How to Make Perfect Fried Chicken and DaPanJi Every Time • Taste Show

Perfectly fried golden-brown, crunchy, crisp crust, with super juicy and moist meat. Masterchef John Zhang shares simple tips on how to make the perfect fried chicken with step by step instruction.
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"DaPanJi" (大盘鸡) literally means "A big plate of chicken" in Chinese. It is one of the best foods you can try when traveling to Xinjiang, China. Chef John shows you tips on how you can make it at home.
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[@murn3229]

The music made me feel like I was on a mystical magical journey to the emerald mountain to obtain the celestial dragon sword which will help me defeat the evil jade emperor.

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Awesome comment ... jajaja.

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Lmao I love your imagination

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dude 😂💀

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[@ryanchoy7760]

👍🏻

[@aaronthomas823]

Well played

[@camronscott6783]

Oliver Verba well played

[@milanhenegamage3576]

Beat the meat 😁

[@amandamadrid8737]

How much oil do we use chef 👩‍🍳 🙋

[@TasteShow]

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[@maniswolftoman]

Cooking on a wok is so much fun. I’ve probably made fried rice in a wok over 10,000 times and each one I enjoyed. It’s like nothing else.

[@xhlynxhlyn]

It is

[@minidudulsith8686]

The tap running boils my blood

[@JD-tv9dc]

I'm pretty sure people complaining here about the oil aren't Asians. 😂😂😂😂 Or doesn't know what deep fry means.

[@hanoh2904]

I know it is deep fried. But as it is just me in the house . Using that much oil is just a waste since i can't reuse it except maybe once

[@KarkoXBane]

Mostly them are from India who's comment about oil and running. Lol

[@KarkoXBane]

@@hanoh2904 it's not your house bruhh. This is cooking channels. Smh

[@hanoh2904]

@@KarkoXBane most of us watch these cooking chanels so they can make the food at home duh. Especially the easy recipes

[@KarkoXBane]

@@hanoh2904 can you make deep fried food recipe using a little oil? It is call deep fried recipe tho. Just asking.. And if you can use a little oil it won be that good.

[@HemantKumar-lp2xw]

Every thing is good except, the running tap.

[@olmec_____5536]

And the mayo

[@yuanlinhu9411]

Hemant Kumar the running tab is to keep the platform clean and refresh. It’s mandatory for professional kitchens for Chinese food. There is a channel by another Chinese chef Wanggang who raised the same discussion in his video, but explained by other chefs in the comments.

[@HemantKumar-lp2xw]

@@yuanlinhu9411 thanks for information..brother....but there is some other ways to be clean and hygienic..

[@pm_cruciblenone4008]

The water is constantly running to prevent the stovetop from overheating.

[@mengkading826]

As I know, some running tap in Chinese restaurant is cyclic.

[@mrJayGarage]

I feel like the whole chicken, owed him money😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WZRDr]

I rarely do this, but it's *owed

[@mrJayGarage]

@@WZRDr thanks

[@WZRDr]

@@mrJayGarage ure most welcome. Oh i missed another, it's supposed to be *feel.

[@mrJayGarage]

@@WZRDr ok thanks again, I eventually get it done the right way.😂😂

[@gatime]

Fantastic Recipes!

[@baridbej9196]

The second one looks like the Indian chicken curry from West Bengal but totally different in terms of flavour profile. Need to try this one

[@albertledesma5173]

I love Chef John. He’s my favorite.

[@tombutombu1078]

Mom hears the music of this video: Oh she's watching an inspirational video. Good for her. Me: Watching fried chicken recipe.

[@Chhayascooktime]

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[@ankithchhetry3317]

This comment section has never heard of 'frying'.

[@purnima4602]

So true

[@akivanilla3449]

Ikr.. I really really wonder why many of them were freaked out about the oil

[@akivanilla3449]

@RomeoPapaCharlie hmm possibly also not knowing their McDonald's were definitely going through frying too before they can enjoy it 😂

[@carlito8582]

Me: "so I need how much oil?" Chef "how much can you afford?"

[@apontutul]

I can swim in that

[@chrisbrownx]

Guess why he has so much fat reserves in his body

[@stefff748]

@@apontutul lol 😂

[@avocadoseed4754]

@@chrisbrownx that's rude 😒

[@auroraofstars]

@@chrisbrownx im chinese n that made me laugh 😂

[@tariqrizwan2931]

I have no idea how it tastes...but the color of dishes truly mesmerized me & made me fall in love at first sight :)

[@maximilianarturo2428]

Me: How much oil do we need chef? Chef: Yes

[@somayaalharbi1180]

😂😂😂

[@HR-zf6ue]

hahaha

[@puertadoor8738]

Lol

[@bloomtorres3852]

Proxycon Consulting 😂😂😂😂

[@zakiwagiman1039]

Damn right! Thats way too much oil...especially for the first dish.

