How to Crack Open a Coconut by Master Chef Robert Del Grande

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[@kyrellethomas3125]

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[@Theone-zg8qz]

I crack it open with one knock ✊ with a machete

[@murugavel6697]

Hi uncle this method very dificult ok madurai electricity insbector comment ok rebly need

[@johnmacdonald4511]

Just spent 20min hitting with my knife and the only thing that’s cracked is the handle of my knife.

[@eddesa5134]

Thats what you get for listening to an idiot.

[@noelsoong777]

Get a cleaver those can take a beating.

[@alexkimbrell653]

Me too. This ain’t it chef

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

Sucks to suck

[@laurajamil8943]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Reneb1978]

This is the worst & funniest coconut opening I have seen so far on y.t. Lol

[@mallick9060]

Being south indian breaking a coconut is something we do for fun for mother as a little boy. Not bcos she can't bcos we liked to drink the water. This is the same as we do but it takes just 3-5 strikes. For us coconut is a staple requirement in our currys and chutneys. Or just snack the flesh or milk it.

[@sidharth7155]

Yeah we have different kind of knife for just that, don't we?

[@garymaya1767]

Yeah that one was not fresh the shell was dried out.a fresh coconut comes with the outermost fiber and green color. Those are the best and taste way different than this one he has in the video. Coconuts don’t grow in America until recently.

[@sushilashukla1289]

Hi thank you very much. I also tried to freeze 1st then hit on diagonally. I like to plant little stuff in it so the holes are handy. Will try your method. Take care love from South Africa

[@binadeen203]

Just to let you know,once you open coconut if you put it in the freezer for 10 to 15 mts,coconut halves comes out rt away with a butter knife

[@TheOneanjel]

I'm gonna try that

[@email4ady]

Nope. Tried it, it was worse than normal uncooled coconut...

[@renealba87]

I used a hammer instead (just tilt it a little) and seemed safer and quicker. Thank you for sharing, was easier than I thought it would be

[@greatndit]

You wasted the coconut water 😂 Master my ass

[@luketexas]

The best part haha

[@shobabass6127]

I would keep coconut in the freezer overnight & remove & break it it opens easy.

[@christabel2003]

😂😂😂

[@garymaya1767]

Lol a freezer in the jungle… totally 🇺🇸 way to do it.

[@beachbum4691]

Thank you :)

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[@traveller...T]

I just tried this way to break coconut.. it turned out great.. very easy thnq so mch..

[@jayaraj100]

It only needs 2 or 3 strokes to crack it in perfect halves :)

[@TheOneanjel]

it depends a lot on the age of the coconut. but he did have a tough one.

[@eddesa5134]

Just one if you know where to hit it.

[@1joshjosh1]

Thank you MasterChef.!

[@TheLondonbum69]

If he was a master he would use a cleaver and only hit it 1-2 times and he would have a strainer to filter the juice as it fell out #facts

[@autumnskye5882]

Omg love 🥥 coconuts! Especially with chocolate 😋 coconut macaroons coconut shrimp coconut cocktails please!! Thanks for the video!

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[@TiramisuCorleone]

Best coconut video ever!

[@arunkk82]

Thanks !

[@Tu_Chori_]

It workssss. Thanks girl 😊

[@ainna1978]

Thanks for the lesson to crack coconut. 😊

[@robinahnub3569]

Thanks so much I managed to open it

[@jayzee3303]

I. The Caribbean, we go outside and throw it hard on the concrete.....

[@annon9269]

It's awesome being a teenager a know how to do a thing the more efficient way than this man

[@rickyburton4642]

Excellent! Yea Yea Yea 👍👍😃

[@subodhsharma905]

Fantastic technique. Thanks for very good illustration. I tried it and it worked like magic. Thanks 👍👍👌👌

[@chulavista5239]

I always wondered why there were sometimes little shards of coconut shells in my restaurant shrimp orders.

[@Ladysueiroh48]

This worked. Thank you!!!!

[@OmidDavoudi]

Incredibly easy

[@SpearChuckUngawa]

What's the shrimp dish you're making with the coconut?

[@MiN-ow9fr]

In the Pacific and Southeast Asian islands, there are 7-10 year olds that open coconuts less than ten seconds

[@CChamp599]

Simple yet very helpful. Thanks for the vid

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[@michellenicholls9039]

That took way too long 😂 I’ve seen someone do it with one hit

[@DeuryMota]

Ok watched video got thanks

[@avery3030]

Watched this video before attempting to open my coconut and can confirm this works :)

[@johnbockelie3899]

I used to climb the coconut trees, but if one fell it would always land on the Skipper . Gilligan.

