[English]
Which chef has the
better partner?
Today's video is sponsored
by Kroger, and if you
know me, you know that
this is a dream collab.
Today, Julia and I are
facing off against Lily
and her husband Alex,
to make the ultimate
romantic steak dinner.
Now each team will have
one bag of groceries in 30
minutes on the clock, and
I pick these ingredients
up myself at Ralph's, our
local Kroger family store.
They've got everything we
need for a perfect steak
frites with a rich pan sauce.
Now I love grocery shopping.
Some people meal plan
once a week, but that's
never been my style.
I'm what you call
a grocery head.
I live for the
thrill of the aisles.
I nerd out over the many apple
varieties and I get hyped over
petite fingerling potatoes.
Have you ever seen
a red garnet yam in
perfect lighting?
Now, that's art.
Kroger ingredients have
been a part of everything we
do in the Mythical Kitchen
since day one, from creating
wild, unexpected dishes to
feeding celebrity guests,
their dream last meals, and
of course, tackling chaotic
culinary challenges like the
one you're about to see.
Now, here is the twist.
For the final 15 minutes,
Lily and I cannot cook.
We can only coach from
the sidelines while Julia
and Alex finish the dish.
The stakes are high,
the frites are higher,
and one judge will crown
the winning couple.
It's love and groceries
on the line today.
So one bag of
groceries, 30 minutes.
Love on the line.
Thanks again to Kroger for
making today's video possible.
Let's get cooking.
Please welcome to the
show, two time defending
Champion, my wife
Julia Levy Scherer.
Yay!
Hi.
That was hot.
For the
first time on the show,
Lily's husband, Alex Burrola.
They had a whole handshake!
They had a whole handshake.
Does that intimidate you?
A little bit, but I'm
feeling really confident.
I mean, we, we
did this before.
We could do it again.
Not too cocky.
That's my girl.
You're going down.
Can't get too cockier.
What about you?
I just hope I don't
burn the place down.
He might.
Please don't.
We like it here.
May the most stable
marriage win.
You ready to get cooking?
Yeah, let's do it.
Let's do it.
Julia, when this bag
hits that counter, the
clock's gonna start, you,
you gotta be cooking
like a bad as heck.
I tell you what.
All right.
Alright.
I'm righty, let's go.
That was a fake out.
Oh my God.
That was a fake out.
Ten seven the clock.
Alright, are you
doing like squats?
What's going on here?
Yeah.
Give me a 3, 2, 1.
Okay.
3, 2, 1.
Go, go,
go, go, go, go, go. Okay.
You, you work on steak.
I'll work on sauce and fries.
Easy.
Easy.
I know how to cook steak.
This unmarked
bottle is cognac.
We've been making
it in our toilets.
Oh, nice.
Oh, there.
Yes.
Okay, perfect.
That got stock.
I don't wanna do that.
Uh, you, you always say that
quote, I am good at steak.
Yes, I am.
I'm so good at steak.
I feel so.
I don't wanna get cocky
here, but I feel so
confident about this one.
No, be confident.
Live your food.
That was dope.
Okay.
Okay.
Nice.
Kroger bag.
Let's good.
Okay.
What do you need?
What do you need?
I don't know.
You need a cast
iron for your steak?
Yeah.
Yes.
I'm get you a cast
iron for your steak.
All right.
I, I only have 15 minutes,
so I kind of gotta go.
Yeah.
But just God it's so loud.
Yeah.
I have auditory
processing issues.
Okay.
I wanna make a chimichuri
because I like a
nice light, bright sauce.
But you can use butter basing.
Okay.
Okay, perfect.
You can put all your
stuff over here.
You use butter base.
Thank you.
And herb, uh, Rosemary, thyme.
I'm gonna use chives
for the fries.
We got shallot.
I'm gonna put this
into a chimichuri.
What are you doing?
I'm gonna get
going on the steak.
It's a-- do this.
It's a thick boy.
It's a thick boy.
Why are you
gendering our steak?
Hi, um, I downloaded
this AI Baby app.
And put our faces
together to see what our
babies would look like.
And I'm telling you this
because we are expecting
to have a really good time.
