How to Debone a Chicken in 18seconds?

Martin Yan is a celebrated host of over 3,000 cooking shows, broadcast worldwide. He enjoys distinction as a certified Master Chef, a highly respected food consultant, a cooking instructor and a prolific author.
His diverse talents have found expression in 30 cookbooks, including the award-winning Martin Yans Feast, Martin Yans Asian Favorites, Chinese Cooking for Dummies, Martin Yans Chinatown Cooking (intro by Julia Child), Martin Yans Quick & Easy, and his latest, Martin Yans China (a cookbook that documents his travels throughout the far reaches of China, and his culinary discoveries).
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[@adiahaalexander9359]

The title of the video is misleading. He didn't de-bone the chicken, he broke it down into various pieces. Still very impressive though.

[@stephenogunkunle1600]

Total waste of time

[@guitarvocs]

Decades before the Food Network and Cooking Channel, there was "Yan Can Cook." Much like Iron Chef later, I found it hysterically funny and enjoyed his shtick very much. I'm glad to see him still in form. Thanks for sharing this.

[@manonymous4737]

Mooore garlic!

[@topfeedcoco]

Finally... I've been watching this guy since I was what 6? I've deboned 50 chickens this year, and knew I was finally ready to try Yan's method. It took me a week to find a video with decent fidelity so I could really see what was up. Well 35 years later I finally tried it, first try, 50 seconds... There is no better way to do this. God bless you Mr. Martin Yan!

[@TurningGuns]

How did you figure out what he was doing, i have the same knife and it takes my 36 seconds.

[@topfeedcoco]

@@TurningGuns The key element is the cut to the shoulder and being willing to tear the breasts out, nothing will rip, but it seems like it will. 36 is RESPECT bro! 👊🏻

[@TurningGuns]

@@topfeedcoco i french all of my birds, except for turkey, but more than that, i mostly enjoy running into you over this vast internet, im pretty sure you are a fan of dangerous freedom after dark.

[@topfeedcoco]

​@@TurningGuns I'd like to say I do, but at least I can say I do now. I mean, I'm already a giant fan of Dangerous Freedom, I'm sure it only gets better after dark!

[@erikdevries9208]

How to "Break down" a chicken in 18 seconds. Still, the man is a very accomplished chef, a great entertainer and a very good food culture ambassador.

[@FroopieLoopies]

Title should have been: "How to Debone a chicken while leaving the bones in"

[@scottcrider4765]

Ecxacry

[@bartbartel6800]

egzackerie

[@vikramsharma20]

Correct, Time waster. Nonsense speaker.

[@cobrasixtysix3411]

eggsakori

[@jpgalz4080]

TRUE!... WRONG TITLE..

[@jakesnight]

I remember this guy! "If Yan can cook. So can you !" LOVED his show :)

[@dfinma]

He actually took the bones out and PUT THEM BACK IN in 18 seconds. Amazeballs.

[@tashe993]

Correction: How to cut up a chicken in 18 seconds

[@billessick7049]

But I have seen Martin do the whole chicken with knife in less than a min.

[@leroygrant7635]

Thank you!!!!

[@martinyip5821]

but talk 18min, haha

[@narvul]

Deboning a chicken in 18 seconds produces a video of 8:44....... and the bones are still in!!!

[@dmailaddress25]

My thoughts exactly.

[@WouldUMind4321]

Debone chicken means taking apart the legs, wings, breast, back bone and thighs apart. Debone (taking the bones apart)

[@narvul]

WouldUMind4321 No it doesn't.

[@narvul]

Squash No, that's not true.... but you're probably a chef.

[@narvul]

I know you're not.

[@iluvcuteshoes798]

Yan Can STILL Cook! I always used to enjoy his show back in the day!

[@jerrymorgan1752]

I don’t care if he didn’t debone a whole chicken in 18 seconds. Mr. Martin Yen is still a national treasure.

