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Mole poblano starts with whole corn on Crazy Korean Cooking

Homemade tortillas, heritage turkey and arroz rojo turn the family's Mexican meal into a two-part cooking-and-tasting story.

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Making Mexican Mole Poblano for My Korean ParentsMaking Mexican Mole Poblano for My Korean Parents

Crazy Korean Cooking takes "from scratch" all the way back to the corn. In "Making Mexican Mole Poblano for My Korean Parents," the host nixtamalizes kernels, grinds them on a stone metate and presses tortillas before the meal reaches her parents' patio table.

The mole gets an equally detailed treatment. Chiles, nuts, seeds, spices, bread, cookies and plantain become pastes, with turkey broth, Mexican chocolate and piloncillo joining the pot. This is not simply chocolate sauce with dinner: the chocolate arrives after a long procession of toasted, fried and ground ingredients. The cooking upload has reached about 760,000 views, the largest audience for any of the week's four new posts.

Viewers keep returning to the labor behind the tortillas, the seasoned comal and the turkey preparation. Several Mexican commenters discuss the care taken with their country's cooking; others joke that the process explains the appeal of buying mole in a jar.

The tasting has its own installment, "Korean Parents Try Mexican Mole Poblano First Time." Its description adds a lovely behind-the-camera detail: the host's sister was grinding corn in real time while filming continued. The family tried tortillas made both from freshly ground corn and from masa harina.

Those two uploads also carry the channel's strongest daily momentum. Behind them comes the earlier Japanese meal, with wagyu sushi, tableside tempura and homemade soba. Crazy Korean Cooking added around 4,000 subscribers over the week, although daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Nearby, 1 Hour Lunch Break had a particularly busy week, while Outdoor Chef Life was quieter. Here, the week's defining work happened before anyone took a bite.

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What viewers say

  • You even seasoned the comal. Prepared your own corn for tortillas. Your dedication is something else.
  • As a Mexican, THANK YOU for taking the time and dedication to study and make our dishes. This is what food is about. This is what it means to us. A dish prepared with love and good intention, is what makes the meal ❤️
  • You caught your own Turkey and nixtamalized your own corn... astonishing... you are an absolute force of nature and I am consistently in awe of your abilities.
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  • The way you honor peoples culture and heritage through food is soooo beautiful 🤍
  • When I hear “authentic” Mexican food, THIS VIDEO is now the standard. I mean….this is THEE definition of “from scratch!”
    @tabithaowens8493See it on YouTube
  • I’m Mexicana, and I’ve never seen a foreigner make a Maxican dish as original like yours, my full respect 🫡 to you ❤❤❤
    @youcommentedyearsago1574See it on YouTube
  • This woman right here, the entire family are just incredible! The respect, love and authenticity that goes in making and enjoying these dishes is what the good part of the internet is about. ❤
  • Your cooking looks amazing! You do everything from scratch, which is so impressive. I have so much respect for how you cook in such a way that is authentic to the culture.

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The facts
Subscribers
864,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,371,833
Videos published this week
4
Video published
October 30, 2026
Video views so far
760,920
Views on its first day
138,505

The numbers

Here is how Crazy Korean Cooking's audience and uploads moved this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
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9,146,152
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1,285,969
subscribers
864,000
▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days
total views
436,216,691
views per day
196,794
typical day: 332,830
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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838,000
As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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Which Mexican rice dish accompanies the mole in this week's meal?