I cooked INSIDE of clay… it was a game changer! (Beggars Chicken)

I cooked INSIDE of clay… it was a game changer! (Beggars Chicken)
I’ve spent 25% of my life living in China. When I first got there over 10 years ago I was taken out to dinner and this is the dish we were served (Beggar’s Chicken). The clay covered chicken arrived on a cart and they let me go up and crack it open with a hammer. It completely blew my mind and I remember absolutely loving it. It’s funny though, that was the first and last time I ever ate it while living there and I had forgotten about the experience until recently.
Where did Beggar’s Chicken come from?
There’s a few different stories but this is generally how the story goes. Thousands of years ago a beggar was able to get his hands on a chicken but lacked any pots, pans or utensils. So he covered it up in some clay and cooked it in a fire.
Is it practical?
Wrapping the chicken so many times prevents steam from escaping and the lotus leaves make a dramatic difference in flavor. You could certainly achieve similar results with modern day equipment. But honestly there is nothing more fun than cracking open a clay covered chicken with a hammer.
Beggar’s Chicken Recipe inspired by @emmymade. Check out her link for a great baseline recipe!
www.emmymade.com/beggars-chic...
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[@seankeogh3616]

If this isnt served at my funeral I'm not going

[@ElbegAtTrophy]

I dont think you have a choice

[@bane9951]

haHA

[@reaper_guardian_8214]

Pahahahhza

[@lorcanbailey1699]

@@ElbegAtTrophy choice*

[@B-12309]

Don't worry. God will serve everything u ever needed at heaven

[@glizjok7386]

As a Chinese, I’m impressed for what you did. You take care every details and make it so perfect. Well done!

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Thanks so much!

[@barryliu3473]

五香粉&料酒definitely impressed me as a fellow chinese

[@zierrelim4243]

@@barryliu3473 it definitely do

[@crnac974]

@@barryliu3473 wait isnt youtube banned in your country

[@ajay3285]

@@crnac974 not every chinese person lives in china

[@minleona4204]

Wow this is so amazing! I'm Chinese, but I've lived mainly in the U.S. and haven't been home for years. It just feels really different to see my favorite KZbinr showing some authentic recipes.

[@lieutenantflyboy]

The uncanny resemblance between you and the beggar who created this recipe makes me think you’re his direct descendent. That chicken looks so🤤

[@holl7w]

🦄

[@mrtrollnator123]

​@@holl7w🤨

[@holl7w]

@@mrtrollnator123 what

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@holl7w why u used that emoji

[@holl7w]

@@mrtrollnator123 it means nothing.

[@caa2195]

Wow great video Max! ✨ So excited to finally see a Chinese recipe 🙂 I'd love to see more clay cooking videos, maybe do a salmon or a tomohawk baked in clay next, I think that'd be cool to see 👀

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Amazing ideas! I will add those to the list 😃

[@caa2195]

@@MaxtheMeatGuy Can't wait to see them!

[@deepfriarlaurence1666]

@@MaxtheMeatGuy You got me thinking of a turkey once you started stuffing that chicken. You might have add turkey to the list too.

[@user-dj4cj7fe3h]

@@deepfriarlaurence1666 Классная идея!!!обязательно надо индейку в глине👍

[@Thegravegamer]

Spoiler alert he hasn’t made the video yet

[@Mattl2933]

Having a chinese Mother, I already kind of know how it tastes, even if I haven’t had that specific dish, since my mother used pretty much every ingredient in this video almost every day.

[@phyternl]

Don't concern yourself too much with leakage from the newspaper ink. Most newspaper inks are soy based and non-toxic. This was a change made by most printers back in the mid 2000s to address severe skin reactions with traditional petroleum based inks.

[@blastfromthepast7119]

Soy is toxic

[@JaxlaOnlo]

I didn't even know that

[@Turtleking_]

So your saying I can eat news papers?

[@quick_z9252]

@@Turtleking_ Well it's probably not recommended by any newspaper company, but you could

[@accelerationquanta5816]

Soy is toxic

[@oliviathurlow07]

you should try wrapping a brisket in clay and comparing it to one you would prepare normally

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Great idea!!

