Andy Makes Chicken Skewers | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit

Join Andy Baraghani in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes chicken skewers with garlic toum. Toum, an intense garlic sauce usually paired with shawarma, is used as both a marinade and a condiment in this chicken dish.
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[@iw5744]

I've said it before and I'll say it again; the star of this channel is the editor/s! To distil every person's personality like they have has created characters and subtle narratives that I find so compelling to watch. The food is superb, but it's the dynamic the team have and the way it is portrayed that keeps me coming back. Great people. Great channel!

[@kikinibamalaam]

“My love life is... 😔 🎻...actually really good 😀 “ Love it!

[@PrinceKaladin]

Cooking like that, no wonder

[@Pratzz1312]

That moment when Andy's t-shirt doesn't have a hole in it. You okay Andy?

[@RachelBastow]

Prativa Dass I think he’s going through something 😔

[@tejas5811]

He wears "normal" shirts for shoots

[@drummeruptheirons]

whatchu talking about it's got 4 holes in it ayyy

[@C_Bat]

And I thought his shirts are all blessed by the pope...... cuz they hole-y.

[@C_Bat]

you've been hit by, you've been struck by, a smooooth T-shirt hole

[@melsyoutube]

“You can’t see it but he’s staring right at the camera” I love these running jokes

[@eyeguyful]

Andy casually flexing his love life

[@benrujo]

3:05 Andy: I've toned it down, I feel like. 7:50 Also Andy: Imagine this scraping, just brushing all over your... Nvm.

[@thepinkprayingmantis6541]

😂😂😂

[@strangerdanger9395]

hand to god, actually seconds before he did that, i was thinking 'i love that andy's just gotten weirder and weirder over time, good for him'

[@RaiyaTaha]

"the garlickyness of the toum" the fact that toum literally just translates to garlic makes this so much funnier lsdjfkljssldfjlk

[@alwaysrushil]

This garlic tastes too .... garlicy ...

[@mash3814]

(Thoom) in fus'ha, the (th) is like in (think), its the lebanony accent that says it as in (t) not (th) with a fast (ou) instead of a long (oo). not really relevant to op's comment but wanted to share

[@ace_shawerma679]

l’m Saudi So I Know that toum means garlic, it’s just a translation

[@korndud]

@Resipisco andy is iranian. why would you assume people know what toum means? do you know what every word in every language is? do you only eat food from your own culture?

[@whitley9665]

@Resipisco yeah, say radish in German and banana in Greek twerp lol

[@tre619]

gabi: im talking and i can’t hear my voice! brad: OH IMAGINE THAT LOL

[@kat7275]

THOSE TWO!

[@emalinedickinson7492]

I love Brad too much.

[@austinholbrook5063]

@Dominic Ceccarelli??? What's wrong with him pointing it out?

[@UniqueDesignStudio1]

Austin Holbrook Right?!? I didn’t even catch Brad saying that if I didn’t see this comment

[@ClaudeSac]

Her fricking voice is everywhere dammit. Cannot stand her.

[@nourrizkallah1460]

From the perspective of a Lebanese person watching this, I’m so happy right now this is awesome :)

[@powerhouse8888]

Nour Rizkallah high five ✋🏻

[@FamilyRoyalty]

My wife who lived in Beirut for 2.5 years keeps raving about the toum sauce in Lebanon. Now finally I have a recipe from a reputable source (Tawleh) that I can follow to make this for her. (Btw, someone should make clear to Andy that toum literally means garlic in Arabic :'D)

[@marksaab8936]

I’m Lebanese too :)

[@dr-k1667]

@@FamilyRoyalty Your wife is going to be so happy! Your about to score big on the husband board. Have a great weekend!

[@ralphibrahim9325]

Andy is awesome!

[@Tyan0A]

"Andy convinces himself he's 'toned it down a bit' for 14 minutes."

[@ienjoyplants4890]

sure the video may have been up forty seconds but that doesn't mean i don't know its already quality

[@BgJimy]

Same.

