Which Country Has The Best Fried Chicken?

All homemade fried chicken is good, but there are so many countries that have their own. How can you know where to start?
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[@JoshuaWeissman]

Hey guys, I’m hearing you out on the Backhendl. That was our mistake on the research. Normally I’m really good about this, somehow this one slipped through the cracks. We love you Austria and Malaysia and Indonesia! Sorry for the improper representation!!! Sometimes with all the regional differences even within singular countries we on very rare occasion miss stuff. We will take another stab at backhendl and ayam goreng to right this wrong! Love you all, and thank you for the feedback here! As a side note there all the fried chickens on this list was absolutely delicious and worth eating for every single person who watches this video. ❤

[@tyleranderson2373]

I forgive you

[@Sniperboy5551]

I think we need an apology video… sorry Josh 😉😂

[@zayfresco6641]

You still the GOAT Whiteman

[@MJILIKETHATYOULOVEME]

A lot of the asian fried chicken has many flaws to the recipe and techniques. Like the indian and malaysian fc.

[@SocialisticPartisan]

As an Austrian I appreciate this a lot and of course I’d love to see you having another go at Backhendl. Having said that it still wouldn’t have won lol. PS: you were pronouncing Backhendl better when you weren’t trying

[@llshimada325]

Hi Joshua, as a Malaysian, and been a cooks for 2 years in Malay Kitchen, traditionally, we don’t fried our chicken with the flour breading, but we add a bit of corn starch in the marinade, and fried it with the marinade, the marinade itself will become crispy and flavourful.

[@ykchew8363]

The marinade should be slightly chunky instead of a paste

[@llshimada325]

@@ykchew8363 yes true, that’s the best part in the recipe

[@pawehbsam5872]

dia marinade macam ayam berempah..tapi bila goreng dia tak jadi macam ayam berempah..mungkin orang yang bagi suggestion tu salah bagi resepi ke?? ntah laa..tapi yang unik tentang ayam goreng Malaysia adalah ayam goreng berempah..lain tu mcm ayam goreng kunyit ke biasa sangat kat indonesia pun ada..

[@eastflair]

dia ingat ayam goreng rempah instead of ayam goreng crispy. belum pekene lagi tu ayam goreng pasar minggu xpun ayam gunting memang surrrr hahaha

[@boomer8760]

Ini pun aku Indonesia pertama kali liat ayam goreng Malaysia macam tuhh

[@antonioferreira589]

Brazilian from Rio here. "Frango à passarinho" needs to have skin and bones, otherwise it's not the real thing, it just becomes a "diet chicharrón" like he said. Also we use a smaller (younger) chicken to make it. Finding a small chicken maybe hard to find in the US. So it's kind of similar to chicken wings and drumsticks with no sauce and a lot more flavor, but smaller pieces. That's why it's called "Frango à passarinho", which literally translates to "Chicken in the style of a little bird". It's also generally a starter, not a main dish. Most people just have it drinking beer. Great video and much love ❤

[@annyferreira9123]

Exactly!

[@rosaria1056]

👏🏻👏🏻

[@willianoikawa1275]

invocou os br aqui hein

[@TLC.The.Nonsense]

O que ele fez ali, na verdade, é algo que se assemelha a uma 'isca de frango'. Nunca vi frango à passarinho empanado e sem osso!

[@rgbea]

I think this is mostly a regional thing, but I feel like frango a passarinho wouldn’t be the correct recipe either. I live in ES so I’m unsure if it’s a thing there, but I feel like there’s frango frito or franguinho and it’s just slightly different from frango a passarinho, not using the skin and a lot of the time being boneless. You can use panko instead of flour and egg is usually used with it (in separate bowls)

[@NoelBastosMusic]

Hey there! Brazillian culinary student here! About the "Frango à Passarinho": You're recipe is somewhat wrong comparing it to the Frango a Passarinho we eat here in brazil. We actualy don't use any flour on it, we just marinate it in lemon juice, minced garlic, paprika, black pepper and salt. Some people use parsley as well on the marinade and some use "Colorau" which is made out of Urucum (and is sometimes called "fake saffron") and gives the food a red-ish color. It has a lot of different recipes but the main point is there is no flour at all. We fry them in hot oil and top it with chopped spring onions and fried garlic. It usually goes well as a bar appetizer and it is famously eaten with a cold beer by it's side. It is amazing. I would utterly recommend you to do a good research about Brazil's boteco culture and perhaps make a video about it. I'm sure you would absolutely love and apreciate brazil's culture and culinary as it is rich and vast and full of amazing and unique flavours. Also i'm fully open to help with your research if you wish to! Hope you have time to read this, love your content and really apreciate what you do!

[@giuliasanroman2525]

I couldn't have said it better! Falou tudo, meu amigo!

[@lisat]

finally someone who knows whats talking about !

