Joshua Weissman
He got man bun
He got goatee
He look like incel who can cook
Last time he make egg fried rice so good
Uncle Roger have to call him Uncle Joshua
Now he back with another Asian dish
Tom Yum
Let's see, can he keep his uncle title
or is it he gonna make our ancestor cry
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The dish has yum in the title
How do you think this is gonna go
Okay so we're making Tom Yum
It is hands down one of the greatest soups
that has ever been created by human being
Correct
Uncle Roger love Tom Yum
But I wish Uncle Joshua would buy tripod HAIYA
Don't put camera there
Every video you look like you coming out of closet
Alright, we have two elements make our Tom Yum
First, you cannot do anything until you make your own Nam Prik Pao
Nam Prik Pao is Thai version of chili jam
It's the good kind of chili jam
And the second element to your Tom Yum is the
Well, actual tom yum which much of its base flavor
will be created with that Nam Prik Pao
Let's go to NPP town
That's short for Nam Prik Pao
First let's prepare our tamarind
Tamarind, correct
90 grams of tamarind paste
Pour over half a cup or 120 milliliters of boiling hot water
Stir it and let it sit for a few minutes
Stir again until smooth then pass it through a mesh strainer
Good
Good use of colander
Pass through and nothing else will, and well that's it
Look at that, so smooth
That paste smoother than Nephew Nigel DM game
Get a nice wok and add one and a quarter cup
Wok good, oil good
And actually wait, let me preface the next bit
We're doing the following recipe pretty much 100% percent in grams
Gram? Why you use gram?
The only unit Asian people use is feeling
Before heating that oil
Garlic, good
Look good
And let that bad boy naturally come up
First the garlic will start to bubble then fry
Why he dancing in the background haiya
Focus, focus!
Don't multi-task
Dancing while cooking
You burning calorie while creating calorie
Let that bad boy cook
Stirring occasionally until the garlic is toasted and golden brown
Remove from the oil and place on a paper towel to drain
Next, add 100 grams of peeled and thinly sliced shallots
Shallot correct, shallot correct
And they're a nice golden brown
Quickly remove them from the oil and and drain on a paper towel
Ah, look so nice
Look at both the shallot and garlic together, fuiyoh
That must smell so good
Shallot and garlic, Uncle Roger's favorite smell
I should bottle up that smell, make perfume
Call it the Eau de Uncle Roger
Drain on paper towels
Last you'll add 50 grams of
Chillis, chillis good
Or arbol chilies
Stir those in fry for about 20 to 30 seconds or until fragrant and beginning to darken
or until fragrant and beginning to darken
Remove and drain yet again
See? He use so many chilis, that good
Many white people chef always put too few chillis in there
Remember when it comes to flavor
Use the right amount
Not the white amount
Paper towels
This just helps get the chilies toasted more specifically crisp and crunchy
While those bad boys are cooling, add 25
Food processor
I guess it ok
Because he have so much stuff
Dump it out and in the same food processor
add your fried chilis, fried garlic and shallots
Blend that on high until you get a fine but slightly crumbly mixture
And well that's it
Nice, look good
Food processor made thing so easy
Uncle Roger old now
Not enough energy to pound for long time
Alright, back to your wok
With the oil from earlier, pop that bad boy on medium heat
Add your shrimp powder, lightly stir fry till fragrant
Good
Wait, palm sugar.. palm sugar HAIYA
Palm sugar correct
But why your palm sugar look like rock
Why it not fresh anymore, Uncle Joshua? get fresh palm sugar
Good palm sugar should be thick but still spoonable
Thick but still spoonable is also what uncle roger looking for in mate
Haiya Uncle Roger haven't spoon for so long now
For Asian cooking, always use palm sugar
White sugar for poor people
Cook together, stirring constantly until your palm sugar is completely dissolved
Then stir in your chili mixture, your tamarind
Good
90 grams of fish sauce
Then just let that simmer stirring often
All correct, all correct
Pour that into a bowl and let it cool
Look good
Yes,this will thicken significantly
FUIYOH
Look at that, look so nice
Every step correct
He Uncle Joshua for a reason
Now it's Tom yum time
First, get yourself one and a half pounds of head on shrimp
Shrimp, shrimp good
Remove their heads and shells
HAIYA remove head correct
But just rip it off the shrimp
In Thailand, Tom Yum a very quick dish
You just rip and throw
No need scissor, why so gourmet?
So gourmet
Of course devein your shrimp as well
Now, first in a medium stock pot
Add all of your shrimp heads
Correct, correct
That how you make shrimp stock with the head
Uncle Roger loves head
And shrimp head not bad also
Sorry children
Over medium high and as soon as it starts to come to a boil
Lower the heat to medium low and simmer till reduced
Correct
Straining out the heads and shells and you have your shrimp stock
It look nice
Cheesecloth
Add two stalks of lemongrass sliced
And a two inch knob of galangal
Lemongrass and galangal OK
But we don't need the cheesecloth
Tom Yum okay just let lemongrass and galangal float on the water
Uncle Joshua, why you so scared of ingredients floating in soup？
Why? Where your courage?
