How to Make 'The OG' Chopped Cheese

Meet Jeremy Batista, the man behind Bodega Truck - the first bodega food truck in NYC to serve one of the city’s culinary staples: the chopped cheese sandwich.
Jeremy shows us how to make his wildly popular ‘OG Chopped Cheese’, just remember to wipe the drool off your screen or people might get the wrong idea. 🧀🍔
#nyc #choppedcheese #streetfood #fastfood
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[@thatdudebro]

secret sauce looks an awful lot like regular burger sauce.

[@click8708]

Extra sugar

[@herreramalik]

Doesnt mean its not a secret as to what makes up the sauce

[@coldfire774]

It almost always is

[@thatdudebro]

@@herreramalik very needed input captain obvious. thank god u blessed us with this absolute nothing. any time someone says "hmmm seems fishy" you come in and say "there is still a possibility that there is nothing fishy going on here. just because it seems fishy doesn't mean that it's fishy" and when someone says "smells like shit" u say "that doesn't mean it's actual shit !! it could just be something that smells like it!!!" u should be paid large sums of money for these incredible contributions.

[@omiewearnkhakis9780]

Just know Salsa rosado was a thing 20 years ago (maybe this store too) but burger sauce didn’t not exist

[@JoeyVandana]

Not toasting the bread is criminal

[@stefanmarchione6757]

Right?! Gotta be toasted crispy with mayo 😉

[@scooba871]

Toasted bun vital for me!

[@OttoStrawanzinger]

It‘s a Kaiser roll, it should stand up on its own.

[@wch7251]

i nice hard rool dont need toast my boy

[@Kii-cs3ee]

No fr

[@tristinyaeger9222]

MY MAN DID NOT FORGET ONION CHOPPED INTO THE MEAT

[@yetiornot5726]

He did indeed, my man, he did indeed. Plus the peppers.

[@LLNJAYB]

​@@yetiornot5726and he didn't toast the bun

[@emh8861]

It’s in the seasoning. Onion powder.

[@tristinyaeger9222]

@@emh8861 THAT DOES NOT COUNT

[@TheRascal585]

And then peppers

[@Simlipz]

here is our secret sauce "pulls out bigmac sauce"

[@Getsum725]

“Secret” sauce = Ketchup + Mayo

[@ryangonzalez7177]

Yuh 😂 Top “secret”

[@Shwarmageddon]

I used to work at a ranch/wedding venue that sold “homemade bbq sauce” in jars. We were just mixing Heinz ketchup and mustard together in a 5 gallon home depot bucket with some spices added.

[@zaneduggs8612]

You get the cheese in every bite on a regular cheeseburger too💀

[@notboutit888]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@harrythotter182]

It’s in the crevices now bro😂😂💀💀💀

[@bigmike1547]

Not always true, sometimes they offset the cheese on the patty making 1-2 bites without cheese

[@Donvitto20]

@@bigmike1547sometimes the patty to bun ratio is absurd and dont let me start on the cheese to patty ratio. Sometimes U barely taste the cheese

[@LosZavion]

“here’s where the magic happens” *proceeds to put cheese on the meat*

[@Holden-uf7]

He DIDNT TOAST THE BREAD, HE DIDNT SALT AND PEPPER THE TOMATO SLICE, HE DIDNT PUT ONIONS AND PEPPERS IN THE MEAT

[@oldironsides4107]

The is a bum sandwich

[@jayr399]

Where are u selling your chopped cheese? Oh that’s right complaining from the sidelines like a bum

[@emh8861]

Still Delicious!

[@BuckingHorse-Bull]

the best tasting food in front of a camera

[@notboutit888]

Nigga just made a cheeseburger 😂😂😂😂

[@waled121]

Lol with less meat. Just to charge people $8 at a food truck

[@Donvitto20]

@@waled121used to be way cheeper than that. Like $4. Go to a bodega not a truck😂😂.

[@justin6681]

You obviously never had a chopped cheese. Taste nothing like a cheeseburger

[@majora919]

​@@waled121how's it less meat if he used a entire burger for it ....

[@paulmagic2962]

@@justin6681 how does it not taste like a cheeseburger. Ingredient 1 is a burger patty and ingredient 2 is cheese

[@xandermarley8552]

Red flag on the play 🚩…..the O.G Chopped Cheese from East Harlem is served on a panini

[@FactsForLife_901]

Word to my muva b…. Yo Harlem,watup

[@shiro5805]

East Harlems full of hipsters tho, it was never made on a panini either 💀

[@xandermarley8552]

@@shiro5805 Hajji’s on the east side ain’t the original??? And they do it with a panini

[@shiro5805]

@@xandermarley8552 they use a panini press yeah but its not actually served on a panini, its served on a hero

[@TheLite0003]

fam...where are the sauteed onions and toasted bread?!?!

