ALEX THE French Guy makes FRIED RICE with LAY’S POTATO CHIPS? Pro Chef Reacts

Will Alex ‪@FrenchGuyCooking‬ impress Frenchy with his version of fried rice? Will he put PEAS in it?!?! Samuel Lee has eyes on everything gives the final verdict.
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[@ChefBrianTsao]

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[@williamschubert7063]

Hoping you and Frenchie can show us how to make a Croque Monsieur or a Croque Madame. 🙂

[@williamschubert7063]

Something about vegetables "taste like sad" makes me not want the peas, but if I was not diabetic, and the rest of the fried rice was fantastic, I could eat the rice with peas. I would do my best to ensure the number of peas I received would equal the number I finished with, but I would not turn it away.

[@leahcimwerdna5209]

When do we get that Cooking Collaboration? Show us how to make stuff better.

[@Joe_Murphy-REV_Realty]

"Frenchie Tsao's Duck Fried Rice". You can lead the description that it is Duck Confit. We're all done here. I want royalties. 😉 Joe P.S. Consider throwing the confit into the hot oil at first (for 15 seconds) to put a bit of texture on the duck. Otherwise, it will be mushy. But, who the f----k am I?? Lol

[@groofay]

I swear, Frenchy's antipathy to peas is even harsher than Angel's to vegetables 😂

[@mirandaandrews2872]

At least Angel tried one veggie. Still hated it but it blew my mind for his effort

[@mirandaandrews2872]

​@hovslagerjana mykre2626 it blew my mind when Angel tried the veggie in one of the videos😂

[@professorbutters]

He reminds me of that white cat, Smudge Lord, and his attitude towards “vegetals.” (Smudge Lord is the cat in the meme “Two Women Yelling At Cat.”

[@jasonliao8811]

Also, Uncle Roger hates vegetables he says that "vegetables taste like sad".

[@Easy_Skanking]

I am 1000% in agreement with Frenchie on green peas. 🤢🤮

[@CelesteMinerva]

I personally don't care what kind of reactions y'all do, react to reactions reacting to reactions. I'm here because it's two entertaining and knowledgeable guys. If people have an issue they can make their own youtube chanel. Y'all rock Brian and Frenchie!

[@SabinFigaro]

My thoughts exactly!

[@Simone-li4cf]

it's so cool that Frenchy's french ramen idea was actually executed by Alex himself in one of his videos. the man actually opened a pop up restaurant for his ramen series

[@NotMeButAnother]

And he ended up kind of abandoning the idea of using a complex French style broth because it detracts from the umami.

[@mightheal]

@@NotMeButAnother It could have worked if he applied the umami database to the French broth.

[@The_Chef2511]

It's interesting Alex is wearing that shirt. He's credited as the one who confirmed that the five mother sauces are inaccurate. It came from an error in an English abridged translation but Escoffier's ten mother sauces didn't include hollandaise. The mother emulsion was mayonnaise.

[@MakingandBreaking]

That shirt is Alex's merch - if you notice the hollandaise line is struck through and it says Mayo below it

[@exorouge238]

I laughed so hard when Frenchie started counting the peas and it looked like his heart broke when the peas made their first appearance 🤣😆

[@ZinniaARCHIVE]

I love seeing how passionate & excited you two get when talking about creating a French egg fried rice - I find it so rare to see genuine love for one’s own practice to the point that simply discussing the practice gets oneself so energized. Really shows why you 2 have the amazing accolades that you do~

[@haaxeu6501]

PLEASE react to more of Alex, this guy is genuinely the best cooking channel on KZbin in my opinion.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Alex is an incredible guy. When he gets his hands on a topic he dives to the depths. The mother sauces video I can describe as a culinary journalism video rather than just KZbin content. Absolutely phenomenal. Also love how that room is becoming a crusible of ideas. If i ever get to visit NYC I'd love to try the fusion recipes you two gave birth to. They sound fantastic!

[@rotwang2000]

Alex may not be a great chef, but his background as an engineer makes him look at food in a specific way and he is obsessed with "Why ?" And then he looks at the whole thing from top to bottom and even tests it like his dried pasta saga.

[@XumolsTV]

Viewers: How many fried rice videos are you going to make? Brian: *Yes*

[@davidmassey4572]

When Frenchies fried rice hits the menu I'm travelling to NY, cleaning the plate, and leaving just one pea on the plate ;)

[@Mystearicia]

I don’t think he’ll put peas HAHAHA over his dead body 😂😂😂😂

[@Merlewhitefire]

You're a monster, sir

[@davidmassey4572]

@@Mystearicia Oh I know, that's why I'd sneak it in to mess with him :P

[@guardiantko3220]

who cares what other people say, your channel bloomed by reacting to things, including reacting to reacts, it's COOKING, i love hearing the professional opinions vs youtubers on people doing their thing. your vibes are great.

