How Two of Seoul's Most Celebrated Chefs Created a New Korean Fried Chicken Restaurant -The Experts

At Hyodo Chicken, chefs Min Goo Kang and Chang Ho Shin focus all of their experience working in Michelin-starred kitchens on perfecting a singular dish: Korean fried chicken.
Credits:
Producer: Francesca Manto
Field Producer/Director: Nadia Cho
Camera: Gerald Lee, Tim Han
Editor: Murilo Ferreira
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Coordinating Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Engagement: Daniel Geneen, Terri Ciccone
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[@darrienrahming7741]

Wow this is so surreal, Chef Min Goo was my Chef at Nobu, Paradise Island in Nassau Bahamas. Congrats on your success, I appreciate everything you taught me.

[@JudoChefPak]

This is incredible

[@McCrazey]

The effort in this is insane for me to eat all of it in 2 minutes

[@DefinitelyNotIU]

But what a delicious 2 minutes it will be lol

[@danielmendez8475]

They probably do this in a fraction of the time without cameras and having to explain everything

[@joanneganon7157]

A lot of work 😱

[@MikeMPharmaCyclist]

Looks delicious.

[@curiouspebble1345]

That’s the culinary world🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Tienshansong]

so from a man who actually have eaten this chicken, this chicken is undoubtedly one of my favorite chicken! i work in a restaurant in the same neighborhood so after work we always go for late night chicken and this is always the place we go! also very surprised to see this place here i was like what hyodo came out in youtube? lol

[@heekim3373]

Did they name the place 효도 to mean “honoring parents” or does it have a different meaning?

[@Tienshansong]

@@heekim3373 don't know the actual meaning just know the chicken is damn good lol

[@stevenchandra2885]

Lmao lucky

[@heavymetalbassist5]

Could you answer a question for me, how does chicken size work in your country? is a size 9 bird a kilogram or so?

[@doc-vg9lq]

how much does it cost? i would think it's over $10 for like 6 pieces or something with how much work they put into each batch. it can't be cheap.

[@pseudochef07]

The insane level of detail, the amazing quality of the ingredients used, and the technique used to elevate a dish like the humble fried chicken is nothing short of incredible. Wow.

[@DanielsGongBang]

Chef Kang Min Goo of MIngles and Chef Chango are one of the chefs I look up to very very much. I've seen this chicken being praised in instagram but I had no idea that they were the chefs behind that creation! Maximum respect to the chefs for always trying to widen their spectrum and always trying new things for the purpose of providing delicious food to people, regardless of it being in the form of michelin star fine dining cuisine or a dish as humble as fried chicken.

[@iPodKiller2]

Loved how they gave a reason for why they do certain steps the way they do. They didn't just say they use a double fry method, but they explained why too. Very informative video.

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

seriously I feel guilty like i just stole some secret recipes

[@danielworley2273]

I live in the South of US. I've had some of the best friend chicken....Until I tried Korean fried chicken. I also had Korean Bbq which is also a staple method in the south of US. Bravo Korean people. Your fried chicken and bbq is absolutely delicious.

[@heavymetalbassist5]

Eating Korean bbg in SC definetly effected the way I season pork or chicken for smoking

[@elee9056]

south as in where? i live in arkansas and ive been slowly spreading some kbbq and chicken myself.

[@jdrobin1]

As a black person from Southern America that has lived in Korea for five years I can say without a doubt... Koreans make the best fried chicken in the world.

[@boomboombaby9140]

How do you know when your never been to every place in the world ? Go to America to places like Louisiana and Mississippi away from popular fast food restaurants and you will see. Caging fried chicken and Spanish fried rice will change your life .

[@jdrobin1]

@@boomboombaby9140 I'm from Louisiana lol

[@boomboombaby9140]

@@jdrobin1 Korean fried chicken is really really good tho . It's better than kfc , pop eyes ect . Caging fried chicken the kind that's made with shrimp batter was the best I've ever ate lol

[@supersonicsteven163]

@@boomboombaby9140 Oh nawh fam he from Louisiana, you can't tell him nothin HAHAHAHAHA

[@willbrundish3749]

@@boomboombaby9140 shrimp batter?? Damn I need to try that

[@heekim3373]

I can help noticing the translation. Mostly great except for “meat” flavor is not the most appropriate translation of their intention. It’s more akin to having an off putting raw flavor or gameyness, although that’s not accurate either.

