Pro Chef Reacts... to Uncle Roger CAN THIS FRENCH GUY MAKE EGG FRIED RICE? (Alex)

Uncle Roger judges Alex's egg fried rice. Can a French chef not only live up to Uncle Roger's standards but the standards of a Michelin star Cantonese chef.
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[@FeckOffTeaCup]

You're permitted to break the rules provided you know the rules first. Putting a spin on a dish isn't bad providing you are familiar with the original.

[@luce9264]

Alex is the only guy that purposely messed up with ingredients but still got Uncle approval by his sheer cooking techniques.

[@littlewishy6432]

He got the approval from all the prep he'd done leading up to this point. He did lots of research, browsing the Chinese media for cooking videos, meeting Chef Samuel Lee, making his own wok stove, etc. There's no way he doesn't deserve the title.

[@erickellar5867]

@@littlewishy6432 plus he did not really mess up the ingredients he specifically said he was making his own take on it. Maybe the order could have been different like chip powder garnish but he had the base done well

[@hoopoloatucd]

So there are two different kinds of woks and Alex went to the restaurant earlier in the series to learn techniques from the chef using this style of wok. It's an incredible deep-dive series (he always does a great job with his series).

[@BrooklyKnight]

The thing about all of Alex's vids is that he doesn't just make the food, like he goes out of his way to understand the science that goes into making the food the way it is and trying to make it from scratch, like every single step as much from scratch as he can. And I think that's why we like his vids, cuz not only do we get to watch this dude make some food but we get to learn about what actually goes into making our food well... food.

[@bobd2659]

"You don't win friends with salad" - maybe, but I DID win a local BBQ competition with one! 150 portions, served in a little plastic martini glass with tiny forks. Grilled romaine, drunken pickles two ways(onions and strawberries in separate vodka brines), and tri-tip steak.

[@cr0wn9001]

Been watching Alex for a while now. He's really entertaining to watch and goes into insane levels of detail of the foods he wants to learn.

[@BevinRed]

You definitely need to watch Alex's whole fried rice series, he always does an astonishing amount of research! It's hard to recommend a video, because every series he does is an epic story. You should check out his series on mother sauces, and the one on meatballs. All of them, really.

[@tkmmusician]

Alex brings a very Parisian perspective. He solves his problems by engineering and persistence, tempered by a very French idea of what constitutes good taste. I found his series on dry pasta / carbonara to be even more interesting. BTW I went to Shang Palace restaurant here in Paris to try this egg fried rice for myself.... Amazing.

[@nonamenoname1133]

His dry pasta video really is excellent. Sometimes his thumbnails/titles are baity, but at least the effort in his content exceeds the bait.

[@genghischuan4886]

Alex a a great entertainer and story narrator. He does put a lot of effort into his videos and series. I cant hate on the guy at all he made a life for himself and living it while making food

[@alucard303]

Alex is an amazing and OG food content creator. He's always doing very deep dives, this was just climax of his fried rice series. Not only is he a good cook, he actually makes sure to do his research, if possible even travel to the places where the dishes he is doing originate from and learn from there. Been watching him for years and the quality only improved, although it saldy moved a bit away from the "Possible for the home cook"-ideal that his channel held in his early days. Also, he's usually getting very deep into cooking technique, as well as technical details on how things are cooks and why there are cooked this way - so this might be something you're into. I can highly recommend his Ramen series. Would love to see you watch him a bit more, an give your opinions and insights on it. Usually tghough, his videos are structured as series by now, starting from knowing hardly anything and trying to perfect it. Maybe pick out some good ones, or do highlights? Not that i would mind rewatching whole series with you, but its maybe a bit long.

[@crochetfangirl1996]

The Japanese anime film "Weathering With You" features fried rice with potato chips. I've tried the recipe and it's actually very tasty!

[@christopherchuauhang4829]

Depends on the person. I kinda think it’s gonna be fire. Especially the tomato flavoured he used

[@skelelord2687]

Me with puts chips in rice: Hey this is actually quite nice.

[@jessielefey]

Chips are an underrated ingredient. It's basically potato starch, with some light flavouring. But I am team I would've saved at least half to keep the texture.

[@user-db6dq6je3r]

It's not a completely foreign concept. It's similar to putting fried shallots in fried rice (definitely preferable over potato chips).