[@CookingMyWay]

There is. When a cooking channel then 30 seconds is good... Is good.

[@UndecisiveAngel]

12:40

[@movingforwardLDTH]

@@UndecisiveAngel , maybe it is just the color -> b&w -> color transitions, but is our little Andy blushing?

[@mychemicalromanceann]

I don’t even want to know how to make the recipe. I just came to see my boy Andy. 👍🏻🤗✌🏽💪🏼😃

[@JoyfulMD]

Garlic toum, chai tea, naan bread. Welcome, Lebanon, to the desi struggle.

[@PS-jh3in]

🤣🤣🤣 riight

[@capt.sandyvagoo6619]

Garlic garlic, tea tea and bread bread. We get it. But for English speakers this is how we say it. We mean no harm.

[@2ninja4U2see97]

My coworker says "bIrYANi riCE" and everytime I'm like 😬😬

[@rebecasandoval498]

capt.sandy Vagoo I feel the same when Americans say salsa sauce, queso cheese. I’m -

[@deprofundis3293]

Just reading this made me drool...

[@DinoQuintana]

Now that Andy has classified Gaby as Chaotic Good, I now need to see a full Alignment Chart of everyone on BA

[@ffinsyy1064]

All I know is Claire is a lawful neutral, Brad is chaotic neutral, and Chris is lawful evil.

[@DinoQuintana]

@@ffinsyy1064 Carla is definitely Chaotic, but is she Neutral or is she Good? lol

[@xjessalynn]

@@DinoQuintana I say good

[@dixonyamada6969]

BA DnD

[@tgifsfilms]

@@ffinsyy1064 i don't know if anyone in the TK is evil aligned. i take that back, Delaney and Rapaport probably. but definitely not Chris.

[@destroya21]

Andy talking about the grill brush being used on your body made me shudder, this man must be STOPPED!

[@Szanth]

And this is him toning down his weirdness, lol. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BE YOUR WEIRD SELF.

[@allgravygames]

Andy in the morning? Sounds good TOUMee!

[@shishi1103]

I’m so disappointed in you

[@alyssaarchie8611]

🤦🏾‍♀️😂

[@gibralnm]

@@shishi1103 your comment is my parent at any incident in my life

[@Shit_talking_softballers]

all that garlic and he didn't crush it to release the allicin smh

[@joeyb9146]

*its like a 2 part epoxy*

[@SourPeachHeart]

PLEASE RELEASE ME!

[@jdgonzo1982]

@@joeyb9146 thanks man...never fails to make me giggle like a girl for a minute or two :)

[@SangosEvilTwin]

@@SourPeachHeart you are my hero of the day

[@SourPeachHeart]

@@SangosEvilTwin tbh the real hero is Brad😭

[@ander3689]

I want Bon Appetite to make a compilation of Andy’s wierd/awkward moments.

[@hellskitchenkritterandfrie3372]

He is adorkable

[@sour_peckanmix]

Why is Andy so effortlessly attractive

[@sb_1389]

It's probably not effortless. Hitting the gym and pursuing a passion will do that to ya.

[@dr-k1667]

What you are seeing is the effort.... and it has paid OFF!

[@AmatistaMoon]

lol, just in this week’s podcast they were talking about all the effort Andy makes to be attractive, so clearly it’s paid off!

[@xa-xii1617]

@@AmatistaMoon PODCAST???

[@bellalilalaila]

That what Holly Hollister is asking!

[@christiangonzalez8310]

Refreshing furiously at 9am for bon appetit videos pays off

[@kellyjohn26]

Me atm

[@Golgibaby]

Gaby is an underrated hero. Props to the D&D reference.

[@akirebara]

I seriously got so happy when she became Test Kitchen Manager from TK Assistant. I'm invested with this entire BA channel.

[@colin3674]

It’s just a meme now. I can almost guarantee he doesn’t play that lmao

[@akirebara]

@@colin3674 You never know. Joe Manganiello is the last person that I could see as someone who plays D&D but he does.