[@samduman9776]

Thank you for adding this. I was a little confused but thought nothing of it.

[@dyu8184]

Honestly, being billingual the way Koreans describe food as "clean" and such can be really confusing once translated into English.

[@kevivarma2759]

I know what you're talking about though

[@coltonvanessa5096]

Thanks for this, it struck me as odd too. It's something I've noticed watching videos about East Asian chefs, they put a lot of emphasis on removing smells, specifically the smell of raw meat. It's interesting and not something we tend to think about or at least talk about in western cooking

[@Swnsasy]

I remember being told one time that KFC is not Kentucky Fried Chicken, it's Korean Fried Chicken and 10x's better.. Welp, that's what S. Koreans and black folk have in common then 😜😁

[@LordYamcha]

Chicken is a gift to humanity- tastes so good

[@sejembalm]

The domestication of chickens was a godsend, about 5,400 years ago in Southeast Asia as well as ancient Persia, Egypt and Greece. It ate bugs & snails around the yard, laid large eggs every day, and are yummy as heck.

[@Gilvids]

Pork is just as good

[@user-lu1ex3be4w]

I find it so humbling that both of them are Michelin-starred chefs. They could choose to open a pricey fancy restaurant, yet they choose to perfect fried chicken.

[@nas84payne]

“Fast Food with care.” I like that. That chicken and stir fry looks so delicious! Gonna have to order a fried chicken takeaway later in the week now!

[@haidicheng5142]

When the noble fried chicken is not just a cheap fast food but elevated to the levels of truffles and wagyu beef.

[@CAPDude44]

Funny thing is, that it's cheap hole in the wall fried chicken places that still have the best stuff IMO

[@aerokpc]

wagyu is overrated : ) hanwoo >>> wagyu

[@ramanmonkey]

@@aerokpc kobe >>>

[@aerokpc]

@@ramanmonkey have you even had proper hanwoo? Hahaha i bet your poor ass hasnt hahahahha

[@ramanmonkey]

@@aerokpc lmfao been to korea and had it bro nice job on condescending poor people who cant afford those types of things LOL makes you look like a great person

[@andym3278]

Ok, if I go to Korea one day. I'll know what to try.

[@wooboichicken]

As a chef and owner of a few chicken shops which are regarded to be some of the best fried chicken in the world. I can say that these guys know what they're doing! Best of luck to you guys ♡

[@andrewc2381]

chef minkoo and mingles is a treasure of korean dining

[@amaterasu115]

Korean Fried Chicken really be the GOAT. The sauces they are coated in ..... definitely my death row meal.

[@QriousGourmet]

꽈리고추가 들어간 멸치볶음치킨을 누가 감히 생각이나 해봤을까..? 두분의 노력과 정성이 정말 대단하십니다!!

[@zbqmaktmxj]

ㄹㅇ

[@chloechristinecaparas8122]

damn koreans are really clean and passionate about their foods. i can imagine the look of their faces when they see how legit fast foods are made example mcdonald's.

[@kingoffongpei]

Don't use this restaurant as a comparison to American fast food. It's not trying to be fast food.

[@messaoudanekamel7277]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvVonmfoNmkj8U

[@dglsahn]

They are owner chefs of joook and mingles. Michelin starred restaurant in Korea. I think they are doing fried chicken as side project

[@1014p]

I can tell you the food on the street is better than most restaurants in America and affordable. I was there near two years. Came back and had a corn dog and was in a bathroom in 20 minutes. Preservatives or at least chemical made ones are not over there. If it is its in random packaged stuff. Most everything is made fresh or a fermentation process. Its amazing... America needs to get its act together on food. Processed stuff needs to be less available.

[@blueberrysmoothie]

They have McD in Korea...

[@BrettfordBolts]

KoChix in DC was the first place I had Korean fried chicken, if I still lived there I would go once a week. It was the best chicken I’ve ever eaten.

[@jimmypark8964]

미슐랭 스타 쉐프분들 직접 ㄷㄷㄷ 가슴이 웅장해진다 이거야

[@MrTraveller.]

A delicious & cultural dish. Thx u

[@poisonmusic8354]

Yummmm, I want to try those. It looks amazing.

[@sschannel6922]

Creativity knows No End..👍👍👍

[@kelvinyu339]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@dania6144]

Feels like cooking with science🤯 Awesomee

[@claudekingstan4084]

Thank you for sharing.

