Okay I did it for y'all... This is gonna take about 60 minutes or so to prep (if you're an amateur and wannabe like me... and honestly I'd probably take even longer), somewhere around 180 minutes to cook, and your inactive time is somewhere around 2.25 to 13.25 hours, meaning this recipe might take a good 17 hours and 15 minutes total... To be fair, the vast majority of that time is doing literally nothing, so... I mean... it's really not that long at all if you think about it. Also, it makes 8 sandwiches, but you're *definitely* gonna have leftovers. Roast Beef: -8 lbs prime rib roast -50g (0.5 cup) finely ground coffee -28g (3 tbsps) kosher salt -Freshly ground black pepper, to taste -Lots of fresh Rosemary -Several shallots, halved -Whole coriander seeds -Any other aromatics you want Caramelized Onions: -2 medium sweet onions, peeled and diced -2 tbsps butter -Salt and sugar to taste (more salt than sugar) Onion Rolls: -295g (1.25 cups) water, 100°F/38°C -12g (1 tbsp) instant yeast -612g (3.25 cups) bread flour -14g (2 tsps) fine sea salt -2 large eggs (room temperature) -42g (3 tbsps) unsalted butter, softened and divided into 3 separate tbsps -The caramelized onions (above), COOLED to room temp Arby's Sauce: -311g (1 cup) ketchup -45g (3 tbsps) hot sauce -16g (1 tbsp) brown sugar -8g (2 tsps) garlic powder -12g (1 tbsp) worcestershire sauce -19g (1.5 tbsps) water Cheese Sauce: -28g (2 tbsps) unsalted butter -23g (2 tbsps) all purpose flour -240ml (1 cup) whole milk -135g (1.5 cups) freshly shredded cheddar cheese -Salt and pepper to taste 1.5 hours before you decide to make these... or, even better, the night before... grind your coffee very finely and mix with the salt and pepper. Rub this on your rib roast... and you want a *thick* layer, here, covering every inch. Place it on a cooling rack set in a baking sheet and let it rest at room temperature for an hour or overnight in the fridge*. About one hour before you're ready to roast, preheat your oven to 450°F/230°C. When ready to cook, line the bottom of a roasting pan with fresh rosemary, shallots, olive oil, coriander seeds, and any other fresh, whole aromatics you want. Place your beef onto that aromatic Garden of Eatin' you created, place in your preheated oven, and roast for 15 minutes. Drop the temp to 325°F/162°C, and roast for 11 minutes per pound of beef (88 minutes for the 8-lb roast called for here), or until the internal temperature reaches 120°F/48°C. Let the meat rest for a minimum of 20 minutes... but probably longer...^ While your oven's cooling down (shouldn't take long at all), take your onions, cut their tops off, slice them in half, and give 'em a medium dice. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the onions, season with salt and a little sugar, cover, and caramelize for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. While the onions are caramelizing, mix the yeast into the water and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour and salt and mix until combined. Attach the dough hook to your stand mixer, attach the bowl, and begin mixing on low speed. Add the yeast water and the eggs and let mix for 5 minutes or until everything is nicely incorporated into a smooth little man. Add the softened butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, then continue to mix on medium low speed until the dough is combined, smooth, and beautiful. Add the COOLED caramelized onions (cooled... don't make Papa angry) and mix until incorporated. Turn out the dough, work it into a ball, grease a bowl (ideally around 1.5 to 2 times the size of the dough), place the dough in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise at room temp until chubby, about an hour or so (depending on the temperature of your room). Partway into this rise would be a good time to preheat your oven to 375°F/190°C. Once risen, punch the dough down and divide into 8 even pieces (110g to 130g each). Shape each piece into a ball. Place each ball onto a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet, cover with another baking sheet, and proof for 25 minutes at room temperature. Then brush each one with an egg wash, "optionally" top with everything bagel seasoning (we all know it's not really optional), and toss them in your preheated oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until beautifully golden brown. Finish them off by brushing them with melted butter. For the Arby's sauce, combine all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan, whisk, bring to a simmer over medium heat, and let it reduce for about 5 minutes. For the cheese... sauce... in a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat and add the flour. Cook for 30 seconds while whisking, then very slowly whisk in the milk. Keep heating and whisking until it thickens, then add the shredded cheese. Turn off the heat and keep whisking until velvety smooth. Then season to taste with salt and pepper. To assemble, grab a bun, cut it in half, and toast it. Not toasting it would be... bad. It would be bad. Don't skip toasting it. Don't make Papa cry. Slice the beef as thinly as you possibly can. On the bottom of your TOASTED bun, spread some "Arby's sauce", layer and fold as much beef as you want on there, add a generous spoonful or two of the cheese sauce, and crown your king... with the TOASTED top of your TOASTED bun. (Also... I added some notes of my own:) *You could go crazy with the beef and age it a bit, too... 2 days in the fridge... 3 days... or maybe you got one a' them there fancy dry-aging machines and can throw it in there for a while. ^Look you're gonna wanna let your oven cool, and you need to let the dough rise for an hour and rest for 25 minutes, so... you'll have to coordinate all this so everything is timed optimally. Good luck. And don't forget to toast that damn bun!

