- Holy moly.
- This is the fanciest meal I've ever seen.
- I feel like soup gets a bad rap.
Struggling!
Oh, it looked exactly the way that I ate it in Mexico City.
The Indonesian soup is one of the best foods
I've ever eaten in my life.
Hi, I'm Hannah, I'm The World's Okay-est Mom.
And it's that time again, I asked my Instagram followers
to send me their favorite recipes from all over the world
and I'm gonna make a different dish every day of the week.
It's gonna be delicious.
(doorstop jiggles)
Fair warning, my house is very noisy.
All of my kids are home and it's very, yeah. (giggles)
- And it's very trashy.
- This week of eating foods from around the world
has clearly become a favorite,
not only in my house, but for you.
And I get so many requests to make another one
and so many submissions of different recipes.
(child mumbles)
- [Child] I was gonna give it to him.
- This is my life, this is my home.
I do this week of trying foods from around the world
because I want my kids to grow up with a varied palette.
If I have the recipe and I'm able to share it with you,
it will be linked in the description.
And here's your warning,
do not watch this on an empty stomach.
Go get a snack because you will be hungry.
- Hi, Hannah.
My name is Dani and I'm from Mexico.
In Mexico we have different types of pozole,
but my personal favorite and one of the most traditional
ones is pozole rojo.
I really hope you like it.
- Pozole is a Mexican soup,
it's typically cooked with pork or chicken
and large corn that I call hominy,
but it has a few different names
and it has an amazing broth
that can either be red, green or clear.
I started the broth with chicken and water
and some seasonings.
Got my chilis.
I have attempted to make pozole before in the past,
and it just never quite tasted right.
I was missing these two chilies.
We're gonna blend this all up.
That looks good!
No, I'm not making a smoothie, this is sauce.
Everything smells so good in my house.
It looked exactly the way that I ate it in Mexico City.
Yum!
- This is the fanciest meal I've ever seen!
- I could just drink the whole broth.
That's how yummy the broth is.
- [Hannah] It's so good, right?
- It's delicious.
- Jackson really enjoyed the broth.
It was not too spicy for him.
I sent a photo to my follower, she said it looked accurate.
It meant so much to me because
this was the first time I've tried making a food
that I've actually eaten in that country.
- [Dad] Oh my goodness!
- Hi Hannah, I'm Miloutje from The Netherlands.
I would love for you to make my recipe for boerenkool,
something my family eats at least once a week.
I hope you enjoy!
- Hello!
What are we making today, Henry? (baby mumbles)
You want to push the button on the coffee maker?
(baby giggles) Yeah, okay let's go do it.
It was a dish that I was very excited to try
because my mom and I took a cruise to the Netherlands
and we went on several food tours,
but we didn't try boerenkool.
It's a starchy potato and kale mash with sausage.
Got some boiling salty water.
So I'm going to add my potatoes and my kale.
And I already managed to make a mistake.
I didn't cut the potatoes.
So I pulled 'em back out and I've sliced 'em.
The sausage used in this is just a smoked sausage
and it's really easy cause it's already cooked.
I'm not making my own sausage.
I live with enough sausage, oh my God.
Don't include that.
You can just boil it in the package,
but I'm heating it on the skillet.
It's a great way to get kids to eat kale.
Nice trick.
You know, it had some interesting seasonings
that I had never tried in a potato mash before.
I have this, friend. (baby cries)
What, why do you have an iPod?
This little lurker.
- I want it.
- The boys loved it.
It was a really hearty, delicious dinner.
I sent a photo to my follower.
They approved, they said it looked accurate.
I felt like I can make it again really easily,
and I definitely will.
- Hi Hannah, my name is Tiffany
and I would love for you guys to try
some Chinese style barbecue pork,
which is also known as char siu.
It is a really popular Cantonese dish.
You can usually make a bunch of it
and then serve it with rice and veggies.
It's a really, really good dish and it's really delicious.
So I really hope your family enjoys it.
- I got to buy a new wine to cook with for this dish.
