I Made Every Thanksgiving Side Better

[@good_beans]

2:40 Mac and Cheese 4:33 Cornbread 6:34 Rolls 8:52 Sweet Potato Casserole 11:56 Green Bean Casserole 14:20 Cranberry Sauce 15:45 Stuffing 18:25 Mashed Potatoes

[@Pead929]

my dude

[@aringgold1994]

hey thanks

[@PregnantLilly]

gods work

[@ayushchaudhuri8388]

god bless u

[@creamcorncobb]

good bean indeed

[@jamiejackson355]

I made the chorizo stuffing and everyone lost their minds. It was a freaking BANGER! Thanks Josh!!! Couple of thoughts My Guillo pepper didn’t turn into a sauce so I blended it, strained it and then let it reduce. You definitely have to tell people it’s supposed to have a burnt look because it definitely turned people off at first. I made a avacado line sauce for it 1/4 cup red onions 1/2 bunch of cilantro 1 avocado 1-1/2 cups of sour cream 1 juice from a lime Salt to taste Pinch of paprika. Happy thanks giving y’all!

[@salk-e8346]

god I wish people celebrated thanksgiving in my country, all of this looks delicious af then again, if I'm correct, that's a date celebrating american history... i don't think my country would ever since people seem to absolutely hate gringos here lmao

[@tate6767]

I just realized if you mash "but better" together you get "butter". It was right in front of us this whole time.

[@coreyh8589]

Damnit! Someone had to figure it out first. Butter really does rule all!

[@buttsexandbananapeels]

Just like Josh’s wang

[@Zelkener]

​@@coreyh8589who doesn't know that ive been doing that for 8 years only y'all finding this out now living under da seas aren't ya

[@gabrielbarnes6657]

butt butter

[@retro9054]

@@gabrielbarnes6657 You sir, are truly a genius

[@nicsosa369]

as someone who used to love complex, aka complicated, dishes and recipes, i've since learned that there is so much to be said for simpler, less complicated recipes so that you can actually taste not only all of the individual ingredients, but the main food in the dish as well. when you know good techniques and know how to marry and match ingredients properly, a little goes a long way. something that really stood out was that you add so many things to the sweet potatoes, you can no longer taste the simplicity of the sweet potato, but many things on top of sweet potatoes instead of the sweet potato first. i learned to appreciate this in learning how to properly drink freshly made tea without adding anything to the tea - and i don't mean lipton. it really opens up the taste buds and makes one realize just how much masking of food and drink people do in order to make their food and drink "tasty" when the best flavors are already there. where people go wrong is thinking they need lots of salt, fats, sugars, etc to make food and drinks taste good when all it really takes is just a pinch for proper flavoring. people sometimes use way to much of these things. you also don't need that much honey and butter to significantly change the flavor of the cornbread.

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Everything you say is true but its falling on deaf ears. 8.5Million people made these sides. Younger people dont want to do things the way their parents did. They keep trying to reinvent the wheel.

[@thirstbasket]

Yeah it's hard for me to watch these videos for a similar reason. I don't have the time or money to do all of this extra stuff. I also agree that it's not necessary for the food to taste good. Looks cool though...

[@jayzonedc6474]

That's all well and good, but sweet potatoes don't taste amazing by themselves, and the idea of adding marshmallows, "the traditional way", is horrendous and the opposite of keeping things simple. I think the idea of countering the sweetness of the sweet potatoes with some spice is a good way of making a balanced dish and better than just adding more sugar to food that is already overly sweet. Some things are good to keep simple, roasted potatoes for instance, but some foods need to be made more complicated to make them more palatable. You wouldn't just eat chilis by themselves, for instance, since they are usually too spicy and not a balanced taste profile. Sweet potatoes aren't a balanced taste either and need fat, salt, spice to make them not taste terrible.

[@nicolegiovine243]

so pretentious

[@nicbarth3838]

Its not pretensious, these are just preferences everyone has a subjective experience of taste.

[@annanhildebrand9667]

I cant imagine being a professional chef and going to thanksgiving with your family. Either you're blowing everyone else's dishes out of the water or they've given up and make you do all the cooking that day.

[@Mike__B]

... or they're saying "WTF is this? You couldn't just make regular stuffing?"

[@ZombiePilot420]

@@Mike__B this is been my experience mostly

[@nxzeerxh]

Chefs don’t cook better than dedicated mothers or grandmothers, their food is untouchable.

[@adderous]

I was brought up by two parents who spent years in commercial kitchens. The hidden option C is "set the family to do whatever prep they're capable of while you play the role of head chef". But like, a head chef that's so understanding and nice that they'd be actively choosing their restaurant money, since otherwise you make the kids cry. This also has the benefit of teaching the kids how to cook, and they slowly get to the point where you can trust them to do entire dishes themselves. Sure, a 13 year old is gonna be slower, but if they've put in the practice they can manage.