Have a good time.
Put it down, baby.
It's a cute baby.
It's a cute baby.
I hope our babies
look like that.
Rip this open.
Yeah, rip that open.
Okay.
Clocks on.
Okay.
Um, put steak.
Chef.
Grab this and then I want you
to take this, put some paper
towels on it and pat it dry a
little bit and then season it.
Okay.
Yes chef.
Season it.
Yes, chef.
And then salt it.
You know how to
salt, you got it.
Yes, chef.
And then I'm gonna
get a cutting board.
Can you get me a knife too?
No.
All the way to the left.
See the knife roll.
Oh, the next thing?
Yes, chef.
Sure.
Behind.
Sure behind.
Okay.
I'm gonna do the
potatoes first.
I'm not gonna do this
slow bring up to the temp
thing because we're gonna do
our own little fry situation.
Let me bring up
the mandolin here.
Oh gosh.
It's so thick right here.
Now salt it.
And you're gonna get the
camp stove going and then
get the cast iron on there
and then start.
I can't even hear
what you're saying.
Just do it.
Sharp.
Pepper.
Sharp, sharp, sharp.
Steak is the one
thing you don't cook a lot.
No, I don't make steak lot at
home.
Which I, I think is why you're
leaving me to this steak.
No, I'm doing it because I
believe in you and because
I love you, not because
you don't wanna fail, not
because I'm insecure about
failing friends and family,
love failing spectacularly
in front of people.
Um, no, that's fair.
Okay.
I need the salt in the pepper.
I think I'm gonna go.
Salt and pepper
on the outside.
I think that's smart.
We're gonna have a super
flavorful chimichuri that I got.
I'm gonna have like
six minutes to make
this totally fine.
Nice.
Everything is fine.
Tons of salt.
Yeah.
Okay.
You don't wanna over salt it.
I think it's fine.
It really has to
get in in there.
Why are you rubbing it in so--
Why are you massaging it?
So they really seeps in.
I know.
It's, it's fine. It'll be fine.
That's what you
tell me at home.
I've never, never told
you to do that in my life.
Okay, so get the camp stove.
See the camp stove.
You know how to turn it on.
No, you were, you
were an Eagle Scout.
You got it.
You got it, got it.
I was, that was
a long time ago.
Lily is like pretty
unequivocally the best
cook in this kitchen.
Oh, okay.
The only thing we can
hope for is that Alex
really brings her down.
I'm gonna put these in.
What are you looking for?
I'm putting it, oh, I should
have put them in water first.
Alex.
It looks so natural.
Live with the chef.
This is the towel
on the shoulder.
Straight down.
Just like mince it.
Mince it up.
Okay.
You got it.
You got it.
Let's get this on
a little higher.
How do I do that?
What?
How did I get this up?
Huh?
Oh, it's on braille.
Wait, wait.
Help, help.
Okay.
Help.
Yeah.
Help.
Yeah.
One time.
I was making chicken soup
with like a whole chicken.
Oh.
And Alex was
working from home.
I said, just like, watch
it, like make sure it
doesn't reduce too much.
Mm-hmm.
Just like, make sure the
heat doesn't get too high.
Mm-hmm.
Just, it's letting,
letting it simmer on low
and then I get home and
there's nothing there.
It's just chicken.
Chicken and bones.
You said to just keep it
low heat the entire time.
You have to watch it though.
You knew we
were making soup.
There's no soup that
was left afterwards.
There's no soup.
It was gone.
Evaporated.
I don't know
where anything is.
Behind, behind.
I dunno where
anything is anymore.
I dunno where
anything is anymore
I dunno where
anything is anymore.
I don't know where
anything is anymore.
They just suddenly
get, I dunno where
anything is anymore.
Hot take.
I'm proving that you can
be a chef and cook with
your wedding ring on.
Okay.
God.
You don't understand.
It's good.
It's because I care.
I don't wanna--
Care.
That's, you spend so
much time, money on it.
Yeah.
So much time.
I just didn't
want to--
The ring. Yeah.
Proposing.
Sorry.
I care.
Is that gas lighting?