[@jimziu1534]

I love Joshua but in this recipe (frango a passarinho) he didn't make the research very well. Like Noel said "no flour", the crispy comes from the chiken skin and he forgot the most important thing (in my opinion and a lot of brazilians) that is top it with fried garlic and chopped parsley. I still love you and your channel and even this video with all the mistakes. This is real life so it's happens and we learn with it. Hope you make another videos like this, with the same ingredient and how cultures cooks it ^.^-Y

[@HenriqueErzinger]

Just a small correction: colorau isn’t “fake saffron”. That’s turmeric (or açafrão da terra). Just semantics, tho. The comment is correct in that it’s made from Urucum and it’s often used in chicken here in Brazil, mostly to give color since it doesn’t really have much taste.

[@NoelBastosMusic]

@@HenriqueErzinger oh my bad, I thought it went as fake saffron for both of those hahahha

[@jordan-eu8db]

no sauce *with* the karage vs a sauced korean chicken aint a fair comparison Edit I changed on to with

[@fallensach]

sauce is not part of the karage recipe but korea is, thats the difference

[@jordan-eu8db]

@fallensach nope it's always served with a sauce. No one raw dogs fried chicken. Same with American wings

[@fallensach]

@@jordan-eu8db dipping sauce is not part of the recipe its a recommendation. korean fried chicken on the other hand must have sauce or its not the correct recipe

[@skarnica]

​@@fallensach False. One of the most popular Korean fried chicken is without sauce. Idk why he chose a dish that has a sauce coating it as the dish when others didn't. Made no sense .

[@willgaea]

I was about to comment this glad someone else pointed this out

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

who invited Italy to the fried chicken party? 😂

[@hentai6996]

yeah im italian and i have no idea where he got that recipe, "pollo fritto" just means fried chicken lol

[@QuimFreecss]

And why was it written in Spanish :v

[@Sempre_ade__]

@@QuimFreecsschicken in Italian in pollo

[@Sempre_ade__]

@@QuimFreecssyou just read it differently

[@ironcobra83]

“Frito” is not italian: “fritto” is the correct word. For “pollo” it’s just a wrong pronunciation, but italian it’s no bis language 😊

[@ramunetea2304]

What's surprising about Korean chicken is that it has so many varieties. Fried and Yangnyeom chicken are classic, and there are literally thousands of different flavors of chicken, with new flavors being developed and released every day and week. That's the best thing about Korean chicken.

[@eng2s]

Well... not every NEW flavors is good though XD

[@sherwooddudley9418]

True. I was stationed in Korea for a number of years and I gotta give them credit. They do fried chicken better than us Americans do

[@thetwistedcube]

Hi

[@daddydru]

@@sherwooddudley9418But it’s thanks to Americans for bringing it there that Korea can make it so well, this is coming from a Korean

[@user-yz9bb4hs2s]

미안하지만 수천가지까진 아니야 수십가지정도지

[@danieleuceda]

Honduran here. I was in Honduras back in January and this brought back Al the great memories from eating pollo chuco (pronounced “po- yo chu-ko”). The chicken is indeed veeerryy good but all the toppings and sauces really what elevates it beyond all the chicken I’ve eaten here the US

[@felipedacal868]

As a Brazilian idk if your research was super accurate, Joshua! We don't usually use flour before deepfrying the chicken, it goes straight from the marinade to the hot oil! But that was super fair, love you and your videos papa

Also we use more garlic and it needs to have skin and bones...

[@felipedacal868]

@ exactly! it's a different kind of chicken cut, a completely different receipt. But that's ok, they did their best to represent all 12 countries. Xoxo from Rio de Janeiro.

I think the problem here is also that it's not a main dish. Essentially it's a side dish for beer on a hot day. So comparing with main dishes doesn't make much sense.

[@felipedacal868]

@ I didn't know those other dishes. Aren't all side dishes?

[@anao.cabeludo]

sim mano KKKKKKKKKKKKK eu fiquei tipo ''uai isso não é brasileiro não'', não acho que o frango a passarinho ganharia, mais taria no top 4 pelo menos...

[@lowcps8171]

Indian here, chicken pakora is very different based on what region you are in, in my hometown we use yogurt as part of the marinade, very different results. Edit- most people prefer chicken 65/crispy over pakora anyways

[@Sai_2346]

And in NO WAY it is better than say chicken 65.

[@lowcps8171]

@@Sai_2346 yeah lol id choose 65 over pakora every single day

[@Titan_Abhay_007]

Chicken 65 would have gone to the semi final easily

[@parthgavade5129]

Chicken 65 for the win any time of the day.

[@Assembledonetwo]

@@parthgavade5129 cuz you are indian lol

[@mrmiesfies3941]

Chef from Austria here: That is NOT Backhendl. You made Chicken Schnitzel. Backhendl uses whole chicken parts and also does not fry in Butterschmalz, we use more neutral oils/fats.

[@karim5414]

Exacly!! I dont know where he saw this recipe because this has nothing to do with Backhenderl. Traditional Austrian Backhenderl is absolutely delicious.

[@c-eproductions3963]

Thank you! I literally ate this today, having family from Austria and being part Austrian. That's just schnitzel. Which is pretty bloody delicious. What uncultured Americans, not knowing the difference between schnitzel and Backhendl.

[@maxydaxy363]

Kuss Chef es hat mir bissle weh getan als ich da das schnitzel sah xD

[@xenlol69]

It still would've lost. People are just picking on the parts used and no flavor was added.

[@HyBlock]

It does not matter. It still had 0 chance of winning.