In a small stock pot add just enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of the pot
Heat over medium high until hot hot hot
Wait, what
What
No
That so much mushroom
Mushroom correct but that too much
that is some Jamie Oliver bullshit HAIYA
Yeah ya!
Jamie Oliver love mushroom
That mask is Uncle Roger best investment so far
And two king oyster mushrooms sliced
That so much, look, look!
That's so much mushroom
who you cooking this Tom Yum for? Super Mario is it haiya
Also, Tom in Tom yum mean to boil
Nothing should be fried like this
Add a quarter cup or 80 grams of your Nam Prik Pao from earlier
And five cloves of garlic thinly sliced
No
Small mistake, Tom Yum broth don't need garlic
Garlic just for Nam Prik Pao
Saute that till fragrant
No, no more saute haiya
Uncle Joshua
Are you all omicron because you keep fucking everything up now
Adding your sachet, then all of your shrimp stock
followed by 7 kaffir lime leaves
Okay
Now these all correct again
Cook for 15 minutes
Add your mushrooms back to the pot
Then add your peeled and deveined shrimp from earlier
Reduce the heat to low and gently cook those for two to three more minutes
Okay, this good now
Then hit that with a quarter cup of fish sauce
Fish sauce, fish sauce good
No, no, lime now?
Lime now?
Haiya, fish sauce, queen of flavor
You use fish sauce
You don't need MSG
But lime juice you don't put now
You still simmering, the heat gonna kill the lime juice
It not gonna taste like anything haiya
Lime juice, you put in there when you turn off heat
3 tablespoon or 42 grams of palm sugar
Palm sugar, good
Oftentimes when I make this, I find myself going back and forth
Correct, always taste while you cook
You gotta get that balanced harmony of rich umami saltiness
A fair level of sweetness and a nice zingy tartness
So much lime juice, you need so much lime juice
Because the heat killing the lime flavor
Play with it until it tastes incredible
What? see he need more
Optionally you can toss in half a bunch of cilantro and thai basil
to steep in the hot broth just before serving
Get youself a bowl, serve it up
I like to add a little bit of the oil from the Nam Prik Pao
You don't need oil, no need extra oil
Fresh cilantro leaves
Cilantro garnish correct
Perfect bowl of tom yum
That was given about all the love it deserves
But as soon as I tasted this it was so god dang good
It felt like a borderline fancy experience
What? What that dish?
Fancy version of Tom Yum? Haiya
This not gonna end well
He probably gonna do some gourmet wannabe Michelin star restaurant bullshit
Mushrooms, browned butter, lobster, scallion
Oh, squirt bottle
If you go to Asian restaurant and you see squirt bottle
Run
That not good Asian restaurant
Place your lobster tail in the center of the plate, oh boy
I can already feel the cuisine coming
slice the sear mushroom thick boy in half lengthwise
laid it alternating right next to the lobster
Get to know each other
Alternating randomized dots of scallion
Dot... no dot please
A nice table-side pour of your Tom Yum coconut cream I mean
Coconut cream not correct
That more like tom kha now
Good Lord
A little line of furikake
Some nice dots of chilli oil
Dot again, haiya what is this?
This not Tom Yum at all
you're not Charlie Parker stop improvising
Don't try to be a genius
Finally some fresh cilantro and baby thai basil leaves
This look like dish Nephew Nigel order to impress basic white girl on date
So many people obsessed with making things look like Michelin star
Why we care for Michelin star?
Michelin tire company haiya
Uncle Roger gonna come up with the Asian version of Michelin star system
Gonna call it the uncle Roger orange Polo award
If you know people who run food award
Hit me up
We gonna make this happen
Uncle Roger gonna be the new Michelin star
From a tom yum, it has the essence of its soul in there
It looks ridiculous
So let's taste test this and see what we think of both Mr.Traditional and Mr.Fancy
Okay
We just gonna talk about the tradition version
Uncle Joshua Nam Prik Pao perfection
Just his broth making process two small mistake
No need to sauté shit
And only put lime juice in there when it stop simmering
Not bad, not bad
He get to keep his uncle title
Not like Uncle Gordon recently
He fuck up ramen so bad, Uncle Roger call him nephew Gordon now
What's that Johnny Depp's scent
What does he wear?
Johnny Depp perfume
Dior Sauvage
Yes
Change to Uncle Roger at this ad there
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Food processor quick and easy
Just like your mama
Your mom joke
I really doing your mama jokes on uncle roger's video
It's Christmas
Let's do some your mom jokes
Yeah ya!
Jamie Oliver love mushroom
Looks like Jamie
Sounds like Uncle Roger