This spicy Italian Chicken Sandwich always hits the spot.

Welcome to episode 6 of the Cook Well channel, where we make a Spicy Italian Chicken Sandwich
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[@SPFinfinity]

I’m loving the old food network vibes of watching a quick meal be made. No gamification.

[@ccpowerhour7607]

It's kind of minor but I appreciate showing the indecision of certain steps. So many other cooking videos are so thoroughly planned out that following along makes it feel like there's no room for error but it's nice seeing you go back and forth on what to do in the moment (even if it's just you silently moving in different directions before committing) and even rethink a decision like not scooping the bun. It's a human and relatable touch.

[@jaymuhl]

The art of engaging, but mostly uncut content is difficult and there aren't many people doing it super well nowadays. But I'm really enjoying this style of video from you Ethan! + I completely agree on sandwiches. Every single day.

[@Cookwelldotcom]

I appreciate it, I’m having fun with it too!

[@rbpeders]

Hoping realism in these really helps break down any objections from folks that think cooking tasty food takes to much ___ . (Effort, time, etc). Keeping these handy for the next round of tech bros that say they just want a steady stream of door dash bc cooking is inconvenient 🙄

[@salvadorc.m.1640]

Another great example of (Almost) uncut but greatly engaging channel in KZbin would be Chef Jean-Pierre if anyone would be interested

[@doctajuice]

"try to keep em pretty thin" bro you are splitting atoms

[@mladen98]

I think stews might be my favourite category, because you can cut everything up, throw it in a pot and a couple hours later you get this delicious meal

[@MrVovansim]

Yup. Soups and stews are goated for me

[@9thecolor51]

Same here. Chili, curries, stews, soups. Anything with a broth/sauce and chunks of stuff, flavored in various ways.

[@Cookwelldotcom]

There is something special about just adding stuff to a pot and coming back several hours later. It always hits the spot.

[@daddyraksa2228]

Deciding things on the fly, moving randomly left to right to find the item or the knife you need for the next step, the snacking on the fallen pieces of meat and veggies this makes this video so human and relatable. Thank you Ethan you are doing a service for food youtube! I'm pretty good in the kitchen and I love these videos for how other people's mind work during cooking.

[@lupusebrius]

I really got into rice bowls. My current fav is having thinly sliced meat with a bit of a marinade and cook it with sliced onions on top of the rice in the rice cooker and topped with an egg yolk once it's done. It's a one pot meal that's super filling and tasty.

[@Cookwelldotcom]

One that I’ve been eating a lot lately is: 1. Ground beef / chicken seasoned with different spice mixes 2. Pickled something (onions, beets, pickles, sauerkraut) 3. Sauce of some kind 4. Mix with rice High volume, good macros.

[@richardweingarten1871]

Love the format. Refreshing to see unedited, not pristine, near real time demos. Gotta make that sandwich tomorrow! If I can wait that long.

[@Artofcarissa]

My favorite food category is probably pasta. You can change it up and have heavier pasta sauces, but you could also make a light oil dressed pasta salad as well. Plus there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of pasta shapes so it’s almost infinite combinations of different shapes textures and flavors

[@Cookwelldotcom]

Pastas feel pretty limitless too in what you can make with them!

[@TheGreektrojan]

Hard agree on sandwiches. Most underrated category of food because they aren't seen as 'fancy.' Sadly I had to cut them out of my current diet (too many calories to use enough/quality bread) but I greatly look forward to adding them in as a staple once I'm bulking.

[@Noob2Ever]

In the same booth friend, though I got a long long way to go before I can bulk. Gotta lose just casually 1½-2 people's worth of weight before that. Sandwiches are the bomb when done correctly, egg sandwiches are my weakness and this sandwich could easily also become a weakness.

[@insert_bad_handle_here]

I also miss sandwiches, but some wraps with mission low carb tortillas can be just as good

[@lisah336]

Coffee. Coffee is the one food group I can have every day. It never gets boring.

[@climbererwill8969]

Is coffee a "food" group? As an attorney, I feel coffee is just a necessity of life.

[@RustyWater6]

I'm with you Ethan, sandwiches are supreme in my eyes. Thanks for all the great cooking videos, always inspire me to cook better!

[@tedchirvasiu]

I tried this today, it was awesome, finally a simple way to cook chicken breast that I actually enjoy. Thank you so much Ethan.

[@iriegirl5517]

I’m big into salads! I’m obsessed with trying new seasonings for my proteins and trying new dressing recipes. Love this new channel btw 😊

[@Zrillir34]

Not a fan of the deep dives, but I love these uncut cooking videos you do. I'm a huge fan of this new channel. Thanks Ethan!

