To Roast A Chicken | The French Chef Season 7 | Julia Child

Julia Child rediscovers grandmother’s Sunday dinner, including the delights of a large bird, and how to prepare it for the oven or rotisserie and how to carve it.
About the French Chef:
Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child, along with her pioneering public television series from the 1960s, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens. In her signature passionate way, Julia forever changed the way we cook, eat and think about food.
About Julia Child on PBS:
Spark some culinary inspiration by revisiting Julia Child’s groundbreaking cooking series, including The French Chef, Baking with Julia, Julia Child: Cooking with Master Chefs and much more. These episodes are filled with classic French dishes, curious retro recipes, talented guest chefs, bloopers, and Julia’s signature wit and kitchen wisdom. Discover for yourself how this beloved cultural icon introduced Americans to French cuisine, and how her light-hearted approach to cooking forever changed how we prepare, eat and think about food. Bon appétit!
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[@andreszimmermann5696]

One of the best intros ever in television history😅😅😅

[@DavidMcFarner]

She is a HOOT! I’ve always said it, I just love this woman. As a child, she fascinated me. I’ll always adore her. 😻😻😻

[@EM2theBee]

"Beyond the age of consent..." made me 😂

[@jamescapps4553]

Her explanation of the various stages of aging is absolutely hilarious. My maternal grandfather made the best roast chicken. He cooked it in a bag and it was seasoned to perfection. I was always so happy when we went for a visit on Sundays and saw he had made it with rice, gravy, peas and snaps, boiled okra and homemade buttermilk biscuits. Peas and snaps and okra from his garden. Those were the good old days.

[@purplequeen1727]

Sounds yummy!

[@christinemaney2294]

Absolutely one of the best episodes. Her commentary on the geriatric chickens was the bomb.

[@Leguminator]

even after several previous viewings I still love watching these episodes

[@DavidHall-ge6nn]

I have a whole new respect for those nice people at Costco who turn out perfectly roasted chickens throughout the day and save me the trouble, but this is way more entertaining!

[@22Tya]

The way she contaminated the entire kitchen 😂

[@HayLeesHomeMade]

I've been looking for a full version of this episode for YEARS I'm so glad to find it now

[@Spamton1997]

#cookingchickenispower

[@JJ-gf5qs]

Always will think of Dan Aykroyd when watching this.

[@KidChaos221]

Save the liver!

[@BroadwayBabyyy744]

Finally...never saw the whole episode. The opening is as legendary as Julia herself. One of my my favorite dishes and specialties.

[@pamela5568]

I'd try this if I had a rotisserie. Then again, I could just roast it in the oven and turn it often I guess. The explanation of the different kinds of chicken's was good to know. Julia was a great role model for women of her time, and still teaching today with these video's. One of the better things on PBS

[@christinemaney2294]

I have fallen off my freaking chair at the senior citizens group and old lady hen bah hahahahahaha

[@aioko1]

I don't think there's an inch of that kitchen that hasn't been touched by raw chicken... her glasses my gosh!

[@opwave79]

I remember this episode very well. It was one of my favorites, along with the soufflé episode and bouillabaisse episode.

[@user-jy5mx5me2y]

Ty for keeping these on.

[@glamdolly30]

'... the delights of a large bird', lol!

[@Scottwilkie18]

Iconic

[@tracydanneo]

Tarragon is so nice with chicken.

[@visotoo3129]

This week's episode, 'To Roast A Chicken'. Next week's episode, 'To Serve Man'

[@iskandertime747]

"IT'S A COOK BOOK!"

[@jantralee5800]

Chicken S & M, I love it!!!

[@molivah]

Dang, now i wanna run to costco and grab that 5$ roast chicken for dinner

[@LaDivinaLover]

Tehe “twice as much expensiver” This should be renamed “Chicken: BDSM edition”. 😂

[@flobbertop4278]

I know it’s a different time, but raw chicken juices are everywhere in this episode ! Fridge door, taps, ball of string, kitchen roll and every single work surface.

[@BearWithMe-Jillian]

If I remember correctly, this was filmed live (no editing). If so, she may not have been able to take the time to wash or wipe her hands because of a need to keep on time.

[@flobbertop4278]

@@BearWithMe-Jillian I appreciate that. A little scary 50 years later. (as are most things half a century on!)

[@scibear9944]

The salmonella issue started in the mid 80s, mostly having to do with how chicken producers changed how chickens were raised in a cramped feed lot factory setting rather than the older less crowded farm method.

[@za6287]

It took Julia child to settle the ‘should you wash chicken’ debate.

[@insertclevername4123]

I'm with Jacques: "Anything that survives being in a 400-degree oven for an hour deserves to live."

[@pelakful]

All that stitching and tying up..totally everyday recipe with everybody having rotisserie machine at home😀

[@cbergen33]

She’s the GOAT! I’m quite concerned though that she’s cross-contaminating all over that kitchen!!

[@michaelcornett444]

I love a roasted chicken, but my oven lacks a rotisserie. I don't think they're as common as they once were. And look at the rich yellow color of those chickens! Must've been free-range ones, rather than factory farmed.

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

Sit it in a beer can in the oven with the racks out. 😊

[@dentalnovember]

Naw that was the marigolds Frank Perdue fed them.

[@opwave79]

I don’t have one either, so I use a roasting rack and pan. The rack raises the chicken well away from the juices that will come out of it. Start the chicken breast side down for 15 minutes, then turn it breast side up the rest of the cooking time

[@michaelcornett444]

@@opwave79 Oh, I've done the rack-and-pan thing a jillion times. I'd just love to do the oven rotisserie sometime, just for fun.

[@mausfledermaus7811]

In Germany we have perfectly yellow chickens, they are called “ maishänchen“, they are fed with mostly corn. Not necessarily a good thing.

[@WolfmanJack-ol2rl]

I love watching Julia Child shows I washed them and I was a little kid. I thought it was amazing and still is she’s the best.

[@imcnagpc2]

Save the giblets!

[@dentalnovember]

And the whales!

[@blktauna]

I think this was the episode that is based on.

[@jordanwarwas8446]

You can also

[@tedmccauley9319]

BBQ rotisserie would work as well.

[@HomerSlated]

Twice as much expensiver equals moar better 😁

[@jamesfoss5428]

Anyone else catch her snort during the intro?

[@dentalnovember]

How to make roasted chicken ten times more difficult. I love when people tried to do more.

[@rreagan007]

That's an awful lot of work. I'll just keep getting the $5 rotisserie chicken from Costco.

[@macsView]

The audio is incredible quiet! Can you please reupload?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Seems to me, our beloved Julia was just a BIT into her cups in this episode....

[@df446]

Sexual innuendo, political commentary, and violence. What more could one want⁉️

[@iskandertime747]

Her sheer chaos is really missed.

[@jeffcarty3292]

Ugh, just cut it up & saute. Which she does, in a later show 😉

[@RAHoff700]

“…you have to do a cosmetic job on the chicken…”

[@mrfixit0273]

If you were to follow all these completely unnecessary stages you would have to start preparing your roast dinner 2 weeks in advance. I’ve never seen so much string used to truss a chicken - is it chicken or string she’s trying to roast?