[@gnomevoyeur]

The shirt is based on an awesome video from Alex about the mother sauces. Look it up. He went back to the original French sources and discovered that Mayonnaise was originally a mother sauce and Hollandaise was not (hence the crossing out and addition at he bottom). The transposition was an error in modern English translations that was effectively an error in printing composition rather than actual translation.

[@gnomevoyeur]

hmm - the chef 2511 beat me to it

[@matttarling1751]

I love how Brian has to keep grounding Frenchie. Frenchie gets super heated about stuff and Brian keeps telling him to calm down and take things from where they come

[@WhoDidIKill]

I like the reaction reactions personally, y'all talk enough through it that you're adding a lot to the content!

[@dkkinh]

Alex is an interesting character. He made an entire episode about mayonnaise being a mother sauce. It was surprisingly entertaining.

[@panvlk]

I think the potato chips are clever way of including some MSG, those things tend to be caked in it...

[@TheBluePhenom]

I'm 1000% now hoping that the Frenchie ramen and Frenchie fried rice both come out amazingly. I will camp outside the restaurant the night before it hits the menu if I have to to taste the first batch 😂

[@gregmarcus6752]

Frenchie's dismay when Alex inflicted his pea-ness on the fried rice almost made me choke.

[@RealJohnnyAngel]

Yes! More Alex reactions, please.

[@zelphiaellerson6283]

When Alex was researching ramen he interviewed a French Ramen master. It's worth a watch!

[@paladonis]

So I travel for work a lot and those store cooked rotisserie are life savers honestly. Broke one down last night and tossed part of the meat into my Ninja Possiblecooker (The big 8.5 qt slowcooker looking one) that some friends bought me. Added chicken builion, water, and mixed frozen veggies. Let the water come to a boil and then added instant rice. Snagged some eggs from the morning breakfast this morning and plan to use leftovers for a sorta fried rice. Gotta improvise on the road! Thanks for the content guys! (Yes. The mixed veggies had peas and I loved it)

[@mateuszgorczycki1523]

Love Alex, he's the cutest cook. It was lovely to see Frenchy fired up on the french fried rice recipe, looking forward to the happening.

[@robertvecci262]

If you are going to follow Alex, he had a great series on mastering making "dried pasta" from about a year ago! The series was about 10 episodes and Alex actually travels to the makers of artisan pasta like "Mono Grano" and "Benedetto Cavalieri." Then he attempts to duplicate their products.

[@Gogettor]

Alex is amazing. Can’t wait to see Frenchy react to nerd Frenchy

[@stuartwilliams2373]

Love the excitement of sharing with Frenchie!

[@Taabituubi]

Alex is so focused and meticulous in his food quests it's a pleasure to watch!

[@hugobranca]

You guys are just getting better. AND THANK YOU FOR THE STICKERS.

[@amberyoung4425]

Love learning from these episodes! It was funny how excited you two got over a new menu item recipe thing also lol! Love y'all!

[@iDreu]

Y'all two are a goldmine of ideas can't wait to see them come into fruition

[@codyholtry8571]

I love watching these reaction videos, not just because of the banter, but I've learned a lot of what works, but also what does not work and what not to do. I'm not a cook by any means, but I really enjoy cooking. I like coming up with new ideas and experimenting with what I can already make (I started doing that after watching Guga and getting his cookbook). Thank you so much for the content, guys. Keep it up.

[@markthomasstopani8516]

Incredible video, I thoroughly enjoyed it and share the passion for food and cooking.

[@EXC334]

This so far is my favorite, your chemistry is soooo good.

[@jordantaylor4390]

Thoroughly enjoyed this! Followed Alex for years! And you’re absolutely right about food creators helping to inspire a love of food and cookery! (Y’all included!)

[@dcus55]

Love to see you guys watching Alex. He’s been one of my favorites for several years. You should review one of his other series finales…

[@Verechter]

fun to see all the regular cooking guys i watch pop up on this show 1 by 1 :D

[@hilotakenaka]

I HIGHLY recommend watching some of the SortedFood cooking challenges, either Pass It On or their ultimate battles You get to see the duality between some real chefs and people who aren’t professionally trained

[@charlottenewhook]

I can just imagine the reaction to the tinned foods challenges or poker face especially should there be the any of that nefarious green legume involved.

[@taoism117]

F yeah. Thanks for reacting to/reviewing an Alex video!

[@MichaelNaydeck]

I have watched a lot of the French Guy's videos. I love watching him dive into a new dish and spend time learning about it. Do more of his stuff. His ramen adventure was awesome.

[@anetteandersson2778]

No problem with reacting to reaction . Do what you want and like . That makes it genuin and the best ❤

[@swankmode]

Frenchie is awesome dude. Keep bringing him back. This show should just be the two of you drinking and laughing from now on.