[@sergioramirezrecinos2753]

Refusing to make proper pollo chucho but proceeding to make yangnyeom properly is crazy work😭💀

[@jesusrenekephoosh2717]

i dont get why its the only chicken with a sauce if we are only rating "chicken"

[@dorya.2189]

@@jesusrenekephoosh2717It’s simple. Korean Fried Chicken is never made without sauce. All the other ones are always made without sauce. The fact that people like to dip them into a sauce, that’s different, but Korean style MUST be made with the sauce.

[@Yungdil]

@@dorya.2189nah not true. Korean fried chicken isn’t always with sauce

[@natsinthebelfry]

Yes, your mommy is the only person who makes it right.

[@trimmy8461]

@@Yungdil the yangyeom chicken that they are making is always made with sauce. there are other korean fried chickens that are made without sauce, but this one always is

[@andresrammi]

Joshua , as a Brazilian, I do appreciate inviting us to the party. But please, next time, dont use boneless chicken, frango a passarinho is always bone in chicken..it changes a lot the flavors, marinating longer is expected as wel, like the dominican, overnight is recommended. Overall a great video..

[@twisikcz4031]

That is no backhendl, backhendl is whole chicken leg made in flour, eggwash, breadcrumbs and deep fried. Not like schnitzel

[@Josaluan]

Not just chicken leg, but generally all parts of the chicken ON the bone! There is something called "ausgelöstes Backhendl" which is just Backhendl with the bones cut out.

[@yamimoez]

fuck backhendl, BRATHENDL IS THE WAY TO GO 😩

[@1901-]

Kann man nichts machen… 😢

[@outogetyougotyou5250]

That may be true but it was never going to win

[@ShortP1089]

yes, and in addition to that, in the south of austria (styria - where arnold schwarzenegger comes from) you put pumpkin seeds on it as well. i was very amused to see him making chicken schnitzel instead of authentic Backhendl. Oh and @JoshuaWeissman: If you use a wok-like pan for the purpose of frying it in clarified butter (butterschmalz) you can achieve the level of fluffy and crispy coating austrians are looking for, called "soufflieren" in German. The perfect Schnitzel is basically a very thinly sliced veal that is inside a very light, fluffy and crunchy coating.

[@arinco6944]

Wow! I need try Korean fried chicken. Thanks for recipe in the description box.

[@ChristianRivera22]

Honduran here! Very happy to see Pollo Chuco got to the semifinals. I hope we can see a full rendition of the dish later on, including the cabbage, green banana chips and sauces!

[@JeSt4m]

For ayam goreng you aren't supposed to fry it with flour like that. You add a little bit of corn starch into the leftover marinade and fry it into something like a fancy nest. This way you can get the maximum flavor and aroma from the chicken while having those crispy bit you all love. FYI traditionally it's not supposed to be crispy at all.

[@ongdelvin5119]

should've made ayam goreng berempah, easily number 1

[@kiro253]

​@@ongdelvin5119nah..i am malaysian but things like korean chicken are just way way too good

[@sendoh7x]

@@ongdelvin5119 that is ayam goreng berempah. At least the spices he added is the ones we used for the recipe

[@ongdelvin5119]

@@sendoh7x where’s the crunchies🥲🥲🥲🥲🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sendoh7x]

@@ongdelvin5119 the batter lah. those that went in the oil with the ciken will become the crunch 😋

[@jordanmorrow1631]

After being stationed in Korea for 15 months back when I was in the Army, I can hands down say that Korean Fried Chicken is the best fried chicken I've ever had.

[@davidhahn5522]

Humphreys?

[@user-nt8fs5oh1k]

맞음

[@jkosh2046]

I was stationed in Korea twice. I still think southern fried chicken is still better but its not as consistent. It doesn't matter what style you get in Korea, the different styles are consistent and it doesn't matter if you get it in Yongin or Busan. There is a cultural consistency in the food. Southern fried chicken varies, varies quite a lot. So you don't know if it's going to be mind blowing or if you should have just went to KFC, which in my opinion is trash. I knew what I was getting when I ordered food in Korea. Really the only difference was the quality of ingredients.

[@mikedown1250]

That you have had. have you eaten from every chicken place in every country. No ..so this is a dumb weedjioo

[@mysisterisafoodie]

@@jkosh2046Korean fried chicken was taught to them by black southern GIs stationed in Korea.

[@Foxxie0kun]

These videos are nice to see various different culinary cultures competing head to head, but it's also showed me personally that trying new things, even if those new things are just methods of preparing and cooking the same things, is a valuable way to broaden one's perspective and to try new things. I think many of these fried chicken styles are worthy of trying if one wants to see a new side to such a versatile animal.

[@jettthor8000]

I've had korean fried chicken once in my life and when I tell you I went to heaven while eating that chicken, omg I started to float like the girl from the conjouring

[@drewthardin]

My wife is from Honduras, and she definitely enjoyed this episode!! She was very disappointed that you didnt make the whole recipe and only the chicken. The sauce and toppings that come with the chicken is what helps make it amazing. I hope you do this again, everyone loves fried chicken! We love your channel, keep it up!