[@yetiornot5726]

Enjoyable, you may try and splice Your egg fried rice twice With the chips, maybe try thrice

[@tarinindell8217]

I actually really like Alex. He does deep dives into kitcheb basics too. How to sharpen a knife, how to dice an onion, etc.

[@MrMutalala]

actually crushed chip as an ingredient for fried rice isn't weird, it's kinda old trend in japan where you put rice and instant noodle or chip mix together it's not authentic but make the poor university student full

[@andrechen2617]

You just gotta love Alex. He's mind-blowingly detailed in his approach to cooking, embraces the spirit of whatever he does, and do we even need to talk about his production values

[@porophage9782]

Alex videos are normally structured like a series so watcging them starting from the first one is what I recommend! Would be awesome reaction content! He always explains everything and puts q lot of effort into the videos!

[@kloudkitt7967]

If you do look at more of Alex's videos, I highly recommend you check out the videos he made on fried rice technique, and his wok stove. Really shows the level of passion he has for learning new things while bringing his own flair. Same with his pasta and sauces series where he was judged by a michelin level chef and his saucier.

[@chronopheonix589]

Love these reactions especially because you walk the line of education and humor quite well.

[@MuhammadBilal-lh9sc]

in indonesia we use Pickel vegetable or chili for fried rice condiment

[@garethacap1264]

But hey there is MSG in potato chips 😏😏

[@jjryan1352]

Good catch!

[@amberyoung4425]

❤️ I love it when people change things up a little- I do😊

[@BerryBabaBear]

Well chips (there's many kind of chips) is actually goes will with rice (in Asia) BUT putting it On Hot Rice would make it soggy very fast (unless you like soggy chips), So it always best to place it separately (imo and commonly)

[@HeikeWiener]

That's what I wanted to remark. :)

[@Jinzo05]

Alex is/was an engineer. You should watch his carbonara video.

[@kennethgooi5563]

Should check out Alex's video on carbonara featuring Luciano Monosilio, the King of Carbonara

[@jadh9790]

Hey chef, great video as always. I highly recommend you to watch alex's series, his latest is the dried pasta series, he brings so much technical details and knowledge, it's very intressting. He made a video in this series trying to make the perfect carbonara approved by chef Luciano Monosilio, hope you'll give your thoughts on it

[@MGC-XIII]

Egg, chicken, rice and then veggies for me personally. I tried mixing the rice with egg yolk as well, works like a charm.

[@jonathanjackson7047]

I'd like to watch Roger make Boeuf Borgongiignon, Coq au Vin or bouillebaisse Alex is great at taking traditional recipes and putting his own angle on it. This is why the French will always be at the pinnacle of haute cuisine.

[@yetiornot5726]

I kinda like the idea of adding potato chips in. You've got a bit of crunch to substitute crispy eggs, there's probably mountains of MSG in there (which Uncle Roger whinged about a lack thereof), the saltiness would spread into the egg... Idk, I kinda want to try it. But I agree, it should be a garnish, or put it through a processor with one or two pulses, and fold it into the rice along with the green onions. It looked like he had big chunks of chip in there crushing it by hand.

[@kzizzles8329]

I'm still a little shattered about the lack of garlic and maybe onion put into the oil after the eggs. Aromatics are one of my favorite parts of cooking

[@GeekBot404]

at least Alex didn't use the word "authentic egg fried rice" to make his personal egg fried rice version

[@havrum2129]

Thank you for the great content!! Your explanations have helped me improve my cooking.

[@courtesaealpharius]

I use chips with a curry instead of pappadums. Plain Salt or Salt &Vinegar work a treat. (Prefer thins or kettle/red rock deli brands)

[@George-sc3wo]

Thank you for your video today, I have been laughing and smiled through the entire thing.

[@armityle7138]

Well chips I believe contain MSG so...he kinda put MSG in his rice...kinda

[@YuiYuria]

Well, I crush frosties into my egg fried rice as garnish so I am not going to judge.

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Chef Alex is incredible. Stoked to watch this!

[@rj808x]

dont know about using potato chips but Lays has msg in it, so basically it gives an msg element to the dish

[@KelvinKamsg]

Would've loved chinese sausage, cha siew or even chorizo to add that little bit of red colour. Crispy fried tiny shrimp for that seafood stank and crispy texture.

[@anasazmi8554]

Fun fact: putting chips on rice is typical in Indonesian cuisine (also Indian biryani in some regions, I believe, or at least the ones in my country), although the chips are usually fish rather than potato.

