. Canned clams, bottled clam juice, garlic, and Italian seasoning served over linguine. Was my favorite growing up.
Canned seafood is so helpful on a budget; even used canned crab to make crab cakes for my spouse's birthday! Love this video.
Will there be more videos like this?
Mackerel or sardines in red sauce as a base for a bowl of pasta - it's so easy to make, so savoury, and cheap af if you're on a tight budget. Sure, sometimes it's squid ink pasta with prawns in a white wine sauce. Sometimes it's pasta tossed in a pan with a can of mackerel and some cooking water.
Same here! Sometimes she’d add white wine or lemon juice too.
Linguine in clam sauce using bottled clam juice is a favorite in the household.
Chef Dan is awesome! Hope to see more of him. This guy knows his stuff.
My new favorite series from Epicurious. Thank you Chef Dan with your advocacy, making food good great and accessible to all( narrowing disparity between rich and poor, struggling moms and families, should i say) while teaching how to prep, explaining well to viewers to entice them to cook pantry and cheap ingredients. Pandemic made us keep lots of canned food at home. Thank you for all the ideas!! (Next, give us SPAM, luncheon meats, canned mushrooms, liverwurst, devil’s spread…)
I am sitting here eating clams Casino toast and it is DIVINE. It is way better than I even thought it would be. Everything if perfectly balanced. The crispness of the toast, the cream y richness of the filling. The brightness of the lemon.
I am going to make this again and again. As a main course with a light salad. Incredible.
Perfect for when you have a useless amount of bacon left over from another recipe.
Growing up, we kept a few cans of tuna/salmon in the pantry. My mom made the best tuna croquettes with rice and green beans. I always knew money was tight when this meal was served but it was always one of my fav dinners!
Good content, I discovered sardines a while back for cooking on a student budget and they're great. Love them in a spicy tomato sauce with capers for pasta.
Also much more environmentally friendly than eating canned tuna and less mercury contamination since they are lower on the food chain.
Hope to see more of this guy, cooking on a budget can be made fun and interesting with the right ideas.
Canned Disrestan when? . . . Kappa
@@MostWeakest pepoS
15:55 If you're worried about your bread burning under a broiler from exposed edges, a little trick you can do is just dab a little bit of water around those exposed areas. It slows down them burning quite a bit
EXCELLENT! Every can of seafood demonstrated here is so healthy and brain food too. Thank you so much, Chef Dan Giusti.
I'm blown away ...a Noma chef actually giving us free recipes online? And to boot there are things that I can afford, things that I can make and things that I like to eat. Absolutely heaven sent
I really enjoyed the two videos I have seen with Chef Dan. Nice change from the more common cooking videos. Just the right amount of humility, experience, skill, good humor, clear descriptions, easy instructions, nice speaking tone and speed, and what appears to be delicious dishes made easily and inexpensively. I hope Epicurious will continue to produce more Chef Dan videos of this type (focus on low cost meals, simple meals, etc.). With so many people suffering from the Covid Pandemic, and so many people living on tight budgets because of it, it is nice to see a chef putting out some meal ideas that are affordable and yet also look interesting and appetizing. Bravo Epicurious & Chef Dan!
This is a wonderful series, great ideas for heathy delicious food on a budget. Many thanks Dan for the creativity, enthusiasm & willingness to teach. The Clams Casino looks so good. BTW, in the spirit of not throwing away anything -- cats love the water from tuna cans.
More Chef Dan!!!! Knowledgeable and down to earth, want more videos with him.
Can we have chef Dan show us how to use dried beans and/or lentils. I have so many and need to get out of my rut of repeats.
Ever tried making daal with the lentils?
Feels like the price point is being pulled down by dividing into more portions. But still, even if you doubled the portions the meals are still great value. Looks delicious and most likely more nutritious than what you can buy outside for this price.
I had to laugh when they said 2 cans of wild planet was $3.50-ish; it's $4 in upstate NY for 1 can, let alone 2. But agreed, still cheaper than eating out, for sure.
I DO wish more recipe channels, not just Epicurious, would acknowledge that prices of most of their ingredients vary depending on where you live- maybe show a range that an ingredient might cost, or show where they get them from, or even just a disclaimer that they’re not ignorant to that would go a long way.