I had never tried it before.
Oh, it's very salty.
It's definitely not wine meant to be drunk,
but it is delicious in food.
I'd made the marinade that morning.
I got the pork in and let it marinate for about eight hours.
Okay, we're getting there.
We're burning a little.
This looks pretty accurate.
I served it alongside some bok choy and rice.
You hungry?
- Foodie time!
- Foodie time, let's go.
This was probably Wyatt's favorite dish of the week.
He wolfed down that meat, he loved it so much.
I was mind-blown.
The marinade is stupendous
and there's all those umami flavors.
It's so good!
Last thing to do was take a photo
and send it to my follower.
And they said it looked great.
I'm so proud of that dish.
Completely worth the effort.
Next step, it dawned on me that maybe
it would be fun to try a recipe
that's native to my heritage.
So I asked my mom for a Scandinavian recipe
and she sent me my grandma's recipe for kringlar.
A lot of the knowledge comes from
just watching someone make it.
And what's written down in the recipe
isn't really the whole picture.
So I was really nervous to make this one
because it was on a recipe card
that my grandma wrote herself.
Basically just mix it like a pie crust.
So I got my dough crust out here.
Not quite as narrow as she does it,
but I think it looks fine.
Here's what I did.
I did not order eggs and I have no eggs.
Today is not my day.
But luckily we have chickens.
It started with four and now we have 13.
I've lost it.
Things are looking up for me now, everybody.
I'm a farmer, y'all.
I spread the cream puff type dough on top of the pie crust,
popped in the oven to bake.
When I pulled it out, it was a little lumpy.
It was a little flat.
It was a little pale, but I figured it was close enough.
And then I made an almond glaze.
It looks somewhat accurate, but I'm not sure.
I'm waiting for my mom to answer.
Tasty?
The boys thought it was fine.
Would you like a bite, no?
I sent my mom a picture and she didn't answer.
So I packed up the kids and I drove to her house
to ask her to try it.
All right, I'm at my mother's house
re-making kringlar because she criticized mine so much.
She took one bite, she chewed twice
and she spit it out and she said it was not right.
I did not do a good job.
And I knew she was right.
So I made it again,
but this time I had regular large eggs
and I did the dough in two thinner strips
instead of one bigger strip.
- It looks different.
- [Hannah] I didn't realize you were a connoisseur.
All right, we are frosted.
I had it covered overnight.
It looks way better.
- Wow, that is delicious!
- Henry ate it, he enjoyed.
My mom ate it, and enjoyed,
and said it tasted just like my grandma's.
Just goes to show that I still make mistakes,
but I fixed it.
- That's really good.
- Hello Hannah, I'm Dwi from Indonesia.
You should try this soto ayam recipe
because it's very rich and tasty.
In Indonesia, soto ayam is a very popular food
and easily found on the streets in a wide range of price.
Enjoy Hannah!
I'm so glad to share you this recipe, bye.
- Soto ayam is a chicken-based soup broth
with vermicelli, clear rice noodles
and a lot of different toppings and some amazing seasoning.
It required pecans in the seasoning blend,
which I have never thought of using.
I am sauteing my spice blend.
So we're just gonna let this get fragrant.
It's really straightforward, actually.
You just simmer it for a very long time.
And that's the bulk of the effort,
is waiting and monitoring your pot.
It's about time to take the chicken
out of the pot and fry it up 'til it's dry.
I'm going to boil my noodles.
I just sampled the broth.
Holy moly, it's good!
When the broth was finished I removed the chicken
and I shredded it,
and then it was time to assemble the soup.
Do you like it?
- That is, like, the best soup or whatever it is
I've ever tasted.
- It's soup, it's Indonesian soup!
The boys were really into it.
It's a really kid-friendly dish.
What did you say?
- I can't stop eating it.
He never says that.
Matt's gettin' seconds.
It was so indescribably delicious.
It was tangy and rich and flavor,
but like nice and salty,
but also really fresh tasting and really light tasting.