Hey you should make a book called A Weissman Once Said

My mother loves Arby's, the Beef 'N Cheddar is her favorite sandwich, so for mothers day today I made this sandwich following your recipe. HUGE success! I did alter the cheese sauce, making a beer cheese with aged provolone and smoke Gouda. And sautéed Peppers, Mushrooms and onions to make more of a Philly cheese steak variation. But the Buns and meat I followed your recipe to a T, and it was amazing! Thank you very much for this video and making this mothers day a great one. I hope I made Papa proud.

Truly magical how the carmelizing process makes the onions go from diced to sliced

As someone who lives outside of the US, I'd like to thank you for making all these recipes, allowing me to recreate these fast foods that I wouldn't be able to access otherwise

"similar to Arby's sauce but with flavour". The amount of shade being thrown in this video is amazing and I live for it.

After watching a bunch of these videos I keep telling myself to just skip to the end to see the final product. Yet I watch the whole thing, even him make the freaking bread every time. Probably one of the best personalities and simple well made content on KZfaq.

Worked for Arby's a decade. Food is just ok. BTW the Red Ranch that bottoms a B&C is just Catalina French dressing with a few modifications. Arby's sauce is just a tangier, more ketchup-y bbq sauce. I would totally try to recreate this tho. Looks sooo good lol

"You're gonna give it life and then punch it back down...." Did my mother write this? 🤣

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I've already made this recipe several times just for the roast beef (I've been on the carnivore diet for a year) and every time I come back to this video for the coffee rub measurements and Josh says "save it, you'll use it later. You're welcome." And he smiles at the camera, and I just smile back. Yeah, I use it all the time. Thanks 😊

THIS WAS THE BOMB! Couldn’t find a bone in rib roast and accidentally picked up a boneless prime New York strip roast. Turned out beautifully. Arby sauce and cheese sauce was easy and oh so tasty and the rolls were perfect. Instructions were spot on. Anyone can make this. I used my meat slicer and it went through the meat like butter!! Will definitely make this one of my go to meals! Well done Joshua, well done!

This video is probably how the first Arby's was, and then they had to scale out and the quality dropped to what it is today. Support your local restaurants, they're vastly superior to chains!

It’s a cowboy hat. Cowboys herd cows. Cows make beef. Beef makes roast beef. Roast beef makes sandwiches

It's amazing how these homeade recipes not only look better, but taste better and you actually know whats in them

I worked at Arbys in high school and its my deepest regret to mention that my senior quote was, in fact, "Arby's - we have the meats™"

Bro cant believe this man is still standing after he out pizzaed the hut

Business proposal: Start an exclusive restaurant chain called " | But Better"

Girls don’t want diamonds, girls want homemade beef and cheddar sandwiches 😍😩🤤

Just wanted to leave a comment stating how much I enjoy the shows, the cookbook, and all you have done to put yourself out there for people to experience, share, and enjoy. I wish you the very best that this upcoming holiday season has to offer, and I look forward to see what you are going to produce in the next year. Happy Holidays!

Me at Arby's: "Lemme get one 'But Better' beef and cheddar sammich, please." Arby's: "No problem, that will be $85 and be ready for you tomorrow."

"If you put your onions while they're hot I'm gonna have to spank you" Brb gotta put my onions at 700 degrees on my buns

It’s so refreshing to hear someone give an accurate time for caramelizing onions. Drives me nutso when recipes pull this “sautéed onions for 5 -10 minutes until caramelized”

“It tastes surprisingly like Arby’s sauce but with flavor” cracks me up every time. I’ve watched this a few times and about to make a fresh batch of the sauce. It’s great on a lot of things.

Joshua: “Where do beef sandwiches correlate with big hats?” Me: *chef*

Joshua Weissman should make the Travis Scott Meal But Better.

rocked this with a home dry-aged rib roast...it was insannne, huge hit, think I saw a guest leave their body 11/10

Joshua: “I’m gonna have to give you a spanking” Everyone: OwO

"I'm home from shopping, darling! How did you spend your day?" "I made a sandwich."