[@robertholtz]

I’m still stunned at the simple perfection of the first dish. Looks so delicious.😋

[@WWuxian]

simple is always amazing. 😋😋

[@MrAlvarez23]

My mouth is so watery 🤯🤯🤯, I feel like I'm back in the days when I used to live with my Grandmother 🥰🥰

[@nickpipebomb1711]

This man is legendary. He can hold the handle pan by his bare hands. 🙌

[@kamalgill3256]

I used to think chinese food is difficult to cook but watching your videos made me realise its not that hard to cook. Atleast the basic form is very easy to cook and fool proof.

[@Rhoxe]

3:00 add some iron dust

[@Dbiskate]

Naw he's just straightening his edge. No metal is being removed

[@serdarerden4715]

@@Dbiskate thx. we thought he tried to add iron dust. hahahaha :D

[@TheChilla171]

@@Dbiskate how do you think its getting sharp/straight again, without removing some metal ?

[@Dbiskate]

@@TheChilla171 because metal is more malleable than you probably think it is

[@thecaptain5026]

@@TheChilla171 You're straightening the edge with the honing rod. No metal is being removed.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

I don’t know how this guy touched everything with his hands, but still keeps them so clean the whole time.

[@lucidaaron5018]

I've seen Gordon Ramsey touch raw chicken and just without washing his hands cook food. Only once have I seen him drop a spoon on dirt when he did outdoor cooking in foreign countries and he gave the local that spoon to try his scrambled eggs. Last time I dropped a fully wrapped jack in the box burger on forest floor I nearly died of food poisening. Throwing up all night sweating. extremely thirsty immidietly after and than throwing up more and repeat. All night.

[@RexyFan]

Aaron s hahahahaha @ Ramsay giving his dropped spoon to a local to try his food 😂😂😂

[@ronpalma17]

they have a towel tucked at their waist band. either on the side or at the back. as well as near the stove.

[@mosslimbayter277]

@@lucidaaron5018 Dropping "fully wrapped" food on the "forest floor" will not contaminate the food or the forest. Are your feet contaminated when your shoes touch the ground?

[@lucidaaron5018]

@@mosslimbayter277 well I was also digging 100+ holes to guerilla grow 100+ marijuana plants and so as I'm digging their were ALWAYS big rocks that required my friend and I to use our hands to dig around and remove. last I checked, ain't no sinks with soap bars laying around m8

[@moeemmanuel9395]

The first recipe that does not take a year to make

[@albertledesma5173]

Stop being a crybaby and start cooking...no matter how long it takes.

[@moeemmanuel9395]

Albert Ledesma You, sir need to learn a thing or two about humor XD

[@albertledesma5173]

Moe Emmanuel You Sir, need to get a life.

[@moeemmanuel9395]

Albert Ledesma Mad bro? ;D

[@bearface282]

hahaha I literally check my playback speed if it's 2.0x coz it was faster than usual.. hahaha

[@rempuiisangma8064]

The best part of every video is the part when the chef adds the cooking wine 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@antonio4100]

Hello!

[@cccbb89767]

At first thought it might be a little tasteless.. but I was relieved when he added the sauces, cumin, etc.. looks good

[@singhuttam5201]

No wastage of time great teacher just five point some minutes and two chapters taught. Chef zang all recipes bang bang

[@72tubedmiaz]

Amazing how food unites us all. Mexicans have a similar recipe but without the soy

[@JrBarthelemy]

Why does the first music make me feel like I’m playing Zelda just out on an adventure at sea!!🙂

[@bernardoqalopio1262]

Im really disturbed on how the faucet is always on .

[@ChromeFroggy]

Yes!! Totally!! Like why waste all that water and was it running for the entire 20 mins of the chicken simmering too? Soo many questions

[@1000freezy]

Same

[@thecaptain5026]

It absolutely needed for the type of stove he uses. It keeps it from overheating. And keeps things clean.

[@lovewillwinnn]

Asian men 😍. Asian men (Chef John) who know their way around a kitchen 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😂

[@xenoshade8997]

For those of you complaining about the running water, if you can see, the water runs into a bucket that has a wicker brush, he uses this to splash the top of his stove to keep the top cooler, keeps the metal from overheating from the huge flame underneath

[@leerabulan8280]

Hi Chef the 2nd dish is also called chicken afritada in the Philippines. Thank you for sharing your dishes :)

[@antonio4100]

Hello!