[@adderous]

*costing

[@AlisonDoenier-zz7xz]

Bringing the Mac and cheese to a work party. Oh my word! This is the BEST mac and cheese I've ever had in my entire life! (Yes, I tried some before putting it in the crockpot). I used smoked gruyere and medium cheddar, and infused the dairy with garlic and bay leaves (didn't have bonito flakes, hence the smoked gruyere).

[@matthewjwhitney]

The format of this video is very innovative and we need more of it. Discussing options, swapping techniques, etc. you're teaching people how to develop their own recipes and I think it's brilliant. You're the best, Josh ❤️

[@melodiousmooose5301]

Okay I did the panang sweet potato casserole and can confirm that the coconut whipped topping is actually required and not optional. IT'S SO GOOD 😭

[@xxdagrimreaperxx5803]

I heard him say you can swap Galangal with ginger and I was sad. Uncle Roger would be pissed hearing that lol

[@salk-e8346]

​@@xxdagrimreaperxx5803fuiyoh!! I love to when people name drop other content creators in the comments lmao

[@notme2day]

Just imagine... many, Many , MANY Thanksgivings years from now, when Josh's recipes are handed down generation to generation and your family is calling this just the "way grandma use make it". ❤

[@annacatherinesendgikoski1965]

Betty Crocker has entered the chat!

[@MrVovansim]

The secret ingredient in my grandma's Mac and cheese? Bonito flakes. 😂

[@Cristopherdreamer]

​@@annacatherinesendgikoski1965Betty crocker isn't even a real person

[@annacatherinesendgikoski1965]

@@Cristopherdreamer 🙄

[@edim108]

@@Cristopherdreamer ☝🤓

[@dearcole123]

Part of what makes thanksgiving meals and the holiday itself appealing to many people IS the “monotony” - or dare I say - familiarity of dishes and recipes that are passed down and used in families year after year, generation to generation. My great aunt used to make split pea soup for my father who loved it so now I make it for him and our family and they love it. I personally don’t like it very much but it’s the nostalgia that is what our family comes back for. Not a flashy new way to deep fry a turkey. That is not to say I don’t try a new recipe over the years but it certainly is the familiarity that brings families together that we find comforting.

[@sirenwantsbodilyautonomy]

No thank you. I can't do bland food, I'd rather make things that are filled with flavor and sometikes that means using new techniques

[@richmondvand147]

or maybe he loves the taste of split-pea soup because its fucking fantastic - my go to cold weather soup. I say make good food even if its different over bland crap nostalgia any day - your family will thank you. You'll notice that these are familiar dishes... "but better"

[@dearcole123]

@@sirenwantsbodilyautonomy yeah I cook new recipes from scratch every single week for myself and my family. Rarely the same one weekly. The point it the holiday is a time a familiarity - not flashy new fusion foods. Nobody ever said anything is bland and additionally I’m assuming you haven’t cooked an entire thanksgiving meal for 7+ people… or much at all for that matter.

[@zoommiesbay]

I mean you have a point its about the same dishes served every year but also welcoming new ones as the family branches and the community of making all the food together My sister used to bring greens and they tasted bomb as hell. My other sister would make the pickle snacks and i was in charge of mashed potatoes and small work.

[@portiamoore4720]

@@dearcole123how do you find new recipes. I feel like I’m cooking the same thing all the time lol

[@Paulie_Chumpus]

The first 3 minutes summarized how to be a good home cook. It’s kinda crazy how easily he compartmentalized it

[@vijaynazari9246]

I always made my own bacon and onion cream base for my green bean casserole, but the addition of fresh mushrooms just Leveled-Up the entire dish from 'Green Bean Casserole the Grey' to 'Green Bean Casserole the White'. Thank you thank you Josh!

[@curtisdibattista3864]

I'd love to see a video where you teach us timing skills while cooking for a crowd. What to prepare ahead and what to make the day of in order to get everything ready on the table when it needs to.

[@Cmoney1106]

This Mac and Cheese is unbelievably good. Steeping the milk and using a smoked Gruyère cheese completely elevates the dish.

[@swit1905]

Another title for this video could be "Josh makes every Thanksgiving side a fusion dish." The creativity is honestly incredible and so appreciated by those of us who are bored with traditional Thanksgiving food!

[@everactivedad]

I really miss it when Josh would have his team members try everything. I’m sure he has an awesome pallet. But when that second person is standing there quickly, it definitely puts some validity to the flavor.

[@weirdguy2126]

I don't even make these, i just love watching him make them

[@seankenneth8622]

same

[@johnb7046]

Stop eating unhealthy, addictive processed foods that deplete your vitamins and minerals, leach your energy, keep you inflamed, create brain fog and cannot be digested easily.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Doesn’t hurt to try though…..

[@stephanies9689]

You should try it, his recipes are godly. People think I can cook now

[@sage0925]

My hubs loathes canned cranberry sauce. I love it. So I'm going to try Josh's recipe and see if we'll both eat the compromise.

[@kat6652]

I have a really hard time in the kitchen. I have ADHD and all of the things that tie into that make cooking a big challenge for me, BUT I successfully made the bonito mac and cheese and the cornbread. I am really proud of myself. Josh's food content is so freaking enjoyable and inspiring that it got my butt in the kitchen and gave me a success story to build up my capacity to say, "maybe I can do this".