[@PlasmaRifle40watt]

Yan Can Cook.... I used to watch this guy when i was a kid all the time. Im 37 now and he looks younger than i do....

[@johnvanyosr8896]

How to "BREAK DOWN" a "chicken" & not Debone a chicken.

[@witchyhour]

Bingo! That's not deboning, just butchering the chicken. 😕

[@buckbundy8642]

Is that Yan from Yan can cook!? It sounds like him! He's amazing! Love that guy!

[@RDG.357]

Martin Yan It is!! I recognized him just from the video thumbnail & that's why I clicked on it ~ Loved watching Yan Can Cook!! :)

[@ironhand8474]

Thank you for successfully wasting my time.

[@rovolet6822]

I agree What a bunch of BS He should work for Trump

[@krackheadkola]

@@rovolet6822 Trump derangement syndrome right here lol has absolutely nothing to do with the video lol

[@mix_t.v6894]

To much blah blah

[@mikeoxmaul9386]

@@rovolet6822 trump really does live in people's heads rent free🙄

[@GPgundude]

Amen

[@Woody8168]

My grandmother loved Yan Can Cook.. she was a great chef and this man is a national treasure

[@kingtutt880]

I'm still waiting for him to debone that chicken.

[@fabianstanley13]

Wow! The first ever TV chef I watched way back in the 90s on Yan Can Cook on our first color TV! There was something about the way he chopped that got me interested all hose years ago. Great seeing Chef Martin Yan again - still simple and funny as ever.

[@craigblock138]

Wrong…. In the late 60’s and 70’s there was Julia Childs and the Galloping Gourmet ……

[@FreedomAssassin64]

@@craigblock138 "first ever TV chef I WATCHED" where is the wrong here? Your reading comprehension leaves much to be desired...

[@slthbob]

Seeing him entertain the audience like old times was worth the "Break Down" mislabeled as a debone

[@charlesstanford1940]

Gotta love a twelve minute video on deboning a chicken in 18 seconds.

[@TheBluBalls]

IT'S FUCKING RAW!!! Oh, wrong video 😕

[@wilson5846]

lmao hahahahha

[@wilson5846]

I came here because I was watching gordon ramsay cook hehhe

[@dvaoa]

"How to magically turn 18 seconds into 9 minutes"

[@AttommicDog]

It's an ancient Chinese secret how he does it.

[@LinkRocks]

Chef Yan is the best. He's still doing it too with his own youtube channel.

[@congatex]

You didn't say that it was Martin Yang. Martin Yang Rocks!!!

[@1019caveman]

At the very start he says, I'm gonna show you how to 'bone' a chicken in 18 seconds. I was starting to get worried.

[@dreadnegus]

Lmao!!😂😂😂

[@KevinSmith-ri7ye]

Mick G Neva think about boning or choking a chicken . It's so wrong !

[@anthonyprice434]

I don’t think my western manhood would be able to bone a chicken....may be if I were Asian 🤔

[@StephenKelly-ey6ne]

LOLOLOL Brilliant thanks for the laugh made up for the waste of time thanks.

[@daraious-simulations1007]

Oh that cracked me up! Especially since he began by spreading the chicken's legs 😂

[@schlaznger8049]

I can undress myself in 18 seconds...I can do it faster if I drink Tequilla!

[@schlaznger8049]

***** HHHmmm. Yes I believe you are right. Well played sir, very well played indeed!

[@Nyelasurviving]

LMAO!

[@jessespectrec4234]

Those of you criticizing the video, you don't get one major thing about chefs. You think magicians just wake up, meet random people, and do it? This guy even explained his skill. That's how I know he's a chef, and most of you analysts are home cooks. Try spotting why he took 8mins for the video and still had the bones in. You want him to show you everything?

[@Zarfybear]

I learned so much from this man in the 90s. Thank you.

[@palootto4021]

This is not deboning a chicken. This is cutting up a chicken in pieces.

