Binging with Babish: Shawarma from The Avengers

[@saifuddinareeb657]

Lived in the Middle East my whole life. That looks delicious. But it's not Shawarma.

[@sly369]

Facts

[@Lynx-ri4vd]

But where are the fries and ketchup

[@xeacarons]

Yeah we dont use ketchup or any kind of tomato sauce in shawarma

[@gilcraftsource]

True

[@gilcraftsource]

I'm Nigerian, and this is not sharwarma

[@Masala_Pizzaa]

Babish: *attempts to recreate any dish from a foreign region as it is served in his region or with a few adjustments of his own* Literally every person from the original region: so you have chosen death

[@Khazandar]

Because people are narrowminded, traditionalist twats.

[@hishamzaza174]

@@Khazandar so if he claimed to recreate a traditional dish, and messed up key parts of that dish, and we pointed those things out as fucking natives, we become narrow minded twats?

[@Khazandar]

@@hishamzaza174 Pointing out, in order to inform or help, is one thing. Frothing at the mouth, hurling insults, and having a temper tantrum reminiscent of a three year old is entirely different.

[@hishamzaza174]

@@Khazandar well you've got a point, no one likes 3 year old tantrums. It just seemed to me that you included everyone in your insult. Just a misunderstanding I guess.

[@Moira_Rose]

Masala Pizzaa, you just explained cultural appropriation. Nice. Thank you.

[@KRJayster]

Honestly, something funny about that scene is that it isn’t necessarily totally random. During an earlier part of the fight, Tony is being thrown around, and he actually flies past the Shawarma joint. And it really is just like Tony to notice something like that while he is in the middle of a fight to the death, and just have it somewhere in his brain until he can use it.

[@annoyinninja2481]

Whedon actually went to a Shawarma joint after being burned out filming some episode of some show he worked on, the name’s on the tip of my tongue.

[@thefryguy]

@@annoyinninja2481 i have 6 tongues

[@hearthatbird]

Because Tony learns from his mistakes

[@twitterhaha]

@@annoyinninja2481 what is it? its been a year already

[@thegoodwitchluzura]

@@annoyinninja2481 Buffy?

[@smileysatanson3404]

"a shawarma machine that you Will never EVER use again" Me, a kebab loving Norwegian: reality can be whatever i want

[@fredfirth3834]

He can use it to make al pastor style pork for tacos, too!

[@fawful94]

@@fredfirth3834 justo venía a decir eso. 😂

[@pats2058]

I would TOTALLY use this again!

[@ruzgarsuman]

Come to turkey i will drown ye in kebap

[@visagemsc]

Turkish wedding salons rn:

[@odin3066]

Gordon Ramsay has a fetish for *Olive Oil* You have a fetish for *Kosher Salt*

[@deensaid7762]

*cough* *cough* Alton Brown

[@nevermind546]

Adam ragusea has a fetish for white wine

[@MrFallenangel2012]

@Nostalgia For Infinity And LAMB SAUCE!

[@qwertykevin1]

more like dill

[@rvrmdude]

La Capital has a fetish for Pimienta Negra Recien Molida .

[@Darque2391]

Pro tip: Adding salt to salt makes it salty.

[@thao-lynguyen2680]

thanks

[@HacesAndCo]

HOLY FUCKSHIT. THATS A SECRET.

[@jmambrocio9694]

No shit sherlock.

[@nachonation4634]

JM Ambrocio woooooooooooosh

[@claude3604]

What the fuck is new

[@graham1034]

I've never seen shawarma chicken that is marinated in yogurt. Looks tasty though. Overall it seems closer to a greek gyro than middle eastern shawarma.

[@FerunaLutelou]

Thats cause it IS a gyro and not a shawarma

[@officialyoudes]

@@FerunaLutelou why did he write Shawarma in the title?

[@officialyoudes]

@mayte I don't think he made a mistake and if he did could have corrected it from now

[@vampiricwolftosnake]

The reason why he wrote shawarma instead of gyro is probably for the sake of consistency. The movie called this a shawarma and itd be odd to call this a gyro after showing that clip

[@vampiricwolftosnake]

@@officialyoudes the movie clip that babish puts in the beginning of the video. any other movie would be irrelevant in this conversation

[@TsarofScars]

Everyone: _getting mad at the shawarma_ Me, a Lebanese man: *_raging at the inclusion of cucumbers in tabbouleh_*

[@miahan8988]

Really? They aren’t supposed to be there? What’s tabbouleh supposed to be made of? 🤔 (genuinely curious because I’ve made tabbouleh with cucumber because of a recipe I found)

[@TsarofScars]

@@miahan8988 generally, it's only made with parsley, tomatoes, onions, and burghul (the cracked wheat). Also, the proportions are very off in this video too, you need proportionally more parsley and less burghul for authentic tabbouleh.

[@stars_3.]

Ooo I was so mad at that too, maybe it’s because I hate cucumbers but as an arab this feels like a hate crime 😭

[@cptsydsydsyd]

i read this as lesbian man im sorry

[@bobafett4457]

@@TsarofScars burghul or couscous tho

[@BombedNevada]

Marvel: “Infinity wars is the most ambitious crossover event in history.” Me: Binging with Babish & Chef John

[@bulletproofblouse]

Infinity War is a lattice-topped pie.

[@Fourtytwo4242]

bulletproofblouse what type of pie

[@bulletproofblouse]

Hm. Good question. I've given it some thought and I'd have to go for sausage and apple.

[@ryanseay2835]

Bombed Nevada sorry fam but it’s the Hanna Montana and Johnas brothers crossover

[@asianmalaysian]

These two are the Greg and Dharma of my heart's shawarma.

[@BnaBreaker]

When Babish is feeling lazy, he doesn't hand grind the spices in his homemade Shawarma. When I'm feeling lazy, I eat cold cereal. I also do that when I'm not feeling lazy.

[@zukolockridge3567]

BnaBreaker So when you're feeling extra, do you eat warm cereal?