[@PrinceJacob5]

Brad's infamous "Oh yeah" is so good to hear after drooling at the food

[@madpetrolhead1]

The onion with parsley and sumaq is called biwaz in Syria, specifically aleppo, and we use A LOT of parsley and lemon juice. Also toum and biwaz are just as important as the meat when it comes to a middle eastern BBQ, with the addition of grilled onions 😋 We love our onions and garlic 😂

[@arisakathedappergoose4796]

so, it's basically super-garlic mayo? I approve

[@SachaDoesPortuguese]

it's like a meringue-y aioli!

[@miss6me9]

Yes, and it’s delicious on tomato slices sprinkled with sumac 😋

[@MilkySubstance]

@MANUEL IGNACIO MOLINA GARCIA Mayonaise has whipped egg whites in it, it doesnt make it a meringue

[@dumptruck1091]

@@MilkySubstance egg yolks or egg whites?

[@karimabuhijleh2250]

@MANUEL IGNACIO MOLINA GARCIA Here in the Middle East you would never find a household that would use egg whites only restaurants use it since prevents the sauce from splitting so that they can store it for longer. There are two versions of thoum the fluffy stuff they make in the video which is mostly used in marinades and there is a thicker sauce for dipping which uses starch and less oil which is called mothouma.

[@allisonmeer3425]

Andy calling Gabby 'Chaotic Good' made me smile way more than it should have.

[@peanutisland9201]

can andy drop his skincare, his skin is GLOWING

[@lishaalmeida]

He mentioned on their IG story that he swears by Vinter's Daughter!

[@dr-k1667]

@@lishaalmeida That is some legit skincare right there. Skin guru Caroline Hirons on KZbin has covered it and she will have your skin glowing with her recommendations.

[@1Cortexiphan]

Girl, that coats $185!!!! I would expect great results too if I spent that much. Wow

[@XSmashleyX87]

“Imagine this like scraping, like brushed all over your bo-“ Me, out loud to my phone: ANDY!

[@dr-k1667]

You were not alone in that reaction... really Andy.. such a naughty guy, but we love him.

[@fatpaws]

Toum has been my secret weapon for a long time. I'm so glad to see it getting some time in the spotlight. It's for sure one of the best condiments ever. Try it with roasted or fried potatoes for a life changing experience.

[@soohyunface]

i just realised bon appetit could be the cooking version of "the office"

[@fatty7303]

sahar rahman you just realized? something like that is always top comment or near it

[@christinedolmayeh9094]

I LOVE how authentic, accurate and respectful this is 😍

[@elund408]

someone is going to spend half an hour at the grocery store looking for "neutral oil"

[@DroneEvil1]

Hah...and as much as some will say, Canola is NOT neutral, almost has a fishy scent to it.

[@DonaldMerand]

If you can find it, it's even better with Chaotic Good oil

[@bluewater3783]

KZbinr "Sam The Cooking Guy" uses Avocado Oil as his "neutral oil". Maybe Peanut Oil would work, as well...

[@KimberlyGreen]

Best part of this recipe: Andy's dash of *inclusiveness*.

[@dr-k1667]

Yeah, I liked that a lot.

[@cassidyjohnw]

"Chaotic good over there" Andy confirmed D&D nerd. What do you play?

[@sundustii]

The 9 sectors are just a meme now. I had no idea it was DnD related I just see it everywhere

[@xjessalynn]

Andy is for sure from the internet

[@ovandonselaar]

With all the references he makes in videos to nights out (in this case the color of the marinade) I feel like we get a pretty good idea of how wild his weekends are 😂

[@dr-k1667]

Exactly... This guy does not play when he is finally off the clock on a Friday.. he probably still feels the effects on Tuesday !

[@anythingg00394]

"I dont even have a fire escape"

[@dr-k1667]

That gave me pause... like where does he live? Maybe he lives in a brownstone...they don't have fire escapes.