So typically steak frites
is like, what is it?
French?
Is steak frites French
or did I make that up?
Yeah, I love it.
Like me, you just
started launching
into a history lesson.
So steak frites is typically
the Franco Prussian
war, really inverses.
This is what happens
when you live with him.
We are roommates.
You just start bursting
with fun facts that
nobody else cares about.
What are the worst traits
that I've given you
from being my roommate?
I think that's, that's
one of the good ones.
Um, uh, messiness.
Uh, not cleaning dishes.
Um, laundry are
usually in the designated,
uh, dishwasher.
Also the vacuum, you
know, vacuuming at home.
What about the that?
Um, our dog gets scared when
we vacuum though, so she,
she runs into her crate,
so I just avoid vacuuming.
So I'm trying to get this
chimichuri for you, babe.
Five minutes.
I know.
Oh my God.
What can I do to help.
Okay.
Uh, uh, pick a bunch
of parsley here.
Garlic.
Garlic, baby, peel,
garlic cloves.
Por favor please.
Okay, I'm gonna get this
in the oven and then I'll
help you with other things.
Ha, what happened?
Why, why do you
make my wife sad?
Here we go.
Okay baby.
Come palm heel strike
the garlic.
Okay.
Palm heel strike
the garlic, baby.
Do it.
That wet?
Palm heel strike the garlic,
got a brand to maintain.
There she goes.
Look at how strong she is.
She's a black belt in shoto
karate. Every, so often
game footage on every
episode I've been on, we've
mentioned that I'm a black
belt in show to karate.
She's a black belt.
She had Sensei Friedman
shaking you, she's a black
belt in show to con karate.
I was a black belt
in karate once.
A black belt all
is a black belt.
There's never
was a black belt.
You're like a marine.
Barely.
Very proud of that.
This is real.
I was like 10.
When you grow, when you
grow up in Long Island, do
you have a Sensei Friedman?
We talked about
this last time.
All your, we make
so many videos.
I've talked about everything.
Um, what else?
Garlic.
Um, there's so,
there's too much.
No, there's so much like
skin garlic peel in it.
Like what?
That like, there's so much.
That adds character.
No.
What?
No, we don't need
character in our garlic.
We need to get our
sauce going, especially
before I am out of here.
Okay.
Garlic is good.
Leave the garlic.
Do you have two whole cloves?
Uh, yes.
Can you put them on
top of the steak?
Thank you.
Oh, that has skin on it too.
That's fine though.
You just said to
put it on there.
I didn't.
I thought it didn't take you
a million years to peel.
My hands are sticky.
Can you mince some
Chives really fine?
Chis tribes.
You got it?
You can find it.
Okay, I'm gonna let
this go in the oven.
Chives.
This is chives, right?
This is heavy.
Oh, this is chives right here.
Okay.
All of it or half of it?
Or is it part of it?
Two chives.
Lily,
You have three minutes left.
We got this.
Okay.
You can just bun.
Do you know how to do it?
Mm-hmm.
Uh,
you said min it, right?
No, min. What is this?
Like nice.
You mint.
You said mit it, yeah,
like really fine.
Okay.
You don't have to
like for garnish?
Yes, for garnish.
Okay.
I should have said that
for garnish and then it
would've changed things.
Yeah, it would've
changed everything.
Actually.
I don't know if these fries
are gonna get done, man.
If the.
Okay, we'll figure it out.
There's a fryer, gimme that.
I know.
I chose not to use it.
Okay.
Here.
Uh, worcestershire sauce,
right?
Huh?
You need that?
No, don't need it.
I need, all I need.
I need avocado oil.
Jules, do we have olive oil?
Avocado oil.
Put, put some avocado oil.
A little bit more than that.
There.
It's perfect.
The black on karate here.
Thank you.
No, I played a lot of
Donkey Kong growing up.
Oh, that's how you
play Donkey Kong.
Yeah.
Um, okay.
What you're gonna,
where's the peppercorns?
Can you open the peppercorns?
On here.
Okay.
I found, okay.
Dump some in here.
Like, that's good.
Okay.
And then just keep like going
like this and shaking it.