[@reinismartinsons]

Cold cereal. As oppose to hot cereal?

[@FernandMaC]

Reinis Martinsons have you not had cereal with milk thats been warmed? How have you lived life without knowing that decadence?

[@birde3721]

Warm cereal is fucking disgusting.

[@kamiwillis2733]

Skeletal Pryde cold cereal is what people call cereal, the other side is oatmeal or porridge

[@joshuasmith6950]

"or literally any sharp object you have laying around" *grabs 7th century Merovingian battle axe*

[@starsgears9200]

I'm genuinely curious as to why you have that.

[@RkGkStrive]

🤣.... *You’re joking right?* o_o

[@bloodyadrenaline6817]

Axel Rosales you don’t have one?

[@angelwhispers2060]

I would have to really hope that's a replica because the merovingians were known for using an iron source that contain Trace Amounts of mercury and asbestos

[@Egg-so1fw]

*Grabs M4 With Bayonet*

[@dusksunsetio6042]

Babish: *makes shawarma* Every shawarma lover in a 20 metre radius: I sense a disturbance (Edited to replace “middle eastern” with “shawarma lover”. Thanks to the replies in the comments, I now know that my region isn’t the only one with intense love for meat wrapped in bread.)

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Ottawans too. We take shawarma very seriously. (Ottawa, ON, Canada is arguably the shawarma capital of the world, outside of the Arab world).

[@NadiaSeesIt]

@@VeryCherryCherry oh lord, who else is going to come out of the woodwork to claim shawarma?

[@VeryCherryCherry]

@@NadiaSeesIt I'm not making wild claims. People here take shawarma very seriously. We have a large Middle Eastern population. We have doner. We have gyro. We even have tacos al pastor. But shawarma reigns over them all.

[@АлекАлистарх]

I'm a Romanian and shawarma it's a very common fast food here, so I sensed something is off too XD

[@basser1995]

@@VeryCherryCherry same for almost every country in europe mate

[@laynewarner937]

ok i see you babish. releasing this a few weeks before infinity wars. see you on trending boys

[@mohdsalauddinmohdsalauddin4977]

Layne Warner the p

[@mohdsalauddinmohdsalauddin4977]

Layne Warner the

[@grenadegrega1303]

Layne Warner That's playing the KZbin game.

[@PaintGuru24]

That is how you KZbin my man. There is a reason some channels succeed and some fail.

[@kylethomas1127]

Ayyyye 800th like

[@tuf_dev]

Babish: eats shawarma like a taco Everyone: INTERNAL SCREAMING

[@mitchanx1337]

Russians and CIS countries can feel it.

[@Ofekad007]

Israelis too

[@ojoface208]

@@vile-jl9sp can't tell if you're joking or not... Also there is a difference between a Jew and a Israelian

[@vile-jl9sp]

@@ojoface208 dont care

[@ojoface208]

@@vile-jl9sp are you joking or racist? Or just wanting some attention

[@bucketcentral9860]

Babish: eats shawarma like a taco Comment section: so you have chosen death

[@PinkFloydBootlegs]

Haha funny not like this comment type has been used millions of times *hahahahaha*

[@ollifa8675]

Cigar You must be fun at parties, prick.

[@lemon4004]

@@ollifa8675 Cry harder redditor

[@ollifa8675]

Lemon Cmon, I know you can do better than that.

[@BlackArcherGaming]

Okay then guys you know somr people doesn't give a fuck if this comment is used millions of times it's still funny to some people and if you have a problem about it then get out

[@broken_enigma2807]

Andrew, I think this episode deserves it's own Botched By Babish episode. Even if only just to eat the shawarma like a roll rather than a taco.

[@haysamalsayed]

Tahini sauce is for beef shawarma and garlic sauce (thoum) is for chicken shawarma

[@littledikkins2]

I make the greek version of garlic sauce which is stabilized with crustless white bread, had too many problems with the Lebanese version breaking. My late husband loved garlic and would literally use garlic sauce for dipping bread in.

[@yousef.al-assaf]

@@littledikkins2 The greek one is really sweet. The Arab one is kinda sweet too but you taste garlic more than that sugary taste.

[@johnrankin7135]

@@yousef.al-assaf but they're both delicious

[@yousef.al-assaf]

@@johnrankin7135 Different people, different tastes. Personally I don't like tasting any sweetness in a meat sandwich. Makes me wunna throw up. P.S. (unless that sweetness was coming from pomegranate molasses 🤤).

[@iasonkambourelis5092]

You can use tahini and toum together, on either chicken or beef shawarma, or even a beef-chicken mixture. The important part is making sure it's actual garlic sauce, not some disgusting mayo version. If your garlic sauce uses mayo, it is NOT real garlic sauce.

[@MetaBloxer]

I don't know which has more salt: this dish, or it's comments section.

[@zygone2658]

Oooooooooohhhhh

[@Yoyoz50]

Nobody said anything they just said it's not a shawarma and I know it's not becuz I'm middle eastern

[@killjoyer]

its... American please learn to distinguish your “its” and “it’s”

[@BlackArcherGaming]

@@killjoyer it's its it's basically th3 same thing

[@Ahmad.....................]

@@BlackArcherGaming *its No they're not the same

[@meow9426]

Every time he says “Kosher Salt” take a shot. You’ll be trashed in two minutes

[@papanomaly6284]

100,000 Subscribers Without Any Videos should've been halal salt

[@XNightmareLPX]

you'll be kosher in two minutes

[@xreingharzx7593]

Shoulda been whenever you hear babish use a vowel you take a shot have fun dying

[@maniacalshowz8284]

No, whenever he says "Ball" or "Dough"

[@Ocean_Man205]

Dude wanna be triggered even harder? I live in Israel and even the water is kosher. Just give me a random product that isn't made out of pork or sea food and I'll find a kosher version of it for you.