[@angelxemoxgirz]

I love Alex, his research drives my cooking side ablaze for trying new methods.

[@TheDondoran]

I appreciate that you talk about the distinction between chef and cook. I'm a professional cook, and I love cooking. I will probably always be a professional cook. When I was visiting family over the holidays, I offered to cook the traditional family Christmas dinner. And people kept referring to me as a "chef," which I'm not. I tried to explain the difference the first couple times, and I gave up after that. People just seem to think that "chef" means "really good cook." Which should be true, but it's not really the primary function of a chef. A chef is a leader who creates the menu and instructs cooks on how to execute the menu. The various other things a chef might do will vary from place to place. I've worked for several chefs who participate in the day-to-day in various ways, but not usually as a cook. I have tons of respect for a good chef. Because they appreciate a good cook.

[@djabeacocteau132]

I'm so glad. I thought I missed the video or it was taken down. Haven't watched yet, but it would be interesting if you also watched a video where Alex goes to his butcher or the video with the rotisserie chicken. Forgot the ramen serie and the dumpling visit.

[@chrismacku8471]

"Do I have a poker face?" "I can't tell." Such an underrated joke/moment that deserves more appreciation!

[@lellyt2372]

Right ? That made me laugh out loud and spit some tea towards my laptop

[@katarinafiebelkorn8171]

I like when your reacting to other people cooking. Thank you for bringing us all this content never fail to laugh every episode.

[@wesaaron6618]

Alex is a lot of fun, I would appreciate seeing more reactions to him.

[@_bats_]

Frenchie's fried rice sounds absolutely incredible.

[@jazlynmcravin124]

The best duo on KZbin!!!!!

[@TheSiIVIon]

More Alex and more Sorted Food please 🤞

[@stevetheblobman]

Based on the Omlette test comments, there is the jacques pepin omelette video Alex did, could work well as a direct spin off from this

[@yotamaster09]

I love Alex and his adventures, do more of his content!

[@CookedinChaos]

God damnn guys great video!

[@dust_bin_gaming7319]

A lot of that 'extra B roll' with the shrimp fried rice (and all of the indoor scenes) is actually from another video Alex did with Chef Lee Sum before this, at Chef Lee Sum's restaurant. Same one his flashback shots of Chef telling him the 'nature of fried rice'.

[@renecarrero7072]

Another great episode!

[@MasatoKay]

You guys make me laugh, not an easy thing to do, bravo

[@omulamfibie]

Yess!! I was wondering if you guys were ever going to react to Alex. He is awesome, I've been watching him for a long time - I love the science and methodology behind every dish he attempts to do. I can understand that it might turn some people off, but he genuinely tries to break it down to the ABCs in order to properly cook it and perfect it. I hope you'll react to more of his videos.

[@user-kx6qw2nd8v]

I like your reaction videos of UR reacting - they’ve hilarious! 😂

[@ConradsStudio]

More Alex!! His journeys of discovery are fascinating.

[@theamazingfreak]

After Frenchies comment about French omelette I would love to see you react to another of Alex's videos. He did a French omelette series including a visit and personal lesson in making omelette from Jacques Pepin himself.

[@audriacostello6648]

You guys are great. You should definitely be more popular. I'll definitely visit both restaurants with friends!!

[@benjaminwinckelmann104]

Great episode. Love the pea-wars (pea-wars sounds a bit weird, though) :D

[@mondogeckosexoticsandoddit5866]

"Fuck you and your peas." is my favourite quote of the year and it's only January..

[@Jenn-ie5vf]

Never stop reacting to a reaction, they are amazing :)

[@joachimhorshauge]

Alex is great, you should watch more of him. He is an amateur cook on youtube, but he has an amazing amount of passion for authentic cooking.

[@Tang-qi6zw]

Two great channels for celebrating cooking instead of just the chef role are Anti-Chef and Sorted Food. They both still hold up the chef role, but both just show how fun cooking can be. The Jamie and Julia series from Anti-Chef is amazing, as he just figures out how to cook from following Julia Child's cookbooks. You also have Jamie cooking from other chefs' cookbooks. Then Sorted Food has so many series that make cooking look fun. Like cooking from a 100+ year old cook book and their Pass it On series (their comfort food and food trend episodes of that series have some of my favorite moments from them). That one requires context as their "chefs" are experienced and trained chefs and their "normals" are a bunch of friends who like food and cooking. You could also react to the croquembouche pass it on for something more french.

[@teylaprax4739]

I’m for all the reactions. Direct or reacts to reactions, it’s the two of you that make the content. I’ve never had duck but I really want to try the fried rice you two come up with.

[@nyaqua]

excited for that fried rice video now 😂

[@Cat_Sidhe]

YES! I love Alex's videos!

