Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
If you were to ask me to cook and eat a urine filtering organ, slice it thin, and serve it with fries, I'd only have one question. Lunch or dinner? Learning to cook Kidneys with Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook.
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📚 Chapters
00:00 - We're Cooking Kidneys
00:58 - Prepping The Frites
02:24 - Revealing The Organs, And Cooking
08:43 - Comment Of The Week!
09:00 - How's it taste?
🍎 Ingredients For Kidneys
• 2 whole veal kidneys, trimmed
• salt and pepper
• 1 Tbsp. / 14 ml. avocado oil
• 2 Tbsp. / 28 g. unsalted butter
• 2 shallots , thinly sliced
• ¼ cup / 56 ml. white wine
• ½ cup / 110 ml. chicken stock
• 2 Tbsp. / 28 g. Dijon mustard
• (optional spoonful of demi glace never hurts)
🫕 Equipment For Kidneys
• heavy-bottomed sauté pan
• tongs
• wooden spoon
• whisk slicing knife
• serving platter
🍎 Ingredients For Les Halles Fries
• 4 Idaho potatoes, big long ones
• 2 qts. / 2.25 liters or more of peanut oil
• tables salt
🫕 Equipment For Les Halles Fries
• 2 large bowls
• deep fryer or heavy-bottomed pot
• skimmer / wire basket / spider
• baking sheet
• towel for dabbing oil
#anthonybourdain #frenchfood #kidneys
If you were to ask me to cook and eat a urine filtering organ, slice it thin, and serve it with fries, I'd only have one question. Lunch or dinner? Learning to cook Kidneys with Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook.
🔪 My Essentials
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: amzn.to/3ZEgYr3
My Favorite Knife: amzn.to/3PZ6eAi
My Apron (other colors available): amzn.to/45uQOZr
Please note as an Amazon Associate I earn (a rather small percent 😅) from qualifying purchases through these links. Thank you!
💜 Support me and get a shoutout! - ko-fi.com/mitchmai
⭐️ Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCej3
🎵 TikTok: tiktok.com/@mitchmoves1?
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/mitch.mai/?
📚 Chapters
00:00 - We're Cooking Kidneys
00:58 - Prepping The Frites
02:24 - Revealing The Organs, And Cooking
08:43 - Comment Of The Week!
09:00 - How's it taste?
🍎 Ingredients For Kidneys
• 2 whole veal kidneys, trimmed
• salt and pepper
• 1 Tbsp. / 14 ml. avocado oil
• 2 Tbsp. / 28 g. unsalted butter
• 2 shallots , thinly sliced
• ¼ cup / 56 ml. white wine
• ½ cup / 110 ml. chicken stock
• 2 Tbsp. / 28 g. Dijon mustard
• (optional spoonful of demi glace never hurts)
🫕 Equipment For Kidneys
• heavy-bottomed sauté pan
• tongs
• wooden spoon
• whisk slicing knife
• serving platter
🍎 Ingredients For Les Halles Fries
• 4 Idaho potatoes, big long ones
• 2 qts. / 2.25 liters or more of peanut oil
• tables salt
🫕 Equipment For Les Halles Fries
• 2 large bowls
• deep fryer or heavy-bottomed pot
• skimmer / wire basket / spider
• baking sheet
• towel for dabbing oil
#anthonybourdain #frenchfood #kidneys