[@lordgenerias]

Fun fact: when Tony gets sent flying down a street, about a few city blocks, if you pause or slow motion your way to the right spot, you can see a shawarma place. He had a split second to notice it, but I'm positive he saw it out of the corner of his eye, mentally logged it, and when he woke up and realized the fight was over, he was hungry, remembered the shawarma place, and figured "why not, it's on my mind, you never know when the next chance might come along, let's get some shawarma to celebrate saving the planet". And Thor seemed to enjoy his shawarma. Nice, big chunky bites. And Cap must have had a sore jaw (Chris Evans had a beard for his next film coming in, so he had to hide it from the camera because he was far enough along on it he didn't want to spend too long growing it back).

[@lightningfletch5598]

The randomness of this fact really puts a smile on my face, and I genuinely mean it.

[@raychances6251]

That's a pretty neat detail!

[@aljerrixermitano9363]

that's actually Chris Evans' double. that's why he's hiding his face so it wouldn't look obvious

[@jaelyn9694]

@@aljerrixermitano9363 I am pretty sure it's him. He had some skin thing over his beard, and put his hand there so nobody could tell.

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

Wow this recipe was longer than I expected. 2 days of prep, 900 ingredients and a Shawarma machine. Worth it!

[@KazoKazoKazo]

Let's be Honest Official yes

[@NychelleStephens]

Let's be Honest Official totally worth!

[@ohhaimark4596]

In my country Shawarma costs like $2

[@outoffire]

A $10 shawarma sandwich gotta be huge and contains around 250 gm of meat at least, otherwise it's overpriced.

[@SpadesHeart]

Ahhhh, cooking like this is for when you want to impress a group of friends, and save a buck while doing so. Now we just need friends.

[@madman407708]

*Smooth Supple Ball of Dough*

[@ChapuleTaylor]

that's what i call my testicles

[@karolkamieniak4285]

nice

[@madman407708]

You have a beautiful name if I do say so myself.

[@MoniBahaa]

Smooth su🅱🅱le 🅱all of dough

[@Kiabugboy]

Just how I like my boobs

[@_simon.s_]

Babish's Kosher salt is Gordon Ramsay's olive oil!

[@arxchno384]

Nothing can compare to the amount of kosher salt he uses in a video

[@dragonspadeex]

Nah more like lamb sauce

[@TheActualCaveman]

I think you mean Marco Pierre White

lol your right

[@TheAnomaly00]

No it's Alton Brown's thing

[@Im-Dead-BRB]

Finally, FINALLY, after some scrolling through the comments I found that apparently the “correct” way to eat this is to roll it like a burrito.

[@jd1800]

You don't roll burritos though you fold them.

[@grahamalishis]

It's better with laffa bread 🍞

[@HC-Void]

Thanks, i've been wondering what the correct way is

[@asifkasher8551]

Thats only if you use a lafa with oita you cut it in half and put the shawarma in the pocket

[@brahulrao4441]

@@grahamalishis the actual shawarma bread is called kubbus

[@yubear420]

"Little bit of kosher salt." *proceeds to dump a pound of salt*

[@a.h.tvideomapping4293]

hubertfable “So what we are gonna do is first drain the ocean of its salt”

[@johndavies7669]

I highly doubt he put 454 grams of salt unless the salt is very dense.

[@makai0s]

@@johndavies7669 no

[@dzzenok4136]

that had the energy of ''2 shots of vodka

[@emas5511]

*two shots of vod-*

[@bovko1]

Today's video is sponsored by: salt.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

*kosher salt

[@rinfeast3445]

@@BroadwayRonMexico xbox player

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@rinfeast3445 Never actually owned an Xbox console, funny enough.

[@lenkajunova7419]

I wonder how is his cardiovascular system doing with these amounts of salt :-D

[@TheRealIHP]

Nah, it's kosher salt

[@robertparaschiv5402]

How dare you eat a shawarma like a taco

[@Fancjak]

He don't know how to eat shawarma

[@FindingIcarus]

This comment made me realize *I* don't know how to eat a shawarma

[@user-xj2sm3xd5l]

Please help guys, I don’t know how to eat it properly

[@robertparaschiv5402]

For the ones who don't know how to eat it,you have to roll it kinda like a burrito, that's how you eat a real shawarma

[@moradshehadey5750]

@@FindingIcarus the meat is rolled with the veggies and sauces in a tortilla like a burrito Source: 21 years of experience in eating shawarma

[@gringodingo7523]

Babish: makes food from other country. Person living in the foods country of origin: I’ve lived in “x” for my whole life and that’s not correct.

[@Mar-dj4nj]

dude this isnt shawarma tho.... half of it is greek. what he made isnt tabbouleh (it should have less bulgur, no cucumbers, no spices, and lots of lemon), he made greek pita bread and tzaziki, and marinated the chicken in yogurt (without the random spiced it is used to make shish tawook - chicken kebabs). the reason people are mad at this is because its the equivalent to americans creating "fortune cookies" and passing them off as chinese when its a 100% american treat

[@nzm_nzm]

@@Mar-dj4nj Say it louder for the ppl in the backkk

[@agoodusername3647]

@@Mar-dj4nj but fortune cookies where created in Japan

[@AboodXD]

This is like saying you are making ramen, but you end up cooking instant noodles instead...

[@Mar-dj4nj]

@@AboodXD IKR!! how do people not get that

[@Hoigwai]

For everyone feeling the need to tell him "You're doing it wrong" Note the Avengers was in New York, so if it's not like your shawarma there's a reason. It's not where you are. Hell even in NYC it's likely there are 20+ different ways it's made. Take a breath and remember that dishes change based on where they are made. Regional variation is the name of the game when it comes to food. That said, Thanks for all the time you took to make this Andrew. 8)

[@macyroseallen]

Hoigwai thank you I was just about to comment this. The only information the movie gives is "generic schwarma place in NYC" and I'm pretty sure Babish lives in NYC, so armed only with that info he made a recipe the closest to what he's tried there. Naturally it's not gonna be perfect authentic schwarma, same way that pizza (a New York staple) isn't going to be exactly how they do it in Italy.