[@ChrisPBacon-dk4kz]

D R-K or an apartment(?)

[@dr-k1667]

@@ChrisPBacon-dk4kz Apartment in NYC by code have to have a fire escape either at the front or back of the building. I don't know about new builds but since most places not built from the ground up are old, they have them. High rise apartments don't those with over 6 floors, so maybe he lives in a high rise. You can just imagine him being saved by a beefy fireman being carried out of the building LOL somehow he would have that luck.

[@ChrisPBacon-dk4kz]

D R-K i-I-I-I can

[@jjsegal1915]

I'm not sure the majority of New Yorkers have fire escapes. A lot of apartments (even older ones) are higher than a few stories and houses/townhouses with multiple units are also pretty common, especially outside of Manhattan. Not sure about Andy's situation though because...I'm not a creep

[@izzy1221]

Andy’s shirt...it’s not ripped. 🚨 *Bodysnatcher alert!* 🚨

[@CWojcieszak]

Don't leave your Toum unsupervised, Andy will raid it

[@SurprisedPikacheesecake]

This gave me the giggles, thank you.

[@Jordan-ko8pz]

Nobody: Andy: “SKYUUUURS”

[@RubenSmithZempel]

Chaotic Good over there. And that's the day I knew that Andy was one of us.

[@nejeenpasha5231]

This is the first time that I am so familiar with a recipe on BA . My mom makes the best pickled turnips, takes about 2-3 weeks to be ready. Maybe Brad can try experimenting with them since its technically a fermentation process!

[@aphrodite9318]

Thank you Andy! This was an amazing video. I'm so happy you represented our culture so gracefully 💕

[@Tatjanak1989]

Made this and it blew my boyfriend‘s and my mind!! Delicious! Especially the combination! We didn‘f have the pickled turnips but I will get them next time. Bought Arabic pickled cucumbers and loved them. Way more than the normal ones, as they were a bit spicy! Our bread was a bit too dry but it added extra crunch, which I would somehow try to get again next time by drying out some of the bread and putting it in. Also, we added more parsley. The chicken was delicious and tender! Just have to find the right ratio so that it doesn‘t get overpowered by the other ingredients. Definitely making this one again.. and again and again!

[@TheOuss121]

As a Lebanese person, I clicked this video SO fast. Andy made some delicious, 10/10 Shish Tawook/Chicken Skewers! (P.S. Andy, I'll still kiss you with garlic breath)

[@rawanwael4138]

Ouss121 do you guys actually call the sauce toum? I’m from egypt and we call it toumeya. It wouldn’t make sense to make a sauce with garlic and just call it “garlic” right? lol

[@TheOuss121]

@@rawanwael4138 We do indeed just call it "toum"! You've got a point, haha! I guess the context would matter there the most

[@rawanwael4138]

Ouss121 I see. Thanks haha!

[@sm-xn9th]

I am from egypt and i love toum i make it all the time and its served in alot of restaurants

[@Fantafaust]

Maybe: BA test kitchen tries D&D BA test kitchen tries translating and updating medieval recipes

[@EricValor]

There is NOTHING like the smell of fresh pita coming out of a blazing wood oven! Watching this I was filled with memories of my time walking the streets of Adana, Turkey, just wandering from pita shop to pita shop, following my nose and eating pita and Adana-kebabs of lamb meat just smothered in smoked paprika from a dude squatting on the corner with a hibachi doing kebabs and parched corn on the cob. A little yoghurt with dill and it was a fantastic "fast food" meal, Middle-Eastern style.

[@notrororo]

Damn I wanted more of Brad's opinion on Toum as it's garlic based 😂

[@nikkimajean]

Ahhhh oh my gosh, I have always wondered what the amazing garlicy sauce was, because typical garlic sauces you can buy don't taste quite the same. I love this just for the recipe for the Toum alone!!

[@Kokorisu]

... Andy was/is a metalhead, and knows his D&D alignments. I need to see a picture that I'm sure exists of super dorky teenage Andy.