[@xu2wk8uj9p]

It's a crime to not toast that bun.

[@Play_Dreams]

Everyone using the same "secret sauce".

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Home boy out here looking like dollar store drake.

[@hersheyslim]

So MayoKetchup is your secret sauce??? 🤯 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Riceoncodm]

eating chopped cheese and watching this. Makes it taste better

[@Immortal4everable]

He’s so extra lmao I fell out at the lie detector test

[@TurnOntheBrightLights.]

It can be easily improved by toasting the bread! Keep the works hot and adds some texture.

[@Curly22236]

Made and tried my first ever chopped cheese today with a homemade hoagie roll everything, sliced the top of my finger off but I don’t regret it because it was Delicious and worth the loss of a limb

[@nachojones1]

Looks good to me. Made my mouth water.

[@Tonyae76]

Looks delicious 😋

[@BM_100]

I died at "crevices"

[@randomotaku3283]

There are various ways of doing this Cooking the beef with diced onions is another way and using Adobo seasoning and sliced cheddar. On the bun toast it, butter it and add mayo and ketchup.

[@DINOMITE22]

thats... that's a cheeseburger with extra steps. and why make a cooking video if half of it is a secret?

[@BeyondDaX]

That's why it's a short than a movie

[@GyroZeppel]

When he said it’s not like a cheeseburger because you get the cheese in every bite, I was just thinking, have you ever had a cheeseburger? Hahaha 😂dude out here feeling himself so hard

[@notboutit888]

@@GyroZeppel😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@omaracevedo7961]

This dude a cornball

[@celestialtoystore]

Can't imagine anyone but General Ock giving a running commentary "....and now we hit it with the seasoning"

[@Rahul_Sastry]

Looks delicious bro it definitely looks tasty with all that seasoning nicely mixed with shredded meat 😋

[@Myvibepostive]

My mouth 👄 watering, it looks so good 😋

[@riogrl324]

So that’s a chopped cheese! Looks wonderful!

[@goonsintern7031]

YOU DONT NEED MAYONNAISE FOR A SANDWICH 💯

[@zone07]

The secret is Adobo Goya. Come on man, I've seene the empty bottle in the back.

[@robin212212]

yep, and that's basically salt, pepper, oregano and tumeric

[@murrayfreeman3027]

Looks like the IN-N-OUT copy sauce I made a few months ago WITHOUT the relish in it.

[@cyedadraincem9493]

Hajis on 110th and 1st Ave. the real OG chopped cheese. Get this joker outta here.

[@josephrosato7378]

I’ve had food from this man’s truck not only was it quick but very delicious I don’t think this video captures what really goes into his food

[@w.t.f.4989]

I'm still waiting for the magic!

[@marquettepark9793]

Special seasoning salt pepper garlic 🤣

[@onetruesoldiervt3686]

That’s the bomb 💣

[@drewlbers]

The seasoning is probably sazón or adobo some type of goya product

[@notboutit888]

All the cheese in every bite 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrdude88]

The seasoning is just Goya’s Adobo seasoning. That shit is magic! But I like mine with slightly grilled onions in it.

[@bobdell2851]

Where the onions at tf

[@truefalse934]

Literally!!

[@marhz97]

Ketchup + mayo + pickles + pickle juice + onion & garlic powder = secret sauce

[@jayr399]

Lies. You couldn’t have possibly known the secret

[@justin6681]

People who say this is just a cheese burger never had a chopped cheese

[@user-ze8sx1cc6n]

I don’t live in New York but I found the closest recipe to Haji’s that I could find and honestly, I would take a chopped cheese over any cheeseburger, any day of the week. They taste a lot like smash burgers but way different than a cheese burger

[@MrFour4th]

Little did you know everyone's secret sauce taste the same

[@yojimboflm]

Where the hell's the onions?

[@Goldone99]

Can't go wrong

[@jordanbridges]

Now... im not going to say that I wouldn't eat that thing. But im not going to say it's going to be a stand-out.

[@FEspinoza0224]

So it’s hamburger helper on a roll

[@alanisperez3824]

Bruhh how i always thought a chopped cheese was just a grinder called a chopped cheese in NEW YORK !😂😂

[@PaulTMaack0]

I'll take one, on the condition that neither the seasoning nor the sauce contains any onion whatsoever (either added or present in any constituent ingredient).

