Yo Ethan I gotta give you props, I've been on a diet for the last couple months and your videos have helped me eat well while having great success in the diet. Plenty of other food youtubers are great but you have the perfect blend of practicality(a lot miss this all together) and healthy dishes. A lot of people owe you and you deserve all the success you get and more.

@bishoppope2921

3 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree, his keema recipe has helped me on my diet

@EthanChlebowski

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Cooking has been amazing for me in so many ways, so the goal is to share that with all you. Congrats on the diet success as well ✊

@vajukal

3 жыл бұрын

@@bishoppope2921 Same actually, its a perfect recipe to make and portion out ahead of time. Its also really good with ground turkey and some extra lemon added.

@emileriksen2481

2 жыл бұрын

@@EthanChlebowski How would you cook noodles in a stirfry like this? At the end?

@karningham2849

2 жыл бұрын

@@emileriksen2481 surely pre cook and then add them almost last to just warm them? Only guessing,that’s what I’d do lol

I'm not an expert in stir fry by any means, but when I tried to learn more about them, one thing that I did learn and instantly made my food taste better is NOT using olive oil. Use high smoke point oils as you want the wok to be as hot as possible and that temperature will usually be too high for olive oil. It gives the food a bit of a slightly burnt/rancid taste. Now, you are by far a better cook than me, and you probably already know this and choose to use olive oil to fit the italian vibe of the dish, but I thought I'd still comment for other people to see. Great dish Ethan! Cheers all the way from Portugal!

@blulu8620

10 ай бұрын

Rip

@swankypants6227

6 ай бұрын

Rip

@samuelhernandez4135

Ай бұрын

Rip

Stir frying is absolutely the best technique for a quick meal, good for lunch or busy weeknights

@jameswhitley4101

3 жыл бұрын

Stir frying some bell peppers and onions with some meat (chicken or porkchop) was my go to whenever I needed to cook in college

@pinkorange4980

3 жыл бұрын

Weeknight dinner yup

I love how you focus on recipes that most people can reasonably do. Most cooking channels are too into the details that it becomes impractical with all the equipment and time put in. Love this channel.

3:03 I really appreciate that you closely follow your german language course Ethan and take the german saying of "Wurst ist mein Gemüse." to heart xD

@EthanChlebowski

3 жыл бұрын

Looked up the phrase, chuckle achieved :)

@_stealth_y

3 жыл бұрын

Ein Land, ein Reich, ein Kommentarbereich

@alexnoman1498

3 жыл бұрын

The Germans even have a version of "gekoloniseerd", go figure :D

@GlidingChiller

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexnoman1498 Geanschluss'd

@willywodka1924

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexnoman1498 Anschluss Zeit

Ethan, I have to say, I absolutely love your abstraction of recipe construction that you put in your videos, like you did at the start here. I think it's one of the things that makes your channel incredibly high quality. Great stuff as always!

Stir fry is one of the most useful and diverse techniques anybody can learn,not only is so easy to get the hang of it but also teaches other important techniques such as heat control and flavor layering which tend to be ignored. An awesome way to "clean the fridge" Great vid!

@TheFruitAlchemist

2 жыл бұрын

@A M you retain more color, texture and nutritional value as it spends less time on a pan. If you are using a well seasoned wok you can also reduce the amount of oil you need making it a bit healthier. It also teaches you adequate heat control, layering, cooking times, caramelization. Certain sauces or liquids react differently when they are cooked at high heat so their composition changes. You don't just throw things on a pan and call it a day; the way you cut the vegetables and the protein, the type of sauces you will use, wether yiu want to add egg, rice or noodles all have to be taken into consideration before even firing the wok. it takes a bit of practice to get the hang of a good stir fry so your cooking skills improve, it teaches you good mise en place practices, organization and speed. Is also rather quick and a good way to utilize a whole array of vegetables and proteins, so you can whip out meals in no time compares to other cooking methods

As someone with some Asian (Indonesian/Cantonese) roots, I find it hilarious how Westerners will often make stirfrying out to be some rocket science or secret Asian art or something. It's just tossing leftovers into a wok and frying them on high heat with some aromatics! One rule I would say is pretty much universal though, and Westerners do get wrong: make either a starch-forward or meat/vegetable forward dish. Then complement it with a side that fills the missing piece. So for example: Beef and broccoli? serve with plain rice. Fried rice or noodles? serve it with a nice stewed veg side or some meatballs or skewers. It keeps the wok from becoming crowded and making stuff gummy or undercooked.