[@Isam7]

Babish is missing way too many main components to this sandwich to qualify calling it a shawarma. This is just a chicken sandwich. Garlic mayo is key first and foremost. Putting tabbouleh salad in a shawarma is unheard of and can get you life in prison in the Middle East. Turnip? who needs it. Pickles? pssht. Camman, babby!

[@jadbadreddine8941]

They dont put cinnamon and corriander in tabouleh nor do they put cinnamon and corriander in shawarma. Its just wrong

[@GeoffBernard]

You obviously weren't in downtown Atlanta during the filming... I was stuck in that traffic nightmare!

[@Hoigwai]

Yes yes, but the film is set in NY for that part ect ect.

[@JelowGames]

This man just ended my whole life by eating a shawarma like a taco

[@aarongrisham463]

Bacterialist nobody cares how he eats it. Traditional way sucks ass

[@garett9607]

@@aarongrisham463 bobo ka

[@suicidalbanananana]

@@aarongrisham463 Americans dont care, important difference.

[@suicidalbanananana]

@@putoutmyfirewithgasoline1799 Rude

[@JelowGames]

@@putoutmyfirewithgasoline1799 ???? how am i slamming americans

[@theonik2006]

Tip: The shape of the stacks of meat is VERY important in getting good shwarma/gyros/doner. It needs to be a cone, the reason for that is because it makes the meat cook unevenly so that when it is carved you have a 'slice' of your meat that has parts which are roasted to a crisp and other bits that are still quite tender. The variation in texture and flavour are a key part of the dish, and the whole point of the cooking method chosen.

[@Crippler]

He could always carve it into a cone later. To be honest it doesn't affect the taste THAT MUCH, since the outside is crisp and the inside is juicy/tender, whateva you wanna call it.

[@cavvieira]

There’s so many variations of shawarma. I loved the Turk döner kebab I used to eat from my stint in Germany. Very different from the Greek donner. But they all share the basic structure: pita bread (named differently according to costume), shawarma/gyros/kebab barbecue, yoghurt based dressing, regional salad and seasoning.

[@cr1sprarchives408]

Babish: *prefers thighs over breasts* The internet: nice

[@oreo5892]

It’s called gold experience you casual

[@dafphtthedislikeupdater7836]

KNEES ARE THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM

[@ketchard]

@@dafphtthedislikeupdater7836 ah jacksfilms

[@dafphtthedislikeupdater7836]

@@ketchard im surprised you even caught that

[@lechairboi9950]

@@oreo5892 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE

[@killarilla6780]

Fun fact: the line tony said was improvised

[@TheForeverRanger]

And the reason why Chris Evans has his hand over his face is because the scene was filmed much later and he had grown facial hair for another role.

[@kingcrimson1467]

ForeverRanger 91 He also was wearing a wig in that scene. Don't know why but I heard he is

[@fernisplant]

It's for Snow Piercer, I believe.

[@xenon8117]

I think his line about Dr Strange and balloon animals was improvised as well. Based on a sketch he did.

[@sev499]

King Crimson he wears a wig in all the movies

[@acidichuahwi3150]

Fun fact: Chris Evans hides his face in the scene because he was growing a beard for another role and the director called them all in months after the movie was shot

[@iHaWkS15]

I heard it was like the weekend before the actual premiere lol

[@abysslight2490]

Second fun fact: it's not just that he had the beard, they attempted to fasten a "prosthetic jaw" to cover the beard, it looked super weird and unnatural, so instead of CGI-ing it later Chris just covered his face.

[@katla_phc]

also Chris Hemsworth is hunched over in the scene because he had lost all the Thor muscle and his costume was too big for him

[@stickeyjelloe]

Thor: "another!" *crashes plate

[@Flipover121]

Crash or smash

[@arunramsingh6393]

@@Flipover121 Crash. Hulk smashes

[@ChaotiX1]

Nobody: Babish: We're just going to add some *KOSHER SALT*

[@Meme-jj1yv]

ChaotiX Nice profile pic 😂

[@rinfeast3445]

guy who made kosher salt: *crosses hands in flavor*

[@boss_bonard7573]

We're just going to add *SOME* KOSHER SALT

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

Anybody else getting tired of this Nobody: meme? Nobody:

[@mattnar3865]

I have no idea what kosher salt is, is it that Jewish thing?

[@oatznsquats]

You absolutely need Chef John on this show

[@gizanked]

oatznsquats or maybe he could just do an IMPRESSION. where he works on his Upward INFLECTION. Because remember he is the master of his voice over.

[@lizlorenzsonn9999]

Hehe. I couldn't not hear his voice when I read that :D

[@gleenfales]

Who

[@jamie_d0g978]

Glenn Fales heresy

[@sallycapotosto6927]

He gets a thumbs up from me for mentioning Chef John TWICE!

[@number1isbest]

I would recommend adding water, crushed garlic, salt, lemon juice, and optionally chopped parsley to your tahini sauce so it’s even more authentic like how they make it in the Middle East.

[@marlenerego2648]

number1isbest that's how it is in Lebanon

[@josephsulaiman9959]

to be even more authentic it has to be authentic in the first place

[@AtlasFlynn]

When Stark gets shot down during the Battle of New York, he crashes next to a Shwarma place... about two blocks from Grand Central...

[@bibouplays2423]

i feel so blessed being able to buy shwarma for about 2$ literally anywhere here in the middle east

[@thatguy9196]

bibou Plays here in Uk it costs 6$ from a good store

[@adamgarcia6155]

ours is literally a good dollar tf, y'alls are expensive

[@pronko4571]

100-200₽ in russia EVERYWHERE

[@Aresxera0]

It's mostly around a dollar here in the Philippines

[@yazanqadi2002]

There is a shawarma shop 2 blocks away from me, I have truly been blessed

[@denims2273]

Dear shawarma seekers: Chicken shawarma-> garlic sauce Beef shawarma-> tahini sauce You’re welcome

[@shajinanasar1928]

Agreed.

