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Shaved, Smashed, Seared and Chopped: A New Way to Cook Cheesesteak | Kenji's Cooking Show

Shaved, Smashed, Seared and Chopped: A New Way to Cook Cheesesteak | Kenji's Cooking Show

J. Kenji López-AltGrade B· Leftover recipes

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Title
Technique Sequence + Novelty Reveal

89 chars · no number · trigger: curiosity

Title verbatim
"Shaved, Smashed, Seared and Chopped: A New Way to Cook Cheesesteak | Kenji's Cooking Show"
Thumbnail

subject center · emotion: none · face none · complementary · palette: Warm browns and golds (meat, bread, caramelization) contrasted with bright pink text and white outlines. Red pepper flecks add accent color. The complementary pink-on-warm-brown strategy ensures text legibility and visual pop even at 160x90px.

On-thumbnail text
"A NEW WAY TO COOK CHEESESTEAK / SMASHED, SEARED, and CHOPPED / KENJI" (9 words)
Hook
Curiosity gap

device: open_loop

First 30 seconds
Oh boy, this is going to be good. I know it. Hey, it's Kenji. Uh, I'm going to make a cheese steak, but a little different than a normal cheese steak. So, this is actually now the third time I've attempted this. Well, let's start with what we're doing first. Okay, so I went to the Chinese supermarket and went to the hot pot section and there I found some sliced A5 Wagyu ribeye as well as some sliced chuck roll. Just regular old
Short script
Story arc
Hook
Oh boy, this is going to be good. I know it. [0:06-0:08] Hey, it's Kenji. Uh, I'm going to make a cheese steak, but a little different than a normal cheese steak.
Long script
Tutorial

8 retention devices · 5 chapters · 1 CTAs

Cold open, first 30s
Oh boy, this is going to be good. I know it. Hey, it's Kenji. Uh, I'm going to make a cheese steak, but a little different than a normal cheese steak. So, this is actually now the third time I've attempted this. Well, let's start with what we're doing first. Okay, so I went to the Chinese supermarket and went to the hot pot section and there I found some sliced A5 Wagyu ribeye as well as some sliced chuck roll.
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