[@johnbricker2487]

I've tried the fried chicken recipe and it is wonderful!

[@markeviouslipscomb3460]

At the beginning, I thought I had accidentally clicked on a "tasty" producer's video.

[@golammorshed999]

Im in love with that chicken curry

[@RaihanHadi]

Watching this chef puts me in zen mode...what an artist!

[@jahcreator]

Watching this makes me feel like I'm playing Emperor:Rise of the Middle Kingdom all over again :)

[@mrobviousp.o.t.o1875]

Liked how you put metal shavings on your meal ✌🏼

[@mosslimbayter277]

Steeling your knife doesn't cause metal shavings. A sharpening stone will.

[@mrobviousp.o.t.o1875]

Moss Limbayter yeah I bet... rubbing metal on metal ... smh

[@thecaptain5026]

@@mrobviousp.o.t.o1875 A honing rod does not remove any material. It just straightens the edge.

[@imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726]

I like how this guy uses a wok for everything, even deep frying, for which I would just use a deep fryer with a temperature control.

[@sisraye]

Not quite the type of music I like listening to when I watch this guy cook it’s like 50 % of what makes his videos a therapeutic experience That hand on the hip is legendary though!

[@glodak007]

So inspiring in a condition many tips from chef Jhon help me

[@eventzond5767]

Mom: what you gonna do with that gallon of oil? Me: tO fRy 3 PIEce Of CHicKeN

[@MultiDragola]

At least he re uses it and for cooking things like meat in oil it takes a lot more oil because when the meat gets added it drops the temperature too much

[@eventzond5767]

Yea, but reusing oil to much to cook food can make you sịck

[@MultiDragola]

@@eventzond5767 yeah you can usually tell if it's bad but considering the type kitchen they have storing it in the proper conditions helps a lot

[@shianhao]

@@eventzond5767 that’s why it can only be stored for a while, once it being used too much or stored too long then it need to be disposed, normally there’s people who buy reused oil from them to process it to make fertiliser

[@ivanmor5641]

2:57 I always make sure to sharpen my knife directly on top of the meat I'm cooking, then I dont clean the blade at all. Gives it texture.

[@pinkman20001]

That wasn't sharpening just straight up torture to the knife.

[@mosslimbayter277]

The blade edge bends with use, a knife-steel straightens the edge making it cut like new. Many chefs and butchers steel the knife blade every 15 minutes or so of cutting; steeling doesn't grind away any of the knife's edge iike a stone does.

[@pinkman20001]

@@mosslimbayter277 that is NOT how you use a knife steel, the way he uses it here will only cause more harm

[@ranjitf1]

Too many ninjas in the audience! ;+()

[@mosslimbayter277]

​@@pinkman20001 Maybe you should text him and tell him he's been doing it wrong 20 times a day for the last 40 years.

[@purkaitsurajit53]

Simply marvellous!! Your skills as a chef are simply amazing Chef John!!☺☺

[@TasteShow]

Thanks so much

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I'm out of grocery and money but here I am watching mouthwatering recipes 🥺

[@Rose_Of_Sharon_]

One day god give a chance for taste chef John's food... God bless you master chef. i like chef John . My favourite chef

[@pigzard01]

1:00 why is he always leaving the tap running?

[@arjun451]

My point exactly

[@balaananth6179]

May be its leakage problem..!

[@fauzymohamed]

Generally with those kinds of burners it's important to have steady flowing water to help cool down the metal so it doesn't warp. This is due to the intense heat from the burner itself. That's what I was told at least when i questioned a chef at one of my favourite restaurants

[@pigzard01]

@@fauzymohamed does that also explain why the area around the burner is flooded as well?

[@gloanndubas]

to regulate the heat surrounding the gas burner..

[@MooreFam624]

The chicken looks so so good. The recipe is easy to prepare

[@ferraricarpaccio1811]

This is absolutely magnificent! Ignore all the haters, this is terrific cooking and yet again another work of art from this fantastic chef! Cheers

[@ob1kenobjunior208]

No lie... he's awesome! I'm just worried about him cooking in hot oil surrounded by water.

[@indumatichakrabarti8414]

This is the most amazing cooking channel I have seen till date !love from India, congratulations for 2.22M subscribers ,go up on 👍👍👍👍

[@cryptomania...2406]

people watches his video not for menus, but to watch his disciplined way & skills towards cooking...

[@yerinhajun]

Wow, that sounds really good. I wish I had a chance to try your food.

[@tanedwinjaya6388]

Uwahhh, fried chicken, my favorite!!! 🤤🤤🤤🤤 Nice work chef john 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@manishabintmusa5179]

Chef John u r the best Chef as well as an Artistic ✌

[@santley88]

Why am I just now seeing these? These are fabulous.