[@chiefspiritcherokeenation7703]

Oh man...I do missed him...Great Chef and good mentor too

[@worldnewsfoodandbooks8218]

Chief Spirit Cherokee Nation I agree he’s great and fun I used to watch him 20 years ago on PBS if I remember good Also Jacque Pepin /Frugal food/the French lady great chef and more and more

[@olaybsaysol7134]

He’s a great chef, but totally cross contaminated the paper towel and shelve after touching the chicken🤦‍♂️...

[@Marysamuel]

The comment section told me not to waste my time.. but why am I still watching 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@venetiaanortrup8514]

Ive been watching you for 250 years. How you dont age.... Immortal Hahahaha

[@robm8174]

Its because he spent all of his time "relaxing the chicken" that he forgot to debone it.

[@davidyouse7133]

Well, he did cut it into several pieces in just 18 seconds.

[@Taoxlrgion1982]

So will a chainsaw...

[@messengerofgodlightstorm438]

Yan can cook! I have learned so many Chinese recipes and made Chinese cuisine from this gentleman he is awesome and he knows what he's doing! Thank you so much for sharing, Yan!

[@amantecueno3084]

That is choping not deboning. Wrong title

[@tylanway5450]

Yan Can Cook was his amazing show from the 1980's awesome entertainer and teacher

[@swbroca445]

Ty Lanway u see u don’t hv no 👍🏼 right TL😂😂😂... jusKIDg 💜✌🏽

[@jeffreyscottharris]

I wish I could show the "chef" in the video what I could do when I worked in poultry processing back in the mid 80s. Back then I could debone a chicken in 27 seconds. And I don't mean cut it up into pieces like the chef in the video did - I mean I actually deboned the whole chicken (except for the wings). I would put an eviscerated, tenderized whole chicken on an inverted cone on a stand secured to a table, and 27 seconds later on the table there would be a pile of skin, a carcass, two leg bones, two wings, a pile of leg meat, two boneless breast fillets, and two tenderloins (chicken fingers). I think with a little practice I could still do it. I suppose I was able to perform such a feat because of the dexterity in my hands that accounts for my touch on the piano and my ability to type rather fast for a male. My co-workers nicknamed me "Doctor Debone". Some of them whom I still regard as friends still call me "Doc".

[@priceblack6246]

Jeffery i was thinking the same thing that's not debone that's cut up.

[@111roobot]

that comment was pretty fun to read

[@hafizislam1031]

Jeffrey Harris lol where did he hide the wish bone

[@Rajj854]

Jeffrey Harris still waiting for your vid.

[@dezstepz2427]

Jeffrey Harris just so you know Martin Yan used to have a cooking show in the US called Yan can cook. On there he actually did bone a chicken properly and it was definitely faster than 27 seconds. All you people on here obviously don't know who he is.

[@JeffreyLAFTER]

Martin Yan has been my favorite chef since I was a child in the 80's. Always wash hands! Hoping to be able to contact him for a culinary arts related startup.

[@chaddilingus]

Yan Can Cook was my favorite show.

[@jimtailor1269]

Did u?

[@ttrbykir]

That little gem of making the wing into 2 drumsticks was magical. Mind blown!

[@carlitocash]

I thought I was about to see a Mortal Kombat finishing move. Still thoroughly enjoyed this video though. Compliments to the Chef!!

[@nitishbharti2196]

great art......you r not just a chef you r a performer.........love the commentary...

[@one-WildCard]

That's not deboned, that's just sectioning it.

[@kc5hgv]

Yeah where is the bone bucket?

[@dreadnegus]

True. However, in 18 seconds. As a 9 year+ Chef, that's impressive.

[@lamegods1641]

As a 15 year chef in 5 star hotels i can assure you there is Nothing impressive here.

[@amirhouseingholinia2023]

The title is a scam to get 1M viewer. IMPOSSIBLE to debone, but cut it to sections in 18 second, I can do it too.

