Are One Pot Meals ACTUALLY Better? (Taste Test)

Are one pot meals even any good? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. Time is money. and dishes are time. So by the transitive property, dishes are money. And I don't want to spend my money on dirty dishes if the food isn't good. Okay, let me see if I can translate that. I think what he's saying is, should you really bother spending all the time it takes to cook up a traditional.

style meal if a one pot version of that same meal still exists? Yeah, what I said. it's time for. You can't spell that's delish. without dishes or candy. Okay, boys. In front of Rhett is a one pot chicken and rice with sun dried tomatoes dish. On Link's side is the same dish, but each component is made separately. And no, the crew didn't just forget to clean up after our last shoot behind you. Because those are the very dishes it took to make each one of the meals...

in front of you. Mine was from a Dutch oven straight from Holland! Here's your one pot. Look at that one pot. All you gotta do is just scrape that out and clean it. I thought a Dutch oven was like a... A move. It was like a fart thing that you do in bed? I think it's a bed fart. Is that a Dutch oven? Yeah, I think it is. It can be both. It's both things. This one does not use... So, Nicole, you farted on this? Yeah. Can you smell it? Oh, God. I'm sorry I brought it up.

So your job, this whole game. is to determine. if the separated dishes. are so much better than the traditional dishes that they're worth the time. or if the one pot version suffices. So at the end you'll say. worth the time or one pot's fine. And this is the same ingredients? Yep. Same ingredients, yeah. I love the fact that the rice of this one. Chicken and rice, bro. What is this called? That's all it's called? He hasn't been around the block very many times.

No, but I mean, it doesn't have more of a name with the red stuff. Chicken and rice with red stuff. Chicken and rice with sun dried tomatoes is what I said, right? Chicken and rice with sun dried tomatoes. Oh, I didn't know. if there was more of a name for it. The fact that this rice. matured. in the context. of a sauce, it's gonna be tough to beat. Now, the chicken itself. you might call it dry. It's a little. It's a little overcooked. Just a little bit.

But it was in the pot. How could you know? Exactly, right? What am I A fortune teller? Right. Yeah. No. Now this one right here, that's pumpkin. You would definitely. need to know because I'm sitting there cooking this chicken. That chicken, it cut real nice. That chicken is so good. But the rice doesn't look good. The rice. Mm. Mm. Like I'm gonna have to get some sun dry over here. into my. rice. The chicken is so much better...

According to the writers, in the 14 minutes that it takes to clean all of this stuff. Just so we can understand. what 14. minutes is. Yeah, put it into perspective for us. In that time. We could also go halfway through an in n out drive through. Okay, that makes sense for us locals. We could listen to I'm Yours by Jason Mraz three and a half times in a row. Oh, that half time would be hard for me. I need to finish it every time. Okay. I kind of want to clean instead. Or... Rhett and Link could make love to their wives.

and then take a 12 minute nap. Hey, efficiency, son! If you know what you're doing, don't take long. This rice is so good. The rice is so good. But the chicken's so good over here. What do we do? Well, chicken comes first in the dish. I think it's the star, but. And. I just think that... rice is rice. Come on. Chicken. Rice is not. You're gonna have to go through a whole meal with some dry ass chicken.

You like that? I would just like to maybe chop up the chicken a little bit. Chicken's a lot better. It's so much better. And the rice is not bad. It's just if you didn't know that this rice existed, you would be like, this rice is fine. And what do I do in the kitchen if it's not clean? That's the only. service that I offer. Okay, well, this is gonna skew a lot of the results... because most people are thinking that cleaning the dishes is a bad thing. I'm actually. disagreeing with you. Cause I'm going with. the one pot. I love that rice so much.

How does this game work? Can we disagree? Well, no, you can't. You have to. come to an agreement. But the chicken is better over here. But you just said you prefer to clean. I'm trying to come up with reasons. I think that makes your. whole... perspective invalid. Cleaning is. taking time to clean in the kitchen is something most normal. people would like to avoid. So I think we're trying to do that. But when the rice is that good, it's just a shame. But. I'll agree with you. This isn't bad rice.

It's just not as good. So we are saying. it's worth the time to get the chicken. out of your mind or in your mind to blow your mind. I t's worth the time to make the chicken blow your mind. If this was a chicken thigh. it might have fared a little bit better. You know what I'm saying? There we go. Sorry. I know that hurts you. Cause I'm so strong. I'm not sensitive. Okay. On Rhett's side is a one skillet hamburger casserole. And on Link's side is a traditional cheeseburger.

And we only made one cheeseburger to avoid food waste. But the hamburger casserole is said to serve six. So if you wanna make up the same amount of burgers, you gotta keep that in mind for dishes and time, et cetera. Is there tomato in that skillet? No tomato in that, but there is... I'm voting for that one. Come on. Well, how did you get the surface of the skillet dish to look like scar tissue? It's called an oven. Cheese, baby. It's called cheese. Colby Jack and cheddar. I mean, I don't think that's ever gonna go away.