Oh, that's so easy.
Okay, we're cleaning
up reset seconds.
Lily, 90 seconds what?
Add it to the mortar pestle
and give it a good grind.
Hurry.
That's good.
Just get it in there.
If we don't flambe.
How do I turn this off?
You can just, just do this.
Okay.
Okay.
We can just leave it.
Okay.
Brian?
Yep, yep, yep, yep.
How are there still garlic
skins like in the peppercorns.
I don't even know how you,
they stuck to my fingers.
Oh my God.
That went so fast.
4, 3, 2. Okay.
One.
Okay, wait.
Now I'm stressed.
That went so fast.
I'm stressed.
Okay.
What do you need?
What do you need?
I don't know.
I really thought there
was stuff to make a
chi cherry in there.
What is this sauce then?
Uh, yeah, your guess
as good as mine now.
Oh God.
15 seconds at it.
Wait, hold on.
Actually, let's
seven.
Okay.
Six four.
Okay.
Okay.
It's fine.
It's fine.
I'm gonna be hands off anyway.
Okay.
So I need you to calm
down for a second.
I need you to calm
down because this is.
Okay, take hold the pan.
Yeah.
And then you're gonna crank
up your heat and then Okay.
Add a little bit of the, yeah.
Inside.
Just like in one section.
That's good.
And then you're gonna tilt
it in, tilt it, and then
let the flame catch it.
What if I, I just hope I
don't burn the place down.
Yep.
There you go.
Okay.
Yay.
That was great.
You know what I, how I was
taught to like check if the
steak is ready, which is
like probably not accurate.
This thing that, yeah, a lot
of people swear by it, but
do you remember what it is?
I just
stop dog.
What do you think it is?
The, like more the, like lar
like, um, tighter your fist.
The, the more that
it's, um, doneness.
And then you, yeah.
What?
No, no.
Run me through that.
You're, Julia, you're
touching that steak.
You have your hand here.
What are you looking for?
Um, add a little bit of Dijon
and worcestershire to the sauce.
Just a tad.
Like at this?
A little bit.
Okay.
That's good.
Wish share.
And then how much, how much?
How much?
Um, oh, I forgot the garlic.
Put the garlic in
just a little bit.
And void the,
the papers on it.
Okay, that's good.
I got a little bit, a dash
worcestershire sauce.
It's fine if the cap
a little bit more.
Okay, that's good.
Like the steak uhhuh, if
you're pressing on the speed.
The, the more firm it is.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The more, but, but how do
you know, but how do you
know what's, when it's a
little, when it's just like
a, what are you pressing
on your wrist to find?
Because what you're supposed
to do is, if you like
right here, I understand
what you're saying.
The butter.
See that butter right there?
Mm-hmm.
I want you to go on the
cutting board and cube it up.
Cube it?
Yeah.
Just in little cubes.
It doesn't have to be perfect.
Nice.
Clean the knife.
Okay.
Ooh.
I think you like, like,
like look like that.
Yeah.
Okay.
Like looking like a good chef
more than you want to be.
Just chaos.
Oh my God.
It's going into the chives.
Do I baste it now?
Yeah.
Baste it.
Well, no, we only
have 10 minutes.
You need to get that
back in the oven.
Okay.
Get it back in the oven.
I'm gonna flip it.
Please.
Get it back in the oven.
Yeah, that's great.
Please get it
back in the oven.
Look at that.
Look at that char.
I love that baby.
You're so good.
Oh my God, you're so good.
Please get that steak
back in the oven.
This is the funniest part.
It's so good.
I love it.
It's so funny.
You get so stressed
and it's kind of funny.
I think that's where
I got the most.
Distracted last time,
but we still won.
Still.
We still won.
Still won.
We're so good.
And check the fries.
And we did this before, right?
Fries are cooking.
Where you cooking?
They're gonna be
done in four minutes.
We're good.
Okay.
I'm gonna need a plate.
Plate.
I'm gonna need a plate, I'm not
gonna break a plate this time.
We shattered dish.
Um, okay.
Cut from the end?
No, just like
from the end back.
Go.
Thin slices from here, right?
Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
I am gonna check
on your fries.
Okay.
I think we need
to pull the fries.
Can you pull the
fries really fast?
That's not safe.
You know what?
Put 'em in the bowl.
Put it in the bowl.
So it doesn't sit in
a lot of that oil.
Okay.
Hot behind.
Oh, very good.
Okay.
Keep slicing your steak.
It's totally fine.
Do you wanna taste a
piece of the steak?
'cause if you under
seasoned it, then this
is the time to do like
a little finishing salt.
You like it?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Yeah, I think it
seasoned at well.
Okay.
Okay.
Grab a plate.
There's plates in here.
Okay.
Pick out one you like?
Any you'd like?
Nope.
Cast iron.
Octopus.
He never gets to use octopus.
Okay.
Not, don't put
it on the burner.
Is it hot?
Yeah, it's probably hot.
Okay.
I want you to be the creator
in the in the plating.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
I just wanna see what you do.
Okay, well let's do something.
Okay.
I like it.
Five minutes left.
Okay.
No, you gonna carve,
just take at three.
Julia, take the shallot.
Okay.
What shallot are we doing?
Shall cut the shallot please.
A shall the shallot.
We need a shallot.
Cut the shallot.
What shall I'll show you?
Cut the shallot.
Cut that in half
the long ways.
The long ways.
Other way.
Other way.
Long ways.
Now peel it after
you cut it in half.
Okay.
Peel it now.
Slice it as soon as you can.
Why?
What is this for,
please, Julie?
Please do as I ask.
Slice it as soon as you can.
Okay, but like faster than
that, you can sacrifice
some thinness for fastness.
Why is this for,
what is this for?
Drop them in the fryer.
Drop them in the fryer.
Drop them in the fryer please.
That fryer, no, this, this
oil that's not on anymore.
It's fine.
Oh, fries.
You wanna toss it with a
little bit of salt and then
add some of the parsley
and then give it a toss.
Yep, that's good.
And then toss it.
Okay.
That's good.
And then the sauce, you
feel good about the sauce?
Uh, nope.
But we're gonna
find out right now.
So try a piece of the
steak with the sauce.
Okay.
Okay.
Try it with the sauce.
Dip it in.
Yeah, dip it in.
Okay.
Do you like it?
It's good.
It's good saucy?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, Jules, you got two
minutes and 57 seconds left.
You're doing great.
All right, let's get
these on so you like, can
arrange that looking nice?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hold on.
You can use your
hands if you want.
Okay.
You're not gonna plate
this, this beautiful
looking piece of steak.
Um, I'd say, do I say, do I?
Okay.
You one, listen.
No.
No.
Can you listen me real quick?
Yeah.
You have two minutes.
You're fine.
Can you arrange this in?
A nice fan?
Got every single.
Piece should be like,
like that lodge.
Try and like lay it
down a little bit more.
That's perfectly fine.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'd say stand the fries out to
be touching the steak, please.
Okay.
Wait, we need the sauce.
The sauce.
I understand, I understand.
You have a minute.
You're fine.
Okay.
So the shallots are, yeah.
Pull the shallots, pull the
shalls, strain 'em out, strain
'em out, strain 'em out,
strain 'em where, uh, it's
like, put 'em some in the
shallots kind of disappears.
Fine.
That's fine.
I think we, should I get the
sauce on the steak please?
Um, wait.
On the steak.
On the steak.
Where's the spoon?
Where's the spoon?
There's the spoon,
right there.
Spoon.
Okay.
If you, if the sauce isn't
thin enough to go across
the steak beautifully, say I
should, I, should I put it in
a little bully on the side?
Uh, no.
I'd say put it
on on the steak.
On the steak.
On the steak?
Yeah.
Okay.
Nice.
You have time.
You have 49 seconds.
Okay.
Okay.
You're, you're shaking a lot
more than I, I wish you would.
Well, it's a little thick.
Well, that's why I said
if you need to thin
it out, add the oils.
Sometimes I'm a little thick,
you know, you still love
me if I'm a little thick.
All right.
Perfect.
Beautiful.
Yeah, that looks great.