[@bobby-and2crows]

Thw sauces suck, the chicken by itself is the best

[@stevenpadilla7273]

@@bobby-and2crowsthe sauces slap fym

[@VvProtocallvV]

@@bobby-and2crowsyou’re crazy

[@bobby-and2crows]

@@stevenpadilla7273 ​ well, in retrospective it really depends on the quality of the sauce, but most are kind of trashy around here, homemade must be better.

[@bobby-and2crows]

@@VvProtocallvV well, in retrospective it really depends on the quality of the sauce, but most are kind of trashy around here, homemade must be better.

[@dadarmwn]

Indonesian here... some Malaysian dishes is quite similar to ours. But as far as I know, they NEVER drenched their fried chicken with cornstarch, or any other flour. Just fry the chicken as it is. Also, your ayam goreng marinade is quite thick. They usually don't use coconut cream in it. Typical Malaysian ayam goreng is only marinated, while in Indonesia we like to cook the chicken first. It's called "ungkep", then we fry the chicken just to get the crispy exterior. I think you should try to make "ayam goreng lengkuas" with extra shredded galangal. Hence its name, lengkuas (galangal). No flour needed, no batter, not drenched. The main star is the crispy, savory shredded/grated galangal. It should be grated manually. You can't just use blender, it will make the galangal's fiber too fine.

[@kyorideshu]

i second this (indonesian here too)

[@zackcanary7843]

Ada Indonesia coy

[@turbojigger]

I agree. I'm Malaysian. Our fried chicken is marinated with spices and aromatic herbs. No flour added

[@MrHaziqnaim]

Yeah agree, we have ayam goreng berempah, more heavy on fresh ingredients instead of powdered.

[@giraffestreet]

My preference is Ayam Goreng Kremes

[@user-fv8ui5xs1o]

Karaage is that's usually served with a squeeze of lemon juice, a dollop of mayo, or tangy tartar sauce. Sometimes, they'll even add special seasonings to the chicken for extra flavor. There's also a fun twist on karaage called 'ponkara'. This version is made with grated daikon radish or momiji (a spicy daikon and chili pepper mixture) and dipped in ponzu, a Japanese citrus sauce. If you ever get a chance to visit Japan, be sure to give karaage a try! It's a truly delicious and satisfying dish that's sure to tantalize your taste buds.

[@lincolnsheppard1224]

Love your content, brother keep it up!!

[@StrewthStoatPirate]

I'm blessed to have a great Korean fried chicken place within walking distance. And they really care. When I bought from them the first time for carry-out, they told me to not tie the plastic bag closed because the trapped steam would weaken the crunch. And they recommended I have a piece of pickled radish between each bit of chicken to refresh my palate. These guys are serious about their chicken.

[@lunascomments3024]

so do malaysians/indonesians. if he wanted a marinade chicken like the korean one, dont pick the crispy chicken one. that's incredibly stupid mistake.

[@JLB23]

@@lunascomments3024 jesus, relax.

[@bobby1113]

@@lunascomments3024poverty asian cry

[@nurseii9018]

@@lunascomments3024calm down, stop crying

[@jaylowry4082]

It's the same when you get a burger with fries to go. If the bag stays closed your fries will become soggy faster.

[@Marco12172]

Bro I have lived in Italy for half of my life and I have never ever even witnessed fried chicken in a restaurant before (except in American fast food chains KFC etc…) so I have no clue what the hell thst chicken is

[@vicsnowieie]

Yeah I'm Italian and same, I'm so confused

[@foxernator]

Tuscany has fried chicken lol. Pollo fritto alla toscana

[@Marco12172]

@@foxernator you dumbass of course it exists but it’s not common at all to find it in restaurants in fact I have been to toscana so many times and never found it

[@stitchingrealms]

@@foxernator that may be, but the whole of Italy is not Tuscany. This is not something common to all of Italy. The closest thing to a "fried" chicken that is common throughout Italy would be a breaded cutlet. What Joshua presented just isn't a thing throughout Italy. He should have just left Italy out of it because it just isn't a thing. And editing to add he didn't even pronounce pollo correctly or even spell fritto correctly.

[@zemat762]

@@foxernator and that isn't even pollo fritto alla toscana, like even by looking it up you can see that it's different

[@TheLAcrafts]

I want to see a video of your process of coming up with a video, from coming up with the idea, thinking through the logistics, and the shopping for ingredients!! I always want to know how much you have to buy for videos like this

[@stillhuntre55]

As a gluten-free person (NOT by choice) I am thrilled to be introduced to so many different types of fried chicken that don't use wheat flour - AND to have such a great resource of what they taste like! Thank you!

[@sergioolivares3273]

As a Dominican myself, I'm so proud of Joshua licking our flavors . It's always been sorta of like a dream to me see him review or recreate a Dominican recipe since Joshua has been my inspiration to get into cooking. Will definitely try also some of the other recipes

[@nikkirockznikkirockz8551]

Josh liked the U.S.Southern chicken better and I agree with him, nothin' tastes better than that one, his weirdo friends were. tripping! 😂

[@sergioolivares3273]

@@nikkirockznikkirockz8551 I've personally made some of his fried chicken recipes. I'd put the Dominican one over the U.S. but my favorite is definitely the Korean fried chicken.