[@manal-hh3xh]

Thank you it actually worked

[@RakeshR-wp4xg]

Child's play for any Indian.. Being a south indian who uses coconut for each & every recipe of ours, Mr. Masterchef this was extremely messy. Me being a novice cook will break open a coconut in exact half with just 2-3 strokes 😀😁 Non indians look like aliens to us so many times 😂😅

[@mercedesrodrigo9137]

Best demo I’ve seen❣️ No tools 😀👍🏼

[@djs9415]

Thank you so much Chef Douglas because we live in countries where the economy is based on coconut but this was I am extremely unique way of opening a coconut with a knife . You may not believe it but I have two of these knives and an endless supply of coconuts just out of my door but I really did not associate the breaking of the coconuts, with a knife. We just go to the nearest stone and Smash them hard just once or twice and a crack opens. Apply to mouth drink the juice wipe your face with the coconut water for moisturising against the sun shine and Bob's your mother's brother! Of course when I am at home it is very easy for me to pick up any sort of sharp instrument and poke it into the the weakest eye of the coconut it has three. And then drain the water into a glass period period means.

[@eddesa5134]

Your method is the sensible way to do it without making such a mess with shards and so much effort hitting with a knife.

[@Marz011]

Just give it a one strong strike on the middle of tje coconut tjen you ooen a coconut in a split second

[@jayaraj100]

Single stroke most of the time only works on matured coconuts, this is green :)

[@dorxlab]

5 mins for him, it takes only 5 seconds for Asians

[@daveford5641]

Dang it, now I'm hungry as heck for some odd reason!! Time to fix me up some foodage!! Thanks chef for the amazing step by step I do truly appreciate it!!

[@NinaRodriguez-ge2yg]

Thanks for showing us how to open the coconut I always throw it down the steps, it makes so much mess

[@luketexas]

What 😂😂

[@daviddavidson2357]

4:37 cool, I never knew coconuts had batch numbers printed on the inside. Nice to see this is from batch 8f, must be a fresh one.

[@juanwalker4045]

Excellent Chef I managed to crack the coconut, I wasn't able to ypll the coconut outside the shell in the way that you did. What I did was to crack more the two pieces and the with a knife pull out the coconuit fruit from each piece of shell

[@rkprime709]

Master chief your idea is harder than mine.... 😊

[@douglasd327]

Cold and snowy day, just found your channel and been binge watching. Obviously your a master yet A couple things id like to humbly share with you- I been taking avocados and halving them, just a touch of lemon juice, salt, pepper, an egg yolk where the seed used to be, then layer crispy bacon bits, then (i been using cheddar but convinced asiago would improve it 100 fold) cheddar. Bake that on 350. Its incredible! And possibly a good addition to your brunch menu. Try peeling a pineapple halving it, shalter it with butter(or ghee) then packing brown sugar around it. Bake at 320. I usually serve it over vanilla bean ice cream but suspect it would make an amazing chutney to have with an herb roasted chicken.

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[@djs9415]

I don't want to sound superior patronising but Desi Ghee, welcome to the fold this is India calling full stop to good health. If the butter is homemade the taste is exquisite and out of the world and that is why Julia child used it in large quantities. It is called one of the most good and beneficial foods in The Good Book.

[@harry_the_hunter]

Check out my tutorials on how to open a young coconut! Juicy and delicious! 😎 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3e2f5hqjs-Wrdk kzbin.info/www/bejne/h53VhHSvepmAedU

[@BX138]

He hit the coconut with the knife 175 times

[@ivygarcia6878]

Did you actually count? :0

[@qillura]

does anyone else notice a word "BF" on coconut body at 4:37?

[@RandomRads]

Hammer one shot. Thumbs up if you know what I’m talking.

[@evelynvega1730]

What i do is make a little hole with a cork screw and put a straw in and drink the water first then crack it open.

