This Is How I Cook Christmas Dinner
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Published 2023-12-16
Timings for Your Christmas Dinner
The timings below are for a 3pm dinner. Adjust as needed based on the time you're planning to eat, e.g. if you're eating at 6pm, you would start at 1pm. It's worth noting that these timings should give you plenty of time to still enjoy yourself, and the more you do the day before, the less you have to do on the day.
Hour 1: 10am
Put the beef in the oven.
Make the stuffing, then leave it in the fridge to cool.
Make the Yorkshire pudding batter.
Hour 2: 11am
Peel and cut the potatoes.
Start boiling the potatoes.
Prepare chickens for the oven.
Prepare, cook, and cool the baby carrots.
Hour 3: 12pm
Place the chickens in the oven.
Prepare, cook, and cool the sprouts.
Start making the gravy.
Hour 4: 1pm
You should be at a good point now. Tidy up and prepare for the final push to have everything ready on time.
About halfway through the hour, start roasting the potatoes.
Start cooking the Yorkshire puddings.
Hour 5 (final hour): 2pm - Go Time
15 minutes into the last hour, put the beef and chicken back in for the final browning.
Once the meat is back in, start finishing the carrots and sprouts.
20 minutes before your meal, start to carve the meat.
Plate the vegetables - if they need a quick flash in the oven to get them piping hot, go for it.
All going to plan, everything should be on the table with 5 minutes to spare.
RECIPES:
Rib eye roast beef: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/roast-beef
Yorkshire puddings: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/yorkshire-pudding…
Roast chicken with sage and bacon stuffing: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/roast-chicken
Gravy: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/christmas-gravy
Crispy roast potatoes: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/crispy-roast-pota…
Honey and thyme glazed baby carrots: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/honey-glazed-baby…
Brussels sprouts with bacon and maple syrup: www.andy-cooks.com/blogs/recipes/bacon-and-maple-b…
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All Comments (21)
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I like the editing style of this. Feels homely and not ridiculously over the top.
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love how humble andy is, he's a professional but also he shows that at home he doesn't bother with all the extra steps as they do in the restaurants. Absolutely love it.
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honestly you're the first chef i've found since chef john that actually seems down to earth and knows what they're talking about.
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Awesome video Andy. From start to finish you’ve got everything covered and it all looks delicious 🤙
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I am continually amazed at not only how easy you make it all look, but also at your totally down to earth nature. No pretense, just darned good food presented in a way that makes us all want to get in the kitchen and cook. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family Andy, and I look forward to watching many more of your videos inthe new year.
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Hands down the best and most genuine chef in the world. Excellent video, Andy! Merry Christmas!
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love it that you always remind and emphasize on cooking not needing to be perfect. work with what you got, learn, adapt, improvise, and appreciate the process
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Much thanks to Andy and the team for a terrific year of content 👋 Loved your irreverence during this session. Don't stress about it. Have fun 😊 P.S. ya gravy looked bonza mate 👍
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It will sound stupid, but - discovering this channel might be the best online thing happening to me this almost passed year 😅 The no-nonsense approach towards cooking, simple, down-to-earth language and still top shelf results attainable for 'the ordinary guy' - this made me really want to cook more, experiment too, even without own 'Babe', 'Basic Mitch' or others to cook for. Thank you, Chef for another simple, yet brilliant video and for everything (including the cookbook that arrived few days ago and is AMAZING, from cover to back!) and Merry Christmas for you and the Crew!
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This video is great because it shows how time management is a very useful and important skill to have in the kitchen when cooking large feasts as shown here or anything for that matter
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Hey, Andy, we cooked your beef, yorkies, and potatoes for Xmas lunch turned out sensational. One of the best meals I've cooked. Cheers
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Perfect timing! I just today began thinking of what to serve. Since it’s for only three persons I do two or three different meals over a few days, starting with the feast of seven fishes on Christmas Eve. Looking at that yummy sage stuffing for Christmas Day.. edit: OMG Everything looks mouthwatering delish, I may have to make both!
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I really like this style of video and editing. It feels alot more “homely” and attainable in a way. Merry Christmas to Andy, Babe, and the team! Cheers!
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as someone's who's father is a chef you have no idea how blessed and lucky i feel he cooks my christmas dinner for me
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Love the fact that you are not sacrosanct about stuff.... Less stress and leaves the cook with choices. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones Chef!
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Really appreciate you doing this 'in real time' Andy. A realistic countdown even us plebs can meet and lots of handy tops and tricks throughout. Happy Xmas Chef & Crew. Hope you have a blast.
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Thank you Andy for great tips about prep, flash heating and oven co-ordination. Enjoy all your videos, especially how you edit them and don't make us watch prep in real time. You showed us a whole Christmas meal in 26 mins! Wishing you and your family and team the merriest Christmas.
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Merry Chrimbo! Thanks for all the great inspirational vids this year. Have learned a ton and had more fun in the kitchen. You transfer confidence that has been helpful for your recipies but even for others that I’ve been trying. Love it. Thanks again to you and the team!
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Congratulations on the success you have achieved so far. I enjoyed every minute of this video as I am still working out what my Christmas menu is going to be. Thank you for all of your hard work. Merry Christmas to you, your family, and of course, the team who helps to make these awesome videos possible.
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Andy is one of the most wholesome and down to earth food related content creators on YouTube. It's good, simple, honest cooking that you can easily follow along with at home. In my opinion, he is the future of what the general public has coined "celebrity chefs." It's nothing like Gordon Ramsay, which is very explosive, to the point, and hard to follow along with, almost as if Gordon is leading a service in a professional kitchen, not teaching someone who simply enjoys cooking at home. Andy is concise and takes his time to explain each step in a way that someone who isn't a professional chef will understand. I've cooked a few recipes of Andy's and had success every time even managed to get my children eating them as well, which is amazing as they are both picky eaters.