[@camillesjacksonlightworker487]

Can’t wait to cook perfect like this

[@XIM0719]

Absolutely love the quality of these videos! The music is so beautiful, its very soothing to watch these💓and everything looks delicious 🤤

[@jackkooyman261]

Give this man a sharp knive please!!!??

[@mainmajo]

Beside you cooking i love your light and camera work. Pass of color. Art. 💭🍽👍💐🙏

[@robertobravi5426]

I need a new kitchen to cook this 😂

[@sumanpuri6285]

huge respect for master chef🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@laxmidasgaunekar8014]

I loved the way u prep the whole chicken

[@forbiddenXsanctuary]

The song sounds like you're cooking for Disney

[@thesparklinggems7216]

The whole chicken was Native, damn I Love Native Chicken, so hungry while watching this 😋😋 I will cooked this one too, and I will let you know Chef John 😉💛

[@glennhoddle10]

Darth Vader from Star Wars : *"The oil is strong in this one."*

[@forbiddenXsanctuary]

Darth Vader was in Star Wars?!

[@thedreamer215]

Am I the only one who thought that fried chicken must be specially made for Toshiro Hijikata? I have to try this recipe because it looks super bomb.

[@antonio4100]

Hello"

[@Xarnyan_minis]

I came here after i made and ate your chicken Manchurian.. now im hungry again 🤔

[@fua8660]

Love these recipes, thanks for sharing chef! 🙏

[@Someonerandom858]

3:00 Sharpens his knife right over the chicken 🤣

[@SG-uh6sw]

Didn't notice until u said it trouble

[@donthompson4537]

Metal filing right over the cutting block and chicken.

[@gmail3720]

So?

[@CrazySkyable]

all time he filmed the end of the dish and he taste, i hear in my mind "hoohhhyeaaaahh".. brainwash

[@jincjin8700]

Lmao i know you dont speak cantonese, but ' ho yeh ' is great satisfaction in canto

[@punkmaster258]

I think I know what are you talking about, that's a different YT channel not related with this one 😀

[@NickBirchBDB]

Seeing these guys cook, makes me think I can do it myself

[@candythrower]

now that's a beauty...made from simple ingredients

[@shreyakilledar3663]

Why is the tap running? The water wasted is making me anxious

[@rishujha5415]

Right

[@rishujha5415]

Me too🙄😣

[@sure.bol.999]

The running water keeps the station from overheating. It works like a fountain. Cyclic.

[@hanoh2904]

It's not wasted. It comes back around like a fountain

[@KarkoXBane]

You guys hve some issue..smh

[@chocolateberries8884]

Amazing food and beautifully designed. Keep it up, Chef! I would like to taste your food one day.

[@sauce8148]

I want the typical Chinese background music

[@solvency2690]

Unseasoned breadcrumbs and lightly salted chicken.... yum.

[@avyagr]

The music selection is best in every video

[@whenmountainsmove]

Hahaha all these dishes start with a gallon of oil.

[@masudkhoa3861]

I mean it is fried chicken, what do you want?

[@kughanraj3543]

@@masudkhoa3861 true xd

[@lilyxu874]

I’ll just skip fried chicken part🍗 . Frying those potatoes allows them to maintain the shape and cooked through easier after 20mins simmering. If made at home, I would probably cut potatoes into smaller pieces. Stir-fry a bit before stewing with chicken or just toss everything in at the same time😂😂😂.

[@xiRePeNTx]

rofl 😂🤣😅

[@shhhdontshout]

@mister clean best oil for deep fryingn is palm oil. Amd yeah, i knew how bad palm oil image in the west, but thats it, its the best for deep frying.

[@mohanlal158]

Save water buddy... @4:50

[@patrickwoo6067]

Restaurant most are like this...!!!!

[@aristotleservito2892]

The 2nd dish is just like filipino dish,we called it Afritadang Manok. =)

[@anujmonty9175]

Though I am a vegetarian but I love watching it cooked

[@esthercolney3524]

Ohhhhh it looks so tasty 😱🤤🤤🤤

[@seacoast4950]

Wow, you cook so well. Lots of flavors in every dish. Every thing looks great!!!👍

[@rage9278]

why is there always water running through his cooking station ?

[@sybolchris2529]

too hot

[@user-tg5ij7gu6s]

for cool down the gas stove，because commercial chinese gas stoves are five times more powerful than home use.

