Souvlaki | Basics with Babish
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Well done. As a Greek who makes these very regularly for the family, the only real criticisms I have are that I usually triple the amount of garlic you put in the tzatziki, and I usually cut the meat a bit smaller to get a better char to interior ratio. Also, add a bit of salt and Greek oregano to the oil used for brushing the pitas on the grill. It gives a boost of flavor to the sandwich.
Otherwise, opa!
Thanks for these tips! Im looking to try this out soon so any tidbits I can get help out
@@Kritical_Blink As a non greek who loves greek food, my tip would be to try some tirokafteri on top. It elevated my already sky high opinion of souvlaki.
A bunch of garlic in the tzatziki is not traditional, not atleast according to my grandma and most restaurants in Greece. It is a cucumber sauce, not a garlic sauce
@@thelsamar23 a bunch of garlic is only for the REAL tzatziki lovers. Sorry not sorry. Only reason not to do it is if you have a date in the next 48 hours.
A date that is more important than your date with several cloves of garlic? Pffft
Hi, Greek here and i can pretty surely say that the tastiest souvlakia are made with neck and belly parts of the pork as they can hold up to the higher temparatures of charcoal grilling which is the traditional way of making them.
Ναι είναι καλά έτσι
hey not a greek. no one cares
@@ironkraken7157 bro go somewhere else you little sea urchin
@@johnblades3019 ok bro. sorry bro. didnt mean to harsh your buzz bro.
@@johnblades3019 also, come up with better insults. sea urchin? really?
In terms of the fries, you can try and tackle proper "Patates Tiganites" like you would get in Greece. From what I've read the secret is soaking the potatoes in water for an hour, so when you deep fry them in the olive oil the outer layer becomes puffy and bubbly while the inside is soft. They're also closer to British style chips than American french fries in terms of thickness.
Yup. This is how my mum makes them. And at least in Cyprus - not sure if Greeks do it as well - you can dress them with some dried oregano herb on top - lightly just for the fragrance.
And for the even more original greek experience, fry them in sunflower seed oil, not olive oil!
You wash them until most of the starch is gone, you know when the starch is gone when you place them in a bowl of water and the water doest go cloudy, also you salt them just before you throw them into the pan of hot oil.
Oh I so have to try this now!
my yiayia shallow slow fries them in olive oil and its the greatest
This is so weird, i've been eating souvlaki for the last 2 days because in my home town we used to have a greek resturant which unfortunatly burned down 2 years ago, opened 2 days ago again and i've been eating souvlaki for lunch and dinner every single meal since they opened.
Souvlaki is love, souvlaki is life. You can't go wrong with that choice!
I've been making it because the Street Fighter Cookbook has a recipe for it
I suggest trying souvlaki with paprika sauce, its pretty common in northern Greece.
Fun fact only Athenians call Souvlaki as this because souvla in greek means skewer so souvlaki should be meat thats on a stick, as in skewered. In the rest of Greece we call it "pita bread with ...." and souvlaki the skewered meat which often includes vegetables like peppers.
Some of my best memories of Greece were of souvlaki with friends. I bought a big bag of the seasoning off a street vendor in Athens in 2008 and have come close to madness trying to get the mix right ever since.
At home my family uses sumac, oregano, cumin, black pepper, and sesame seeds, but probs different.
@@yiorgarra I can't use sumac it gives me a nasty rash every time I tried
@@serronserron1320 then don't lol
You have to have a Greek friend.
try olive oil sweet paprika, oregano, sea salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, let the gyros marinade in it for 12 hours. thank me later. Pork shoulder and pork belly should do the trick. Be generous with the seasoning, too.
Maybe you could make Pretty Patties from SpongeBob SquarePants? And throw in Sequin Milkshake and Bow-Tie French Fries as a bonus.
@Matty Kelly I dunno why but I remember him doing pretty patties
Maybe no
Why do you immediately ask for something else after he posts? It's so rude, you're like a spoiled child
They would be creepy but flattering
@@TobyFloof Those were krabby patties
And here I thought that Souvlaki was just one of the best shoegaze albums of the last 30 years
i was looking for this comment
IT MATTERS WHERE YOU ARE
most overatted imo.. slowdive in general
I'd love to see you make Clam-entine Crystal from Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated episode, "Where Walks Aphrodite"
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As a Greek, this is one of the best souvlaki recipes on CZcams. It would be the best if you had a Gyro version, but I understand that most people don't have a Gyro spinning grill at the top self. Perhaps an oven version would be perfect. Amazing job on the tzatziki too
Getting Gyros or Moussaka or other sorts of dishes that are way harder to make at home is what I love to get at my local Greek restaurant. Lamb cutlets, souvlaki, and bifteki are all great, but they really are something I could feasibly make at home. And, yes, I could make Moussaka at home as well, but when you’re cooking for one, making such a large casserole-type dish is just kind of impractical. :laugh:
Genuinely just realized that a Gyro is just souvlaki made with the rotisserie thing
I usually just prep gyro meat as a meatloaf, and then slice it.