[@davidmark7549]

I used the kind of mushrooms I had laying around for the green bean casserole and now my family is tripping balls

[@cinemaocd1752]

Misty from Yellowjackets is that you?

[@AlliyahKhalifa]

Can I come over next time

[@seymourglass26]

@lynnefromthelakeI don't think you can literally trip balls. The phrase is inherently non-literal unless stepping accidentally on marbles is the same thing as eating a handful of psychedelics.

[@seymourglass26]

@lynnefromthelakeWho said I ever dosed a stranger or even did drugs? I'm saying you don't know what the word "literally" means and now you've just shown you can't read period.

[@noahvercetti7959]

​@@seymourglass26🤓

[@justin908]

Hey Josh. Thanks for giving love to the line cooks and food servicers of the world, and not just dazzling cooking up like so many vloggers, food stylists, and instagram/tik tok personalities do. Thanks for keeping it real :)

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Wow, you've just revolutionized my Thanksgiving menu! Your creative spins on the classics are so refreshing. That sweet potato Panang Curry has me drooling already. As much as I love the nostalgia of traditional side dishes, stepping things up with restaurant-grade techniques and flavors is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks! Looking forward to exploring these culinary avenues. Can't wait to blow everyone's socks off at the table this holiday! 🍽🔥🦃

[@clinedoesfitness3977]

I’m watching this a week after thanksgiving because the quality of these videos are top notch. Much respect to the editors!

[@AGlimpseInside]

Damn Josh, your ideas are, dare I say ,fresh. That pineapple upside down cornbread might be the greatest culinary invention of this century so far wow.

[@Santariffic]

One of these days, it'll be hilarious if Josh made something with so much confidence, only for him to taste it, gag, and say wow that was awful I really thought I had something here

[@harryhealey4298]

If there’s enough content for a blooper reel, I’m sure we’ll see plenty. One thing I’m familiar as a chef who likes experimenting with food, is the taste of failure.

[@spendleton360]

I'm sure you've now seen it, but in the potato video there are a lot of dishes he made that he was disgusted by.

[@yafeters]

I feel like Josh would be an excellent culinary teacher. Perhaps one day he’ll make an online course on how to be a master home cook. I’d buy that in a heartbeat.

[@lizj7217]

As an avid cook myself- I have to say you are my favorite - this all makes sense and creative and stunning - thank you!!editing to add I am absolutely buying your cookbook! I collect the best - and this will be one of the best I am sure!

[@KaitlinLuksa]

I'm Canadian and for Canadian Thanksgiving this year I made Chef John's (Food Wishes) French onion green bean casserole and it was the talk of the whole evening!! Everyone LOVED it. Looks like I'm going to be stuck making it for every Thanksgiving for the rest of time lol

[@richmondvand147]

thats a pretty good channel - pretty on par and has a good voice. Should give French Cooking Academy a watch too many good recipes in there all traditional too

[@KaitlinLuksa]

@@richmondvand147 ooh thanks!!

[@meghankuhr8324]

Hey so I'm making the green bean casserole this year and I'm a little confused on the shallots. Are they mixed in and some set aside for the topping?? Hoping you can clear this up for me 😅

[@KaitlinLuksa]

@meghankuhr8324 I didn't make this version, I made the version by Chef John from Food Wishes. In Chef John's version, he uses caramelized onions. This version by Josh uses deep fried/crispy shallots (he makes his own, but you can buy similar from the grocery store), and yes they are reserved for the top of the casserole. I hope that helps!

[@melissagirard8661]

I have to say, that mac n cheese recipe from the cookbook, even without the bonito flakes infusion, is possibly the best I have ever had and has become the go-to mac n cheese recipe in my household.

[@andreaf5497]

Josh, I am here for the upside down cornbread, the cranberry sauce, and the mashed potatoes, and ok the mac n cheese. I'm not so sure about the other things for Thanksgiving, but I'd love to try them some other time. Thank you! 😊

[@jennifergarcia3370]

Made the jalapeño upside down cornbread tonight for thanksgiving it was a hit ! My first time making cornbread and it was amazing !! Thank you ❤ happy thanksgiving everyone 🦃🍂

[@djoscartj]

Same! First time making ANY kind of cornbread and it was a banger!

[@RichieGriner]

Same same! Brought it to friendsgiving and it was a hit

[@highsmith20]

What temp did you bake it at?

[@jennifergarcia3370]

@@highsmith20 400F

[@highsmith20]

@jennifergarcia3370 Thank you!!

[@SpicyMoustache]

Getting your book soon 🙌🏻

[@The_real_dantdm]

Might get it too 👌

[@yashasvimantha6012]

love your videos. Joshua's videos as well.

[@misterhat5823]

I have his book. It's okay. Not the best, but no complaints either.

[@notme2day]

I'm ordering it for Christmas... a present for my favorite niece.