@@mamagermany 100%
@@mamagermany Tottally agreed ! i almost laugh when i saw the tunna can was 3,50 ish...around here they are usually around 6$ some better quality brands costing around 10$ if i could get tuna that cheap id eat it almost daily xD
I honestly don't understand why almost everyone does this when showing off budget recipes. Oh wow it's $2.00 for a portion half the size of a slice of pizza - that's not a meal. Just cook something that's the size of a meal that 1 person might eat and then put a price on that. Stop arbitrarily dividing it into tiny 'potions' to make your price tag look smaller.
I made the salmon frittata today. I didn’t have canned salmon so I used the fresh one I had in my fridge. But I appreciate his innovative ways of using cheap ingredients.. will make more of his dishes!!
I appreciate these videos with him. He’s super helpful.
I like this guy his energy was amazing it made his cooking very engaging, he’s very intelligent. I like his energy! Please add more of him
I love the additional ideas for canned seafood, some I wouldn't have ever thought about before. I cook with canned seafood often, tuna, salmon, as well as Mackerel for Mackerel cakes and canned oysters for anything from dressing to a cream based oyster stew. I hadn't ever thought of cooking with sardines, even though I love them. I will definitely be experimenting with ideas with sardines. Thanks!
I have made all four of these recipes and I really enjoyed them all!! I had only ever used canned tuna before even though I love fish. I never would have purchased something like a canned mussel. Dave is an incredible educator and I feel like he has changed the way I look at ingredients after just a few of these videos.
Unpopular opinion : Every bald chef knows how to cook
-Frank
-Dan Giusti
-Babish
I think Babish isn't a chef
@@jedskee333 yeah he doesn’t like to identify himself as a “chef” cause he considers himself a home cook
Gordon begs to disagree
Popular opinion: you don't know what chef means.
EVERY chef knows how to cook. Now, did you mean every bald person knows how to cook?
Ah you forgot one bald man, the one that can do anything, a doctor, cheff, astronout, even a plumber, hmmmm where should he goes?
Wow. I can watch him cook all day. He explains everything, shows his technique, adds his experience where needed, and makes it so simple to follow. Gordon Ramsey could learn from him.
More of this guy please! I’m ready to run out and try canned sardines & clams.
Echoing everyone else, Dan's a great teacher! I love how he stops to explain what he's doing, provides alternatives and techniques, etc. etc.
Please keep these coming! It’s a fantastic concept and helps me see ingredients in my fridge and pantry on a new light. Loved the chickpea recipes by the way!
Love the dry humor and just a joy to watch and very clear and easy to understand what he is saying and doing in the kitchen.
Thank you for these awesome Chef tips. Who knew you can make a dressing from chickpea juice and sardine oil. Also, roasting tomatoes,onions and chickpeas make Umami flavors. Great recipes thank you Chef 👍 would love to see more budget-friendly meals.
I made all of these last summer, and now, when I'm trying to fit more protein into my diet, the sardine salad is what comes to mind. Fish and chickpeas are great protein sources and I remember the dressing was rather tasty!
10:20 "So I'm not just eating out of this gigantic bowl by myself"
I feel personally attacked. Don't shame me for having serving bowl sized "personal" salads lol
If you eat it in the mixing bowl it's one less dish to wash!
I do the same thing with Caesar salads. I LOVE Caesar salads, and I am only one person, soooo...to paraphrase a famous line: all Caesar salads are belong to me. 🤣🤣
Bravo!!!!
Experience to the 10th degree!
Every single thing about this is spot on!!( in my humble opinion)
👍🏻💗
It’s basically a cheese grater on a stick. Lol he is so great
Cooked at noma and brings good cheap food to the public. As a cook for 10 years I respect this guy fully.
I need… no: the world needs more things like this! Not only budget but time saving cooking!
I love your recipes!! I'm pescatarian so for the clams casino toast instead of bacon I used mushrooms and just skipped the microwave step and it was delicious!!! I subbed a few other ingredients for what I had around the house, feta for parm, no fresh herbs so added green onion for color and it tasted still really great. Definitely not really the same recipe after my changes but I liked the creative idea and it helped mix up my typical lunch meals. I appreciate these videos so much :)
As coming from a Country where we produce a lot of canned seafood, I rate this video as 150 of 100. Can't wait to try this recipes
I love his approach, I also like when chefs dish out crazy ingredients and whatnot but I love when a chef just tells you how to keep it grounded and realistic
These all look so good and so attainable. Can't wait to try some of these. Also Dan is so easy on the eyes.