@ruinedfall

3 жыл бұрын

yeah! i thought stir fry is something everyone knows

@Eviligniter

3 жыл бұрын

We call it salteado from where I'm from, it must be the wok, the rest is the same.

@Davis30b

3 жыл бұрын

As an ignorant westerner who is still learning thanks for this. Using a wok and stir-frying seems to be one of the most simplest and straightforward ways to eat a healthy and tasty meal. If we got everyone in America on board we could probably save our nations waistline.

@booates

3 жыл бұрын

who does

@Boollish

3 жыл бұрын

Timing everything right takes some practice, as does ingredient ratios. The number one thing you see with amateurs who don't know how to stir fry is they swamp the pan or add too much liquid and poach the food instead of stir frying it, and the average home kitchen is generally not equipped with the heat to do it really properly (or uses electric coils, in many parts of the US). Contrast with the one-pot meal that has been popular in the US since the 80s and 90s, which is generally a lot more foolproof.

Ingredient report: Mayo and pickled onions were not seen in this video. This has been your ingredient report.

@anotherfluffyninja6903

3 жыл бұрын

nooo Anyway thanks

@youvebinaced

3 жыл бұрын

Is he feeling okay? Didn’t see him clean up either 🤯

@CleverMonster101

3 жыл бұрын

You have a lot of time on your hands huh?

@NotJohnTanner

3 жыл бұрын

Huh thanks

I positively twitched when he didn't say "First, longyao, get your wok piping hot." I must watch too much Chinese Cooking Demystified. :P

@mauz791

3 жыл бұрын

Love that channel

Thanks Ethan. What I love about your content is that your passion for cooking always comes roaring through! Keep em coming!

love your videos man. You teach us HOW to cook, rather than bogging us down with specifics and sending us on wild goose chases for obscure ingredients. Much appreciated.

Great video as always, Ethan! My favorite go-to method of cooking trough a busy week! Thanks for the tips, this Italian styr fry goes to my "From Ethan" playlist to prepare! Awesome!

This guy can make anything look full of techniques. I probably will never make anything like he does but i still watch his every video.

@vatsalsanwaria537

3 жыл бұрын

Ye to indian sabzi bana raha hai. Aaj pata chala ye stir frying hai.

@GlaciusDreams

3 жыл бұрын

You.... Won't stir fry? This is like one of the most common and easy cooking ideas/"techniques"

@bartiz12

3 жыл бұрын

I encourage you to try! Ethan does a very good job of presenting complex cooking techniques as something accessible and worth trying. While long term I expanded my knowledge on wok frying and deep frying on other channels, actually Ethan's video made me realise I can try them for the first time. I cannot quite put the finger on what exactly, but there is something that makes his recipes feel simple and accessible.

@dask7428

3 жыл бұрын

Everything he did here is basic, not technical at all. have some ambitions man what the hell

@bartiz12

3 жыл бұрын

@@dask7428 Everyone was beginner at some point, Ethan included. Also, fear is very subjective. I cannot imagine myself bungee jumping due to fear of heights whereas a friend of mine would not even think of going surfing over deep waters.

As an engineer I love the way you use diagrams and structure your videos. Very impressed 👏 I have learnt alot through them. Thank you.

ETHAN! please do more videos of "why I always have" or "why everyone should know" they're the most helpful and added so much value to my life

I really like how go in depth and technical here, also appreciate you giving a nutrition chart at the end.

I do this kind of thing with greens all the time. Greens wilt in awesome too, and a quick deglaze will actually emulsify pretty well and turn into a light coating sauce without adding anything else.