[@TheGoffense8120]

@@MaxtheMeatGuy you should see if they make edible clay you could cook stuff in

[@therealronniej]

You had me there for a second when you presented the Liquid Hickory 😂

[@ieri_creations]

I'd love to see a collab video where you wrap some wagyu in clay with Guga.

[@BugsyFoga]

Definitely an inventive way to cook things .

[@johnsn9519]

"You can substitute it....for anything else." My dog across the room: "😳"

[@CamKoudo]

This was super interesting! I think I've heard of the story before but never knew this is how to make the dish!

[@s550danny]

This man is easily the most creative cooking content creator on KZbin. I love Joshua and I love babish but max is not afraid to try everything and I’m here for it

[@monroerobbins7551]

Joshua?

[@s550danny]

@@monroerobbins7551 Joshua weissman he’s an excellent cook as well

[@MrTraveller.]

Great to see some Chinese & Asian dishes. Looking forward to more

[@Ceaser_the_goat]

Matt your the best. Fun fact I don't love meat but when you cook your meat in different ways I feel I want to eat it. Keep the good work I follow from the middle east😉.

[@noahdaman6464]

Love your videos Max! Every time I watch one of your videos I crave the delicious-looking meat that you cook! Keep up the good work!

[@dilbotbaggins3627]

I gotta say man I love your channel and your genuine passion for food and cooking you seem like such a cool dude

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

I really appreciate it!

[@Waisonian]

I never got to try this while I was in China but looking forward to when we can go back (and MAYBE try making it at home...) Thanks for doing this!

[@coey25]

Do a leg of lamb in clay. The Pacific Islanders (Fijians and Samoans) do it an interesting way if you don't want to use clay again. This was an excellent video 😀👍

[@melongaming471]

Bro yes he should!!!!!

[@johan8008]

Counting my 8th in Shanghai, China. Love Chinese food. Never tried beggars chicken but looks like a must try here. Hope I can find it somehwere.

[@oeccanada9393]

Wow Mat I’m very impressed. This dishes was popular and many people sell it in Vietnam where I live and your chicken looks similar or even more juicy.

[@Arjibi]

No-escape Chicken

[@uasakura]

Wow, this is legit one of those legendary dish that no one makes anymore cuz the process n preparation is so long

[@klnq]

He describes the taste so well that I can taste it myself

[@oepoepe]

we need to see a whole fish wrapped in clay. That would be soooo delicious! 🐟🐟

[@I_DoThingsSometimes]

BEGGAR'S FIIIIIIIIISH

[@PowdergameFan18]

Fun video, Max! Great idea!

[@n9boy12yplus8]

I really got happy when I saw your video notification In all youtubers food content I do really love your channal the most Keep it up keep it good ❤️❤️

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Thank you so much! Means a lot hearing that 😃

[@davidsteele944]

One of your best videos yet

[@trexh7776]

Love your videos so much man, so nice and creative honestly

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Really appreciate it!

[@kellycookhouse]

That chicken looks amazing 👍

[@capebeachfilmsltd4073]

I am 15 and I very rarly cook, but i watch these kinds of chef youtubers bc it calms me down easily.

[@harryv6752]

Just heavenly. Very much. Keep on rockin'! 🤘

[@benjifrmdadot1410]

It is such a pleasure to hear someone of your stature visit and live in a my homeland for such a great amount of time! Please make a video on your experience I feel that most people have the wrong idea about China :)

[@thecarnivorecanoe5167]

What a cool experiment! I'd like to see a whole fish! Thanks bub!

[@sentientpackofcigarettes4697]

One thing all of these videos do well, they make you hungry, well done.