[@counterspellgoon6854]

been with ya since 10k subs, seeing ya approaching ten mil is amazing. good job joshy

[@AN-jw2oe]

If you don’t like sweet potato casserole, you need to try the sweet potato soufflé recipe where instead of marshmallows, it has a pecan or walnut streusel topping-it is sooo good!!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Instead of? The best sweet potato casserole has BOTH!

[@dandelionwine4428]

Was just about to comment the same. The sweet potato recipe in the video sounds delicious but my favorite part of Thanksgiving is my grandmother's sweet potato casserole which is exactly what you described. No marshmallows in sight.

[@AN-jw2oe]

@@MatthewTheWanderer 😆 To me, that is a bit much! But probably cause I am not a fan of marshmallows, don’t even like s’mores very much.

[@AN-jw2oe]

@@dandelionwine4428 Yes! I was introduced to it by my mother in law who grew up near Indianapolis. I told her that Thanksgiving is not complete without her sweet potato soufflé (which I usually make now) and her cranberry fluff. Have you had cranberry fluff? A mixture of blended cranberries and canned pineapple, mini marshmallows, sugar, vanilla, and folded into whipped cream. Oh my goodness, SO yummy!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@AN-jw2oe I am a fan of marshmallows, yet I don't care much for s'mores, either, lol. Too annoying to make and eat, even if they taste good.

[@roymeyer6837]

Great ideas in this video! I've recently experimented some with turkey, using different prep and cooking techniques and now I'm ready to make the best Thanksgiving main dish my family has ever had this year. First, I'm butchering the turkey into different cuts, because cooking turkey breast and cooking turkey leg quarters are not really a one-size-fits-all affair. Then, I'm employing the dry brining technique I use with steaks, but with an herb infused salt. Finally, I'll be smoking my turkey but pulling the breast meat and dark meat off at different temperatures, so everything is cooked but nothing is dried out. Then there's the gravy, which will contain not only the glorious, smoke-infused drippings of the turkey, but also a roux made with bacon fat from that morning's breakfast.

[@wackman123]

Josh should be arrested for that sweet potato casserole

[@da1nonlyladie14]

I was watching on my TV and logged in on my phone to specifically say just this

[@asipofabundance]

Curry and sweet potatoes don’t seem right to me either

[@dorefish-bieler7330]

he just gets more and more unbearably pretentious…

[@sentientcalcium]

Idk i fw it it seems like it would be really good

[@_modvault]

​@@dorefish-bieler7330 Josh is a lot of things but pretentious isn't even close to an accurate descriptor. Jealous much?!

[@DaddyYankee606]

Just made the Cranberry Sauce, so it could be ready for Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow... After a taste test of the finished product... All I can say is Holy Mother of God! I made my own Chinese 5-Spice, and after mixing it with the ground Cardamom, it made my house smell so spiced and wonderful! Thanks, Papa!

[@JordanVanRyn]

I've been a fan of your cooking videos for so long and I want to say every dish you make is a surprise to us. Plus your thanksgiving sides look epic!

[@kilolima5170]

Weissman is a genius! Who knew green bean casserole could be so insanely delicious!!

[@brnn17]

I look forward to Thanksgiving every year because of those nostalgia foods, even if they aren’t particularly adventurous recipes. I don’t know that mole topped stuffing or panang curry sweet potato casserole will make it onto my family’s Thanksgiving table, but my friend’s better hold on to their butts because I will be making ALL of these recipes for Friendsmas this year.

[@timp4447]

That corn bread looks amazing! What oven temp do you use? Definitely going to try it.

[@codycaldwell8123]

Following

[@NoThru22]

We’re supposed to guess at the temp

[@Oofdaeh]

I'm totally going to make those bagel rolls, but with Everything Seasoning! They look incredible 🤤

[@juliebiggerbear7300]

11:51 until I moved to the west coast, the only way I had ever had sweet potatoes or yams was the ones that were canned, then rebaked in the can syrup, covered in marshmallows. And then my wonderful roommate roasted and mashed sweet potatoes that she got at the store, and insisted I try a bite. 😢😮😳🤯😇 Those things are amazing when done right! But then, just about anything can be. 😊 15:39 I made my first cranberry sauce last year. It was lovely, glorious even. What I didn’t plan for was what happened when I put the leftovers in the fridge. They solidified into this wonderful jam! That jam is now always in my fridge, because an english muffin with butter and peanut butter crowned with that jam is a breakfast done right!

[@BakingByBrandon]

I adore the classic sweet potatoes with marshmallows so that dish is the only one I wouldnt change tbh lol

[@NoahOMorainRush]

Same, I was like "exCUSE me w h a t did you do to my favourite part of Thanksgiving"

[@nathansettlemyre7365]

You are actually both wrong. Pecans are the ONLY thing that should ever be on top of a sweet potato casserole

[@NoahOMorainRush]

@@nathansettlemyre7365 You would dare ruin the perfectly smooth texture of a sweet potato casserole with something crunchy that's already in the mandatory pie?

[@dom6512]

Butter, cinamon, salt and brown sugar, the end... Marsmallows ruin perfectly good sweet potatoes.