[@yourgirlfriendsboyfriend3568]

that's what I was going to say

[@treenugs117]

2:42 I would certainly chuckle at least a little bit during this segment. Strong individuals in that room 😂

[@davidwilcoxson2809]

I would appreciate the chef focusing on his promise of deboning the chicken and leaving the "stand up" to the commenidians and the personal history lesson to the historians.

[@swbroca445]

David Wilcoxson 😂😂😂

[@patrickbear7261]

I always watched Martin Yan years ago and always enjoyed him, he was always funny. 👍👍 BUT i'm sure he didnt write the headline because he didn't debone all of it.

[@truckstreestoys]

this video should be 18 seconds long

[@Gruuvin1]

Three minutes in, and he's still working on it.

[@clintonandrews1538]

Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I watched Cooking with Yan on the CBC and the dish of the day was 'Bicycle Pump Chicken.' I haven't been able to find any reference to that episode anywhere on the web. Sounds like an opportunity for you to reintroduce the dish to the next generation. Thanks for a great show. BTW: I wanted to purchase a Japanese 'Chinese Knife' just like yours from China Merchandise, but the elderly lady behind the counter refused to sell it to me: "You cut your fingers off." It wasn't until I took the knife and (knuckle guide, left hand) rattled a series of fine cuts across her counter and handed the knife back to her that she said: "Okay - I sell you knife." To this day it is my favorite knife. Cheers!

[@2339091q]

why the video is not 18sec?

[@tezbay5415]

Oh k!

[@npr2002]

skip to 4:42 to start the deboning! thank me later!

[@AfiOye]

Thanks..... Geesh I almost had two birthdays b4 it started

[@npr2002]

Vanessa Shantae hahaha lol yw! :)

[@martinfickpracticalaquapon821]

Thanks for the timesaver tip!

[@WilliamWolfFace]

deboning is the removal of all useable muscle tissue from the carcass, he left plenty of useable meat on the carcass = Back hip and rib meat / "tenderloin" its a good video but he quartered the chicken, to Debone that animal he would have to spend time cutting thru Tendons, Cartilage and ligaments to remove the bones, it wouldnt take him long tho, prolly 45 sec to 1.20 min

[@j10alb79]

Excelent I love velocity and fast action.

[@combatmako]

I luv Martin, grew watching him... never seen him funnier.... Wish the sound was a bit better... ✌️❤️😁

[@ozival2664]

4:44 the moment we've been waiting

[@1AirStreamDriver1]

He gave a speech, he did a monolog, he did some stand up comedy, he sliced and diced like a madman. He did everything except debone the chicken.

[@LinkRocks]

He deboned it, son.

[@Mjansen77]

Always have and always will love this guy. So entertaining and his dishes are awesome!

[@Hummingbird-yu3kt]

I thought that was Martin Yan from Yan can cook! I love his humor :) (no I didn't read the blurb, it was pointed out to me after I watched the video and asked a friend if she thought the guy was Martin Yan)

[@xzing7]

Cook it in 18 seconds now that would be impressive!

[@MGS566]

It takes me about 18 seconds just to debone a single chicken thigh. Btw, don’t throw away those bones, they make great chicken stock.

[@shaggydog563]

Chicken bone broth is excellent for combating a cold. I always have some in the freezer.

[@strand195]

Chicken stock is good for a lot of things😄

[@davidyoung8875]

one of the greatest tv chefs

[@achudhabalaselvasathish8464]

It starts at 4:44 if anyone's interested

[@role590]

only a true master can talk for 500 seconds about how to debone in 18

[@barbarablattler1305]

Title should have been: How to cut a chicken into pieces in 18 sec. This chicken was not deboned at all!

[@rockywr]

It is all terminology though, some people think de-boning is just taking the bird apart and into sections rather than taking the bones out completely. I think the guy above who worked in processing de-boned properly.

[@londontrada]

He was up late practising on 12 chickens. He usually goes to bed at 1100 but yesterday went to bed at 1103 and 36 seconds

[@LazlosPlane]

Confucius say: "Debone chicken easy -- if you LEAVE ALL THE FUCKING BONES IN!!!!"