@@puellanivis maybe do it every now and then as a special occasion. I always like to plan a day that I will spend at least half a day cooking every now and then
Including the fries? Those didn’t seem very authentic/traditional to me.
In terms of the water, it's now about having the wood "soaked" but giving enough water on the surface to stop the skewers from "spot catching" where they can catch gas flames and break into pieces or lose structural integrity if the outside gets too charred. Had it happen when I didn't use water.
If you skewer on the grill a lot just get metal skewers. No hassles and I bought 12 for less than $5.
can’t wait for him to make loveless next!
I understood that reference
Yo they made the slowdive album into a real thing!
I'm a Greek, I was expecting to be disappointed by this video and I had my pitchfork ready. But I was pleasantly surprised! This is actually legit! If you guys wanna follow a recipe, this is the one.
This is the most accurate how to make souvlaki video that there is on internet.....From the way you pull it using the pita bread to the point you fold the bottom half of tinfoil
Literally in Greece right now and this pops up.
Enjoy our gorgeous country!
I love that slowdive album
Well babish, as a Greek I would say that you have successfully tackled pita and that it is approved. Although you could have not put dill in the tzatziki but that's more of a personal preference.
Pitta is not Greek though.
@@Lilah1848 it's Mediterranean and from Asia Minor, which absolutely includes Greece
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@@Lilah1848 ...pitta is a Greek word....all the Mediterranean countries have similar breads
I agree with you 100%, i prefer tzatsiki without dill aswell.
Different approach for the tzatziki: swap the the red wine vinegar for fresh lemon juice, swap the dill for fresh smashed garlic, add some toasted whole cumin seeds. Keep the olive oil and cucumber the same.
Best w sheep's milk yogurt.
yeah, I have never heard of red wine vinegar, it's always been lemon juice. Also, I know this isn't traditional, but I use sour cream in lieu of yogurt and absolutely love it.
I like to use mint instead of dill.
@@michaelcannon7640 I love mint, but I don't think it works in the sauce. But that's the great thing about cooking, people can make it however they like it!
@@MauiWowieOwie yes. I’m not a fan of dill, but I do like a little mint in tzatziki. You should give it a try along with a little lemon juice.
@@michaelcannon7640 I have tried it, I don't like it. I always put lemon juice in my sauce though.
As someone with greek family, babish is my hero for not putting mint in the tzatziki
How does one do a Souvlaki episode without using “Slowdive” as a pun?
The souvlaki looks fantastic though!
Facts, certainly a missed opportunity
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Try some fresh minced dill with the tzatziki. Makes all the difference, and plays well with souvlaki. Athenian showing up
Could you explain the pun? I am not very knowledgeable on Greece yet but I want to learn about it and I have no idea what the pun is
@@tacosunbirth Ok, so there is a 90's musical álbum of the genre of shoegaze called souvlaki made by slowdive. This album was received with harsh critics when it came out, but 20 years later it had a revival, around 2010. It went on to become a more famous album since then, and now it stands as one of the best shoegaze albums in history. The album was named souvlaki by the band, because they had seen a sketch on a TV series which mentioned the word souvlaki, they thought it was interesting and they chose that word. There is more information about it in the Wikipedia page, if you are interested, which has plenty of sources listed at the bottom.
Watching this whilst devouring a souvlaki in bed is a certain kind of happiness I can't really explain...
As a Greek-I approve this souvlaki.
Well done! I am Greek and this the closest anyone has ever gotten to a traditional Greek pita with a skewer (pita souvlaki or pita kalamaki). 🇬🇷💙
chuck the sticks and water into a vac bag and then vac it for a minute, even when all the air is out continue too vac for 30 more seconds or so, that will help draw out all air in the sticks and water will fill the voids when the vaccum is broken
Please make Robbie Rotten's Blue Cake from Lazy Town
Hey Babish, Greek here. I think you have made the most gourmet version of my favourite meal I have ever seen, so thank you.
I’m so happy. I just got back from being abroad in greece and was never able to figure out how to make souvlaki
I'm in constant awe at how many things you know how to make. I'm no Greek cuisine connoisseur by any means, but that looks fantastic
Dude the fact that you started with pork or chicken already makes it more authentic than most recipes. OPA!
What if on Tuesday before or after the 4th of July, you made Major Glory's All American Buffet Breakfast Bonanza from The Justice Friends episode, "Valhallen's Room"?