[@penguinchris796]

I would recommend the first two in Alex's series above all (making fried rice is way harder than I thought. and Michelin Star fried rice is on a whole nother level) but a super-react to the whole series would be primo

[@MAIcrosoft]

Here in Thailand we have a very popular fried rice dish, especially under children called "American Fried Rice" where peas are one of the main ingredients. It's basically egg fired rice with peas and raisins, mixed with tomato ketchup so the rice comes out red-ish. Then it gets plated by putting the rice into a small bowl, turn upside-down on the plate, put a fried egg on top of the rice and add chicken wing(s), ham and sausages on the side + some cucumber and tomato slices as garnish. Might sound weird but it's pretty good. Just Google image search for it, you'll see what I mean :)

[@kzizzles8329]

I think Thailand is giving us Americans too much credit with that fried rice. Also raisins and ketchup is a bit weird, those aren't flavors that I'd mix personally.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

I think watching the egg fried rice journey and doing a highlights video where you have commentary to add would be great, but a good single episode Alex video would be his attempting to master Robuchon's pomme purree. It shows his process in micro, his skill, and his love and respect for the craft.

[@AndreVandal]

Alex's video on making a coffee flavoured Éclair was also very good. He teams up with James Hoffmann the world champion barista to get the best coffee flavour.

[@jax775]

Alex is possibly the best cooking channel on KZbin. He is basically a documentary film maker.

[@dgmisal1979]

Man, I love salad. Not because it's healthy but because it's a vehicle for blue cheese dressing.

[@jamesmurphy7828]

Been waiting for this >: ]

[@tsobf242]

posting at 6 am on a wednesday seems like a bold choice. Not complaining, I haven't slept :)

[@Spideryote]

3am here on the west coast Huzzah graveyard

[@melenatorr]

@@Spideryote I signed on after watching a particular series (I forget which now), where he was constructing a cooking mechanism for whatever it was he was studying. In the middle of his preparation over wood and electric saw, he looks up at the camera, and with complete sincerity says: "What do you mean 'isn't this a cooking video?' Of course it's a cooking video...." It made me laugh and I've liked watching him ever since.

[@u140550]

Whoo!!! Glad to see you watching it, also you should watch his content. He is awesome.

[@genghischuan4886]

If Im not mistaken the chips have msg and give a nice texture. former jailhouse chef lol

[@lulu-vo3qt]

remember when chef biran ha dneough time to reply to most comments, now he has sandiwch duty stuff missionsandwich

[@ChefBrianTsao]

Still reading most of them though!

[@lulu-vo3qt]

@@ChefBrianTsao nice

[@GideonicGaming]

I would agree with you about the chips. I won't mind him adding chips as it is because Indonesian fried rice uses prawn chips as it's side dish. I feel weird with chips powder tbh. I hope it won't make it feels dry.😅

[@dorianbaskerville1496]

I love watching Alex's videos learn something everytime

[@dylanefg]

I've actually done the crushed crisps in fried rice (pringles) and the texture is super welcome. I did what you said though and added them last minute. What I do instead, coz I'm not always drunk cooking, is use crushed pork crackling instead of crisps.

[@jjryan1352]

Most of the "Yang Chow" fried rice I've seen has been lightly fried with peas and carrots. Good with soy sauce. Indonesia fried rice uses thick sweet soy sauce and will be brownish. Indonesian fried rice typically served with a side of pickled mix of cucumber, carrot, shallot and Thai chili, and some crunchy fried crackers made from starch (not so much different from chips). Agree the chips would work as a garnish.

[@IAMDOLWOTA]

Alex went out of his way to learn how to handle the large woks with the tiny handles, practiced the technique and timing. However doing all of that in front of a Michelin chef probably added to the performance anxiety. I also would not have put the chips in the wok and only served them either as a crispy topping or perhaps even whole on the side, not dissimilar to how Krupuk is commonly served. I would urge you to check out his dry pasta series because it dispels the misconception commonly peddled by Western food tv that fresh pasta is better and that you should always expect it from a restaurant. I've been told by many irate Italians that this was largely by Gordon Ramsey and that so many dishes would never work with fresh. These Italians also had a lot to say about how the pizza is one of the most well known dishes internationally but not only did they consider it merely a hyperregional dish from the south (this was long before YT or any social media so things may have changed) that many of them had not even tried, but the version the rest of the world knew was closer to American (I doubt they'd heard about Japanese or Swedish pizza because some of that stuff is wild even by those standards) than it was to the Italian versions of the dish.