[@desmaree1230]

it worked but you didn't tell me i needed safety googles for this LMFAOAOAO

[@milkakuhrt9390]

Nice to see . But I never can get such a fresh coconut in Germany 😢

[@evamcbarnette3963]

wow

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[@mohamedrasookgulam5605]

Looks like tender coconut. Soccer champion teaching table tennis

[@findingvedanta5626]

Thanks, It Worked! (Just consider wearing a Protective mask, and or Hard Plastic face Covering--pieces flew up to my face--thankfully, I wear glasses). Also, keep phone or tablet screens away from this activity, lest you don't mind a cracked screen, from a flying coconut piece. Again, Thanks

[@OptimusPurp]

Arent coconuts brown after husking?

[@johninmilford7719]

Boy, as a professional chef, you struggled with that thing a LOT. A heavy knife like a meat cleaver works so much better. (I Watched a dozen videos, You made it look difficult!)

[@garymaya1767]

A concrete hard edge works way better the. A knife , and yes he sucks at opening this it’s all crumbly and old rotted out coconut. Not fresh at all. Probably taste vinegary too. Professional…. Lol, and fresh much less. I used to go to local fruit and veggies store every morning and crack these open with the hush on faster than this video took.

[@yakzivz1104]

Why does nobody cook fresh coconut??? Does it get soft if baked in oven??

[@funandfactaroundtheworld7231]

U made a mess out of coconut as well as damaged the knife.. just hit at the vertical line with some hard pounder and u will break it in one short..

[@z0ey_idk525]

I like to poke the 3 holes with the tip of a knife so I could drink from the coconut, never tried the fruit on the inside tho!

[@felypeforte]

We have been doing that in Brazil for centuries. Hehehe

[@jayaraj100]

so are we, in India :))))

[@luloon2040]

It honestly easier if you just use a palm size rock. One punch and youre already done. I do that often. You might wanna watch how asian do it. Asian always has the best trick.

[@MaximusSilentium-cl1ff]

just freeze it. then when you break the shell the whole coconut comes out clean in one peice. just put it in a freezer bag and let if warm up for later

[@BeatsbySandr]

Bruhhhh...In the Pacific ..we hit it once with the knife and it opens up. This chef takes so many tries and made so many dirt. It does not even crack properly.

[@FrontierSubba]

In India it's mostly cracked within 10 Seconds.😂😂😂😂

[@BunnyRabbit.]

but into a thousand pieces

[@222noori]

I’ve see easier & much clean & neater way to open a coconut. But thanks for showing this way too!

[@donaldjacques7962]

Accident looking for a place to happen.

[@q695]

Why's it so soft?

[@mosesetuilawa807]

Exactly how we do in Fiji islands

[@komalashankar8540]

Why go on hitting the coconut? Just apply water line around the coconut. Just give one stroke. It vl open🤣🤣.

[@RohanChandran88]

THIS IS A DISASTER. We break coconuts into equal halves in just 10 seconds

[@happysawfish]

oh my lol One wonders why an expert like you proclaim would come HERE to watch. : / ??

[@RohanChandran88]

@@happysawfish was surprised to see a misleading video like this when ppl actually have easier options.

[@happysawfish]

@@RohanChandran88 : Awesome. In 10 seconds please tell how to break open a coconut. : ) Thank you sir Rohan.

[@eddesa5134]

@@happysawfish If you look at the top of the nut you will see 3 spots that look like a face - 2 smaller eyes and a larger 'mouth'. Between the 2 'eyes' running laterally from top to bottom of the nut there is a ridge. If you strike this ridge at its widest point on a hard flat surface the nut will cleve perfectly in half with just on clean strike. There is a good video on KZbin with a guy in Hawaii who shows how to do this even from picking the whole nut from the tree. Thats the proper way to do it without mess and effort and shards of broken nut flying around. Good luck matey.

[@nikhilck629]

Won't this damage the knife in the long term?

[@BX138]

If the knife's full tang, probably not.

[@ajmeshram8219]

It only takes less than 5 seconds for me to do that

[@TheOneanjel]

some are more difficult.

[@taufafifita2831]

Yeah he's hitting it too soft. The harder you hit it, the faster it'll crack.

[@collinswekesa]

I just broke my knife doing this, now I have to buy a new one to slice my tomatoes

[@James-ke5sx]

I've been using a 1/4'' thick British military MOD (Minestry of Defense) knife to crack mine, came here to find a better way, seems I was doing it right except I crack it around the middle and over the top & bottom.

