Can Pro Chefs Make A 3-Course Restaurant Meal Using ONLY Microwaves? | Sorted Food
Can Pro Chefs Kush and James create a 3-course restaurant meal ENTIRELY using only microwaves? The Normals just set the ultimate kitchen challenge!
We’re stripping away the hobs, the ovens, and the blowtorches. This week, Mike and Jamie have challenged Chefs Kush and James to rely solely on the microwave. The brief is simple but brutal… deliver a starter, main, and dessert that look and taste like they belong in a top-tier restaurant, using absolutely zero conventional cooking methods.
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Im just getting over the microwave door that opens down. That is brilliant! 😮 and so obviously a better design.
I'm from Louisiana and have learned to make a roux in the microwave. You mix equal amounts of flour and oil, cook 6 mins, then stir from this on you do 1 min at a time stirring in between. Until you get the proper color.Give it s try.
Vitamix for a 3 course meal…
Peach cobbler
Apple crisp
Use Corningware(the pyroceram kind) to reduce the likelihood of exploding glass. Pyrex made of borosilicate is also more resistant to shattering, but the wrong kind of Pyrex will ruin your dish and your day.
I learned after 31 years of life not to put things directly in the centre of the microwave. Thanks Kush 😅
I’m really enjoying what Kush does on your show. Love his attitude and attention to detail when cooking. 🇺🇸
8:54 something is heating up and it's not the microwave. joking. would be nice to see the home cooks attempt. these chefs make it look easy and tasty.
Great duo. James as the naughty one. It’s great.
I think the most impressive thing here is having two chefs coordinating the microwave usage time so efficiently, given that they only have one microwave apiece. It seems like you often would have a lot more than two things cooking at once, but here you can only do that if they fit together in the microwave.
I want the back story of how they met Kush. I know the normals and Ben went to school together.
11:00 Kush is forgetting INVERTER microwaves which CAN dial down the wattage rather than time-splitting it. I used to have one and it worked wonders.
Inverter microwaves can actually operate at some % of power, instead of pulsing on and off.
How many tries with the microwave did you have to make these dishes so briliant???!!! These dishes look amazing!
Opening and closing that microwave door 50 times takes more effort than just using a normal pan! Am I the only one too lazy for this?
Kush casually telling me I don’t even know how to use a microwave and I’ve been using it wrong my entire life
Thank you Kush
Rice Cookers
Not sure if you've done it already, but a Blender! And not just puree. lol
Yeah, that was fun for sure. For a new appliance challenge, how about an old stovetop/campfire style toastie maker challenge? These are called hobo or pudgie pies in the US.
Gotta love Kush and James
Next up, waffle iron?
Blenders for the win