[@Aerowind]

I mean, Gordon Ramsay doesn't even believe that. He uses dry pasta all the time in his shows like Hell's Kitchen. His complaints about dry pasta are on his competition shows, where he's looking to evaluate the Chef's personal skills. Same reason he doesn't like them using canned or frozen ingredients, even in situations where they're perfectly fine.

[@peterflom6878]

Alex is excellent AND nerdy. Lots of his videos would be worth a reaction

[@ummesalma8451]

Please react to the full fried rice series made by Alex.

[@ChasingPhotography]

Alex is a baller. He is actually an amazing cook, watch some of his content.

[@jambulance]

Just for my 2 cents, one of my childhood dishes was a tuna in roux sauce with rice and plain chips crumbled on top, added the salt, and a crunchy texture which i loved, I will always stand by that, not sure how well it would work with fried rice though. Another strange one I had was adding cornflakes on top of macaroni and cheese (pot made, not baked)

[@byakugan641]

i think this is the only time uncle roger prediction wrong, bcs Alex did put MSG there, via Potato Chips (AKA Lays)

[@ChIMeRaTeX]

You HAVE to watch more from Alex. He makes incredibly high quality videos, they are well researched, he builds his own machines for the different series he does (for example he built his own pasta drier for his recent dired pasta series), he travels around the globe to meet the masters of whatever series he does atm and makes just generally wholesome food content. Really elevated stuff! I'd even say it's inspirational tbh. Easily one of the best food channels on yt ^^ Not sure how well his videos are made for reacting to it, but jsut for personal pleasure you have to watch more :)

[@wiltchamberlain9920]

I'd forgotten about this UR episode. It's an interesting take on Fried Rice. And yeah, like you, Brian, if I was making EFR, I'd've done it a bit differently. I just rewatched the Wang Gang episode earlier this morning and was like, "Yeah, that's perfect." There's nothing wrong with really wanting to get super-good at something. I don't follow Alex, but I kinda want to know if he kept working at it. He only got 7 out of 10, so he didn't actually reach his goal. Did he keep going to get it to a 10?

[@teroril]

I love Alex' series! The Croissant, Ramen and Pasta series are fantastic!

[@GEInman]

Alex does videos by themes. I like his meatball series: Alex goes from Paris to New York to Stockholm to Istanbul...

[@ryanmatig-a298]

i love your reaction videos, i can see u being successful doing full time youtube. maybe doing let's play series

[@brianmartin6486]

Pickle in fried rice ? Yeah , it would be a very delicate balance , but a little sweet tanginess peeking from the background could actually be nice .

[@poom323]

Chip egg fried rice isn't authentic but it's actually not that wierd or wrong, It's pretty poppular during the time of "Your name" anime or maybe "Wheathering with you" ( I don't know about Malaysia).

[@russellward4624]

My Brasilian friends make a rice dish that includes those potato sticks that are like chips. Used as garnish and adds some crunch to the dish. But crushing up the chips into powder means you're not going to get any crunch so I don't get it.

[@mixinpixie420]

4:32 if I had any doubts about you not seeing any of Alex's videos this is the point they left. He's takes awhile to get to the point but I love the way he explains/dedicates himself to things.

[@jolenepatterson4831]

Chef Brian! You should react to Uncle Roger and Jimmy O yang making egg fried rice!!!

[@JayKughan]

I recommend you check out more of Alex stuff. You can start with the egg fried rice series, since you've now already watched the conclusion video. Then check out his other stuff. Another more recent series he did was trying to accomplish the prefect carbonara & aglio olio. Somewhere in his pasta journey, he decided to ALSO see if it's possible to make home-made "dried" pasta. It involves him visiting a pasta factory in Italy to better understand the processes involved. He's even experimented with how many layers of butter to fold in order to achieve the perfect croissant. Trust me, you'll love his channel. He's a food geek. Cheers..