Anybody else think to their self “I could make this” then get tired just thinking about all the dishes and time it would take.

What I adore is his commitment to making every steps so chefs of all levels can choose the parts the difficulty level like lol don’t make your own bread if you have no time but the beef and cheese sauce could be cool try the bread another day 😌 love that

It’s almost sacred and regal in appearance! Love the bag on the head! You all have more fun than should legally be allowed!

ARBY: "SCUSE ME" JOSH: "Yeah?" ARBY: "U SAY SUMN?" JOSH: .___.

Hot damn, you got the meats.

Okay I love Beef n Cheddar and you made my mouth water yum!! I'm going to try you version yum! Thank you for always toasting the buns I love toasted buns and people look at me like I'm crazy but I don't care lol

Personally my favourite Arby’s sandwich are the Buffalo chicken sliders! I am British and have slowly worked out that Arby’s is not very popular across the pond, but it’s my favourite fast food chain! 3 buffalo sliders with just the chicken and sauce with curly fries, P E R F E C T I O N

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Joshua in a decade: making a child (Edit):anxiety intensifies

Not all fast food restaurants are the same. I don't get in the mood too often, but when I want a BK Whooper I travel 5 towns away. The roll is always plump, the lettuce, tomato and condiments are always generous and their sandwich looks like the advertising pictures. I pass at least 2 others on the way and there are probably another 6 BK's closer. Over the years I have gone to them all and the place I found is consistently the best.

Imagine how much Arby’s would charge if they made it like this lmao

Not me purposely putting in the carmelized onions while they’re hot.

"It tastes surprisingly close to Arby's sauce, but with flavor" Shade has been thrown.

FINALLY! Someone who is honest about how long it takes to caramelize onions 🙏😅

I tried this recipe with my friends, oh my god it taste so good, I never make sandwiches this delicious before, thank you so so so much to introduce me this beautiful recipe, don’t just watch it but try it with your friends it will taste 1000 times better 😊

I wouldn't even be mad of he said we got arby's at home

Did anyone else notice he wasn’t wearing pants when he put the meat in the oven.. 😂

The fact that I can use this video and Matty’s video to make the same sandwich is honestly incredible. Do I want to learn from Josh’s incredible high production and detailed video, or Matty’s high insanity and hilarious video? Jokes on you I can learn from both bc they are both kings 🔥🔥🔥

It's original, tasty and it look fun to cook. Clearly my favorite Josh's burger of all time, thank you for the recipe. 😉

“‘Scuse me? You say something??” 🤣🤣

* Adds transparent liquid * Me: oh wat kind of fancyness is that? Special vinegar? Vodka perhaps? Joshua: water.. *Oh*

I’ve literally never had a good experience at Arby’s however I love their sandwiches so I appreciate this recipe so much

Arby’s beef looks like a dissected heart

"Where does roast beef correlate with a cowboy hat?" Cowboys who herded beef cows. For beef sandwiches.

Coming from an Arby’s worker: our roast beef is the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen

On top of making a killer sandwich which was the bomb! Which I have to make, very funny to watch. I like when you gave the prime rib the tongue 😛

Awesome recipe! I ran into an issue with my caramelized onions being too wet for my dough. Just added more flour and they turned out awesome. Hot sauce in arbys sauce was the only other issue I ran into. But damn this is a lot of work for a beef n cheddar. Lolz 😂

Joshua: Where does beef sandwiches correlate with a big hat? Me (not sure if he's joking or not but pedantic anyway): beef sandwiches > beef > cow > cowboy > cowboy hat

“Tastes surprisingly similar to Arby’s sauce but with flavour” 😂 😂😂😂😂💀

When I balance in the cost of spending literally the entire day making a sandwich, I'm not sure how much better this really is. 😅

You are so entertaining Papa thank you for sharing your delicious food 😋 ❤

Josh you should open a restaurant and each menu item should be one of your “But better” creations.

KZfaq is getting really comfortable with the 15-second ads no skip huh?

Love your stuff Josh!

1:56 to answer your question it was when I first had arbys their was none near me here in NY but when I went to vist family in FL we went to one of the older arbys and man was it good (compared to the Mcdonalds that are every wherein NY) also the cashier new ASL so it was a shock (i have hearing loss).

Josh: pretty sure there’s a lot of msg involved Uncle roger: YOU CALLED?