[@sl0523]

First of all, beggers chicken is really indeed a very famous Chinese dish, which has been featured/mentioned in a lot of Chinese TV drama series. However, I was born and raised in China, yet I've never had this dish once. lol

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

Idk about china, but this method was used to cook whole hogs. One of the main purposes tho was to avoid skinning or burning off the hair prior to preparing. The whole pig, hair and all, is coated in a slurry and clay. It isn't wrapped in leaves or anything first like this video. In the end the hair is cooked into the clay basically removing it from the flesh. I would imagine the story of beggars chicken is proving that same purpose. It says in the story the beggar had nothing to prepare the chicken. Meaning he had no way to skin or pluck it. The clay method probably de-feathers chicken the same way it de-hairs a pig. I also have read of one person doing this with whole fish and it "removes" the scales. Long story short I'd say this method was an easy preparation free method of dealing with a whole animal. To be clear the hogs are gutted, and vegetables are sewn inside prior

[@llamaboy509]

You made my day man❤

[@jeffreyharris3440]

I saw and tried a very similar technique in a Tuscan cookbook. Traditionally they used clay, but the cookbook said you could use a salt and flour dough as a substitute for the clay. I made it a few times (a lot of work) but it is a cheap and easy substitute for clay. The chicken wasn't salty at all.

[@2000blackstang]

Those look delicious!

[@braydenjennings445]

That looks so good

[@canamus1768]

this is very cool. i'm thinking of trying these recipes with a clay cooker (romertopf) and prepping the meats through the lotus leaves wrapping and omitting the newspaper, to make it more than just a very special occasion dish.

[@blueenglishstaffybreeder6956]

This is something different, love the innovation mate

[@nooben_5677]

The best part of this video is obviously the food but also it came with a story so bonus

[@ClxudyAmezxx]

When you said you feel like it's your birthday that made me think of the fun on gonna have today for my sisters birthday

[@chromaticturtle8657]

Cool you did something that's been around for thousands of years and never went away.....you want a gold star.

[@daisydead.petals]

I saw an episode of WORTH IT where the group went to Japan and had beggars chicken and at fine dining restaurant. But they didn't seem very impressed by the actual chicken. They were more interested in breaking the clay. But their desert was the most impressive dessert I have ever seen. That was the only other time I have seen beggars chicken, and that was a while ago! Great job Max!! (did it REALLY NEED the liquid smoke?!?!😖)

[@bavarian_mapping]

I believe he only put the liquid smoke on the pork

[@ecliqsly6585]

I thought it was Taiwan

[@justablank1184]

When I feel hungry I go to your channel and got saliva full in my mouth as if I could taste the phone

[@mrtrollnator123]

Wow that clay chicken and pork looks so good! This ancient cooking technique looks so sophisticated!

[@lucetto]

They all usually are but this one was especially cool. Nice one Max.

[@calor6990]

Imma gonna try this

[@danielstonebraker656]

I personally resent you for how good that looks

[@sageosaka]

I love these full videos so much more

[@xxxo_ashb0ts]

I love the "ancient old story" clip included... just adds historical tradition emphasis.

[@steveneumann32]

Need some more info about that chili crisp though! Store bought? (Doubtful) Home made? Recipe please 🙏🏼

[@muzamilsahib4427]

the chicken looks like lovo you should do it one day it is a fiji type of cooking

[@Asmith-1111]

Would you consider doing a video on different smoking woods? I'd love to see that.

[@omega4071]

Omg this is gold

[@user-hq8pj3zl5u]

I love this so much

[@Vengeance_03]

0:06 You nailed it 🙌

[@delta5210]

5:15 "Max, what are you looking at?" Exposed 🤣🤣

[@Ancaryvan]

😁 Lotus leaf is the reason that I keep ordering The Lotus Leaf Steamed Sticky rice each time I'm in Dim Sum Diner House.

[@u140550]

I know it’s a old video, but I love it.

[@Mejayy]

Thank you for explaining what brining is!

[@EMTevjorgensen]

Max do a boneless rib roast in the clay wrap next! 👍🏻

[@ctrlno7181]

"theres rlly no wrong way to do this.........i think" LOL i love ur vids

[@gamerdad4596]

Where did you buy the clay for this... I can find the lotus leaf on Amazon, but I can seem to find cocking clay

[@xenophree]

The amount of “That’s what she said” joke I made is immaculate

[@mosambiqu3]

That intro was great

[@wemcal]

Great video

[@idiotburns]

Did anything in the plastic thermometer volitize into the food?

[@samsmith2635]

Mom: If you keep Digging you end up in China Max: If you keep cooking meat you end up baking your way back to China

[@NotFound-sc6yf]

Saw beggar's duck or something like that in Cook up a storm movie....try that Max,you won't be disappointed

[@JohnTaylor-zl6tb]

Max be like, "And the taste of the wood!"