[@wkuser]

This concept for a cooking channel is 100. Keep cookin!

[@hanshansse6254]

I made this today and it was amazing. Thanks for providing the recipe and the video!

[@EvilDaren]

Please stop doing these amazing food video, it seems so good and I won't stop until I reach the taste level your dishes have

[@mattymattffs]

Sandwiches are definitely one of those. Super highly versatile and amazing food groups. I mean depending on how you define a sandwich, it automatically already includes burgers, but even without something like burgers you're thinking like oh you got stuff with like ciabatta and a pesto. With it going in all the nooks and crannies you have got a pita filled to the brim with some heavily spiced meat and fresh vegetables. You know you've got a classic kind of like sandwich meat with some fresh tomato. You have got tomatoes with just salt and pepper on a slice of bread you've got behind me like it is super versatile. It can do so many things and when I think of my upbringing in Germany, that's when I think like how important bread and sandwiches really are. That's literally the normal supper in Germany

[@iarlaoconnor1004]

Really enjoying these new videos, I was a big fan of your old recipe videos on your main channel, they helped me learn a lot about cooking. I love the long form videos on there now too, but I'm looking forward to trying these new recipes out. Great to see you progressively get more confident with this style as these videos come out too!

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Favorite food category: chili. I eat it pretty much every day. You can do a ton. I put all sort of veggies in. Potatoes. Vegetarian. Beef. Tofu. Chicken. Beans. You can get so much variety and nutrition packed in. Plus you can make a bunch at once.

[@abhijitb1]

Favorite category is curries. Serve with rice, noodles, or flat breads and it's amazing.

[@takeoffyourapplewatch]

I love that you make enormous sandwiches like I would. Epic video as always

[@iebarnett51]

I'd be really happy if this channel continued to feature low level, early ChilledCow-style lofi music just to help the vibe

[@cadorin4294]

Curries are definitely my pick! So much variety and so many flavours

[@michaelduncan2759]

Big E, I think my favorite category (in the broader sense) is Asian cuisine. After living all over the world, I have identified several food truths: Italian’s have pasta down (obviously), the French do sauces and desserts, however, the Asian communities have the entree down in the best possible way. That is my favorite classification I could eat for the rest of my life. The balance, textures, and flavors are second to none. Oh, BTW as Americans we excel at the snack.😊

[@markuscg1]

Sandwiches are definitely my favorite category. From the simple PBJ to maybe more elaborate ones that I would buy. I love them all

[@A..lie..sha3]

Soup has gotta be the food I can eat the most often for sure

[@Cookwelldotcom]

I'm a seasonal soup eater myself! What are some of your favorites?

[@A..lie..sha3]

@@Cookwelldotcom matzo ball definitely, tortilla soup and Italian wedding soup are great too.

[@vizion9680]

I would have to agree sandwiches would be something I could eat everyday too. Such a versatile framework. So much so I am baking hoagie rolls today from your Cookwell site!

[@edwinbear7065]

Definitely gonna try this one. I think my favorite category would be stir-fries. Like Asian style with either noodles in the stir fry or served over rice.

[@guitargratke]

You always have such good meals ideas. Tonight I am doing the lamb burger you did a few weeks ago!

[@dannyb.3924]

You had me at "It's not exactly healthy". 🤣😉 Looks wonderful and one I will definitely make! Thank you!

[@shakir4969]

The sound when he was cutting the chicken really hit the spot in a good way😩

[@AbHotten]

I often ask myself that question: When you would only be able to eat one category of food for the rest of your life, which one would it be. I always come back to the same answer: Ramen

[@linkfan341]

A food category I like is, Rice bowls. Protein over rice. Doesn't matter what kind of protein, how it's prepared or what ever else is on top, if there's a bed of rice and whatever I can find in my fridge, it's a good one.

[@anthonyschick7724]

Salads, so many protein, dressing, vegetable, starch, crunchy, etc. options

[@delilahboa]

My favourites are quesadillas….. love them!…. Thanks Ethan, looks amazing x

[@jevee00]

Love Topo Chico. Sandwich make it REALLY great. Yum

[@grahamtarkwell7890]

Have you tried using butter to spread on the bread rather than Mayo. That's what we do here in Europe. Very tasty

[@clericcabingames]

love your content Ethan, this new channel is great My favorite food category I could eat for the rest of my life are tacos

[@GatorsHorace]

Love the show and the ease of making this sandwich. Cannot wait to replicate it at home. Also love that backsplash. Would you happen to know what the backsplash color is called?