[@yahia3658]

Chicken shawarma is the elite shawarma

[@Kayodeez]

100%

[@carleyquinn8286]

Toum over everything

[@hishamzaza174]

@@yahia3658 oh bro you don't even know

[@Bloke-98]

Triple Gooferberry Surprise from the spongebob movie. I will not stop asking.

[@anna4585]

JLT1998 yes

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

maybe

[@eggomyweggo6576]

Yes yes yes. YES

[@adamahmad8800]

Omg is it the episode with the jam inside the burger?

[@Toronmer]

vortex simmer wtf it isnt

[@loganatkins1171]

Have I ever mentioned how nice it is that he includes his mess ups? Doesn’t shy away from it or nothin. That in itself is inspiring. Oh this master chief forgot to do something in the recipe, I no longer feel bad about my mishap in the kitchen either.

[@davidjacobs7465]

Making food. Pros: food Cons: making

[@chasenicastro2287]

David Jacobs dude cooking is fun. Washing dishes is not.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@@chasenicastro2287 I generally limit my cooking to dirty as few dishes as possible so I don't have to clean as many.

[@max.cr33p]

Thanks for stealing that😘

[@abouttime837]

love chef john’s pita can’t wait for him to be back from vacation

[@littlep2000]

I think we need a guest appearance. Hands and bad puns only, of course.

[@bigfoad]

Middle eastern here be like "You call this shawarma!!?"

[@argadargad9128]

Lol because that is a restaurant food, not a homemade food

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

To be fair, most Middle Easterners don't cook shwarma at home

[@txdmgamerd3175]

Vikram Krishnan I do tho

[@kuroashikun4895]

@@vikramkrishnan6414 we do but it's always better outside cause they got the gadget required but we don't

[@zecRjee]

yeah thats actually pita gyros

[@Eli-hg8gl]

everyone in the comments is like "this isn't shawarma" and "you're not supposed to eat it like a taco" but there are no comments saying what exactly shawarma is and how you are supposed to eat it THE ANSWER SINCE THERE ARE HELLA REPLIES (edit 2): the most commonly agreed on thing is that real shawarma is more akin to a burrito (or a cone), not a taco like babish made/ate. the inside is a meat of your choice (most common red meat is beef, most common white meat is chicken) and the toppings vary depending on the middle eastern country; some say a garlic sauce, pickles, and potatoes, some say none of that and maybe ketchup or hummus edit: if you're not going to reply to this answering my question don't bother replying, I will report you otherwise I'm tired of the argument going on

[@noorg9658]

His bread is small it’s supposed to be wrapped and eaten like a burrito

[@_IceCold_]

I have heard this dialoque somewhere

[@chuuchuu2468]

Shawarma can be either chicken or meat. In the chicken it's served like a burrito with garlic sauce, French fries, chicken slices, pickles, and lettuce all wrapped by thin Arabic white bread. In the meat its served with tahina sauce, tomato slices, pickles, meat slices again wrapped by white Arabic bread. Its often drunk with fruit smoothies to go with.

[@Eli-hg8gl]

@@chuuchuu2468 thank you!!

[@julienforletta7896]

chuuya's wife either chicken or meat ? What does that even mean . That makes no sense

[@regisatlas]

''just a little bit'' as he adds a full hand of salt

[@Moe_DeGrasse]

I thought I was the only one who said this, it looked like it snowed on his plate right there

[@glamazon6172]

In true Chef John fashion.

[@sylviele3239]

Did you see how much chicken he had?

[@twigwigsoso]

Honestly i relate

[@Blackandwhitevictor]

"two shots of vodka"

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Babish: "Hit it with a little bit of kosher salt." Me: How much is "a little bit"? Babish: All of it!

[@Waveripper36]

Ser Garlan Tyrell it actually scares me how much salt he uses and I thought I put too much salt on my food.

[@fizan6129]

@@Waveripper36 don't worry. Kosher salt isn't very salty than normal salt

[@a.h.tvideomapping4293]

PositroniX we do have pickles on a shawarma just not chips or whole pickles and yes he forgot the pickles

[@claudioss3920]

im not very good at english, so instead of "allspice" i understood "oldspice", i knew my shawarma had a little bit of perfume flavor.

[@u.g.3298]

Please tell me you are joking.

[@montylemon9445]

Ulises Galaviz Nuñez you are joking

[@Ellie_deMayo]

And a lot more power!!!

[@michaelagustinsantos3015]

*takes bite POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR

[@MadameTeqi]

This is why I love other languages to be honest. Stuff like this gets found in translation

[@systemshocker2875]

0:07 that scene was filmed after the movie premiered. Chris Evan's was in the middle of Snowpiercer's production,so he had a beard when they filmed that scene,which is why he has his fist over his face.

[@marauder1085]

Cool

[@Amr-ep3vl]

I'm Egyptian and I don't care what the right way for Shawarma is, this looks freaking delicious and pretty close to real Shawarma standards!

[@ParthaSharman]

Egyptian, everytime you boast about the money you lent to UK, a Shawarma dies. And plaster the outside of your buildings. Looks sad

[@keno756]

@@ParthaSharman 😳😦😂

[@keno756]

@Amr El-Faramawy legit 👍

[@RealEyae]

Dude im an Egyptian too and that Shawarma looks amazing

[@ltagames01]

يا ابني هاي مش شاورما

[@spacey6261]

Babish: makes shawarma video Arabs: *LET US INTRUDUCE OUR SELF*

[@yuvalmoradi81]

And Israelis

[@FiatFlipper]

U mean indians, right?

[@mediaconsumption3972]

no, he means arabs

[@Predator1706]

Knight Davion nah its not Indian food

[@abdullahsaif543]

😂😂

[@starfthegreat]

In Lebanon, we eat chicken shawarma with toom, a thick and fragrant garlic paste. Tahini is usually reserved for meat shawarma and falafel sandwiches. Great job anyway!

[@aphrodite9318]

starfthegreat and tabbouleh is different! But he did do a good job.

[@alwalude]

FUCK YEAH!!!!! TOUM EXTRA!! and saj bread

[@harkra]

Yup, the Lebanese place next to my home does it the same way. Chef is born and raised in Lebanon.