[@omefea8501]

NIce work gentlemen. Looks yyyuuuuuuummmmmmmmyyyyyy

[@reno-koreanfoodlover6569]

ah... Looks so good!!!

[@reno-koreanfoodlover6569]

love and look forward to your videos all the time🥰💓💓

[@kingpaw217]

Literally, please more Mise En Place

[@beer6pack]

와 효도치킨이 여기에???

[@wherewe]

0:53 size 9 means about 900g(851~950g), 1.98 lbs, and most of Korean chicken use 10 size.

[@vincechoo]

Great video and story

[@Endidu]

wow 2 michelin chefs workin together what a great relation

[@muslimahsista]

Thanks for sharing

[@ggm6265]

the dude banging the whisk against the plastic while the other guy was talking was so funny for some reason

[@yunahnam]

Must.mix.dry.ingredients. XD

[@sw1466]

I used to live near hyodo chicken. That place is packed even on weekdays and usually I had to wait for minimum one hour. But I always waited anyway cause thats just what it takes to get the best chicken in Seoul... 😏

[@Lee-bk3ws]

Watching this while eating chicken 🍗

[@vaskey784]

There is a place in virginia beach, called cm chicken if anyone wanna try it.closes place to the taste and looks I have found.

[@sushilocotv7036]

Recipe is not too hard, I will try. thanks

[@Robert-xp4ii]

I'd love to try that dish. It certainly looks delicious and is very unique.

[@intraocellus]

굳굳~

[@poovaneswaransupramaniam19]

Wow amazing

[@arnoldlev]

interesting! there is a restaurant in Indonesia serving fried duck with anchovies, green chillies, and tomatillos, so I guess the idea works!

[@Dr.Sciatica]

Great video!! Hobby food inspectors bring it on, i know you spotted ;)

[@ganjak175]

🐔 in south korea is just whole another level. Whatever u imagine it is more than that.

[@vuanh857]

Im craving for fried chicken now...

[@bobroberts7308]

Has anyone tried Korean fried chicken? It’s pretty damn good.

[@frisco9568]

Korean fried chicken is top tier🇰🇷🔥

[@chanhyukoppa3088]

He has 2 stars in Korea Supppppppper famous

[@yakitorisamurai3583]

This is easier than Heston's fried chicken but looks more delicious. And I still haven't seen part 2.

[@EnvyTraxus]

awesome

[@MIVADI]

how much does it cost to order delivery from seoul to europe?

[@user-bt5sg1pw2q]

Very cool

[@samwrought5650]

The reason why I love fried chicken and it’s my favorite food. It’s consumed all over the world nearly every race has a version of it in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, South America.

[@claudekingstan4084]

I am now Kirby vacuuming this God Level Fried Chicken across the universe like a black hole 🥳

[@joegolok]

Just curious does anyone know how much this chicken dish costs? Hopefully I can try it someday!

[@s1mpl3me]

What are the ing.s for the "watery batter"?

[@sarmeluv88]

We had a lot of fried chicken in Indonesia as well.

[@HadiSutrisno17]

Mantap .. Lezat Sekali Broo ..

[@kathyerickson9402]

Did anyone else feel like they were listening to the soundtrack to "Bridgerton" as the chefs were working their magic?

[@czarbones114]

Major effort

[@hezzzeh1818]

This reminds me of the sequence from Extreme Job. Maybe these two chefs are actually undercover cops xD

[@dxcSOUL]

Such a fun movie!

[@mikewatson8198]

Ok ok.. There is fried chicken. Then there is FRIED CHICKEN.. Wow. I could taste it through my phone. I wrote down the ingredients to make the dishes. Now hopefully it taste like that looked hahahah.

[@namja833]

nice shot at 9:43

[@gordonmonkeyhurst5852]

What is "grain syrup"? I'm not finding a straight-forward answer online. Could be rice syrup, corn syrup, or a malt syrup.

[@tuck2k]

They use Jochung, a kind of Korean rice syrup.

[@dominicray6640]

Its called jo-chung, a Korean syrup made from rice or barley. It'll only taste right if you use the ones unadulterated by corn syrup, which is what a lot of cheaper manufacturers do in addition to artificially adding the brown color.

[@simonroh4281]

What they are referring to here is "조청": you cannnn probably buy it as jocheong or chocheong etc.