[@MochaMochaHeart]

Everyone in the test kitchen has their own unique brand of chaotic energy and Andy def has strong chaotic energy in this vid 😂😂

[@David-xl8zf]

Now I finally know what to do with the eggwhites from making mayo. 👌

[@theyoungyogi]

When Andy said Gabby was chaotic good. Awwwwww!!!! So true!

[@mohammadk79]

This is basically called Tawook. The only difference from the traditional one and this, is that the chicken is usually cut into small square-like shapes.

[@maximfarhat3307]

As someone who is half Lebanese, just seeing them doing a recipe that’s so close to home and honestly nailing it, makes me very giddy and happy.

[@sabine2408]

I saw the thumbnail and I immediately knew that this was the lebanese version of taouk and toum! 🇱🇧 ❤️

[@saia2205ify]

is that Vinnie behind the camera? Love ya Vinnie! Always makes me smile.

[@FredSBassett]

"Some people put in 8 or 10 cloves" yeah uh my toum was more like two heads

[@alaaamr3411]

So happy that BA started realising some middle eastern recipes its actually really unique and have a ton of varieties 😍

[@pantrymonster]

7:50 No Andy, by all means please finish your thoughts 👀

[@benshaw5382]

At 9:00 I literally moved my head close to the screen and sniffed hoping I could smell them because they looked so good.

[@linasami5650]

Toum means garlic you donuts, garlic toum is garlic garlic lol

[@MrunmayiPande]

Americans🤷‍♀️ Its just like saying chai tea which is tea tea🤦‍♀️

[@linasami5650]

@@RickR69 you obviously do since you have replied, you could've just passed by my comment smh

[@marcusshaner7066]

Like when we say ATM machine! Lol

[@nothanks5752]

Big “naan bread” energy LMAO

[@SangosEvilTwin]

sahara desert says mood

[@7Jewelz90]

Beautiful plating without trying too hard. Looks delicious.

[@karenmansour5121]

Ok. Arabic is my first language. I love the fact that Toum(توم) literally just means garlic 😂😂

[@sarahd9120]

Always very happy and proud when Lebanese cuisine is celebrated. Thank you Andy!! You did an awesome job! You should try your hand at Arabic Bread, the one I am sure you tasted when you were over here. Yalla next time.

[@taylordaccache4407]

as a Lebansse person, this is extremely authentic. Sahten🇱🇧❤

[@finecallmejane]

Andy's voice is so calming here. Why thank you kind Andy!

[@alexackermann3314]

I’m so happy we got a new recipe from Andy

[@immitable]

Awesome summer recipe. Was worried that no one else will get to try it besides Andy and than came Brad. He saved it. Thumbs up!

[@antiantisocial1946]

Does anyone else think Andy kind of resembles Freddie mercury? It can’t only be me right?

[@sibimathen1451]

They are both ethnically same, Persians!

[@elmay22]

OMG Andy making Toum!! growing up in the middle east everyone is obsessed with the garlic sauce. literally goes with everything! so delicious! and I've tried making this before, but instead of egg whites I used mayo to make it fluffier and balance that garlic taste. Toum with Sharma, kabsa, fried chicken, fries! omg.

[@snapfarr]

Holdupholdupholdup hold up. "Chaotic good over there." Does Andy play Dungeons and Dragons?

[@benh9220]

Andy pronouncing skewers skwrs has me cracking up as I'm watching this after a night out. Love the video, these sound really good, especially rn

[@nourjalbout553]

So happy that the lebanese food culture is spreading!

[@melanielien5625]

Saturday night dinner vibes

[@jamesdooling4139]

Does that mean Carla Lalli Music is clickclick 💰? She's got a super sweet backyard setup!