[@SOFISINTOWN]

he quartered the chicken and cut the wings. That's NOT DE-BONING. Get your butchering lingo straight.

[@StreetKingz4Life]

yea!!get it correct would ya!

[@applepiebetty]

If you watched it all, you saw how to easily debone it from the type of cut he did, the rest was entertainment, which is another thing he is famous for. He was playing to his guest, of which no one out here was invited but someone saw fit to share it with you. You just got the benefit of his knowledge and spent all your time being "lingo correct" that you missed the whole point. Nice going. lol

[@SOFISINTOWN]

Applepiebetty Eh, Betty, I happen to be a meat cutter, and I know how to quarter a chicken, I do it several times a day... It doesn't take long, really. De-boning on the other hand, takes a little longer, because you have to curve the bone out of the legs and separate the ribcage without wasting meat. It is not linguistics...

[@applepiebetty]

1SOFISINTOWN I too am a meat cutter in as so much as I have been a rancher 48 years and we have always eaten what we raise, and I know what deboning is, yet wonder why so many chiefs refer cutting up a chicken as deboning. In any case his show is for entertainment, and until he was actually deboning at the end (untimed), no one was being fooled, which makes you also wonder why so many thought they had to clarify the obvious. Fears of being made a fool of of someone else I guess. There really is no other purpose. You'll see where he also has a video on here where it is called carving.

[@SOFISINTOWN]

Applepiebetty I didn't think of the fool part... I just like to watch work related videos, one can always learn something. The older butchers who taught me, did not massage the chickens. But they showed me how to cut the joints through the cartilage part which is soft, you just need to be able to locate it - through markings on the flesh.. We can not use a cleaver, only knives. I understand this video in more entertainment, than teaching a skill. Maybe I'll do a relevant video, next time I'll cook chicken... There is a really good video that I saw here from someone who does a regular de-bonning.

[@LordDragon1965]

Just Remember: If Yan Can Cook, YOU can cook too!

[@chongben2000]

If Yan can cook, so can you.

[@PrabuRcCars]

I Like this Chef 👨‍🍳 So Fast like Bruce Lee

[@d.h.fremont3027]

Chan, I have studied your classes since 1984.

[@amandaninow2508]

That is cutting the chicken into PORTIONS, NOT DEBONING it!! Huge difference :(

[@steiny3353]

Amanda Ninow Yes Amanda, that title was a bit misleading. I watched expecting to see something amazing, wondering how anyone could "debone" a chicken in 18 seconds. I agree with your point entirely. Still, he was entertaining.

[@garyblinston193]

I am wondering how much bacteria from the raw chicken is on that roll of kitchen towel which was handled twice.

[@Plevell]

all of them

[@619Satpreet]

Lmao, get a better immune system white people 😂😂

[@zafvideoprods]

Exactly what I was thinking 😜

[@rafaelbarbaroto]

Those towels are usually reserved for handling raw meat. They are specially useful for removing bones. Good to know you're well aware of bacteria as well as this guy probably is.

[@justgotravel6646]

It’s like watching my windows computer updating and the progress bar saying finish in 18 seconds and I am waiting 5 minutes.

[@victorbanuelos8139]

Chef Yan ...thanks for visiting the Culinary.

[@briankane6547]

BEATEN AGAIN - By Froopie I WAS about to say "But the bones are still in." I don't think I'll bother now. ;¬ )

[@kingcobrauk]

Wouldn't like to eat at your restaurant after seeing you wipe down the raw chicken then wiping the worktop with the same cloth and it's not deboned it's just split up

[@yoannes_recipes]

Title: "How to debone a chicken in 18seconds?" Video: 12mins. Lol. Great skill! Btw.

[@joeblowjohnny2297]

A 9min. video on deboning a chicken in 18seconds ! O.k ... now I know why I eat cereal ! Lmao !