[@happabirthday]

For me, my favorite genre of food is noodle soups. Taiwanese red-braised beef noodle soup, ramen, udon, pho, even chicken noodle soup or instant noodles - all of it tastes like home. Sandwiches are a close second though, since they're almost as good and so much easier to make.

[@scottlutmer68]

Sandwiches and anything tortilla-based as well are 1a and 1b for me. As is or toasted, freshly made or store bought.

[@laurak7247]

Dumplings are defenitly one of the best food categorys out there because you get some form of filled dumpling in almost every country of the world. Weather it be pirogie, in eastern Europe, manti in turkey, empanadas in Latin America and Spain or all king of asian dumplings or dim sum

[@nygreenguy]

Favorite food category : either tacos or stir fry. Tacos for their ease of eating, stir fry because the abundance of veg along with rice/noodles or some other starch to soak up a delicious sauce

[@wormulous]

Being on a diet anything with chicken breast is my go to... UNTIL the home grown tomatoes come into play. Ill eat a heavily spiced cooked well (think pulled around 155) chicken breast every single day and feel full. I cant feel full off of something like a pasta dish or a burger. I still sometimes get a salt hit at the end of the day with popcorn or ramen, but that isnt the main form of sustenance for the day. One tomatoes come in ill eat a tomato sandwhich, but that tomato will clock in at half a pound. Massive slice on some toast with mayo salt and pepper. My brandywines last year got to 1-1.5 lbs /tomato.

[@ross2662]

I'm still a mayo marinade believer! happy to see more of it cant wait to give this one a try

[@insert_bad_handle_here]

His earlier videos got me into it, and I haven't stopped!

[@ericwright9546]

Having just come back from Mexico, I can say I’d eat tacos every day. Breakfast tacos with egg, meat, veg, and cheese, and anything you can imagine for lunch and dinner.

[@Ona1000]

I'd probably say Pasta. You can make a good variety of different types to hit different cravings of mine.

[@Michael_Courtney]

Thanks for the video. What scale is that? It is different than the one in your shop.

[@MommaWendy59]

Tacos! I can eat breakfast tacos, chicken, beef, pork or seafood, all day every day.

[@LordShockwave9]

Sandwiches, burgers, pizza and of course, the humble noodle/pasta. You can never go wrong with a sandwich, though. Sandwiches are awesome.

[@ErebosGR]

Swap the mayo for Greek yogurt, and the cayenne for paprika, and you got something similar to chicken gyros.

[@simeonfyksen7958]

what cutting board are you using in this video? Thanks!

[@tickledtoffee]

Pizza and sandwiches are definitely my fav food formats. With sandwiches, the wide array of possibilities presented by a few slices of bread just makes me so happy. (Edit: this sandwich looks so delicious!)

[@Obwoodlandj]

Burritos/tacos. Breakfast lunch and dinner I can get down with this

[@Kevin_747]

Sandwich is king, as long as you have good bread.

[@Thisisnotasign]

hello ethan, love your videos. Was wondering if you could try to do some low carb meals like this instead with something like a lettuce wrap or something similar? As a diabetic i have to watch the carbs or it will shoot up my blood sugar haha.

[@frankiechan9651]

Noodles (Asian) is my category. All the various varieties - rice, egg, wheat/ buckwheat. prepared as stir fried, deep fried or in soups, hot or cold. Plus the massive spectrum of what you can add to the noodles - meats, vegetables, sauces, different ways with egg, various dumplings - you can be vegetarian or omnivore. I could likely do something different every day for a year.

[@kaijew8930]

Pizza is my food category. Also if you haven't tried Fugazzeta (Argentinian pizza) it's a must try

[@mikedomfer]

Hey Ethan, could you please add a dinner category to the website? I don't know much things to eat at dinner

[@kimmyklo7848]

Soup/Stew and a good sandwich!

[@Doominator10]

My brain tells me pastas are forever, but my heart tells me i could eat omelets every day and not get tired.

[@paulinaispunk]

YUUUUM i will be making this immediately 🫡 sandwiches truly are the top tier food category

[@TimCluyts]

I have to go with what we do most here which is a 3 item meal. Meat, potatoes and some kind of veg, preferably in bechamel sauce. I could down that every day and never get tired of it.

[@aliveinsuperunknown]

What brand food scale are you using, can you link it?