[@nikkirockznikkirockz8551]

@@sergioolivares3273 I'm a chef, anD like I said earlier the U.S. South's is the Best, period!!!

[@sergioolivares3273]

@@nikkirockznikkirockz8551 okay 🤣

[@nikkirockznikkirockz8551]

@@sergioolivares3273 😉

[@anthonyspearman3656]

It's been 7 years since I had yangnyeom chicken when I pulled into S. Korea after a deployment and I still tell everyone to this day that it's the best fried chicken I've ever had. Even at their convenience stores, the fried chicken is so good. Happy it won!

[@GimmeSomeTyler]

오!!!! 코리안 얭념 췩킨 이스 더 위너!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 갑자기 얭념치킨 땡기는 밤이네요. :)) Thank you for the video. Yangnyum chicken used to be my favorite when I was a kid. Your video made me very nostalgic and want to eat it. :)

[@johnyoung823]

I went to Korea. Went to a popular chicken shop. Ordered a chicken box with 8 different flavors. One was as crispy as any I’ve had. One was sweet and spicy. One was garlicky. Etc. There r soooo many fried chicken shops there… they’ve perfected it guys…

[@Vezram]

Backhendl and Schnitzel are two different things. The Juicyness is not comparable...

[@b.g.aathidhan8457]

It's unfair 👇

[@davidban2536]

​@@b.g.aathidhan8457like begger

[@HoesLoveCoCo]

@@b.g.aathidhan8457🤡

[@HyBlock]

It's okay, austrian food is shit anyway and had 0 chance of winning.

[@305Zak]

i have thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 need more like it pls

[@nomadsam9512]

a little tip for those of you new to Korean Fried Chicken. Beer and fried chicken is big in Korea and this may sound counterintuitive but eat with light beer instead of IPA or beer with strong flavor. The idea being, you don't want strong beer taste to counter the chicken flavor. Light beer does enough to counter the grease you are taking in and goes well with the different flavors of Korean fried chicken.

[@Axl1403]

Hi Joshua, as an Honduran I'm glad to see my chicken made it so far I hope you can make a video tasting the full plate with the cabagge sauces and the green banana slices you will be shocked it take the dish to another level!

[@li_tsz_fung]

Never heard of that. Seems like a really good snack. Props to Honduras and all countries that have a similar version of this.

[@nataliem5719]

I was disappointed how he made it, pollo chuco isn't pollo chuco without the sauces!

[@unorthodoxjoker]

@@nataliem5719 it’s unfair cause the korean chicken got all the sauce in it, if pollo chuco had them aderezos on it would’ve won for sure

[@julys4307]

Arriba el pollo chucooo!!!! 🇭🇳

[@peacedebt]

I love pollo chuco!! Even though he mispronounced it its more like pronunciation as in coco in the end, I forgive him!!

[@Aphex271]

The Formula 1 graphics for a chicken competition 😭😭😭

[@charizardforhire]

Gotta love it

[@davigtlahuel]

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice it lol

[@sigmablock]

Vicram has been using it for a while now for the score/ranking videos. Really cool tbh

[@nf1369]

Right?!?!?! 💀💀

[@user-cf4qq8lu1z]

It doesn’t exist a city in Italy where we would marinate chicken in that amount of oil. Not that there was any hope of winning anyway, pollo fritto is something we order at KFC or asian restaurants.

[@Torvix_]

amazing video from josh here the bracket screen was awesome and helped visualize things

[@killer52lt]

A Korean chicken place opened up not far from men in Sudbury Ontario Canada (AKA middle of no where). Absolutely delicious! So this win does not surprise me.

[@daddydru]

What’s it called?

[@danaKaruna]

I’d like to know! it’s far but fuxk it 🤣

[@giogio-ul5ln]

Name?

[@killer52lt]

Chicken plus

[@daddydru]

@@killer52lt Nice. If you ever visit Toronto make sure to try BBQ Chicken (name of the store) or Dakgogi. Best ones in my opinion and I’ve tried many

[@jassskandinavien9993]

You just did a Chicken Schnitzel and not a backhendl. Those 2 are completely different.

[@SirBastelot]

Danke.

[@anjadragon8889]

Thank you i thought the same thing

[@qxqxqxqxq]

So ein Trottel

[@emu_warrior]

I mean it wouldn't have won anyway but yeah, even a basic google search shows how backhendl is prepared and it's not like this.

[@hopsys]

Yeah but lets be real, it would not have scored much better anyway. It's the plainest fried chicken in the world.

[@imviiku]

Fried Chicken 65 should have represented India

[@kelvintran5709]

dude, the amount of work to make this episode and create a system for ranking and competing chicken wings..this is content.

[@drdebsmartinez]

Thank you so much for showing Honduran food. Me and my boyfriend are huge fans of yours. We have your book and have cooked your recipes together. You are one of our favorite chefs.

[@benpark3612]

Proud to have Korea win this one. It makes sense that Korea got the win since they had the dream team. Near 30,000 Fried chicken restaurants in the country of 51 million people. For perspective, there is less than 15,000 McDonalds in the US. Lol

[@jethrobarruga5001]

korea won because of the sauce.