It is one of the best foods I've ever eaten in my life.
I sent a photo to my follower, they said it looked good.
This is definitely something we'll be making again.
It wasn't difficult.
It's time consuming, but you don't
have to do much during that time.
So it's a perfect dish.
Tonight we're making jollof rice from Nigeria.
I feel like it's such an elevated rice
'cause usually my rice is a little sad.
So I'm very grateful for this recipe.
Jollof rice is a really really savory,
flavor-packed rice that has bell peppers,
tomatoes, chili peppers, curry,
all of these seasonings.
So the first thing I did was
put the peppers in the oven for a little bit
to get a little bit of smoky flavor.
And then I blended those up with the tomatoes.
Then I sauteed some onions with the tomato paste.
Then I added my blended sauce back in.
I added my seasonings.
Then I added the rice, covered it with chicken broth
and I sealed the top of the pot
to make sure that the steam was trapped inside.
All right, we got some burned bits here.
She said that was good, it adds good flavor.
This is looking amazing.
- 3, 2, 1, mmm!
- Jackson eats really quickly. - I finished!
- Wyatt eats really slowly.
He liked the rice though, it was tasty.
It's impossible not to like, it's delicious.
I sent it to my follower, she said it looked good.
It was a true relief to see that I did an okay job.
- Hi Hannah, my name is Sayo
and I would love if you and your family
tried my recipe for Japanese dango.
It is a super simplified,
super easy version of what we used to make
back home in Japan.
And it's just something that brings back so many memories,
and I remember making with my dad
when I was younger and I think
it would be a really fun activity
for you and your family as well.
I really hope that you enjoy and let me know how it goes!
- Dango is a Japanese dumpling,
it's made with rice flour and it's basically a blank slate.
It doesn't have too much flavor to it
because it's meant to carry whatever sauce you want with it.
So I have silken tofu.
And I'm supposed to put in 200 grams
of this special sweet rice flour.
Problem is, I don't have a scale.
So I'm gonna be eyeballing this.
- It looks like a mountain of flour and butter.
- Flour and butter?
So let's mush it up.
I'm gonna roll this into little balls.
Can't tell if this is right, I hope it is.
Let's do a test one and see how we do.
Okay, so these are enormous.
So I'm going to make some more.
It's exactly what she said,
it's like a blank canvas.
Maybe mine is a little too loose, like a little too watery.
So I kept tweaking the ratios of tofu to rice flour
until I finally got it right.
Trial and error, my friends.
After many, many rounds of tweaking the ratios,
I feel like when I finally plated it, it looked accurate.
What do you think?
- I'm gonna have thirds.
- [Hannah] Y'all, this was full.
And I turned around and now it's empty.
He is mowing this down.
And these are my failed attempts, and he still loves it!
- Amazing.
- Oh my gosh, the boys went crazy for this.
There was none left.
What'd you say?
- These are the best things I've ever tasted.
- [Hannah] They're the best thing you've ever tasted?
- Yeah, I'm on my fourths and I still want more.
- [Hannah] Oooh, yum!
- So make sure that's my cup.
- You want another, okay.
I sent a photo to my follower and she said
it looked exactly how it's supposed to look,
which was so nice to see.
If you're gonna make one recipe from this week,
start with Dango.
It is so simple and you will have learned
a really amazing Japanese recipe.
I love doing this.
It has changed the way that my kids
perceive different cultures and different foods
and just differences in general.
When I tell my kids that we're making recipes
that you've submitted from all over the world,
now they automatically approach it
with an open mind and so much respect,
and they want to learn more about these countries
and it sparks such amazing conversations
and so much learning.
That's the goal here.
So that's it for now, I'm Hannah!
And tell me what you thought.
Did you like the dishes I made?
Have you made these dishes?
And what should I try next time?
And if you'll please excuse me,
I need to go make another batch of pozole immediately.
Til next time!
Be sure to check out our next episode.
I'm trying celebrity parenting hacks for a week
and some of them are pretty weird, you'll see!
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