and in this video I will only be eating

Disney princess foods for 24 hours.

You guys have seen me do a lot of cooking challenges so far,

obviously a lot of colored food ones,

which I'm still going to be makings,

and I've also done videos where I try

to recreate a dish from a specific game,

and as someone who loves Disney,

and especially Disney princesses,

I thought it would be fun to challenge myself

to only make and eat Disney princess meals for 24 hours.

I think it's really cool that a lot of these

Disney princesses have different cultural backgrounds.

That also means that today,

I will be making a variety of dishes

from all across the world,

and that's pretty exciting.

I'm looking at making at least three meals and one dessert,

so I'm going to be crazy busy in the kitchen today.

It's going to be a fun filled journey,

or should I say, a magical adventure.

All right, let's do this.

Good morning, it is now time for breakfast,

the most important meal of the day.

For this meal, I have decided to go with

the bacon and egg porridge slash congee from Mulan,

my favorite Disney princess.

For those of you who remember,

the one that had that, like,

cute little smiley face on top.

This is the porridge that Mushu made Mulan

on her first day of training

to kind of cheer her up and encourage her,

so I figured this is kind of

the perfect way to start off today.

I'm not entirely sure why there's bacon.

I feel like regular pork belly is

a little more mainstream in Chinese culture.

But regardless, I am going to make my dish

as similar as the one Mulan had.

All right, let's get started,

and hope I bring honor to us all.

Ingredients wise, we only have a few things.

We need our eggy eyes, and then our bacon smile,

and I have a cup of rice.

I grew up eating congee a lot,

and my mom used to put, like,

sliced ginger pieces into my congee,

both for flavor and because she said it was good for me,

and I also like to flavor it with

a little bit of salt and some white pepper.

I'm also going to be using my trusty rice cooker

to cook the porridge for me

since it has a porridge setting,

and that can save me some time.

First things first, gotta wash the rice.

(water running)

Drop a little bit of ginger in there.

Close it, porridge option...

(machine beeps)

Okay, and while the congee is cooking,

I'm going to get started on

frying up the eggs and the bacon.

Also making some Chinese tea.

(violin background music)

Exciting news, my congee is finally done.

Ta-da!

Just add a sprinkle of that white pepper powder,

tiny bit of salt, give it a good mix,

and porridge is done.

I have my bacon, and I have my two eggs.

So, all that's left at this point

is just to plate everything up and make sure

that my smiley face actually looks

like a smiley face.

Ta-da!

It looks a little cross eyed for sure,

but that's kind of what the eyes look like

in the movie, and my little bacon strip here.

The color looks pretty on point,

so I'm very, very happy,

and also here I have my tea that I made earlier.

I had to have tea with this meal

because remember when Mulan went

to meet, like, the matchmaker.

I remember one of the evaluations was

her pouring tea, and I just

remember that scene so vividly.

And also tea just goes really well

with Chinese breakfast and congee.

I'm actually really, really happy

with how this meal turned out.

Smells really comforting.

Growing up, my mom would usually

make congee for me when I'm sick,

so this is just very nostalgic and super cute.

I'm gonna take a bite.

Oh, my little smiley face is destroyed.

It's warm, it's comforting.

I love the little bits of ginger in there.

It just gives it a little more flavor.

Also, this is a big bowl of congee.

It's a very, very filling one,

which is probably appropriate,

because Mulan was having this

before she had to do her training,

so she needed sustenance.

Now take a sip of my tea.

This is honestly one of the best ways

to start off your day, because it's like ...

It fills you up with warmth, it's comforting,

you know you're not gonna be hungry for a while.

I love it,

and I'm sure Mulan appreciated this meal as well.

Going to actually sit down now

and slowly enjoy this meal before I get started on lunch.

I finally finished breakfast,

and I am super, super full,

but the next meal I wanna make takes a lot of cooking time,

so I'm going to get started right away.

Back to the kitchen it is.

So, for lunch, I'm going to be making

Princess Tiana's gumbo from The Princess and the Frog.

Princess Tiana is obviously an amazing chef.

All of the food in that film just looked

so incredible, and I remember that scene where she was

making gumbo with her dad,

you know when she was just a little kid,

and she was stirring this huge pot of gumbo

and her dad had that first bite,

and it just blew his mind.