Or The Firework Cake from 2017 DuckTales
What if no
I have to try this. Thanks for the video!
can't believe he didn't even show us how to make our own homemade greek olive oil, and he calls this "from scratch"
And he didn't even show us how to make our own kitchen equipment, talk about a sell out
As a Greek person, I can say I'm quite impressed! Your tzatziki looked pretty spot on! I wonder if you'd like to do pastitsio any time soon.
Why not just make an original Greek dish? Pastitsio is just a different version of lasagna...
@@LKonstantina915 how dare you speak such blasphemy about pastitsio.
is this a mainland greek thing cause for us greek Cypriots it is blasphemy to put dill in tzatziki
@@costatubhd958 yeah i found the dill a little weird too
@@LKonstantina915 i just mentioned it because it was one of my favourite foods when I was younger, I'd love to see him make all sorts of Greek cuisine.
i am from greece and i can say this was a great video it looks a lot like what i have at my area now i need to see a baklava video
He has a Baklava video I believe :)
He does have a baklava video
We own this comment section lol (btw where's your bird?)
Thx for telling me didn't know he had one now i have something more to watch
@@jswsofocus no problem 👍
I had only ever heard of these on Hey Arnold, and being from rural Pennsylvania, I never knew what they were. Knowledge is power.
Couldn't have done a better job! Looks like I'm going for Souvlaki tonight here in Thessaloniki Greece!
Oh yes that's a Greek souvlaki alright. Great job with this one, and I would recommend you to try gemista next time it's a very tasty ,and one of the most traditional, dish.
Not only was the souvlaki done right, the tzaziki was pretty spot on too (the red wine vinegar was a surprise, but it reads across).
Ώστε έφτιαξες και σουβλάκι ρε Μπάμπη. Μπράβο!!
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Bravo re Babish as a greek this is a greek recipe worth trying. Na here Levendi
I love the slow build up of open singleton bottles in the background
I'm more partial to gyros myself, but this definitely looks amazing.
Also, never seen red wine vinegar added to tzatiki.
In Greece they use red wine vinegar to make tzatziki. In Cyprus lemon juice is more common. White rice vinegar is also an option
As a Turkish, neither have I seen red wine vinnegar in our cacik as well
Try to make Double Onion Ice Cream Cake from Infinity Train! See if you like eating something sweet and stinky at the same time
Try no
It'd be nice to eat souvlaki again someday, thanks for bringing back memories of being in Greece, Babish
Scrolling through the comments looking for slowdive references
On behalf of the Undertale community, seeing you make Toriel’s Butterscotch-Cinnamon Pie.
i went to greece about 6 weeks ago and have decided to make it my personality, so thank you for this!
My fav album💯💯
Soaking skewers is to avoid splinters, not burning.
Dude, I've had the word souvlaki in my head for a month. Thank you.
Joining my fellow Greeks here, I have to say that most people (myself included) prefer chicken with a type of yellow or orange sauce not tzatziki. Usually the sauce is made of mayo and mustard in different percentages and a whole list of other ingredients.
Also you should try some chicken-bacon (chicken pieces wrapped in bacon) instead of just chicken.
Amazing 😍 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Excellent combination with Singleton whisky 👌🏻👌🏻 Have a great day everyone 🌻
You are amazing, bravo love your souvlaki method!
as a greek i have to say you nailed this!!!!!!!!!! using olive oil in everything is an authentic greek thing to do!
gyros/souvlaki are my absolute FAVORITE food ever and i’ve been waiting for you to do an episode for forever!!!! you did a great job - the amount of people who skip the dill in the tzatziki (or even worse, use MINT instead) is truly horrifying.
Dill is essential. I like mint, but it has no place in tzatiki.
Many Greeks don’t put dill in Tzatziki, and it is a regional variation that many Greek Cypriots make which puts mint. So please don’t call it horrifying just because it is not the particular version you are personally accustomed to. They are still valid versions depending on what kind of Greek you are
I’m Greek and I think you did a great job!
1:59 Greek dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
What if you made the Ethiopian Dish that Marge, Bart, and Lisa were eating from The Simpsons episode, "The Food Wife"? Or at least make it in your 9 million subscribers video
What if no
My Greek genes summoned me early 🇬🇷
Loll me too
Greek here, this is the most accurate souvlaki I have ever seen on the internet. Just a little comment, just one clove a garlic for this amount of TZATZIKI is weak man. Your breath should stink of garlic after eating souvlaki.
Far too often, when I lived in Larisa, dinner was some souvlaki from the shop next to my apartment and a bottle of tsipouro. Miss those days.
Since I ended up getting Korean food for my birthday this year, I was actually mulling over if I should get Greek or Pakistani food next year. Seeing you cover Greek food today was perfect timing.
Heck yeah souvlaki! You should follow up with a handful of regional variants. Like Cypriot Souvlaki, or another continent's souvlaki
No.
Cypriot souvlaki has a special place in my heart. But souvla reigns supreme.