[@Timmycoo]

Lmao Frenchy "no peas!" And I love Alex. So great to see your reaction.

[@dredgewalker]

Alex is simply hardcore when it comes to pasta. I'm glad you are reacting to his videos.

[@mattsnyder4754]

FWIW the mother sauces shirt is Alex’s own merch. And you two would LOVE discussing his mother sauces series. There’s a reason the shirt says mayo

[@jeramiejoseph6745]

definitley react to more alex. he is pretty awesome

[@harrislam]

first 5 seconds I already LMAO to that instant change of face expression.

[@5150cheat1971]

I would love it to see you two making a french fried rice that would be totally awesome!!!!

[@aaronh4595]

I prefer this. It's more focused. Double reacting is like putting a hat on a hat.

[@lexywackess]

Btw, from france, alex is alexandre, which as always been a really popular name. Doesn't doubt frenchie has french origins, but clearly, he often say things (+ his accent) clearly showing he didn't live in france, or was too young to really know anything about france's modern culture 🤷i like him tho.

[@CoolJay77]

Great video. Awaiting for the video of Brian and Frenchie making a ramen together!

[@nighttempest7163]

Chef Frenchy and Chef Brian doing some Le Rivage R&D already sounds awesome.

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

24:16 this is so true. Watching great cooks on KZbin made me want to try and cook more and especially better. Now I love cooking and experimenting and I eat fresh, home cooked meals just about every day.

[@MeganSin]

Yay I mentioned this weeks ago and I wanted to see frenchy react to Alex making fried rice and that day is here. Also I think it’s funny how much trauma green peas have caused to not only frenchy but uncle roger as well with Jaime using peas in dishes that done need them (even though I love peas and think they are a wonderful vegetable) I would love to see a Yangzhou fried rice reaction where peas are a required ingredient.

[@bryanchan8888]

Just a fun fact, in many high end restaurants in Hong Kong and other parts of China, chefs will switch between a ladel and a spatula. Ladel first to split up the rice and for easier tossing, spatula next when other ingredients go in, e.g. shrimp, peas, mushrooms, etc. Its cleaner; and some may say easier/more efficient, to lift the rice within the wok with the spatula as there is more food in the wok than to toss it, you also have an added benefit of not losing as much heat because you won't need to toss as much. They lift with the spatula at insane speeds to prevent over charring. If you're interested, I could send over a link to a video of a michelin starred fried rice in Hong Kong demonstrating this technique.

[@nicholasdisabatino8834]

I love alex he has so much passion loved his channel

[@brianlawson3757]

When Frenchie said he was going to do fried rice I was thinking, do it in duck fat. Three minutes later they're talking about duck confit! Now that is French! Just no peas lol 😂

[@andrechen2617]

Aaaaaah yaaaas Alex. Love love love him. You gotta see his new vid on Bolognese

[@acatnamedm4529]

I make stuff in the fridge fried rice on the weekends. I have totally thrown frito crumbs on top for texture and salt.

[@BrooklyKnight]

You need to show Frenchie the ramen series! And also that pasta series is great too - I just like Alex's work lol, part of what inspired me to originally want to be a cook and own my own place. Didn't end up doing that cuz of how the cards lie in life but hey, who knows there's still time.

[@user-kx6qw2nd8v]

Frenchie just knows what’s coming now and your tormenting him with peas is hilarious (he’s like a child)! 😂 Add the shirt to your merch with your logo 😉

[@matteogrutman9489]

idk Frenchie, we should question his frenchness, Alex is a super French name, its short for Alexandre which is very common in France

[@rogerod3]

Brian, the b rolls from the fried rice with shrimp are form another Alex's episode where chef Samuel makes a fried rice for Alex. If you can, you should react to it, its really good.

[@retsu5656]

I had to subscribe after Frenchie asked so nicely lol

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

duck l'orange fried rice incoming on le rivage menu

[@forbunnie]

As much as I love the reactions you both give to Uncle Roger's videos, it was quite refreshing to see you both react organically to the video. Also, a channel you might be interested in is Anti Chef, it's a guy who started out trying to do Julia Child's recipes but he veered off into other chefs as well. You should definitely check it out, it's pretty interesting.

[@memejeff]

Poor paul. He really didn't see the petit pois coming.

[@admirallove6180]

did you guys share that lollipop at the end? that's so cute lol

[@theallbeard746]

More Alex. Yes. This was a great video.

[@mountzero8969]

Fried rice with froglegs and / or snails? ;) Keep up the great content, this is always great to watch! ❤

[@karadouglass1772]

Peas in fried rice are common in Australia.Thanks for another great video.

[@NotMeButAnother]

If you like the idea of interpreting dishes from one cuisine in another one you might have fun with Andong's German ramen.

[@schilling3003]

How long have you been saying you are going to do a fried rice and ramen video? I can't wait to see it!