[@Lipurshan]

@@user-tg5ij7gu6s aahh.. thanks for the info

[@tonysavage9994]

Keeps the wok table cool

[@juanjonavarro7732]

Thanks, i going to ask: "do you need water running for fry the chicken?? " I come here only for this

[@Cydonius1]

This chef's kitchen is serviced directly by an oil tanker from the Persian Gulf

[@anabelvelasquez51]

Cydonius1 lol

[@mosslimbayter277]

The title is "How to Make Perfect >>>>> Fried

[@yungguellopez4883]

I am so gonna try this. It looks so yummy ! Chef is BADASS

[@frederickmagill9454]

Never mind the negative comments, this guy is magic!

[@willyhal1904]

It's more like a chicken shnitzel to me. I was expecting something like the KFC one.

[@ftk8698]

Music is good and nice how to dish but dude conserve WATER the faucet is still working

[@dwieghtgerona4098]

FTK Brave asians bro asians

[@masashiisan]

the flow of the water bothered me too

[@masashiisan]

@@dwieghtgerona4098 im asian but i turn off the water everytime i see theres a leak..

[@toragama]

Chinese kitchens have a special faucet system that re uses the water as not to waste while running

[@mosslimbayter277]

The water is to cool the stove, without it the 100,000 BTU burner would warp the stove in under 5 minutes. That is one of the newer "waterless" wok stoves, it only uses around 1.5 liters a minute. The older models used 12 liters a minute. A standard water cooled stove in action kzbin.info/www/bejne/poirY36ir7yFirM A video explaining “waterless” wok stoves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6XCgJmYhqqGjA

[@khanhtran7493]

Why you allways let the water dripping =.=

[@hardevsinghgill2398]

yes im notited this point

[@iheadz9900]

khánh trần its used to regulate the heat of the burner

[@sn9keeyes]

With all those kitchen equipments around I could become an executive chef..

[@jorgehernandez9046]

3:08 *metal shavings in chicken has joined the chat*

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

It's a honing steel, not a sharpener, it just realigns the cutting edge.

[@sayanbhattacharyyatito]

Don't waste water it's precious,and don't inspire other's to waste.

[@PrashantKumar-tf2rt]

Turn off the tap, it's very irritating to watch water being wasted.

[@AlexAlex-ie7bd]

can't agree more ! 😥

[@jphopkins1494]

Idiots. The tap water is manditory in most restruants to keep stove cool and clean. Noobs

[@AlexAlex-ie7bd]

@@jphopkins1494 Civilized people can explain things without insulting others. And having "reasons" to keep water running doesn't make it less irritating to watch, thus your answer is completely irrelevant to our comments.

[@82vaishali]

Seriously why so much water wastage.. can't the camera team see that tap is open

[@tylerharrell5671]

82vaishali it’s to cool down the cooling station, so that it doesn’t become unsafe to work with. It flows to a drain on the other side, after coming in contact with the cook top.

[@RaindropsRelaxation]

Beautiful Can you please tell me the name of the background music so soothing

[@antonio4100]

Hello)

[@infrarey51]

Very helpful to watch how to proper cut a chicken whole, thanks for the tips

[@seaxavier]

Why do I feel I watched deleted scene from Mr Bean.

[@scarewolf1712]

No idea, lmao 😂

[@ashharhasan3120]

This entire episode is a vegan/Peta activist's nightmare. 😂😂

[@BidyarnavGoswami]

DaPanJi is like the most basic Chicken that every Indian makes as a beginner

[@m.rajo_17]

Exactly and we don't make it over complex by adding so much things... And Btw, শুভ নবমী।

[@BidyarnavGoswami]

@@m.rajo_17 শুভ নবমী

[@gamer3d147]

Bidyarnav Goswami oh rlly, it’s a chinese dish? Why do beginner Indians make it and like not Indian food

[@BidyarnavGoswami]

@@gamer3d147 I used the word ' like ' meaning ' similar ' .. meaning some differences are there and not exactly the same.

[@gamer3d147]

Bidyarnav Goswami sorry I live in like California the word “like” means nothing. We use it in like every sentence 😂

[@hoanglanpham910]

Last night I had a beautiful dream, I met chef john, we had a conversation like two longtime friends met again, then john cooked 4 me my favorite food, we also ate together and tell each other jokes 💗💖

[@Hawk_9308]

Ayyyyy you got a heart

[@hoanglanpham910]

@@Hawk_9308 ty ☺

[@sarisoetadi9724]

Crispy outside, moise inside. 😋

[@SBecktacular]

Dude files his cleaver right over the food... probably not the best practice. 🤷‍♀️

[@mosslimbayter277]

Steeling a knife edge is not like filing or using a stone. Steeling straightens the edge, it does nor remove any metal