[@Thisismehdii]

I love that legendary apple wood plot twist 😂❤️

[@shinmalphur2734]

Imagine going to art class, moulding clay and finding a whole chicken and hearing the teacher ask where tonights dinner went

[@money0925]

Max rolled up a whole chicken in a Backwood 😂

[@thecarnivorecanoe5167]

😆 I wonder if CBD oil would create a calm steak? 🤷‍♂️

[@benjaminatiyeh2577]

And the man has done it again, who knew I would want to devour clay covered meats before noon, how long was that overall cook for chicken or pork? 👨‍🍳

[@Ndasuunye]

5-6 hours approx. 3 hours to brine, 30 to possibly wrap up, 1 hour on 400° F and then a second hour on 350° F

[@nathanv.4397]

In 20 seconds in. This is going to be amazing.

[@blitheapathy3552]

My aunt cooks suckling pigs stuffed with smoked bacon fat seasoned in a bit of pineapple and spices then covered in clay. Then buried in a fire pit an slowly cooked it over the course of an entire day. It's... freaking amazing. When done right it's like cracking a meat geode full of meat juice. Served with home made tortillas, it's to die for. I'm hungry now.

[@smith1008]

that sounds amazing

[@akiraryuru2006]

Hi bro,may i asked you which clay that you used for it????

[@Manjustman_25806]

The only thing clay cooking makes me think of is that one hannable scene where he cooks and serves a leg to himself and the guy he cut the leg from

[@babydino3466]

bison in clay would be really cool!

[@zero_whips]

As a person who love some good spice, imma need to use this chili crisp sause!

[@benjaminkellerlauritzen4244]

Where did you get that giant cutting board.

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Boos block!

[@YusefAl-kadri]

Hey max, what kind of dry ager do you use?

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

I have both types of units from the company “Dry Ager”. Have a link to them in the bio of my IG profile!

[@mehmetucar3685]

Hahaha very nice video ❤️🙏😌

[@nanimaker]

the claycook pork reminds me when babash make the one from one movie with the same method

[@user-vc8xi4rt6h]

You should try a brisket next

[@griddycheese]

Do claypot rice next!

[@big-g6]

Max is the kiddy simple as that 👊🏼

[@wiltmarlonelao]

Max, Guga needs your help with his brisket experiment 😅. He’s out there wrapping beef in Crayola clay. Please save him. 😆

[@user-yd2fk1qv1q]

I am happy with what you did as a chinese, I am in canada now

[@Hehe_8585]

You should do a mukbang at the end of the video. Seems like fun.

[@MaxtheMeatGuy]

Good idea!!

[@ptyxmvm]

Oh god please no

[@veridico84]

@@MaxtheMeatGuy please don't mukbang

[@haventfoundagoodnameyet1926]

@@veridico84 what is mukbang?

[@chervoviytuz]

@@haventfoundagoodnameyet1926 nicocado avocado 😔

[@cricketandgraham8644]

This looks fun to make but also to crack open. Great job, I'd eat it.

[@SophiaGreb]

it's like buried TREASURE!!

[@terischannel]

A brisket in clay would be interesting. Maybe try to put wood chips in the inside of the clay to help get some smokey flavor? I always brein my brisket for at least 24 hours. The brein is water, salt, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, lemon, cloves, and cummin. I bet it would be amazing cooked in clay

[@Crazt]

The wood would be wasted. The clay mostly steams with a controlled temperature based on the limited temperature the clay and water can reach under the fire conditions.

[@sebaschan-uwu]

Doesn't the wood actually need to be smoking in order to get a smoky flavor?

[@terischannel]

That's why it's an experiment ☺️. I don't know how it would turn out, that's why I'm interested in finding out. Thanks for your input ☺️

[@ryanashley6241]

What kind of clay do you use for this?

[@emplayz8082]

Holy moly chicken is tasty he have my fav mushroom source

[@waterisgold]

I'm new here I had no idea you lived in China

[@colbyscott8545]

Max, you have to smoke a brisket in clay!