[@johnbrudha8679]

The tabouleh is way different 2 man

[@harkra]

This is true, no lemon at all, weird spicing.

[@kiddsaga]

"I dont know what shawarma is but i wanna try it" then he had an addiction to it

[@SauceStache]

ok wait... Babby did an episode with Jon Favreau, who is in the iron man movies and produced a ton of the Marvel Movies... Now he is doing an Avengers video! Does this mean that there is a possibility of a Oliver Babish cameo in a future Marvel movie????

[@SauceStache]

starting to feel more likely... just sayin

[@lars330]

So if I do a video about something marvel related that means I'm likely to feature in a Marvel movie? No I don't think so.

[@wawi911]

I hope

[@SauceStache]

Did you also do a collab video with Jon Favreau who is the executive producer of most of the Marvel Movies?? ;)

[@wawi911]

lars330 if you were interner famous and new people connected to the franchise, its more likely than some rando with next to no subs

[@wiredwrong760]

The Shawarma Scene was done on the fly, it was not originally in the scripted but they ended up going more or less to hang out after work and eat it. It was so a humanizing concept after what they had done more or less in the movie that having time to blow off some steam they decided it was best to film and add it to the movie.

[@kaanaslan3003]

The word ‘Shawarma’ was derived from Turkish word ‘Chevirme’ which literally means ‘turning/spinning’. The meat was cooked horizontally against the fire for the first time by Turks of Anatolia in mid-1850s then quickly spread to the other parts of the Ottoman Empire, such as Greece, Balkans and Levantine. Iraqi and Lebanese immigrants brought this cooking method with them to Latin America in early 1900s, it eventually became Tacos Al Pastor.

[@danielnielsen5169]

noooo aren't tacos from mexico?

[@kaanaslan3003]

Daniel Nielsen I meant Al Pastor variation of Tacos, definitely Mexican cuisine is unique and original in its own way.

[@bayjones8730]

İşte aradığım cevap. Tam ben yazacaktım sen yazmışsın 👍

[@danielnielsen5169]

@@kaanaslan3003 oh intresting i didn't know that.

[@superreefer4425]

I bet your one of those that says Lavash is Turkish!

[@romilrh]

The biggest plothole in the entire MCU is how Tony, a billionaire who has traveled the world and enjoyed all the finer things in life, didn't even know what shawarma was.

[@asmitakuvalekar4604]

"I'm not pandering, you're pandering". Babish paraphrasing every politician ever 😂

[@connorboyce5830]

Shout out my boii chef Jon!

[@nikbinaz]

connor anthony from foodwishes dot com!

[@Zero-mt7lh]

WITH

[@yuvalrachman5811]

a phucking beesechurger

[@GeoffBernard]

I wonder if that's why the videos are normally from the neck down... face for radio? After all, you are the Babish when I'm famished... Babish + Food Wishes collab - PLEASE!!!!

[@harleylaufeyson6136]

Jon is Andrew’s favorite Avenger

[@sasomio]

That is was amazing if I can add as a Saudi cook and Shawarma is now one of the main dishs that we consume .. the Tehini that you made was in the concentrated form .. usually we dilute it with buttermilk, lemon juice ,salt and black pepper thank you

[@sadroses2]

I've never heard of adding buttermilk, that sounds fantastic! I add your other ingredients + water and garlic.

[@ilaya1211]

Im having a hard time reading this message, grammer doesnt let me read it properly D: please make it shorter, its way too confusing

[@apollobro91]

Ilay A *I'm *grammar *it's Please don't use run-on sentences when complaining about not being able to understand what someone else has written.

[@evanwilliams8515]

For the tahini SAUCE that is typically served with Lebanese shaworma is tahini paste mixed with crushed garlic, salt, lemon juice/citric acid, and water. It should thicken into a nappe, and goes really well with shaworma, falafel, seafood kebabs, and used as a condiment for vegetarian dishes. Topping it with straight tahini is like eating a straight peanut butter sandwich, you always gotta chase it with milk lol.

[@diab3ticbear]

To "The Burger" from How I Met Your Mother

[@amberbeam4248]

I now want to see Binging with Babish in the marvel cinematic universe. Maybe Happy's colleague??

[@JohnSmith-lt1ck]

Peter Parker wants to cook and watches a Binging with Babish video made specially for that movie. And Jon Favreau makes a cameo in the video as Happy Hogan. Cue Peter’s reaction. Edit: Or Aunt May could be caught listening to Bedtime with Babish before bed.

[@PossiblyAnIrishGuy]

He's met Jon Favreau, who's in the Iron Man films and Spider-Man: Homecoming, who are both themselves in Avengers films. Andrew therefore is degrees of film separation from being in the Avengers. Which makes him more of a character than Hawkeye.

[@sk8erin8er]

Iron Man's personal chef

[@ivanyip3450]

I am sure that some hardcore fans can find a superhero or super villain who look like him. I tried but I am not hardcore enough

[@amberbeam4248]

You've challenged us.

[@ronnies3798]

I lived in Palestine for years (I'm from there) and this chicken was the closest I've had to shawarma style chicken since I came back to America. Please make this guys. The chicken recipe is ridiculously good. I recommend making/buying some shrak bread instead of pita bread, and dress the sandwich with toum (garlic sauce) tomatoes, pickles, and pickled red cabbage. You can just use all the stuff that babish made in the video (taboleh, tzatziki sauce) but I've never personally had shawarma with those toppings, so I can't vouch for the taste. I've also never had tahini sauce on chicken shawarma either (that tends to be more popular on the beef/lamb variant), but again, I've never tried it so it could be good. Amazing recipe.

[@JohnTheStun]

It's like none of you guys understood the "Palestinian chicken" reference. You should go see the clip. Search for "Curb your enthusiasm - Palestinian chicken"

[@immoistoof8801]

Fun fact: Cap had to cover his face during the clip where they ate because he was filming for another film and had to have some facial hair for it.