I made the clams casino toast for a party appetizer. Tripled the recipe. It went over very very well. A winner!
at first i was like “sardine salad? what?” and then he sold it to me
I had sardines for the first time at the end of 2020. I was very pleasantly surprised how good they are, even right out of the can with just a little lemon juice squeezed over them. I now always keep a couple of cans in my pantry for a quick light meal. I actually buy the brand used in this video.
You've been missing out, sardines are a great addition to salads.
Its great on a tomato salad. Chop tomato, crumble feta, thin sliced red onion, sardines, oregano, salt pepper and olive oil. Boom. With some bread you got diner
Easiest way to get them in your diet is to just put some filets into a tomato pasta sauce, throw some spinach and/ or more veggies in, over any kind of pasta, I prefer capellini or angle hair. Bonus if you sauté onions and garlic in the oil first then add the pasta sauce to it. Super delish, healthy and savory!
I feel the same way, have never eaten canned sea food but now I want to try it since this all looks so good and it’s cheap
I bake frittata in a square cake tin lined with baking paper. Cook potatoes etc. then pour however many eggs you want to use, herbs, seasoning, breadcrumbs, cheese, touch of olive oil on the top, maybe sliced tomatoes if you wish then bake for around 20-25 mins. Easy to lift out and a lot less trouble!!! Hi from Australia, and thank you!
The sardines easily split in half lengthwise, and you can remove the crunchy bones and the intestines that sometimes are left in.
I’ve been watching Dan for several months now, great teaching style. Everything he makes is well worth having at home. I have all these canned foods in the cabinets , with delicious options, excited.
I love this guy's energy!
Clams casino recipe turned out awesome! Glad I found this channel!
Chef: "You don't want to chop basil too much"
Also chef: **chops basil to atom size**
He has good ideas, but with his execution I find it hard to believe that he was a head chef anywhere. His hands are shaking which means he's nervous I think
Now we are going to put in some nice seasoning so we'll save this evening for the end WTF?
@@phoghat idk. It’s pretty natural to be nervous from 150k people watching. That, and it could also be an illness sorta thing. I have one server who has that. It doesn’t have to be nerves. That and he seems to have the energy and know how to be a chef. Plus cooking at home and cooking in a kitchen are vastly different.
@@horneytoaster4773 I'm I am a member of sag I have work in many commercials nobody is watching him or me because it's them or video tape or recording some other way if your hands shake like that there are things you can do so they don't.
@@phoghat would you like English lessons or would you just like to struggle through by yourself? Either way, no, sometimes there just aren’t. The sever I’m talking about has been to many top class doctors and it’s just something he’s stuck with. And either way sometimes it’s not feasible to get it looked at.
Tuna chowder recipe is definitely a keeper. Haven't tried the others....yet.
Wish the recipes were listed out instead of having to watch and rewatch the video several times to get the recipe down on paper.
I've made the tuna chowder twice now and it is delicious. One of my new favorite soups to make. Tricked my daughters, who refuse to eat tuna, by telling them it was chicken. They loved it. Didn't even bother telling them it was tuna once they were finished. They'd probably never eat it again despite how much they liked it.
Here's the recipe for the tuna chowder. Hopefully this helps a few people save some time -
Makes what I would say are 6 servings
Saute 1/2 chopped onion in olive oil, adding some salt to help onions sweat (I end up using an entire medium onion)
3 cloves minced garlic (second time I made it, I did not have any garlic so I used 3 tablespoons of pesto)
crushed red pepper to taste
1 can of diced tomatoes, including liquid
1 can of whole corn, including liquid
6 cups of water (he doesn't say how much water to use. I just guessed)
1 10 oz box of frozen spinach
3 large basil leaves (he adds whole, I chopped finely. Added basil even on 2nd making when I used pesto instead of garlic)
Bring to boil
While it was coming to boil, I started adding salt and pepper to taste. I also added more garlic powder to taste. I like garlic.