[@marcojimenez595]

She doesn’t live in manhattan

[@Arazig]

That Onion/Parsley/Sumac mixture is truly one of the most under-rated aspects of middle eastern cooking. Every shish kebab/shish tawouk/shawarma/gyro/ roasted meat item coming from in and around the middle east should be paired with it in my personal opinion. As a Canadian-Armenian with parents who grew up in Syria and Lebanon, this is what I grew up eating. That final presentation reminds me so much of my childhood (and also what I ate last weekend) haha!

[@melsyoutube]

Chaotic good, over there 😂

[@HpBoost]

Andy making a D&D reference makes me love him even more~

[@liesalllies]

Dude I just watch this channel for the people but I'm gonna actually make this.

[@jadou88]

I am a TOUM lover for sure once you have toum with chicken you can never look at any chicken the same way again

[@sabrinaouenzar5339]

Reading garlic toum and as I speak arabic, I just read it as Garlic Garlic (Toum means garlic, and apparently a sauce in Lebanon?)

[@TiredCapybara]

Lebanese person here (or at least ethnically, don't live in Lebanon currently but did in the past), never have seen toum considered a sauce before. Maybe there's a thinned out version of it that I'm unaware of? But I've always seen it be used as a paste or a spread.

[@noorieboorie]

Red Productions I’ve seen some places like “water” it down with mayo, so it becomes more sauce like, but I prefer it is it’s thicker paste form.

[@sn5255]

Not a sauce, more of a paste. Depends what you would define “sauce” as.

[@sabrinaouenzar5339]

@@sn5255 well actually I just said Sauce because it was the first word that came to my mind. I only knew "Toum" as "Garlic"

[@justinbehm2698]

Is it weird how much I love watching Andy eat things? He looks so happy!

[@jonthology]

What I’ve learned from this video: Andy wants us to know he’s toned it down.

[@pchamun]

"Chaotic Good over there" I loved the D&D reference

[@melsyoutube]

A weird spatula for a weird guy. ❤️

[@douglawson8937]

sees Gabby and instantly ignores Andy...hi Gabby!!! XD XD XD

[@Monica-zf4ze]

I like Andy but have to watch him in 1.25x speed lol

[@Fudgeey]

You just saved a life with this recipe, Andy. About to making a whole batch of toum every week now, can't be bothered with buying yogurt but I ALWAYS have oil, egg whites and garlic.

[@theresamdk6061]

someone bought him a new tshirt finally!! 😯😯😯

[@fevronija]

Andy is so calm for a chef.. Incredible.. Love to see him every time.. Almost looks like he should have been a astronaut and smhow incidentally ended up in kitchen.. ( :

[@orellaminx3530]

Instructions unclear, used 8 bulbs of garlic and my tongue fell off.

[@voodoochild3859]

Orella Minx 6 garlic cloves no ?

[@hhfufhfstztddtdt1133]

Goddnamnit, Andy (and the entire editorial crew).

[@takushimeji]

been craving Lebanese food since last night, and now this...

[@cdaywhite]

I love this video! I have spent a bunch of time living the Middle East and love meals that this. I always loved what I could only describe as a thick fluffy white sauce that I knew was NOT tzatziki. I have wondered for years what it was and how I could recreate it, thanks so much Andy for answering my question and now my life will be filled with toum!

[@elzeus13]

It was great. End of story. 🤣

[@luuuscaa]

Andy just dropping that nerdy reference in the middle of the video :p

[@melsyoutube]

“I don’t know how they identify themselves, I don’t want to assume” ❤️

[@JonahLoeb]

We stan an inclusive king

[@danieldionne2037]

🤦‍♂️

[@PrizmC800]

Bon Appetit: Andy Makes Air Me: (Clicks fast af )... this guy can do no wrong ...lol

[@SeventhEve]

Oh, I'm flashing back to the excellent food in my old neighborhood, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Yum. Andy, you can tone down the footwear, but PLEASE never tone down the weird.

[@joel.saucedo]

Andy saying "get in there, bad boy" gave me the vapors.

[@dr-k1667]

You get a high five for using that phrase correctly. LOL Have a great weekend.