You know, you're going to be telling stories about that your entire life. How did you get. How did you get that. brewing setting? I don't know. It kind of looks like a burnt human. It's amazing how amazed you are. by just. kitchen creations. As many as you've eaten. Have you really never been in a kitchen other than to clean? I value. the work of our team. Okay. I like to eat the work of our team. I like it when you talk about our team.

Keep doing it. Can I use a spoon? This is a good fried burger. Spoon. So. this is intriguing. It's gonna be tough to beat a burger, but. Oh, burgers are the best. Is that pasta? Unless there's fried chicken there. And then I'm like, what? Look at that. That's like a Hamburger Helper. Give me some of that. Well, no. Cause you don't. You wanna get some of the top? You wanna get some of the top. Yeah. I'm gonna break it next to yours here. I gotta. Woo. This is a big bite, but. it's soft and silent.

Watch your mouth. What? It's gonna burn. Well, here. I. Watch your mouth. You watch my mouth. I can't watch my own mouth. I don't wanna look at your mouth while I eat. Oh, it's hot. I just stained my. Just stained my pants... I'll tell you, this is a hard job. This is a lot like that thing we used to split in college four ways... with our other two roommates. It's more. What's the sauce in here?

So it's a cream of mushroom soup base. Really? Yeah. But there's mustard in it. You taste mustard? I mean, there's a little bit of, like, mustard powder in there, but I wouldn't say it's like. an aggressive amount of mustard. Is it aggressive for you? Oh, yeah. It's just enough. Very nice. I like it quite a bit. Maybe it's chili. It reminds you of chili. You said? Does it have some cumin? Is there some chili in there? There's a little bit of spices. Yeah. It's really good. But it's no hamburger. It ain't. It's not a cheeseburger.

It's in no way a cheeseburger. I just don't think a casserole can dethrone an actual burger. I know. And I... don't get me wrong. As much as I appreciate this. Now hold on. We need to take into account. the fact that. it takes 11 minutes to clean all this stuff. Okay. Let me put that in perspective. Versus just that one skillet. In 11 minutes, you could watch the entirety of U2's With or Without You music video. You could watch 11 minutes of Ocean's 11.

Or... Rhett or Link could make love to their wives, then take a nine minute nap. still only takes two minutes for us. Yep. Yep. I mean, so is that one minute each? Sure is. It's really hard to choose the burger. when the alternative is to eat out of a skillet, make love for two minutes and then take a nap. That's not what's on the table, brother. Is that. Are those moms? No, no, no, no, no. Cause I am. I am eating it up. I think you're mixing metaphors at this point.

Um, no, it's not better than a burger. It's really good. I respect it. It would be a nice change of pace, but it's just no burger. It is. not. It is worth. It is worth the time. It is worth the time. to make a burger. Worth the time. To make your burger. And clean. To make that burger mine. You put on a beanie. I did. It says box stuffing on it. Isn't that funny? And isn't it like...

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What we got, Stevie? You'd be surprised. Well, you won't be surprised, because that's what it looks like, and that's what you're gonna get at Mythical.com. You'll be pleasantly surprised. Rhett, you have sheet pan shrimp scampi, and link, you have traditional shrimp scampi. Okay, so the whole thing is just right there on the sheet pan. Just put it on the sheet pan... And I can see this is where the bread was because the. Oh, you want some of that? Get a hold of that. I know you like that. That stuff.

Oh, man. that's greasy looking. You put the whole thing in there at the same time. The whole thing. So a little scrimps. A little scrimp, and then a nice little. quarter. A little quarter zucchini. What made this happen? The Internet? Yeah. One pan and one pot recipes are very in vogue. This is. This is a Food Network recipe, is it not?

Is this Food Network? Yeah, it's Food Network. Bread's not bad. How do you know that? I read it off the cheat sheet. Oh... About to. Say. you're doing your homework. I mean, that bread doesn't look nearly as good as this bread, but it tastes really good. Especially that part. The shrimps. taste fine. Yeah, it's good... I kind of like my. zucchini a little bit burnt. Did you have to make the zucchini smaller so that it would work at the same time?

Because these are much bigger zucchinis. I was just going off of, like, a. Like, the recipe and the photos so it could match the photo inspo. There's no, like, real, like, culinarial, like, reason for it. Why would you say... that this zucchini. and shrimp. tastes. better. when you made them separately? Because I believe they do, don't you? Why do I say? I think it's because you can control the temperatures a little bit differently. I think whenever you throw everything into one pan, you're kind of leaving it up to, like,

the grand oven of it all. The flavor on that zucchini is incredible. I've never said that about zucchini. It is so much better. It's weird. So we're liking this one, but. it takes 12 minutes. to clean all this crap. And, of course, they've helped us understand what 12 minutes is because we've. forgotten since two rounds ago. In 12 minutes, you could watch a vine compilation consisting of 150 vines.