[@cheesemeow]

​@@jethrobarruga5001Lol dude you gotta try out other types of Korean chicken. With or without sauce, they are still amazing 🎉 I'm Korean but I'm not biased lol

[@alexhicks7158]

​@@jethrobarruga5001 They won because of black people

[@slee2695]

​@@jethrobarruga5001salty pinoy

[@1014p]

​@@cheesemeowI'm not Korean and I'm biased, food is fantastic.

[@dogvom]

The best fried chicken I ever had was at a small Chinese restaurant on the Danforth in Toronto. It was breaded boneless chicken breast and surprisingly it wasn't dry at all, but beautiful and succulent!

[@atyshasmith9831]

Is this going to be a series? If not, it should be. This was awesome👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@ryaningham5186]

What an ep, this has got to be a series pleaseeeeeee. One of my favourite videos you have put out EVER

[@bonsai-effect]

From Japan but my all time.... every time... no question... is always yangnyeom chikin. Its even crunchy when leftovers have been in the fridge overnight.

[@NylonMusk125]

As Korean, we all know Japanese chicken since allot of us enjoy having Japanese dishes. Well to be fair, we just eat whatever in the world and enjoy something tasty than others. Normally we eat them as side dishes when eating Japanese ramen, curry or with tonkatsu. We enjoy eating Korean fried chicken mostly but sometimes we need Japanese one since their food tastes are normaly light and clean than Korean foods.

[@user-nf3fi6uv9j]

​@@NylonMusk125대화명이 한국인 아닌데

[@NylonMusk125]

@@user-nf3fi6uv9j 맞는데요 나일론머스크입니다만....

[@Bartholo-meow]

the final is basically *"fried chicken vs fried chicken's sauce"* lmao

[@raunaqdhall3060]

every region in India has its own unique recipe for chicken pakora. The spice mix, marination, and overall taste vary greatly from one region to another. However, the common elements across all these variations are the method of frying and the use of besan (gram flour). It's fascinating how a simple dish like chicken pakora can have such diverse flavors based on regional differences. you should try different versions of chicken pakora from various regions. the type that you made is more related to the south Indian type(not specific)

[@BTBSOUNDS]

Acknowledging that the Honduran chicken is always had with sides and sauces but saying you just wanna judge the chicken without the sauce is beyond fair. And then the Korean chicken got doused in that good shit

[@LuminousSteel]

korean fried chicken isn't korean fried chicken without the sauce. it's just double fried at that point. the Honduras chicken is still the same as the sauces and sides are served with but not on making it a fair judgment to not include them.

[@BTBSOUNDS]

@@LuminousSteel Korean chicken is also specifically using corn starch. But I digress, I fully expected them to try it without the sauce given the "judge the chicken for the chicken" bit and talk about how intrinsic the sauce is to the experience and without it, it's kinda nothing. Cause that's what happened to the Honduran chicken where they left out intrinsic elements of the dish. It's like having a shawarma without any form of garlic sauce and just the shaved meat in a pita compared to a gyro doused in tzatziki cause that's how it's had

[@delishuspear]

yeah frankly this was bs to me. just because one is dressed and the other is on the side it seems completely arbitrary and unrepresentative to exclude the sauce. if you're comparing regional dishes they should be experienced the way they're intended to imo.

[@stevecho]

@@BTBSOUNDSI agree with this take. Most korean fried chicken is eaten without sauce and instead with pickled radish and sometimes dipping salt. Yangnyum is a modified version and has a clear advantage against these unsauced competitors.

[@clarence9031]

Pollo Chuco should have at least gotten Salsita if Korean was sauced. I also would petition that the Southen should have been Nashvile Hot, but the people voted for Southern, so I respect that.

[@Medbread]

I don't really know what you did wrong with the Yan Su Ji, but as a Taiwanese person I can say that breading looks NOTHING like Yan Su Ji. I think the Ayam Goreng breading you made looks the most like proper Yan Su Ji breading.

[@mndeg]

also, it doesn't have mustard

[@ogucci8997]

fr

[@majorasmasque]

Because he used a wet batter. Taiwanese fried chicken uses sweet potato starch, that was wild. Can't believe he didn't even bother Googling it, would've taken two seconds to learn.

[@ryanboyce3202]

That wasn't Taiwanese fried chicken, period. Dude has never been there, nor has he ever even seen or eaten it before from what I can tell. What a joke.

[@nightshade7240]

@@majorasmasquedefinitely some weird western recipe take on Taiwanese fried chicken which makes it not the thing he claims it is.

[@sashikant4887]

Don't know from where you get the recipe of CHICKEN PAKORA but it's definitely different and not so simple on the spices

[@markwinston3119]

Malaysian here and I have never seen a malaysian fried chicken look like that. 😂😂😂😂😂 Thats one sadass looking chicken.

[@bird998]

That’s not Backhendl, that’s Schnitzel They’re different

[@arthegor]

Yeah it's a Schnitzel not Fried Chicken

[@eropis]

True but it would still not have won. Though i quite like it.