I AM GREEK AND I FIND THIS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE! really nice vid
FYI, You soak your WOODEN skewers so that they expand with the water. During cooking the water evaporates allowing the skewers to contract allowing easier removal of the meat, vegetables, etc.
i was looking for things to correct you on but other than dill being used in souvlaki (which at the end of the day is personal preference) it actually looks just like what you'd get here, great job!
This is my favorite shoegaze album to eat.
Just got back from Greece 🇬🇷
Spent two weeks in Greece a bunch of years ago, and I LIVED on gyros the whole time. It was one of the best parts of the trip lol
I may be wrong but I believe the big reason for soaking the wooden skewers is less because of burning and mainly to reconstitute the wood to prevent splintering
And you started a war without even knowing it.
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For context, there a lot of heated debate over what this dish should be called in Greece. Some call it Gyro, others Souvlaki. The main issue stems from Souvlaki being defined as meat on a skewer. So there's a fun fact for you.
i guess he is going for the Athenian terminology where souvlaki is the whole package. Also no-one calls this gyro because it doesn't have gyro in it.
@@TheFreakingSanic That's true, I was more referring to the greater debate as a joke. Obviously the pita has souvlaki in it.
this would be called kalamaki in athens, whereas grabbing souvlaki would be the general term.
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Going to Greece soon. Can't wait to try there 🤤
So glad to see someone like Andrew make a Greek dish! :)
You got the Greek seal of approval!! Greetings from Athens!
I love Slowdive
Watching from Greece, well done
That looks heavenly
I'd love to see you make Clam-entine Crystal from Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated episode, "Where Walks Aphrodite"
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That looks delicious. Never had fries in my souvlakis.
ive had them on the side. still the way he made them in the olive oil, but never had them actually ON the pita with everything else. he's giving me ideas tho for my next souvlaki experience
I love the chanel! Always look forward to your videos ☺️
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Ok so I'm sure a million others have thought about this already, but we need to see you recreating the beef sandwich from "The Bear", asap.
Love Greek food. Never considered doing it at home, until now. 🇬🇷
Ima make this tomorrow! I will update on how i do!
Hey, (Athenian) Greek here! A little bit of trivia: the two most common default ("απ'όλα"=with everything) combinations for souvlaki served in Athens is either pork with tzatziki or chicken with mustard sauce. Of course you can customize it however you want (people will judge you silently). If you go to nothern parts of Greece you will find ketchup and mustard in there as well (those northern people are savages...)
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Tzatziki is probably my favorite sauce. Delicious, easy to make, not unreasonably unhealthy, yet versatile. Pairs with ALL meats and sides.
Just came back from Greece, I might just do this out of nostalgia
A meal that doesn't involve chili! YES! (I'm not against a bit of heat from mustard or horseradish, just allergic to capsaicin)
I know I can always tweak recipes to suit tastes but it's nice every so often not to have to, it seems like a wild majority of people equate interesting flavours with "must contain chili of some kind" so it's very refreshing to see something like this.
This sounds amazing and I definitely have to try it some time.
You should look up more european recipe as those tend to have less chili in them. From what I understand, they're really popular in north and south america but here in europe you find them in few recipe.
@@iomar90 I live in the UK and honestly everything has chili in it. I tend to stick to Mediterranean or Japanese style foods just because they tend to have a lot of flavour but not heat. Adding even the smallest bit of chili to anything just destroys any flavour that might be there and replaces it with pain, I don't understand the point. But I was more commenting on how a lot of cooking vids on CZcams tend to rely on chili as a universal way to "easily upgrade" basics, and that's what gets frustrating.
Perfect Souvlaki! I am not from Greece, but we have some nice greek street food here and It is basically the same.
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oh that looks AMAZING.
It's been a long time since I had souvlaki. I absolutely love it. Thank you for doing this so I can make it at home. One thing though, I don't remember fries being in the mix? I think I'll pass on the fries. Have a great day 🌤 😀.
Adding fries is a pretty common thing (particularly in Greece), probably not totally ubiquitous, but common enough that most people agree it's usually added
For a dessert recipe, do you think it might be possible if you could make the Norweigen Black Forest Feather Cake Truffle Divine recipe from Hoodwinked Too? It looks amazing and the recipe and some of the ingredients are shown, so would love to see you recreate it!!
Just had one of these for dinner
When you need to use both salt and garlic, mash the garlic together with the salt with a mortar and pestle. The abrasiveness of the salt will help ensure a smoother garlic paste.
imagine eating Souvlaki while listening to Souvlaki (Slowdive album)
I wish
I made the pork souvlaki this week and it came out great!
By slowdive? Finally!!
Wow they made a food for the album
by Slowdive?
It looks so delicious ! This is a perfect breakfast😍😍😍😍
Breakfast?!