[@Melissa-pb6wv]

Would you believe, we make Hawaiian Sweet potatoes with pineapple? If I don't make them everyone will go 5k miles home. Only problem is I can't find the purple Okinawan potatoes! I usually put pineapple in the cranberries, too. It's so good for digestion

[@hatlessdash6823]

Man didn't even blink an eye and said steep bonito flakes in milk for macaroni and cheese. I just can't with this dude anymore 😂

[@kayrohde]

All of these "but better" recipes sound absolutely divine and I would totally love every one of them at my Thanksgiving dinner. The thing is, when you are surrounded by family that insist on cornbread dressing, sweet potato casserole with marshmallow topping and green bean casserole made "Like Grandma used to make it - with canned green beans and canned mushroom soup" - and refuse to touch any variant of the traditional food - what can you do? I remember the Thanksgiving years ago when I made the cranberry sauce just like you did (with the exact same spices and orange juice, the whole 9 yards) and the family retribution was swift and terrible. I guess i should have used an empty can as a mold and refrigerated it a bit until it held the shape of the got-dang can and then presented it on the table like that! LOL!

[@RidleyJones]

In that case, it's maybe better to bring an actual wild card dish--something that abides by the comforting and rich spirit of Thanksgiving but doesn't exactly resemble a traditional dish. That way it's a fun extra rather than an (unjustified) "disappointment."

[@goldilocks1964]

You could invite them to make and bring Grandma's version because you will be making your favorite or some new recipes this year. We all come to anticipate certain flavors at Thanksgiving over the years; it's a taste tradition, even if it's mediocre. If only they could be more grateful that you're hosting them!! I'd be happy and gracious to eat just about anything that someone had labored to make to serve me.

[@kathydelarosa1286]

Do it for a friendsgiving, not for family like that

[@TokyoBlue587]

Canned green beans? Now that’s just sad.

[@claddagh143]

My family is the same way. Anytime you try to elevate a recipe, the consensus is "why couldn't you make it the normal/traditional/*right* way?" I told my bestie next year we are having a Friendsgiving and expecting everyone to bring elevated recipes with some actual flavor. 😅

[@aurasagbay5515]

I made the green bean casserole for Thanksgiving this year and I got HELLA PRAISE. It was absolutely delicious. Thank you Chef 🫡

[@melissaweyrick5311]

There is a time and place to experiment with Thanksgiving Dinner recipes. Either you will be a hero, or an annual story regarding your fail. So by all means put fish in your Mac & Cheese😂

[@Kyler_mahaney79]

Everything Josh makes is the “greatest of all time” he believes own hype as much as vegeta

[@monica12386]

Those mashed potatoes are making my mouth water 😂 the mac and cheese too 🤤 - everything else looks good but I've never been a fan of green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, or any kind of cranberries 🤣. I think this year I'll make garlic green beans with bacon so unbelievably good! I always love his recipes but the way he explains everything in a funny way makes me like them and want to try them even more! Thanks for always sharing the best twists to make delicious food but better!

[@denisegaylord382]

Share the garlic bacon green bean recipe please! It sounds yummy 😋

[@monica12386]

@@denisegaylord382 I don't have a recipe I just kind of throw it together but I cook the bacon and steam the green beans and in a different pan I put a few tablespoons butter and a few tablespoons of bacon drippings and I love garlic so I add quite a bit of crushed garlic and cook on low til fragrant and toss the steamed green beans in and top with the bacon I cooked then crumbled. I don't use exact measurements, really just to taste. I used about 2 lbs of green beans and 1lb of bacon but didn't end up using it all. They are soooooo good! My 23 month old ate all hers and had 3 more helpings (not the bacon just the beans) 😂. Hope you try it out, it's definitely my favorite way to eat green beans! ❤️

[@denisegaylord382]

@@monica12386 sound delicious! Will give it a try! Thank you!

[@monica12386]

@@denisegaylord382 no problem!! 😊

[@brinsonmcbride]

I elevate my carry in dish every year and my history has earned me the responsibility of all thanksgiving things this year. 86 my Wednesday and Thursday boys

[@lauren_sunshine]

I love panang curry and have some paste in my fridge right now, but I think my family would disown me if I brought a savory sweet potato casserole 😂 (that being said though, these all looked delicious. especially the cornbread!)

[@sliceofsparta8985]

Saaaaaaame, sweet potatoes are supposed to sweet lol. He is right about marshmallows being terrible though; get that **** outta here and replace it with a proper brown sugar, butter and toasted pecan topping.

[@claddagh143]

​@sliceofsparta8985 agreed! the pecan topping is far superior to marshmallows.

[@gojewla]

Come on, plenty of people hate that sweet marshmallow monstrosity. I bet more people would like what he made…

[@richmondvand147]

@@sliceofsparta8985 I kinda wonder if theres a natural marshmallow company out there somewhere making a better product not made of 100% sugar that's more botanical.... "mallow root sap, egg whites and sugar into a fluffy mold. The french added corn-starch to speed up production..." this sounds more like a meringue

[@libertybell8852]

We do a sweet potato dish with apples, pecans, some brown sugar and spices like nutmeg.. it's delicious. 🤷‍♀️ we do a classic one too, but I prefer the other one.