[@mackmoto5573]

Finally

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[@thetigerstripes]

First, I take the coconut out to the garage. 😂 Next, I take the coconut over to the workbench; 🤣 Then, I open up the vise very wide..……hammer, chisel(s) and DeWalt drills come next followed by Milwaukee Sawzall……then I throw the pieces of the coconut I have destroyed into the garbage can. Return to the kitchen and tell my wife we need another coconut.

[@mustafahajhamoud2077]

this is a good method , but just in case you dont want to risk ruining your knife, you can do the same steps with a hammer instead, but keep in mind that if you dont drain the water before hand, it will spill everywhere. Enjoy your coconut :D

[@deannalove9073]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! You are by far the best 😁

[@dragoonshazil]

Dont do this my knife broke and almost went in to my forehead.

[@atahuallpamejia2698]

Before you crack it chef... Put it in ice water for 5 min, take it out, one hard hit in a hard surface and it will split perfectly in half. To remove the flesh, place the coconut half face down in the oven and heat it up for 5 min med heat, let it cooldown, place pering knife between flesh and shelf and it should come out the whole flesh full.

[@Klampfenhubi]

Sorry, but that's still a complicated was, especially eben you want to collect the water. Netter Swatch fort "how to open a coconut and remove the meat" and look at the young Lady here! My motherinlaw in India does it the same way. Instead of a knife use the thin Side of a hammer.

[@alejandrohector4528]

Why did he set the knife down on shrimp?

[@1lonelyCrochet7307]

Right those who have allergies to seafood. Thanks for see that I thought I was the only one.🤔

[@yodaz101]

Dude!! Tried smashing it, hitting hammer,, dropping... I guess it's all in the technique....

[@ruth9247]

I smashed it on the ground and it cracked open! No tool used.😆

[@thatsreality1177]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@charlesroberts3910]

There’s an easier way just spin the nut around the equator while you drop it on a hard surface spinning on the way down and it will crack around the middle

[@clementmanuel1987]

I used to crack open a coconut with 3 or 4 whacks of a "parang." (Machete).

[@gullwingstorm857]

Do it the Indian way, it's much quicker and neater.

[@thatsreality1177]

Show us

[@moonlightspark3402]

The coconut is not fully mature.

[@joshpro6231]

This guy did it the hard way... just take a sharp Rock and hit it once in the back of the eyes and middle line down the back.

[@hotdrumchick]

Or you just drain out the water. wrap it in an old towel, put it in an old pillowcase and slam it on the ground. Much more satisfying.

[@F_M20]

as an indonesian people who lives around coconut every single day, this chef has to learn from asian people to know how to break a single coconut wihout wasting time. and that knife is too small and to fragile for coconut sir. indonesian people used a bigger knife for breaking it. its called golok. and we have machine to take the coconut out of it shells. wanna buy one? go to indonesia.

[@calliesconci8204]

I tried this it doesnt work I must have a different kind

[@garlicmuncher]

Just hit it harder along the ridges. One clean strike should do. Trust me I'm Indian

[@teslax2404]

My mother tooks just one shot to do that. What the hell cheff

[@OruMarunadanKitchen]

Oh, God! Is he doing it for fun? Can somebody tell me is this the easiest way to crack open a coconut or the one which is showcasing on KZbin? /watch?v=m_LHpQ5dIDw

[@ridhaaa]

That's absolutely hilarious.. 🤣 the weakest point in a coconut is follow the line in between the two eyes to the center of the nut ... One hard hit on that center line will crack it

[@BeatsbySandr]

Worst cracked open coconut i have ever seen. Come to my Island and we'll teach you how to crack open a coconut.

[@nelysvabska]

Are you serious? What a waste. Why would you waste the water for the love of God?!

[@mentaldrift]

Word.

[@ashkuuali4401]

It's very hard to open , but it's the best Drink health for Heart Attack and many profits for human being

[@hariprasaduday7787]

😭 I struggled the same way when I had food with fork for the first time.

[@AndreTheGiantDuran]

Welcome to America

[@layonijohn8883]

😂😂😂😂

[@rafeekkaramat3186]

Hahaha....watch how the asian guy with the street cart making 2 dllrs a day does it with the husk on...hahahaha!

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[@rafeekkaramat3186]

@@OPTFOOD please make a simple yet fancy ish pasta recipe video next... and some videos simplify basic sauces like hollandaise or bearnaise and beurre blanc. Im struggling to make sauces. Thanks.

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[@deanhyman8622]

Kind of young coconut too