[@ginnyweatherbee7941]

Pasta is my favorite category 🤗

[@Fluffdad]

Mine is definitely rice bowls. I love a good rice bowl with any type of rice

[@kvikende]

Stews and soups. I got IBS so having my vegetables boiled to oblivion makes me less likely to react to what I eat. Plus, I love how easy it is to portion it out into one portion containers and freeze them.

[@whoisbriannab]

I have to agree, a good hot sandwich is good anytime, all the time! Asian noodles is a close second! Also, I have started using napa cabbage in place of iceberg lettuce.

[@DawnHelmickWood]

Is there a secret to keeping iceberg from getting rusty?

[@v8packard]

In no particular order, sandwiches, salads, soup/stew, tacos, stir fry, sushi

[@cerebrumexcrement]

i tend to phase between pasta and tacos because theyre easy to make and i can try different varieties or experiment.

[@briansullivan9110]

Burritos, dude. Burritos. Breakfast burritos, veggie burritos, even a well executed bean and cheese burrito. Let's not get started on California Burritos (carne asada with extra crispy french fries, cheese, sour cream/guac, and pico.) Go bonkers with whatever salsa you want. I'm a hardline burrito boy. I'm from Southern California so that definitely has something to do with it.

[@ritwikgupta1558]

for me it has to be "rice focused dishes"... maybe a little broad lol. Things like dhal and rice, biryani, curry rice, jollof rice are my go-tos.

[@mora5316]

Bro throwed away the best part of the tomato

[@odonnb]

How I think about food categories is what you do with leftovers. Do you turn them into sandwiches, salads, fried rice, etc… For me leftovers become tacos.

[@andrewkowalewski7380]

What is the model of scale used here? It measures to a tenth of gram, which is really nice - my oxo scale is pretty all over the place when i just want one gram, and my little accurate scale is hard to use with a bowl of any size.

[@Mixxie67]

I’m a massive sandwich fan. I could eat a sandwich every day and with the huge variety it could probably be different for almost every day of the year. Now I’m curious. Has anyone ever done that?

[@nmyhv1]

Stews easily but it's kind of a cheat, since it includes curry and you can serve it with any carb, i can have pot roast, birria, cantonese brisket/tendon stew, oxtail, etc

[@aharris1iOS]

What are the macros on the aluminum foil? I never liked sandwiches wrapped in foil. Always end up eating a bit

[@boog_bg]

I think it has to be sandwiches or stir fry - there's a heck of a lot of variety inside those two categories. But going just based on how balanced you can make it, and how easy it is to skew from rich to light, probably sandwiches.

[@elizabethmeredith32]

Favorite food category group is pizza .. which is basically an open faced hot sandwich 😂

[@MrFredstt]

Tacos is a category I could eat from every day

[@patrickneumann965]

has to be pasta, i can make exacly 356 days of the year a different meal with thae same base

[@aaronbailey9454]

I don’t think a category exists that I won’t get tired of but sandwiches would also be on the top for me followed by pizza but it ultimately depends on my mood.

[@calvinsbnb76]

For me it would be pasta, if that includes noodles with either broth or sauce. I could - and do! - eat pasta every day! Rice bowls are a close second. I love me a good sammich though.

[@turboxide]

yup sandwiches for me too

[@thall3827]

Fav food cat: fried rice with whatever additions

[@Coffee_Guy]

For eating, I feel like nothing beats a sandwich, but stir-fries are indispensable for cooking because you can literally make a delicious meal out of anything as long as you've got the technique down and you know your ingredients

[@Cookwelldotcom]

I'm not sure what my second food category choice would be, but stir fries are definitely a strong candidate.

[@bartosz3901]

Pastas all the way

[@ryangraham6878]

Burritos. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

[@babaganoug]

His main channel is good but this is better

[@gnoghead]

Appetizers or starters are my favorite food category. I no longer eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner; just appetizers all day. It's surprisingly unhealthy.

[@CiTalMe]

Food category favorite of mine: tacos!!!

[@andreacapani2170]

Seems goood

[@sublimegabe]

Hi, What scale are you using? Your kitchen gear links to some other Amazon one that’s not nearly as nice looking.

[@hewhoistheone]

My favorite category is between burritos or rice bowls!!!!a

[@MrBraddizzle24]

I figured he was only going to be able to fit about half that chicken in there 😂 this guy knows how to wrap a sandwich!

[@Cookwelldotcom]

It’s not my first rodeo 🤠

[@Izerion]

I can eat sandwiches all day everyday 😋 Are you planning on making vegetarian/vegan dishes too? Curious what you come up with :)