[@TwoFacedGentleman]

14:59 - 15:02 is possibly the greatest sequence I've ever watched on this channel.

[@Maria-tj3dp]

the mashed potatoes with the garlic confit is literally an elevated version of Greek skordalià spread 😂

[@thatguy_nick2937]

Yea the consistency looks closer to a dip like humus than anything potato based to me but hey if it tastes it tastes

[@RichieGriner]

The jalapeno corn bread was my first Josh Weissman recipe I tried. And now I'm back on the channel looking for more food to make bc got dang that was some good ass cornbread!!!

[@TacozofGroose]

I personally love the little smashed cranberries in my sauce. Gives it more texture

[@raez7155]

I was 100 percent on board until he broke out the blender and strainer. Chunky cranberry sauce is everything!

[@TacozofGroose]

@@raez7155 gives the sauce little flavor explosions scattered throughout

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

My sister adds plumped raisins and chopped walnuts to hers, which makes it ten times better. It's funny that Josh called his "jammy" when it's completely smooth.

[@ManeIndian]

I cook down halfway then add more cranberries. To have a chunky sauce. I also substitute orange juice with apple cider.

[@redeye1016]

@@raez7155he did say you don’t you have to pass it. So just don’t - miss that step. Saves more time too for you

[@Vikingwerk]

12:38 You can use frozen green beans as well, and they work just fine. I’ve had fantastic results mixing frozen green beans with a can of mushroom soup, topping with the fried onions, and baking it. But the secret ingredient is: Smoked cheddar cheese. I grate about a cup of smoked cheddar, mix half of it in with the soup/green beans, and sprinkle the rest on the top with the onions.

[@overdrive7349]

"Looks like an inverted rectum" Well, now I can only make my own cranberry sauce now. Great job Josh.

[@ac-nu8do]

I believe the word is, "prolapsed".

[@samiracle]

@@ac-nu8do or “blossom” if you want to sound fancy lol. Not sure canned cranberry sauce resembles it though.

[@dom6512]

nothing wrong with canned cranberry sauce as long as it's whole berry and its stirred up before serving..

[@yessumify]

Started making cranberry sauce from scratch couple years ago and love it!

[@Seki1987]

I say the unhealthier the Thanksgiving dinner is, better it is. Be grateful. Treat yourself and your family.

[@notme2day]

My mouth and stomach are totally with you ... but my brain is going- "my heart, my heart".lolol

[@Seki1987]

@@notme2day hahahah. Good ole' cholesterol

[@filbert5850]

Just watched this on this thanksgiving morning, and thank you for the last push I needed to perfect my own mac and cheese, the steeping spices and herbs in cream is phenomenal. Thank you Joshua!!

[@lisandras8235]

Josh is the main reason I celebrate Thanksgiving without beeing american, just because I want to try all his recipes... 😂

[@prettycyclops]

Not me crying in the shower because your sweet potato casserole is reminiscent of my "butter chicken" butternut squash soup! I also used your gnocchi recipe to help make Sweet and savory sweet potato gnocchi. Marshmallow and pumpkin pie spice cream sauce for the sweet, and an "American morné", kinda like a super Alfredo for the savory. It's content like yours, and @mythicalkitchen that helps me seriously up my cooking game!!

[@LostQuays-wg6xn]

I have to watch this one again.. I'm Canadian, 🇨🇦 so we had our Thanksgiving in October. But all these tips are useful anytime! Happy Thanksgiving, USA ! Josh, you work so hard!! Thank you !

[@b13inc]

Everyone should celebrate thanksgiving as a holiday with family/ friends to take time to be thankful. We don’t take enough time for rest and love. 💕

[@unnamed2737]

I needed to slow this down to follow a recipe I’m cooking in real time and discovered this guy is even more entertaining at half speed. Seriously put this on half spped. It will not disappoint. 😂😂😂

[@evandempsey1682]

Everything else looks delicious, but I’ll definitely be sticking to my classic sweet potato casserole. I don’t even like sweet potatoes, but the marshmallow casserole is so good

[@jamie6387]

1,000% - he either needs a new recipe or just reaching!

[@richmondvand147]

@@jamie6387 I can't stand overly sweet food and hate marshmallows (i find sweet potato on its own too sweet) so not a reach just different. Like JW said "not judging" you do you boo but heres a different take and man it sounded great - can taste it in my mind light curry sorta korma like - creamy, the sweet potato combining then the crunchy oniony taste maybe add more heat and work that with the sweet of the potato for balance

[@Ewhit-je3os]

I bought one of your books. Date nights with the wife is making a recipe together out of the book. Absolutely love them! Thanks for the recipes!!

[@Andrew_BIake]

Personally, my favourite thing to add to mac n cheese is a bit of Cajun seasoning.... so good...