Remember that? If you're not into that, you could get to the fourth day when singing 12 Days of Christmas. And if you're not into that, you could. watch us make love to our wives. and then take a 10 minute nap. Yeah, right. So... Choose your poison. You know. I will say that this is the. best flavored zucchini I've ever had. Best ever. But I've never watched myself make love.

You don't have a mirror? Okay, yeah, I guess I have. You ever made eye contact with yourself? Not in video form. Yeah, don't make it last. When you do. don't make eye contact with yourself for more than at least seven seconds. Which, of course, you do. Well, I mean, I don't have one in my bedroom. I'm talking about maybe like a hotel. I don't have, like, a mirror on the ceiling or anything. I'm thinking about getting one. You don't have one on the wall, though?

I have one on the wall. Not in view of. the bed. Do I need one? Let me think about that for a while. And windows. I'm sorry, but once again. It's always good to look out a window. Once again, it's worth the time... to get the shrimp and the stuff to taste the way you want it to. Yeah. I mean, what? It's just too much better. Are we just crapping all over this trend? Is that what's happening? It's too much better. It's Food Network.

They canceled our show anyway. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Scrum. Scrum! So we are saying. We already said it. Worth the. Oh. And it was down there. Yeah. Put it back. Did you see it? All right. Worth the time. I missed it. If I may, Stevie, my. expectations have. been obliterated here today so far. You thought you might like this one pot thing? I really thought I was gonna be one pot boy because I like things mixed up. I like things mushier.

Yes, I like to clean dishes, but. I don't want to clean more dishes. You've got other hobbies. Yeah, so... That are better. I can still clean one dish and prove my worth to my family. But we haven't chosen it yet. What? What? Maybe this round will change it up. What are we dealing with here, Stevie? Yeah, looking like maybe not from what I can see... Because you have what is called funfetti dump cake. on your side, Rhett. And then, Link, you just have a traditional funfetti cake.

Whoops. Ooh. Link, this has got pudding in it. That didn't work. He might like this. Cause he doesn't like cake and he likes pudding. Oh, gosh. He also. He doesn't like cake so much. He's not familiar with how to. handle it. It's teetering on this... This blunt knife. We got one pot and we got blunt knives here. Sense a pattern?

This is. This is. dump. cake, not cake. Okay. I think it's a cake. There's Funfetti cake, some golden Oreos frosting, vanilla pudding, white chocolate chips and sprinkles. That's a cake. That's pretty cool. Why is that a cake, Nicole? Well, but like, it's just. What do you mean? It's baked. She knows it's not cake. So much pudding. Well, cakes can have pudding.

I think it's fair, Stevie. This is the best. cake I've ever had. That's really, really good. That's really good. You know why this cake is so good? Cause it gets rid of any part that's actually cake. Yeah, they, like, seep into each other. They marry. There is a cake part, but it's gotten really moist. When you replace cake with pudding. I'm at your place. I'm showing up, I'm RSVPing. I do like cake, though. Okay, but like, let's say. you're throwing a birthday party for someone who'd.

actually want a Funfetti cake. And then you bring. Those people are not worth celebrating. Then you bring the dump cake. You're like, here's the cake. But those people aren't. Maybe not here. right now. No, this is a good cake. This is a really good cake. But it's still a cake. But it takes a long time to clean up after making a cake because you've got. It takes the longest time that it's taken. Anything to take. It takes 17 minutes. Whoa. Let me put that into perspective. In 17 minutes,

you could become a decent harmonica player. You could pet a dog for a really long time. How long? 17 minutes. That's nice. Or... you could watch me or Link make love to our wives and then take a 15 minute nap. That's almost a power nap. Yep. And if you yell, speed it up, hurry up, get it over with. It might be 16 minutes. Then we'll give you more of a power nap.

If I was looking at myself in the mirror, I might. go faster. You back. You backed yourself into that one. I could tell you didn't know... the ramifications. I didn't know I was gonna end it when I started it... and I didn't want to last longer looking at myself. So you got more aroused looking at yourself? I got more aroused looking at myself. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. I would have a short fuse looking at myself,

too. A short fuse. I'm not angry. Okay. Now, you know that I love this. And. that it's superior to me... and. it's less time to clean. It's a pleasant surprise as an alternative cake at the party. Oh, yeah. I think you gotta bring it as an alternative. So it's worth the time to make both. Just say it's vegan.

Even if it's not. That's what I always do at my vegan friends. I brought the vegan version. Yeah, it's vegan. I want somebody to eat it. Even if it's just vegans. It's so good. It's the thought that counts. Right. I intended it to be vegan. I think it might be vegan. And I do think. Are you with me on this? That. Yeah, I'll go with you on this. One pot's fine. One pot's fine for this. Can you believe it? They made cake into a casserole and we thought it was better.

I legitimately recommend you do this. But I will say... But don't watch me make love. This is the one thing that I didn't expect us to do in this round, but... I just think we obliterated this trend. I think you need to stop trying to do this. I think if you're going to make. a plate of foods, you should make the individual things. Just do it. Just get used to it. Grow up a little bit and wash some dishes. Like me. The modicum of adulthood. That's right.

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