[@firefalcon2738]

“Extra virgin” is literally the definition of what I forever will be.

[@sabinegomez6803]

same.

[@notcool2594]

same

[@Number_27]

same.

[@theenviousfox7589]

Same

[@khem8998]

Smae

[@ianhayden6088]

I fell like chef John is just your dad

[@nicolle2126]

Ian Hayden or cool uncle you've been estranged with until recently

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

that is an insult to chef john an actual chef, this guy just repeat step by step recipes anyone can do it

[@tkeid01]

Hey B, can you maybe in the near future do an episode where you recreate a god-awful dish and turn it into something appetising? I miss those types of episodes! Anyway, keep up the good work.

[@Version0111]

Thomas Keidan I had a similar (but more specific) suggestion for him. It was Gruel from Oliver. I remember in high school a Welch girl I liked told me her grandmother used to make gruel for her and it was super tasty. Still, to this day I have no idea what it is and every time I hear anyone mention it, it's described as disgusting.

[@jairab2873]

Those were my favorite ones!!! I totally agree

[@WashashoreProd]

@@Version0111 It's basically oatmeal but thinner. You probably wouldn't like it unless you're a fan of congee.

[@geedup415]

From what I've read this might not be a "Shawarma" but to those who follow this recipe and enjoy it it IS a Shawarma. Just like "Tacos" made by anyone other than Mexicans, doesn't matter cause food is food and enjoying another cultures cuisine is a blessing!

[@Mystic_Apollo]

Everyone in the comments: "THIS ISNT SHWARMA LIKE THE MIDDLE EAST HURDUR!" me: the spit, the finely chopped salad and a pita bread... That's what Turkish people call a kebab in Britain...

[@MazerTime]

What british call kebab is basically shawarma. (Or like, an extremely similar dish, i didnt tasted it myself) Though, we here on the israel call an entirely different dish kebab. Basically oval shaped balls of heavily seasoned ground meat on a stick. And its great. (Could be that the change of the name came from turkey and not from the UK. I didnt study it, just make an observation. Languages are odd.)

[@Mystic_Apollo]

Well we call the the chunks of meat and various other foods grilled on a skewer a "shish kebab" but the same shish prefix is used for large chunks of meat in kebab shops, for instance the donor cuts are usually long thin cuts from the meat on the rotisery grill and the shish cuts are large chunks that are then cooked further on a normal grill. It's really weird to describe but it o my seems to be Turkish kebab shops that have that system

[@luckypuss2304]

My mother says that it looks like kebab And upon closer inspection IT IS A KEBAB

[@hasanbeyatli9977]

that's not a kebap at all

[@adidoki]

@@MazerTime Well Shawarma is just a copy of the Döner Kebab and so is Gyros. The original meat on a rotisserie grill is from Bursa, Turkey. The thing that Babish made can just be called Tavuk Döner and is actually the popular dish in the Turkish province of Hatay/Antioch, though they might add fries to that.

[@mypal1990]

*Let's just not come in tomorrow.* *Let's just take a day.*

[@youcefbekhti]

watching this in ramadan is tough

[@tuf_dev]

Agreed.

[@АлекАлистарх]

I KNOW RIGHT EVEN THO IM A CHRISTIAN BUT ITS LENT BEFORE CHRISTMAS RIGHT NOW

[@christophertebbit365]

Thanks as always for the video Babish, you are continuously generous in sharing your expertise - for those criticizing the “authenticity” - recognize that most dishes have variations based on many variables such as geography, generation, taste among others. Provide commentary with fact/experiential based support, not empty critiques. The latter teach us nothing and are a waist of our time…

[@MrDan2454]

when I was in Dubai, the restaurant I first tried it at, put french fries in it. super tasty

[@ashlabelle]

In Egypt, the Syrian restaurants also put garlic sauce and pomegranate molasses.

[@GK-oq2yz]

BluSlinky i'm from the middle east and let me tell you that the main ingredient in every shawerma (other than the chicken obv) is fries and garlic sause. And he added cucumber and tomatoes we don't do that we only add pickles and lettuce. We might add tomatoes with the beef shawerma. But yeah thats it

[@philgordongordon4733]

that is how they do it some places...but this isn't real shawarma! Shawna is more of a platter of beef or lamb & chicken with assorted grilled veggies like red, green and orange sweet peppers, onion, grape leave's, radish & pickles in a platter and is served with a garlic butter paste and is ate with hand's.... this is called a sandwich or wrap... and is served to white people that don't enjoy eating and talking with friends or family while sitting

[@stenolepis5252]

I think you're talking about a gyro just saying

[@nightwolf8919]

Its actually coocked with french fries and i love putting harissa in it :D im arabic btw xD

[@tuur200o8]

I'm a dude but I wanna be this guy's wife

[@katipunan4212]

I just wanna meet him lol

[@tucosalamanca5818]

You can be the guy’s husband :D

[@confxsedpeach]

Gae

[@tucosalamanca5818]

@@confxsedpeach not saying it's bad or anything

[@Sadiahannanku]

Ha GAY

[@tzisorey]

Because you are the Chef John, of how your Shwarma's done...

[@baranakin2]

Tzisorey Tigerwuf you are a genius

[@timothycho212]

Lmaaoooo

[@digoljohn5717]

Food wishes

[@izutonura810]

Ahh yes, classic.

[@nibberdestroyer692]

no hes not chef john showed his face when he was interviewed

[@SoftBank47]

I made this about a year ago. Didn’t make my own pita, just bought some. Didn’t matter. There were no leftovers.

[@alyhassabelnaby8239]

Respect for actually making the tahini yourself from scratch. I guess that's why you wanted to use it directly on the sandwich. I would suggest you try and use it to make the very traditional tahini sauce by mixing the tahini with a bit of lemon juice (some grated garlic is also traditional) and then gradually adding water until it clumps (don't worry, just keep going) and then loosen up bit by bit. That sauce is a standard accompaniment to a lamb shawarma, while the garlic sauce you made with the chicken is the standard accompaniment to the chicken shawarma; at least in Egypt where I'm from.