[@HudsonWilliams-hk8og]

Absolutely! I did it one year, and now my midwest-ass extended family doesn’t let me make it anymore. Cheese and salt is about all the seasoning they can handle.

[@Andrew_BIake]

@@HudsonWilliams-hk8og how to say you’re too white without saying you’re too white.

[@kittymarch8455]

I learned that Cajun seasoning trick back in the 80s first time it came around. Don’t have it any other way. That said, I wouldn’t bring it for Thanksgiving, because it wouldn’t go with the other flavors.

[@itsdonuttime7729]

I thought that is how all Black and Southern people make the mac and cheese

[@sydney2141]

Wait that sounds AMAZING. Which Cajun seasoning? Like Tony’s or Slap Ya Mama or something?

[@Neenerella333]

I got some pumpkins in my garden this year. I've decided to make them into a curry pumpkin soup instead of in a pie. Did a test and it's amazing. Mirepois, baked pumpkin, curry powder, NM medium red chili powder, cumin, 2" piece of raw ginger, cumin, coconut milk. chicken stock

[@itssharktime6560]

Next year do a video where you combine thanksgiving sides, like this year I'm combining duchess potatoes and twice baked potatoes.

[@ShadoClone]

If they come out well, you could call your recipe "Double Dutch potatoes".

[@barbarahallowell2613]

Love your cranberry sauce, really similar to my family's, that my Mom and Grammie made. We didn't use the 5 spice or cognac. We did use cardamon, mace and wee cinnamon, last minute a sprig of fresh tarragon.. No water, white wine, orange juice and finish with fresh lemon juice and a healthy snarf of good balsamic, wee salt and the most small 1/2 tsp melted butter ( they just said finishing velvety, you didnt taste it) oh, light brown sugar. Cook, mash sieve chill. I mostly love the balsamic with the citrus aspect. The fresh tarragon on the last few minutes adds that anise sort of top note. I don't know, its how we make it, I love it. 😊❤😊 Oh snap, add a good crack of black pepper 😊😊😊😊 almost forgot that❤❤❤ So trying your mac and cheese with bonito flakes and aromatics in a sachet!!! Blew my mind and made dream of just how good that would be 😊❤😊

[@crazyscarecrow8136]

That stuffing looks bomb, but I love the traditional kind too much to try it on Thanksgiving

[@lexgoss6505]

I know I would have loved to see him take these recipes and just elevate them rather than changing them completely.

[@TeamIFDVideos]

Yeah these are not even close. @@lexgoss6505

[@sistersw0213]

These all sound nice and all, but I go to my mom's for Thanksgiving because she cooks everything the same way she has since before I was born. Just like her mom before her and her mom before her. I love the way the first bite always reminds me of when I was a kid on Thanksgiving. Everything homemade from scratch and delicious 🥰

[@hamzamaken9323]

make more of those "every way to cook" videos bro i love seeing you come up with the best versions at the end

[@dangonya1561]

I make a southern style sausage cornbread stuffing. It requires no extra stock or eggs or anything because of the amount of pork fat and butter we use. It's amazing stuff. My mom died before writing down the recipe. Fortunately for the rest of the family, I had been helping and paying attention for years!

[@songsayswhat]

Three years ago I made homemade cranberry sauce. My spouse, who doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, loved it & now requests it and uses it as homemade jelly for rolls and such. Anyway, it's super duper easy.

[@chefmatthewlafferty]

What have you done to my beloved sweet potato casserole? 💢💢💢💢💢💢💢

[@ivycrussel4933]

I made half of all of this and the cornbread was the headliner for sure. Thanks man 👍😁

[@sebastiantysvr1978]

You giving out free recipes weirdly makes me want to buy your cookbook more.

[@KING_PHILLIP]

do it. you wont regret it.

[@CesarEfrainMaldonado]

i hate you so much for not releasing this a week ago before I bought everything for thanksgiving, literally everything in the is just so much better. on a fundamental level

[@swee7jimmy]

you strike me as a younger, angrier Col. Sanders.

[@98areece]

Loved this one, I can tell it took a long time to make. One Thanksgiving I decided to make the stuffing (first time our family didn't have stovetop) and I mixed in some rye bread and basically used Claire's (from BA) recipe. My grandma said it was the best she ever had. That I was my last Thanksgiving with her. Take some risks and make some memories. Not everything will turn out perfect but give it a shot.

[@OracleFefe]

May you put timestamps in the video for each recipe? It can help a lot skipping to a specific one we're looking at.

[@jandanman]

The cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes were 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 thanks josh!

[@GlitchScatter]

Remember to always try out new recipes BEFORE you make them for thanksgiving.... lol

[@Laticia1990]

Yeah, release videos like these at the beginning of November. Lol, this man trying to break up families!

[@itsdonuttime7729]

at the very least to practice it first

[@fly_8659]

0:38 ... oi, can we just take half a second to appreciate that sponsorship read! "It is water flavoured through scent" ... what a gawd dam ingenious idea

[@joyfulinhope1210]

Not gonna use any of these for Thanksgiving, but I might try that cornbread recipe sometime.