You put chives on the chives
and the french fries, please.
Yes.
Yes.
Thank you so much.
Beautiful.
Look how pretty, I wish we
got the, that's wonderful.
That's wonderful.
Now cute plate wipe, Julia.
Yeah, perfect, perfect.
You look so good.
Okay.
Wow.
A little rustic looking,
but that's fine.
And then add your chives.
And you know what, we are
just, you're just killing it.
So we don't even need
the extra, we don't even
need the extra time.
Can I have your two minutes?
Yeah, you can.
You can take all the time.
10, 9, 8, 7.
6, 5, 4, 3,
2, 1. Happy new.
Wait.
You just didn't put
this on the plate.
Why?
Why'd I put that on the plate?
This is like the best
bite of the rib eye.
My bad.
Gosh dang it.
Hi, I am Gwynedd from
Sporked.com
and today I'm gonna try two
different steak frites.
Isn't that fun?
Hi guys.
Hey.
Hi.
Hi.
Can you watch you eat?
Yeah, please do.
I actually can't, I can't
really digest unless
someone's watching me,
so this is really good.
The french fries are
like very similar, right?
Like everyone took like
a similar tack when it
came to the french fries.
Both are potato.
Well, love potato.
That's good to know.
Oh, mm ooh.
Those are good.
They're very well seasoned.
They're like really salty
in a way that I like.
What kind of sauce?
I guess no one can answer me.
I'm sorry.
I'm like, I just keep
asking questions.
No one answers.
I'm sad.
Okay.
Stay delicious.
Mm, a brown sauce.
I love any form of brown
sauce or gravy, so this
really hits for me.
The steaks cook
beautifully, too delicious.
I love it.
I love it so, so much.
It tastes like, maybe
it has some like
sherry and cream in it.
That would be my guess.
This maybe looks like it.
This steak maybe has some
spinach on top of it.
By some, I mean a lot.
Mm yum.
Is it not spinach?
I'm so confused now.
I should taste it.
No, it's not.
Not at all.
It's a lot of herbs.
Very herbaceous,
tastes like very
parsley forward to me.
A lot of parsley.
Maybe I'm right, another like
thin french fry situation.
I love both of
these French fries.
They remind me, I don't know,
I haven't been to steak and
shake in a really long time,
but Steak and Shake used to
have like the really, really
like ultra thin shoestring
fries, and that's like what
I'm getting from these.
Also really, really
well seasoned.
Um, okay.
I really love both of these
and I think that they're both
delicious and I love both
of the sets of french fries.
Um, but I think that I
revealed already that I'm
like, you, like a brown
gravy kind of situation is
really going to like win out.
For me every time, and
so I'm going to pick
this one as my favorite.
Good job.
I was glad it wasn't spinach.
Not spinach.
Kinda looks like spinach.
What's in it?
We made some miscalculations,
so I thought we had
all this stuff to make
chimichuri.
Turns out we are not,
this grocery had made
a miscalculation, so
I tried to do like a
parsley, garlic emulsion.
Okay.
So that's kind
of what that was.
It's really like, it's the
most powerful parsley flavor
I've ever tasted in my entire
life, and I think that's
something to be proud of.
Thanks.
Have it in, do I
have it in my teeth?
Yeah.
A lot of it.
Okay.
And then what is the sauce?
Um, this is what we were
supposed to make, and it
was like, cognac, pepper.
Corn shalloty, creamy, buttery.
Yum, yum, yum.
Lily, Alex, you, you
two really killed it.
Yeah.
Like, awesome.
It was, Alex was,
So cool seeing you out there.
Chef told me to do.
Yeah, but that's beautiful.
And Gwynedd, thank you
so much for judging.
You guys won last time, right?
Yeah.
But now Lily and Alex, you are
the ultimate grocery heads.
Yes, you've done it.
Give it up for them.
Give it up for Gwynedd, give
it up for all you, all you
people working in the cameras.
I don't know your names,
but thank you so much.
Taylor will be Jacob.
I'm so sorry you all and
thank you so much to Kroger
truly for making this
episode possible today.
Everyone thanks for watching.
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