[@wikileakop8469]

Cap. At least the Schnitzel police is happy

[@ginge7752]

🤓

[@MrYourcoffin]

"🤓" 🤡​@@ginge7752

[@victorshuji5622]

Papa! Try using potato starch next time when making karaage, it gives a different crunch and is the most traditional here in Japan

[@Losslessburger]

not to mention so many different kind of blended and flavored karaage flour.

[@Necrodermis]

Hey just a question. Amongst my family and friends in Japan we have never used honey or sugar in our karaage like they do on this video. Is this normal?

[@DanKxxx]

half potato starch, half cake flour is my go to.

[@dddbbb6940]

@@NecrodermisIt's normal

[@toshitanaka1550]

They also double fry them, but regardless I don’t mind both Korean or Japanese fried chicken.

[@chalabread]

I’d love to see more country-food tournaments like this

[@ryansone7094]

I want to try all the chicken you make in this video. It all looks delicious.

[@TheBeydler]

I don’t think the quality of the video is different, I just miss when papa would talk to us through the cabinet.

[@flodgey]

He went from the homemade/warm and welcoming/appealing phase of his channel, to the professional KZbinr/YT channel company phase, just like Babish. Production quality goes through the roof, but imo content quality and originality falls down. I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. It's just meh.

[@coldartz7769]

me neither

[@nharkes1]

Idk bro, I'm getting really tired of the constant shitty AI art thumbnails myself

[@liilykh4n]

I think it is, hes going for quantity over quality of videos nowadays, don’t get me wrong it’s not a bad video but he just seems to be doing content that brings in the views rather than the things he’s actually passionate about

[@shaunhorton5619]

Honestly the one thing I don't like hearing is that earlier in the video you said pollo chucho is usually served with sauces, but because all we're interested in here is the chicken, it has to stand up on its own, but then you get to Korean yangnyeom, and it gets its sauce. Where's the standards papa?

[@eocxes]

The Korean chicken's sauce is part of the chicken. There is no option to get it without the sauce. It would be like getting cheeze pizza without the cheeze.

[@notshaane3384]

there's a difference between a sauce that is part of the dish vs. a sauce that is a condiment

[@TwashPandah]

@@eocxesthen its wings not fried chicken

[@Zapgod]

If you never tried korean fried chicken, you dont understand. Its the best fried chicken in my opinion.

[@shaunhorton5619]

@@Zapgod I'm not saying it's not, but what I am saying is that it's not fair to give yangnyeom its sauce and not give pollo chucho a sauce also. Since ultimately, regardless of if it's the -same- sauce every time, Pollo chucho is designed a vessel for sauce in the same way yangnyeom was. The only difference is that the korean dish has a very specific sauce.

[@AnnaGiliw]

Chicken Karaage will always be my favorite. It’s simple but I love the crunch and flavor.

[@malvanos9428]

Two of my favorite types of videos let's goo

[@edelyncordero]

I have been a follower of this channel since 2020 and as a Dominican I'm amazed to see chicharrón de pollo on the list 😭

[@kevinguillen7168]

Im Honduran, an seeing Pollo Chuco was insane😂

[@vii9829]

I don't mind that we lose. But for Hat Yai fried chicken you made It almost totally wrong.😢

[@andrewg537]

It's unfair given that korean chicken can go with sauce while the hatyai chicken got the sauce part taken out of it. Thai food is always seasoned to eat with sauce.

[@stekner241083]

I live in Thailand, and you don't always necessary have hadyai fried chicken with sauce. @@andrewg537

[@MrGil78]

Indeed. Kosher salt is highly unavailable in these parts. Honestly, Thai friend chicken was done very dirty here.

[@TheOscDude]

What do you expect when a white guy who probably never actually try it before made it

[@methawathchandee810]

I give dislike and close this video when Hat yai was knocked out at first round haha. I'm at thai for 26 years and never seen Hat yai chicken look green like this.

[@hobostrange]

I lived in Thailand for 10 years. I had never seen Thai chicken use just the wings, normally it was all parts of the chicken especially the thigh. I don't know the recipe for street fried chicken but the color of Thai fried chicken is significantly redder with a ton of flavour.

[@FantasiaRed]

Great video, fun and interesting. I'm also Korean and am proud of our fried chickens - not gonna lie, but I felt like the match up with Korean fried chicken vs every other one was hella one-sided and on an uneven playing field. This isn't particularly because our chickens are objectively good, but yangnyeom (which literally speaking translates to straight up "sauce") is like an extra condiment. It's like saying fried chicken with ketchup, soy sauce, mayo etc. Korean fried chicken by no means is terrible, but relying on the yangnyeom sauce makes this ranking so unbalanced. And yeah we do have korean fried chicken with in depth, innate flavors like soy, honey, spring onions, powder cheese, etc - they are all tasty variations of fried chicken without harming the integrity of what makes it fried chicken. Bringing in yangnyeom chicken is like cheating in sports xD. But yeah, Korean yangnyeom chicken is delicious as hell. Glad it is an all time favorite for most of us. Now even im craving chicken. Imma go order some

[@anastasios0513]

I had a Honduran renter in our basement (we live in an expensive place where it's almost required to have a renter to survive) who lived with my family for 10 years. She cooked all sorts of dishes like this for me and my wife, and we loved it. My wife is Salvadoran--the neighboring country to Honduras--and while many dishes are the same, interestingly enough, there are several really unique Honduran dishes, some of which you highlight in your video.