[@Spiritchuckpvp]

Yeah I'm pretty sure my head would be mounted on the wall the next day if I brought any of these to Thanksgiving. Cooking for 65-90 year olds and a bunch of kids means they're a lot pickier than a group of 20 somethings.

[@boyscouts5000]

Especially the sweet potato casserole he made.

[@eldritchbeauty]

​@@boyscouts5000No kidding. I'm sure these recipes are delicious, but I think they stray way too far from the traditional recipes... I'd be the laughing stock if I brought something like that sweet potato casserole to Thanksgiving.

[@claddagh143]

​@@eldritchbeautysame. Unless I brought both. My family is at least a little forgiving of experiments/variation if the traditional one is also there. But replacing it completely by something else and you're never going to hear the end of it. I made one *minor* (to me) change to the sugar for a family cookie recipe once. Instead of 1 and 1/2 Cups of white sugar I replaced some of it with brown sugar. I thought it was better. The rest of the family didn't think so. They ate them, but they made sure to tell me that it wasn't "right". 😂 I can't even imagine how bad it would be if I showed up with any of these things without bringing the traditional option as well.

[@naolink.]

I've been making mashed potatoes like this for years, except that i bake the garlic, i do it with sauteed green onion creme too, or oregano creme, or thyme creme, or sauteed chorizo creme, i use potato flakes because, economy, and it's still a really good dish, i'm glad to know that i have been doing it right haha (we do not have thanksgiving here where i live, but i think that they look delicious ♥)

[@samiracle]

Totally trying the jalapeño upside down cornbread. That’s probably the only thing I’d try from this video lol, (that and the cranberry sauce - he makes a classic recipe, I just wouldn’t blend it like he does). So many of the rest of the dishes have too many big flavors to work into one holiday meal, that menu would keep your guests up all night.

[@drapeaunoir4100]

Josh I have your texture over taste book and it’s getting cold out here in Montana so I decided to make your Italian hot chocolate. It’s so good I had to tell you it’s the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had in my life. I can’t believe I just made this. I JUST MADE THIS

[@codymills4101]

That sweet potato casserole is a war crime. Adding weird ingredients doesn't make something better lol. It might get you $200 a serving in a "fancy" resteraunt, but my family would downgrade me to only bringing silverware after bringing that thing.

[@Martinez99999]

Bruh I busted out laughing reading this, yeah that thing was weird asf. The Mac and cheese looked good but the Bonito flakes are +$10. Good butter is already expensive without spending $10 on A spice. Watching this in 2024 economy is rough lol. I will say though that CORNBREAD looks delicious and budget friendly.

[@mattburkett9419]

His “cornbread” is also wrong. If it has wheat flour and honey/sugar it’s a corn cake, not a cornbread. Same for his dressing/stuffing. Half of his dishes are the shit that the weird in-law brings that no one eats after the first bite. He’s definitely lost what made watching him worth it. He now makes videos for people who think caviar tastes good, and not real people.

[@AlyssaMonetMason]

This channel is pure gold.

[@jessvs6124]

Please do Christmas dinner cook off with your mom/ parent lol and a blind taster to judge

[@jodidonaldson2923]

I love savory sweet potatoes of any variety!!

[@SimonAb93]

As an European I never understood how you could combine sweet potatoes with Marshmallows. I‘m so glad that I‘m not alone with this opinion.

[@JonnyDIY]

It's really almost more of a dessert. It works though. I make it with cinnamon, brown sugar, cream and butter, and a little bit of marshmallows sometimes. It pairs especially well with cornbread.

[@ErinShep]

Josh is the king of hyping himself up and I respect that so much people need more of this audacity nowadays

[@TheBd0g]

What happened to the burger video :(

[@itvidnanag8206]

I was also looking for it

[@Melissa-pb6wv]

This is the best video I've ever seen. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@itvidnanag8206]

What happened to the easiest burger video

[@CameraMan-it4qz]

Wouldn’t the easiest burger just be buying one from a fast food restaurant near you? (I understand why one one make a homemade burger, but it’s definitely not the easiest)

[@ChiliPepperMadness]

Love to see these upgrades

[@dom6512]

Just because you can doesn't mean that you should. The idea with thanksgiving dinner, for me at least, is to create a feast where the components work together. Everything being "elevated" ends up becoming a competition between components and takes away from the overall meal. I focus on a properly cooked turkey (the star of the show) and keeping each component rather simple, yet refined. I keep in mind that I and most people will be eating these components together with gravy on top and in sandwiches for days to come! I won't knock each recipe shown here on their own merits, I just think it misses the point when combined into a Thanksgiving meal. I wan't my mashed to taste like rich creamy potatoes (cream, butter, salt and pepper), so will save the garlic mashed for another meal. Those will be eaten with gravy. I want to taste each ingredient, not garlic (I love garlic). Fried green beans over a caserole any day of the week! For stuffing, I start the same, but add homemade crackers, toast the bread and cut it up finer (no crap on top to dress it up). KISS