[@outsidemayor2098]

Cross contamination to the silliest level, he didn’t debone a dam thing either 🤯

[@luislizard2626]

Outside Mayor he fucking touches that damn thing then puts paper roll under the table without washing his hands

[@WestEalPhoto]

If was done in “18 seconds” why is the video 9 minutes long?!

[@shazbot10]

West Eal exactly

[@stefhiltz9401]

Because he wouldn't shut the hell up.

[@krystalkelley9324]

Chopped up in 18 seconds, not deboned. Go watch Pepin debone a chicken. It's magic ❤.

[@rayshaunjackson9248]

The young chef in the black jacket looks like every villain trying to blend in with the help. lol

[@Larry37M]

He didn't debone jackshit he just cut up a chicken into it's individual parts.

[@randolphpatterson5061]

Rusty Shackleford Hey...yeah, there was definitely a bone in attendance when he did whatever with the leg he was showing them........

[@matthewnakhla]

Larry M thats considered deboning a chicken in culinary. drumsticks require a deboning if you want to use the drumstick meat as a wrap. you cant debone a wing. and breasts dont have a bone unless you are cutting up an airline breast where you leave a bone sticking out

[@skyeshoe.223]

+Matthew Nakhla Thank you. I'm a chef as well, and these comments... Heh. XD

[@Million900]

+Matthew Nakhla you are so wrong

[@matthewnakhla]

Cosmiques nope, 4 people agree with me. and i am currently in the culinary program at my college.

[@one.twentythree]

this is not deboning

[@Drewcifer1972]

+Princess R He quarterd it, but still impressive.

[@freedizz7096]

+Andrew Olmsted it's really not that impressive your average but her could easily do this.

[@sgrant39]

Fact is, you can get a job in every restaurant in America right now even if you can’t debone a chicken.

[@yika-xy]

Wait guys. This is just some early steps in preparing the chicken to be debone in 18 seconds. Next step is, place the chicken on a plate. Put some ginger, garlic, chives , some salt and pepper, a dash of light soy sauce, and some sesame oil then put it in a steamer and steam it for two hours. Viola! The chicken is ready to be debone in 18 seconds.

[@davecarlson9584]

how to debone a chicken in 18 seconds. 8:45 mim video. That sounds about right.

[@chinyereabengowe6591]

he talks too much

[@special420player]

Chinyere Abengowe hes one of the top chefs in the world

[@chinyereabengowe6591]

WOW!

[@pqr590]

4:43

[@neilnibaten3233]

You talk too much

[@VBanks99]

Should change the name to : How many people can I trick with this click bait title....

[@TheTourmaline57]

Martin Yan is a showman.Very entertaining.

[@spiritjay9573]

I liked the first 18 seconds where he couldn't find the paper towels.

[@TeeMilzz]

00:23 Did you say "I have taken a shower with a chicken this morning"?

[@swish1onu]

He didn't debone that chicken... You should have titled it.. "How to Break Down a Chicken in 18 seconds"

[@petesantos1610]

swish1onu Rellenong manok

[@not_your_average_joe]

Martin Yan is a noodle expert

[@Johndoe19844]

He used to have 10 fingers and 2 thumbs, he now has mere normal hands. True story!

[@TheQuinian]

not deboned, it's sectioned but still impressive

[@shrlyryl]

Should be titled 'how to JOINT a chicken in 18 seconds. '

[@farmermike9262]

He had an American cook8ng show in the 90s. Yan can cook

[@evelyncrissi2043]

He killed it!

[@systemfailure101]

English is not my mother tongue, but i think he portioned the chicken in 18 seconds, NOT deboned it. I maybe wrong.

[@stephenwilliams1950]

18 seconds very clever... but how many hours to talk the chicken to death..lol.

[@Fredwitrave]

It didn't take long for the chicken to ask to be killed ASAP.

[@mishaelfine6225]

How to talk and playing clown with a chicken meanwhile I fell asleep in 18 sec.

[@burningknuckle26]

Yan is a legend😊