I relate all too much to that onion bun. As an Asían, I too was given life and then punched down.

For some reason when I eat the cheese and the arbysauce it literally is so acidic mixed together it makes the flavor of vomit, so I don’t get the cheese cause it’s a liquid that leaves a powder feel in my mouth anyways but yet Arby’s is one of my favorite fast foods down here in Florida. So I’m definitely going the try making this I already made your chick fil a sandwich it was my first time making home bread! Thanks for walking us through the directions in such great detail it makes it easier to learn.

I followed the same way made it and loved it

“Don’t add hot onions, otherwise I’ll spank you” Mama don’t let them onions cool

The ad that came up in the middle of this vid was a Sasko one (a South African bread company) that started all dramatically with "Who knew a sandwich could change my life." Hahaha how perfect

My family brags about my cooking skills thank you for teaching me how to cook through these videos

I couldnt see how josh would lose this, he had prime rib and arbys must have the cheapest beef available

"as usual, you're giving it life and then punching it back down" ah, sounds like my parents

Hey, Arby's employee here to say that red ranch and Arby's sauce are not the same thing! Red ranch is basically french dressing whereas Arby's sauce is a signature BBQ-ketchup kinda sauce :) Loved the vid!

My favourite thing about the But Better series: all the shade being thrown

I will say I get defensive about Arby's. I love it. Thanks for not tearing it a new one. You at least appreciate the Arby's sauce and that is all I can ask for.

Q: What would such a huge chunk of beef typically cost in the US? Because in Europe it would probably be like 100 € 😳 depending on quality

Weissman: "Pretty sure there's a lot of MSG involved..." Uncle Roger: MaNy PeOple SaY MSG BaD foR YouR BodY, BuT UnCLe ROgER saY GoOd FoOd iS BettER than BoDy.

Beats almost everything on the Food Network. Amazing work.

I love beef n cheddar they are really good and I’m excited to see what you make

'I'm gonna have to give you a spanking" Bruh, don't threaten me with a good time..

0:33 - 0:38, now imagine Josh being a psychopathic killer talking to his captive in the cabinet.

How In the ever loving hell am I just finding this place 😂 😂 😂 I've literally been glue to these videos 3 days 😂 😂

Crazy, had Arby's for the first time in months the other night and had similar customer experience. Think it took at least 20 minutes. Not sure if its a problem since they were bought out but when I frequented that same store couple years ago service was great, food was better (for what it is) and generally nicer people working.

That Arby's burger was the saddest burger I ever saw. Edit: the saddest sandwich I ever saw*

Big Vik with the ultimate dis: "Tastes like school lunch."

Sadly in India we do not have such places and the ones that we do serve only chicken. No Pork or Beef because of the vast majority, so people cannot try these out to even do a comparison. However thank you for making these comparisons on behalf of us. 🙏 And more importantly show us how to make these lovely lovely sandwiches 😋❤️

Year 2050: Making the entire world, but better.

Yo Josh, there's nothing listed under ingredients you'll need

Anyone else notice how the diced onions are suddenly sliced onions when caramelised in the pan? 😂

Josh “Red Ranch” is Catalina Dressing… I worked there all throughout High school… we were dead inside lol

Beef and cheddar is one of my favorites I’ll have to try it

You should include average cost per sandwich, I’d be interested to see how Arby’s stacks up to homemade per dollar.

The opening song makes me feel like I'm waking up no matter what time of day it is

I LOVE THIS! I really like arby's beef and cheese! They are super expensive. I buy them maybe once ever 2 months.

I have watched so many of these and its always a slam dunk. Would be interesting if, instead of a fast food joint, the competition could be some high-end restaurant or food from a chef that may at least have a shot at being some kind of real competition.

You'll be able to slice it thinner if you firm it up in the freezer for an hour or so. Even thinner still if you invest in a deli slicer. Then reheat the thin meat in Au Jus. Perfection!

I totally agree that josh can make better food than the take out equivalent, however, i would like to see him do it for the cost price of the original food. I doubt Arbys use a fore rib of beef for their burgers.... im not putting him down, it would just be an interesting challenge

Damn bro, you go all out! I love it. Wish I wasn't too lazy to go to that extreme, or drop that much cash. I'm thinking of using some store bought onion buns(thoasted with butter on the grill of course) and some good hi quality sliced roast beef from the deli placed in the crock pot with some beef bone broth for a while just to heat up and get juicy.

When I was a wee child, Arby's sliced the meat right off a huge chunk of rotating beef. Like a lot of fast food, it already was but better 30 years ago.