Princess Tiana grew up in New Orleans,

which is one of my favorite places to be.

Amazing music, amazing flavors,

and gumbo is one of their most popular dishes.

So, I'm excited to try and make it today,

and hopefully make Tiana proud.

I did quite a bit of research,

and these are the ingredients I'll be using:

chicken thighs, some andouille sausages,

and I have some okra, some chicken stock,

red bell pepper, celery, garlic, and onion.

I'm putting shrimp in because I remember

Tiana putting some in hers, so that's why

I'm going to dress mine up with some of these eventually.

Some bay leaf, and this really special spice blend.

These two spice blends are ones

that I bought when I went to New Orleans a while back,

and I'm very, very excited to use it,

because they just smell so good.

This is going to be a very, very hearty stew,

and it's going to take a lot of time,

but you know how Tiana always just looks

like she's having so much time

enjoying herself in the kitchen,

singing and dancing.

So, I am hoping to channel that energy today,

and make this gumbo.

First thing I'm gonna do is fry up my chicken thighs,

season them of course with some salt and pepper,

and a little bit of this spice blend,

and in the mean time, I'm going to

chop up my vegetables, also my sausages.

Chicken is done, I've set it to a side.

Now to make our roux, which is what's going to

make our gumbo slightly thicker,

and also give it that signature smoky flavor.

Again, this step will take quite a bit of time.

I'm talking 30 to 40 minutes,

but I'm just going to put on some music, and jam out.

Okay, the roux is pretty much done.

It is this dark, like milk chocolate color.

It smells really smoky, but not burnt,

so that's a good sign.

Then I can throw in my vegetables,

and just cook that a little bit until tender,

and then I'm just de glazing it

before I add in my chicken stock.

Lots of flavor going on in here.

Chicken stock is in, now I'm also throwing in some thyme,

also my sausages, and a bit of okra.

So, at this point, everything that

needs to be in is already in.

The next thing to do is basically

let this simmer for at least three hours.

Yeah, quite a bit of time.

That just means I can do some work now,

and then I can check on it every once in a while,

make sure it doesn't stick.

And then we'll add the shrimp in at the very end.

It smells so good in here right now.

Even before I'm tasting it,

I can already smell all those flavors we put in.

Ta-da!

This consistency looks about right.

The smell is just incredible.

So far, it does look like the one that Tiana made,

so I am very, very excited about this.

Also, the kind of smell that

already makes you kind of salivate.

But yeah, this is done.

I am going to put this in a bowl, and serve it up.

All right, and here is my final product.

This is what my gumbo looks like.

I put a little bit of rice in the middle,

that's how they usually serve it.

I also put some green onions on the very top.

Color looks about right.

I also grabbed my Tabasco,

because Tiana, in the movie,

adds a dash of this to her final plate,

and her dad loved it.

So I figured I would do that too.

I also made a quick cup of iced coffee to go with it.

I wish I had beignets.

For now, I am so ready to try this gumbo.

It just smells so good.

Little bit of everything.

Oh my god.

So I did have gumbo a few times

when I was in Louisiana, and this does remind me of it.

There's so much flavor in here

because of all the stuff we put in, right.

So you end up with this, like,

spicy, savory and very, very rich stew.

I'm gonna add a little bit of Tabasco.

It all goes together so well.

Oh my god, wow.

You know how in the film,

when people first try Tiana's cooking,

their faces just, like, light up.

That's how I feel right now.

Can't stop eating this.

I am not eating like a Disney princess.

I'm just stuffing my face.

A Disney princess who can make this, incredible.

All right, I will not subject you guys

to watching me wolf down the rest of this.

Even though it took a lot of time,

I'm really glad I had the opportunity

to actually make this, and taste this at home.

It is definitely spicy though.

I'm like, sweating.

All right I am now gonna eat this off screen,

and then we're gonna be back to get started on dinner,

which is going to be a feast.

As if I haven't been feasting all day already.

Okay, that was a super satisfying meal,

but my work is far from done,

because for dinner I'm planning on making

a meal from Beauty and the Beast.

Do you remember when Belle first gets to the castle,

and they welcome her with this whole spread of food.