[@reevefelisilda5812]

I would love to see you reacting to Food Wars. Even just one episode :)

[@kyuouo]

I would genuinely love reactions to alex's content, anything would be nice but I love the meatballs series and his mashed potatoes video

[@brentwerner6103]

Brian. I like the 3 Floyd's shirt. That brewery is in NW Indiana close to Chicago. They have a lot of good beer even though it is a little pricey

[@tomsamper4345]

I recommend looking at Alex’s video of attempting to unlock the secrets of Chinese master chefs

[@vidhijaiswal446]

Well , the ketchup chips , crushed up (not completely powdered ) does kinda taste good with fried rice

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Alex: _puts chips in rice_ Asians: "Wait, that's illegal." _eats rice with poppadum_

[@EmbyCorgi]

Hey Brian! Alex is definitely your kind of chef to react to/watch on the side. I would in general reference him as like a nerdy hands-on Adam Ragusea (Adam also makes his own recipes as well as food science video essays). I do agree with you that it is kinda hard to watch only one video per series as they all kind of build off of each other. One other single videos is him replicating a Michelin star chef’s mashed potatoes for any other recommendations

[@u-topic4795]

The chips contains MSG fuiyoh!!

[@MikeDollar]

Ya, this how Alex do, LoL 😂. Multi episode digging into all the things. Think looking at cooking from an engineer vantage point.

[@peabody1976]

Alex is an engineer, and his passion is food, so his channel is methodical to an extreme. It's good for giving insight into **why** a dish is the way it is. Is it's useful for everyday home cooks or even chefs? Probably not. Is it good video? Yes. (If he could have, he would have gone to Guangzhou to learn this; trust me given his "meatball" and pasta series sets.)

[@Metal_Auditor]

Have you seen David Seymour's video where he reproduced and compared four different KZbinrs' fried rice recipes (including Uncle Roger's)?

[@singingwolf3929]

15:50 Brian shows just how Asian his household was. I agree, if you're gonna do "crushed chips/crisps" use it as a garnish. I feel like he could have used a bit more Soy Sauce. It would have been nice to see garlic, shallots, and, possibly, chilies. It looks like he took the root end of the spring onion and pickled it, that actually looks interesting. 1,000,000,000% props for making his own stove (I've been researching "portable" wok stoves and DAMN does his look nice for hand built). Peas are "whatever" same with any other veg. I do like that he used roasted chicken. I might have chopped and fried the skin or used the juices at the end (in lieu of something like sesame oil) to add a little extra pop of flavor.

[@Sybaris_Rex]

I'm tempted to throw up a video of me making my "Japanese" steakhouse hibachi fried rice complete with seared shrimp and "Yumyum" sauce. I don't care what anyone says, that ish is bangin.

[@suuchan3300]

I'm really enjoy Alex's chanal very much. Highly recommended

[@emredequincy]

I put some chips in my fried rice sometime after I saw the main character in the movie Tenki put some in her fried rice

[@mikeoxmaul837]

13:44 Nice Simpsons reference! I forgot about that one

[@Cubsbane]

If he had crushed the chips into a finer powder, maybe that could have been the MSG element. I do really like peas in fried rice though, it's the one place I like peas. The salty and savoury sauce (soy, fish) and MSG brings out their sweetness. Great video 7/10

[@nyaqua]

i can definitely recommend alex's spaghetti carbonara video!

[@Yasmine.Tje00]

Helloo chef Brian. Love your videos, very educational. You have to watch Alex' video about the beef wellington. He has an incredible take on it. Would love to see your reaction. Keep up the good work💪🏻

[@caladur2092]

Alex is an interesting one. He has no formal training, as it were. He's just a hands on guy who likes to learn, and likes to cook. He does get a bit obsessive, and in depth on subjects, but that's what makes him awesome.

[@paulwagner688]

Alex's dive into pommes puree is a thing to see. Alex is a STUDENT. He wants to learn. And that is the most powerful thing he brings to his videos.

[@anasazmi8554]

About putting in pickles, I'm also fine with it because bokkeumbap (Korean kimchi fried rice) does put in kimchi.

[@enoesiw]

I had the whole "you might like it your way but that doesn't make it right or authentic" argument with a hipster from Portland over musubis.

[@SMashborn]

I missed this ohhh

[@leguiguik5041]

There is MSG available in France BTW 😁

[@thienngo7252]

You can still see chef Brian have more Asian traits than uncle roger because he still retain that strictness in giving points 😂😂

[@arpitrohilla285]

he has a banging instant ramen series

[@jamesbrunner741]

This fried rice makes it seem like he went to an American barbecue once then tried incorporating all the ingredients

[@TheAvgCookTX]

KZbin really should block people from making money off someone else's content. You beat Bobby. We know you got something worth watching

[@KeithJDavies]

"Looks like the guy who fixed my computer". Alex is a former electrical engineer.