One of the many things I love about stir fry is that the instructions are built right into the name.

Love how practical all of your recipes and tips are. I have lots of your recipes in my rotation.

You're timing is impeccable, I just got a wok.

3:07 - “move the vegetables to the side and add the vegetables” Italian sausage - “am I joke to you?” 🤣🤣🤣

@marccrey8791

3 жыл бұрын

Glad someone else caught it haha

@spapeztheoctopus3249

3 жыл бұрын

It threw me for a loop and I had to watch it three times and turn on subtitles

@TheGroundedCoffee

3 жыл бұрын

@dilindawson6727

3 жыл бұрын

Had to rewatch it but I got u.

Dude your stuff is outstanding. Really educational and fun. You’re a beast

Ethanos! Thank you for what you do. Non-pretentious, straight-forward, informative. Keep on keepin on.

I just love how ethan adds the macros of the meals, and low key telling us he is another iron lifting brother

just after watching a couple of videos, this is my favorite cooking channel, practicality at its best

Dude!! You just changed my life!! I have been looking for healthier options and this hits the spot! Keep up the good work! Could you also please do more of original delicious healthy recipes, not so much low calorie versions? I would highly welcome that! Thanks!!

I agree many people just toss the ingredients to make stir fry, there is a certain technique, minimum level of heat to make it right! I don't prefer using olive oil though, something more neutral and with high smoking point may be a better choice?

@firattiryaki5773

3 жыл бұрын

Olive oil is just fine for everything!

@jaspervanheycop9722

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the type of olive oil, more expensive green extra virgin stuff can get bitter and burnt tasting but the clear yellow cheap cooking olive oil sold in large containers (do they do that in the States? idk) is basically gonna work just fine at any temperature that doesn't burn your kitchen down anyway.

@HungryManKitchen

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaspervanheycop9722 I wouldn't use or call that olive oil though ;)

@jaspervanheycop9722

3 жыл бұрын

@@HungryManKitchen But it is. The reason they call it "extra virgin" is because most olive oil is the second kind, which is better in some ways and worse in others.

@HungryManKitchen

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaspervanheycop9722 Exactly my point, those yellow ones are refined and high temperatures and chemicals are used in the process. That process removes most of the aroma and its natural antioxidants and artificial substances need to be added to have a longer shelf life. I'm quite a bit interested in the topic and avoid using "refined" olive oil due to the above reasons and other frauds, and use only cold pressed or virgin olive oil for finishing or low temp cooking.

Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them and they are straight forward and easy to follow. In particular I enjoy the fact that you cover dishes from the south east Indian continent and add a western twist to them as I'm a Pakistani Canadian, so finding the right spices and or a balance between ease of preparation vs time is sometimes an issue. But you bridge those very well. Keep up the great work.

I love how you breakdown the techniques!! Love it all

I started cooking for myself a couple of months ago and I absolutely agree, stir frying is easy, fast and versatile, the best technique to learn if you are just starting to learn how to make food.

I love the way you explain recipes. It's clear, down to the essential and still very informative! Hats off to you bro

Love the channel and all the breakdowns you do with these cooking techniques. Feels so much more approachable and usable for a day to day home cook haha

Yesssss!!! Finally! Im doing stir fries every week now, such a quick and awesome food. Excited about your ideas

3:05 "move the vegetables a bit to the side" loool

@SaskatoonBerryPie

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't even notice that. I was like right right yeah of course.

@askmiller

3 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you, those are impossible meat sausages ;)

@eugeemz6591

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i was confused but then moved on and forgot about it

@freemover1811

3 жыл бұрын

Was checking comments to see if anyone else noticed

@EthanChlebowski

3 жыл бұрын

There will never be a video where I don't miss something while editing lol

Thanks for breaking this down! It really simplifies things.

Honestly I have learned so much cooking from this guy , it has made me survive my collage years

Thank you Ethan. Can you please make a video on Wok pans. I like your woks. We need a guide to buying best ones.