Once boiling, add 8 oz of pasta (I used small shells) and cook as long as pasta directions indicate
Once pasta is done cooking, remove from heat
Add 2 cans of tuna, broken up and chunked
Give a good stir, let sit for a few minutes before serving to let tuna come to temp
Loved his ideas and educating us on how to utilize canned seafood. But i don't taste my food, i just season until the ancestors tell me to stop. It usually comes out well. Lol
This is so me
Same lol
same lol
I made the Salmon Frittata this morning and my family loved it! I have all the ingredients ready for the sardine salad for lunch. Thank you for sharing the recipes!
Chef Dan doing great work for school lunches too
As someone who just discovered the joy and deliciousness of sardines, this video was perfect. Thank you Dan. Those recipes are awesome.
His personality is A1. The more and more he talked. The deeper I fell in love. Very strange. Oh, the food looked good too.
This is my favorite cooking video! Practical, entertaining, and easy to find ingredients. Wish this guy had a cookbook!
This is amazing! Can't wait to try. I actually like the canned fish flavor but didn't know how to incorporate it into a meal.
Please, more videos like this with Chef Dan Giusti! He is so practical and thoughtful in his approach and choices, actually providing useful info and tips. All do-able recipes. Well made and organized video.
that salad looked delicious.
also, Dan Giusti videos dont need background music imo.
The times I've tried canned tuna I found it unpleasant, but I was inspired to try canned sardines after watching this. I riffed off the salad by adding the roasted veggies and sardines to pasta with pesto. It's absolutely delicious! The sardine oil does something special to the chickpeas especially, and putting the sardines into the oven with the veggies for a couple of minutes does tone down the fishiness a lot. I want to try all the recipes now.
I recently got into canned seafood because it’s so delicious, cheap and nutritious. A Nigerian women who does nice cooking videos got me into it.
Can I ask for the videos? They sounds great
7:10 This may seem odd, but ever since I was kid, my favourite treat from a can of salmon has been the backbone. I love the soft, chalky texture of the little vertebrae.
Frank’s not here because he’s out in the pacific fishing for the legendary fish for his meals
Red dead redemption 2 style?
@@sidneycz8453 yessir he’s out with Hosea and Dutch with the special bait he made himself.
Sheeesh
@@majoroldladyakamom6948 thank you sir, I’ll be sure to watch it
well done Chef Dan! Thank you for spreading the word about how amazing and healthy canned seafood is. We grew up with the cheap stuff, but now we can get amazing seafood in a can!
excellent series, hope to see more of it! Great Chef!
my favourite chef online, keep this series going! what a charismatic guy
This brings me back to my grad school days. We had to make cheap ingredients go far because books were expensive.
Please do a part 2 of this!! I love seafood as a protein source but its not easily accessible when its fresh where im from. I love the idea of all these recipes
At one point we were getting a lot of canned salmon in food boxes, so wife turned them into salmon cakes/ patties. Turned out pretty good
Love knowing what to use canned sardines for. We're low income & fish are expensive so canned seafood is very useful. Thanks.
Loved this video. Wish there was a suggestion cmfor canned crab :)
Dan is awesome! He is revolutionizing school food and makes delicious made from scratch school food!
one of my favourite segments from epicurious thank you so much
Yum. Every one of these looked delicious. Love that the chef showed the finished dish at the beginning too, l much prefer having an idea of what something is going to look like when l'm preparing it. Have been a fan of canned fish for years. Canned mackerel is cheap, sustainable, healthy and makes a great fish pie. One of my favourite summer/camping meals is tuna and bean salad;
Slice a white onion into ribbons and cover it with water while you prep the rest. A red onion is good too but, as they're milder they don't really need to soak, unless you want the taste to be extra mild. Drain and rinse a can of cannellini or any white beans and put into a serving bowl. Drain a can of tuna in oil and break it into chunks, keeping the oil to one side. Drain the onion and mix into the bowl with the beans and the tuna. Make a dressing with the oil from the tuna and some lemon juice or a dash of vinegar. If you have salad greens add them too - arugula/ rocket is excellent. If I'm using salad, l like to use about the same quantity as the bean/tuna mix. If you don't have salad, don't worry it's still very good. Season to taste (taste first as salt levels in the tuna and the beans can vary) and add the dressing just before serving. Eat with crusty bread.
Why aren't there more of these? I need more creativity with humble ingredients from Dan.
I love his approach so much, hope to see more of Chef Dan Giusti!