[@messaoudanekamel7277]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvVonmfoNmkj8U

[@E30Fred]

My guess is that it's rice syrup since they refer to it as jocheong, which to me normally means rice syrup. Also, it has less sugar, which is why he says it's "healthier" at 6:38.

[@simp7641]

i regret watching this at midnight

[@kyoungminkim9987]

반반은 어떻게?? 근데 brine이랑 마리네이드는 틀린건데 혼용해서 설명하시네요

[@BeingFN]

now i want some chicken D:

[@koreanamericanchef396]

I want this

[@mrtheodore1004]

there’s gotta be secrets I’m not seeing but the vid itself is a quite decent tutorial to open up a Fried chicken shop..

[@jpt4409]

Meanwhile in America we cut a mutant 12lb chicken into 8 pieces

[@kingoffongpei]

Yeah, it's awesome

[@messaoudanekamel7277]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvVonmfoNmkj8U

[@jatpack3]

All domestic chickens are "mutants"

[@Serendipity818]

I just had Chiko Korean Chicken lastnight

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

GD! Three orders please!!

[@diogopinheiro5058]

Hmm do they deliver to Canada ? :P

[@nnanaidris7117]

Can i have the recipe this looks yummy

[@skybluepink998]

Does any what the wheel shaped ingredient is that was in the bowl at 8:33 and plated with the one kind of chicken is?

[@Dylan-mg4cb]

I think it's lotus stem, but I'm not 100% sure.

[@ytjamal]

@@Dylan-mg4cb you're right, it's a lotus stem.

[@AKA.SV9]

they most likely will have everything prepped. so i would the longest it would take them to make all this is 20 mins or less

[@dany666]

01:30 .....I get Dexter vibes for some reason =))))))))

[@xcjbmgx]

Damnnn 🔥💯💪🏾

[@MartyD]

🔥🔥🔥

[@maksudurrahman8510]

I would prefer round bowls instead of these square pots which are difficult to whisk in. 😅

[@wdysdpark2680]

헐 밍글스!!

[@sethsoderman2731]

I would love to try Korean Fried Chicken I heard it's bomb to eat

[@ponduforus]

Sooo good!!

[@Krypteian]

First time tried it and I never going back to conventional fried chicken. It makes KFC taste like trash.

[@NewKingBrandon]

@doggy woof no Jollibee in most of America

[@kangkim150]

I would rank Korean chicken over popeyes. But no one can touch popeyes in the sides game.

[@rishabhpurohit2663]

They truly know what they're doing, scientific culinary reasons for each step unlike some other 3 letter MNC which wastes chicken daily

[@alcoyot]

Every culture around the world use basically the same things for flavor. Garlic onion and chili pepper in some form.

[@CaryKelly11]

That is some legit KFC.

[@user-yg8vo2hu6u]

what are they yapping?

[@rgruenhaus]

Can't read the subtitles moving too fast

[@MacrobianNomad]

When you find out Korean fried chicken only came about in the 1950s when American soldiers (mostly African American) based in South Korea during the Korean War introduced it to the culture 🤯

[@therealdeal894]

I dunno 'bout that. I'm a chef and historically, fritters have been made everywhere for eons.

[@CAPT4INSL0W]

furthermore, grain subsidies from america after the korean war gave korea the feed supply chain to actually farm chickens at mass scale (so we could fry them, clearly)

[@mustard9694]

헐ㅋㅋ강민구쉐프님이신건가 ㄷㄷ

[@lilyzeftran]

I still think about the fried chicken I've eaten in South Korea. *SiGh*

[@smtpgirl]

Korean style fried chicken is the best. Fried chicken is a vice of mine and have had so many bought fried chicken dinners and Korean style is the best. Well after the fried chicken from my hometown of Maryland.

[@reverie2392]

This kind of high quality fried chicken isn't common even in Korea😂😂.

[@recoil53]

Well when they say 'chef' you kind of know.

[@frankb.9491]

I love the fact that his "secret" ingredient is soy sauce. I've never seen an asian dish without it.

[@harziar3248]

I want to start a business fried chicken only Can someone plz help me what kind of ingredients I have to used to make taste good plz?

[@asianprideyeex2]

"Seoul" Food

[@anonamouse9198]

This is how you earn a Michelin Star for fried chicken 😎

[@OniBLogna]

This is why you don't complain about the price.