[@doctorzoidberg1715]

Make gyros with Chef john from Food wishes

[@Ufos4dahoes]

Can you do Elvish Bread from Lord of the rings?

[@willjust7099]

Thot Bot lembas!

[@Ufos4dahoes]

Will Just Ahh yes Lembas Bread! That is what it is called thank you(:

[@DomEReapeR]

Oooh I second this suggestion

[@MrPoepaytoeHed]

Yesss!

[@josharntt]

I dunno if that would take a full episode, maybe some Ram and Goat bollux

[@anapuscau2236]

I’ve eaten my fair share of shawarmas in my twenties to know that that isn’t one. But it sure looks yummy

[@luxpjamer]

Shawarma Police ! 😉

[@ammarrashed1770]

The tahini we use on shawarma is not just that raw. We add white vinegar, black pepper, salt, cumin, lemon, and parsley. You soften it more with a bit of water. And worth mentioning, the tahini "sauce" that goes with fish is more acidic and zesty, than the tahini that goes with shawarma, flaflel or kebab. That raw tahini you made is often added on top of molasses.

[@blackandblack7]

This is my first time seeing bulgur and tahini in a recipe posted by someone who isn’t from my country I also realized that I have all of these ingredients at home and I missed my grandma’s pita bread History really proves that we’ve almost all interacted with each other.

[@yaseralgishi]

you’ve obviously never had shawarma then

[@xXNP4CNuclearXx]

Maybe they'll make peace with Thanos through shawarma

[@emmillyking4515]

3:11 Heh! That clip is from the Basics with Babish intro, its funny that it wasn't even FROM that series

[@BTBSOUNDS]

Watching this after Endgame and the first 10 seconds of this video brought tears to my eyes and chills down my spine

[@yettifilms207]

Ahan Bhalla me too

[@taurxevc1725]

End it I have nothing to live for now.

[@bigMzurythefantatic]

Some people will move on...but not us

[@NG-sz2xi]

Lol chill

[@sirmystyc3833]

Same

[@abu_alazm]

Chef: I don’t know it looks like I put too much olive oil Syrians: *TRIGGERED* Palestinians:*TRIGGERED*

[@issayoussef5444]

Lebanese: *EVEN* *MORE* *TRIGGERED*

[@Melody-go8ng]

Turks: also triggered

[@abu_alazm]

issa youssef anyone from the levant will be triggered

[@burakcan5187]

@@Melody-go8ng Especially Turks! Since it is called Döner xD

[@rizqiakbar684]

Salt: *double TRIGGERED*

[@Doggywoof1]

50% of the comments: that’s not shawarma dude 40% of the comments: why you eat like taco 10% of the comments: actual comments

[@bamboozledan]

0.000000000001% reeeeeeee

[@elmalo3462]

You forget about kosher salt

[@Reidang]

15% of the comments: comments on other others comments 100% of the reason: to remember the name

[@a.h.tvideomapping4293]

How to divide that last 10%. 9.99% racist comments 0.09% REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 0.01% actual comments

[@marwanashaat9202]

Actually the %50 & %40 are the real comments what %10 are you talking about?!😂

[@Michael-yv6mp]

There is a schwarma king that opened by my house, when this blows over im getting some!

[@artiga15208]

*shawarma

[@quackplay9243]

I'd just walk across the block and buy a shawarma. It's about 1$.

[@jcgongavoe337]

Food price around my block starts from a 6.5$ hot dog...

[@quackplay9243]

@@jcgongavoe337 Come to Bangladesh and enjoy 6 shawarmas. But at most, I can only savor 2. 😢

[@stickboss673]

QuackPlay and it’s 4 Saudi rayals

[@timtimothy5405]

@@quackplay9243 my roommate is from Bangladesh and the way he describes it it's not worth it

[@quackplay9243]

@@timtimothy5405 well it's just cost 1$ and I didn't get to try any other shwarmas.

[@Veiiorra]

Shawarming with Babish

[@TheIndogamer]

Shawarming with KeBabish

[@ohyeahyeah4323]

Raihan Purboyo bruh

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Half the comments: "No! That's wrong! That's not how you make schwarma! Everything is all wrong!" The other half of the comments. "Huh, that's not how my family makes schwarma, but it's pretty flexible and that's still probably really delicious."

[@warwar6300]

Bad

[@Sarastrasza]

So youre saying that no one thinks this is shwarma?

[@sage798]

blalo'u I mean... It can be made a lot of different ways.

[@Wubsy96]

Me, an intellectual = GET IN MY TUMMY........

[@KyosBlog]

Shawarma Police Arrest this man He cooks in vids He then goes to the fridge He needs two cups of yogurt.

[@mahnoor6812]

is it just me or does babish really sound like a flight attendant in this lol

[@lakshyapunjabi1920]

Mahnoor Zahra yea it’s just u

[@yarasunshine019]

As an Arab I'm blown away by the fact that you made tahini from scratch. I've never seen anyone (not even my grandmother) do that before and I'm just so impressed!

[@Breemode908]

yara alsayes homemade tahini is the only way to go. Always have some on hand.

[@orcinusxx4776]

The idea behind the "pocket" in the Pita is that you can put the food inside it, which makes it much easier to eat things like Shawarma (it won't fall out like when using the Pita as a Taco shell).

[@alessandromininno]

When will you and Chef John do a video together?

[@hamishwatt2475]

I was hoping for a Chef John style voice.

[@alessandromininno]

I was thinking something like: when Chef John will be Andrew's guest, then the video will be like a normal Andrew's video but with Chef John's voice describing the recipe. On the other hand, when Andrew's will be Chef John's guest, then a normal Chef John's video with Andrew's voice describing the recipe. So basically, something simple, but I think it would be amazing!

[@LVADBlackheart]

Andrew, your attention to detail and flawless, yet humorous narration is exactly what makes this so successful...well, that and your awesome cooking skills! Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us!!!!