I tried this recipe for dinner and it came out great. I used shallots and chipotle peppers fir the aromatics. It gave the stir fry a nice flavor I’ve never really knew how to use asparagus beside boiling with butter. Would like other stir fry ideas in the future.

Any technique to use up leftover food is amazing!

I love stir fries. The basic process works great for most stir fries. Some dishes require slightly different techniques, like dry fried green beans. That benefits from slow frying just the beans first to wrinkle and slightly char them before taking them out and cooking the aromatics and other ingredients. This looks really good! Nice all used wok you have there!

Great video! May I suggest talking about how to develop a sauce for a stir fry. Like how you talk about salad dressing. I think that would be super helpful

Ahhh i see you are getting into the modernist cuisine books, they are not cheap but i recommend them to everyone, some of the best books i have ever owned

I'm always amazed watching your videos, man. Thank you! The only bad thing is that I was going to sleep, but now I'm hungry again.

Ethan out here blessing us with money saving recipes

Would love a video going over different oils and their best purpose.

Great video! New subscriber. This is one of my favorite ways to cook. Using whatever in your refrigerator, proteins, vegetables, herbs and leftovers. For Asian-inspired dishes, I always have Thai Basil on hand as it makes for authentic, fragrant dishes. If you have a local Asian supermarket, things like fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, fried chili oil, wasabi, ginger, snap peas, chili peppers, etc., turns up the flavor, and there are five. Cauliflower rice for lower carbs. You can create any stir fry or hash this way.

Awesome, thanks for your video! Keep up the good work! This is a method that a lot of people don't understand well enough imo.

Thank you for going over the basics of stir-fry. I wanted to make my own ramen, which is basically a stir-fry with ramen noodles, and this helped’

I learned I have the same exact stove as Ethan, awesome! Great stir fry video and enjoy the prep process/knife cutting 👍👍

Tip from kenji if you’ve got a gas stove - remove the diffuser at the top of your burner to get a nice big flame that’s better for stir frying

Excellent video. A must see for every home cook.

All of the Chinese stir frying techniques you mentioned in the beginning of the video really show much research you’ve done. STIR FRY TIL I DIE

The thing I like about your videos over some one like Josh or Babish are that your are super simple and amazingly easy to make for a home chef! Keep it going!

@danieldanielson2324

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. They’re practical and Ethan mostly outlines food I should be eating right now. Josh and babish are cool and I’ll stay subscribed but how to make a calzone isn’t what I need right now personally. Not to mention some of their things are labor intensive, meaning many dishes and timing and work well with a bigger kitchen.

I would use a different high heat oil when using a wok.

Awesome. Would love to see a video of you making a couple of classic stir fry dishes.

I like it that you describe the process and not the ingredients.

I've been waiting for another good low carb meal! this is amazing, excited to try this technique 😁

@EthanChlebowski

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

I made this for my lunch just kinda looking for something quick and it is literally one of my favorite things I have ever cooked the asparagus and onion cooked like this is are amazing

Your videos are fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

Is anyone else always jealous of that butcher’s knife he uses.

@never-walk-alone

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s a Chinese cleaver, not a butchers knife.

@shantytownbrown

3 жыл бұрын

love it but his knife technique makes me nervous--Ethan, tuck those fingers!

@oceandrew

3 жыл бұрын

It appears to be getting bigger.

@vizprave6721

3 жыл бұрын

It's a cleaver

@HungryManKitchen

3 жыл бұрын

@@shantytownbrown Exactly my thoughts :)

Yes! More stir fry videos!! 😋

Really the best channel for people that track colories but still want to eat tasty stuff ;) Keep on mate !

Made this for lunch. Great way to clear out the veggies and handled my pizza cravings

Ethan, please do a video explaining the various gastronomy and scientific effects that take place during cooking that you reference often in your recipes. I would love to learn more about this, but have been unable to find proper resources. Can you recommend anything if you won't do a video about it? I remember you've discussed doing a video about this previously, I would really like to see it. Thank you for all the effort you put in, you are easily my favorite of the KZread cooks.