[@trillest1]

Don’t forget the BEV!

[@amusliminusa]

looks like throwup

[@NN-bv9lq]

You can also get cheese in every bite with a normal cheeseburger

[@Ape_PONR]

Homie is semi gentrifying the damn chopped cheese. Come to the Bronx or Harlem if you want a real chopped cheese. 😂

[@OnlyFlans42]

If that's gentrified I don't wanna eat anywhere you do 😭

[@HydroSnips]

Or un-gentrifying the cheeseburger for more money if that’s even possible, like saying “you know what this cheeseburger needs? a fukc-ton more grease and a price bump.”

[@9thborn]

Wrap it up like a newborn baby🤭❤

[@theManBlob]

secret sauce is mustard mayo and ketchup fyi, if you want it sweet add sugar and or relish

[@arthurresendez]

Toast the buns!

[@Bdiddy714]

Ketchup and Mayo separate > ketchup and Mayo mixed

[@TheTrueMac]

yah because you don't get cheese in every bite if it's just a slice of cheese on top.

[@ConfusedGardeningTools-bu8et]

Where is yall at

[@postaffe]

Just plain bun? Not toasted or grilled?

[@MrChunkerton2001]

Gotta have a toasted bun no matter what's on it, it elevates it

[@LANGI902]

Hope you hit that tomato with some S&P

[@trillest1]

💯💪🏾

[@GetNinged]

faze apex

[@TimeToMove_2024]

❤

[@davidq344]

I thought its served on a hero bun

[@barrymantelli8011]

sloppy joe has entered the chat

[@EdgarAvelar-zs8cv]

😋😋😋

[@jesusarcos7011]

My guy what is that! 👁️👅👁️ no Chick-fil-A sauce?

[@antkingofcastle]

Time for the bev

[@Redir89]

Black pepper and adobo and mayo ketchup sauce. Thin chopped cabbage missing

[@afenismama]

Seasoning looks like Adobo 🧐

[@gerrysherry1836]

NO ONIONS.. FORGET ABOUT IT.

[@LaKuan]

Thats a whole lotta bread!

[@nachomansandyravage2346]

It’s most the sandwich

[@Watcher2024z]

No onion and no toasted bread - that is one dead chopped cheese

[@HydroSnips]

So it’s a cheeseburger that’s been mashed up into bits? Okay cool

[@teemychow6483]

Its fucking Jeromy

[@yvngxtrey6392]

What type of bread is that

[@bushwickbill3643]

The OG is from Haji's. Iykyk

[@bobbart6498]

I bet the seasoning is adobo and the secret sauce is clearly just a ketchup and mayo mixture.

[@Noobish588]

why would you just use regular mince?

[@GiZzY67]

First you put the patty on the grill!

[@davidmish6218]

Secret sauce lol it's fry sauce 😂😂😂

[@user-md2tu3tu3x]

It’s fn cheese burger the entire time I thought it was something you mfs is calling a got damn cheeseburger chopped cheese !!! Tfff it’s just burga chopped tf up with cheese on it. Had me thinking it was something else. So chopped cheese in nyc means burger chopped burger got it

[@jojotwice8918]

this isn't the og chopped cheese if he's using his secret blend

[@gsrsuperman]

chopped cheese = broke boy cheesteaks

[@polish2x91]

Nice looking sloppy joe you got there

[@bloopereel33]

The secret is garlic salt, oregano, black pepper. Worked short order for 12 years. He is right though that shit is a secret

[@tiffanyross4266]

On a round roll?

[@benobro5831]

The sesoing is sazon and adobo lol

[@Jay.woogod]

Not even toasted 😂💀

[@krestonwright8642]

No sauce no warm ass tomatoes or lettuce and that’ll be one bomb chopped cheese. Maybe some onions. 👌

[@s2j832]

Big Mac sauce

[@whateverwhatever4026]

Whys it start as a patty, if youre just going to chop it?

[@Infamouspolo]

The ocky way

[@obsidianeyedgoddess1994]

Secret sauce looks like mayoketchup 🤔

[@jasontetrault7275]

Chopped cheese is a hamburger thay somebody effed up completely

[@gnq_k]

Long bun, toasted, onions. Would be way better.

[@nomorepartiezz]

FIRST YOU PUT THE BURGER ON THE GRILL

[@brianmw8559]

Meat doesn't cover all of the bun

[@clutchbleach2057]

Salt,Paprika,Garlic powder alot of places use it... oops

[@222vitaminwater222]

This is full of mistakes. No toasted bun, no onions. Re-do.