Amazing theme, delivering and content Beautiful voice, beautiful process and environment At the end, very satisfying

Great video; I would definitely find more - how can I cook using these technique videos - more useful than how do I make the correct general tso chicken stirfry video. Everyone's done them. No one bothers talking technique and how to adapt it because that's harder. So if you can bring more like this, I would definitely love to see them. Not all the time, as I understand they take time to make, and sometimes just filming a "hey look how do I make this but better" video is more of a show-off type of thing without adding value. And now I digress. Keep up the good work!

great recipy, i know what i'll cook tomorrow. thanks!

Just subscribed. This, your onion slicing video, and your vegetable korma video did it for me.

Great principles. Thank you.

Love the intent of the video! While I appreciated the use of whatever you have on hand ingredients, I would have liked to have seen you touch more on the longer cooking time vs shorter cooking time veggies and what solid suggestions you might have for each. Also would have been cool to hear your input on certain textures you shoot for with each component in the dish. Love the vids man, keep em comin!

More stir fry videos!!!!! Stir fry is easy and delicious!

Love watching your content

That looks so simple and delicious

Can you do a video on stir frying frozen veggies?! I find it very challenging to get correctly.

@3:04 - they're funny looking vegetables...! great video Ethan super informative

Always like recipe videos with leftovers, keep em coming

I just tried this and it's soooo good 🤤🤤

Yes, more Chinese and Thai dishes would be awesome!

Honestly, learning how to stir fry changed my cooking life! It's as close as it gets to a cheat code. I had some chicken breasts that were starting to smell bad and some veggies that didn't look too good. Threw in some spices and dark soy sauce, stir-fried and I accidentally made Chinese Chicken Curry and it was one of the best things I've made in my life! The only thing I didn't like about the whole dish was the overcooked rice I made in a pot- the rice cooker is in delivery and I desperately needed some cooked rice asap.

Ha! I love that you recommend olive oil for stir fry. I use it all the time. Fried rice, thai curries, even chicken with cashew nut. No reason to go for unhealthy junk seed oils.

It’s so satisfying to see you eat the food 😂

As a Chinese I am IMPRESSED by your Chinese pronunciation. Its not perfect but close enough !

I like how you prefer to use a wok for stir frying. A wok is a really good cooking tool for stir frying.

To get that smokey wok hei flavor w/o smoking up your house I bought a Bernzomatic torch at the hardware store. It’s a game/flavor changer. Most culinary torches aren’t powerful enough bc they are meant more for lower heat applications like creme brullee. It’s also great if u don’t have a grill for things that normally taste grilled like asados or thit nuoung.

Gut gemacht und toll erklärt….klasse🍺

New fan, and first of all: that moustache is phenomenal. Secondly, would love to know what you're working on that you're not quite comfortable putting in a video yet. Love the content!

Dope video!

Wish I could double like just for the acknowledgment of “Wok hei” haha

thats an awesome knife

I work in a restaurant where we use a lot wok and learning the techniche is quite hard but once you got it becomes one of the best way to make anything really, but to me the main difference is the intensity of the heat because the food will burn unless you make it jump inside the wok

Yo Ethan! If you're using the Cai Dao to chop stuff anyway, def use it as a spatula to move your processed stuff around, it's very convenient!

Great and concise intro 😉

Great video man. Think you can demonstrate more Lamb based recipes? I once had a lamb gyro in NYC and it was amazing. Trying to get my wife to like lamb and id like to prepare something but I've never had to cook it myself

Brilliant channel! Keep it up! Learning a lot from your channel! May I ask what Wok you are using? Id like one of those, if it can be used on induction. :)

Really helpful and informative video, the only thing I'd disagree with is using olive oil to stir fry. There are a lot better options with a higher smoke point that are less likely to burn.

I really do need to find a wok. Think it's time to look through all my local second-hand stores.

Ethan I need that wok my guy!

At this rate Ethan will make every American kitchen cook the same and have the same ingredients lol

personally i'd go vegetable oil just because it takes heat better but that aside love how you broke down the fundamentals all in all 5/5