[@christianhardjono4436]

I read this as "I had a Honduran in our basement". Almost spit my coffee.

[@edgybravo4287]

Unfair battle one is coated in amazing sauce people that love wings actually just love sauces.

[@ame_d]

🤡 shut up

[@krabuh]

not to mention that victram was insanely hypocritical in this video, saying crunch doesn't matter over the taste for one chicken, and then literally decided exclusively on crunch for the rest of the video lmao

[@kiryukazuma2158]

fr especially when joshua already said that he was gonna compare only the taste of the chicken itself without the sauces.

[@itshalfie]

I feel like that is a little unfair to say. Does that mean that all people who like American Fried Chicken just like onion powder and paprika? The chicken is just spiced differently and Korea just uses a sauce to spice it, no?

[@brotato654]

THIS ​@@krabuh

[@mkwsoxfan]

Adding one sauce exception is Insane work

[@jamalsabun9274]

hi joshua , im from malaysia , u should try Ayam Gunting , basically its a popular street food that we malaysian usually buy at the night market , it has original and spicy flavour. It salty ,crunchy and flavourful. You must try it !

[@nomeweiconxetumareD]

I just love the comments with all the feedback recieved. Just learned a couple of things about another cultures and I'm always here for that

[@danielboudreau2045]

i really enjoyed the video , thank you for making this content, i defiantly like seeing more videos like this countries battle , reminds me of march madness lol , i like to see a battle with countries top dishes they are knowing for tournament style , great work

[@FahnkyMahnky]

Love that Taiwanese fried chicken was on here, but I have never ever seen one breaded like this. Needed tapioca starch, brother.

[@npcimknot958]

Honestly i do wonder why they didn’t just order from restaurants this doesn’t seem as legit.. And they were missing the sauce mmmm

[@MrCoolboy069]

We need a part 2 improvised version !!

[@randyroo2]

No sauces allowed... yet the one that won is the one tossed in sauce.

[@madil2259]

I know right

[@LoidForger44]

because it isn’t korean fried chicken without the sauce. That’s just how it is by default. When you get a pizza you don’t specify you want sauce, it comes with it because that’s just how it’s made. None of the other chickens have sauces that are actual part of them

[@nurseii9018]

Because that’s how it’s MADE, the other chickens use sauce as a condiment…Common sense please..

[@hegeliansours1312]

​@nurseii9018 like how your mother infused you with some after dropping you as an infant? That other one is eaten with sauce. Even he said it, you deaf mf.

[@Dallasjcutler]

That was a boneless chicken wing at best. Sauce is always king. @@LoidForger44

[@1014p]

Korean food is my favorite. Over there a few years and fried chicken and thror sauces is leaps above the competition.

[@Rivok08]

Hi Joshua! Italian guy here! Thanks for the wonderful video but I've to tell you that I've never see "pollo fritto" served in Italy. It's Just not a traditional dish here. Anyway glad that you include us in this video but I think that you found a fake recipe online!

[@Pivaxi]

I loved this video! Now do this again but with pork belly? 👀

[@user-iz5yn2cw3h]

For the Taiwanese fried chicken I've found that doing half potato starch and half tapioca starch gives the chicken a really good crunch and have that traditional Taiwanese fried chicken look and texture. Honestly you can do all tapioca starch and end up with amazing fried chicken.

[@_xh3l9jkw4j]

Taiwanese here, the Taiwanese Salt & Pepper Fried Chicken actually seems so average after me tasting a lot of different fried chickens around the world. Yet i know why people still loving it so much. It has so much versatility, it can be served with rice, noodles, eating alone or with beer. It's very underrated, simple, yet so addicting to eat.

[@bullseyetroll1337]

哪來的假台灣人 鹹酥雞贏爛好不好

[@_xh3l9jkw4j]

@@bullseyetroll1337 我也是很喜歡鹽酥雞，但它真的沒有那麼神。有9.5分真的很感動，但我自己應該會給8分吧

[@ILoveGreatThings]

I don’t think they did it right as the finished product looked off. But it’s a tough competition

[@yelnatsch517]

@@ILoveGreatThingsyea, the breading looked way too thick. I don’t think they were supposed to dump the sweet potato flour into the marinade.

[@karthick8r]

From India, Try chicken 65 ! The besan makes the pakora kinda soggy.

[@savvi3128]

Well considering he got the recommendation of Pakora. May be from Indian Americans? I live in the Netherlands, I'd always go for chicken 65 than pakora.

[@Arnab.99]

Bro I would rather get chicken lollipop

[@savvi3128]

@@Arnab.99 i'd too. But in India. Here they fuck up with the dishes, including Saravana Bhavan.

[@rotrooney]

Yeah, I never had chicken pakora. How was it the main recommendation?

[@savvi3128]

@@rotrooney guess not many average Indians living in India follow him. His target audience is North America anyways.

[@jeans8517]

FYI, Hat Yai chicken is missing the sauce also some people put fish sauce in the marination process 😊 Plus, sticky rice is missing as well

[@MichaelKessler-uv3dz]

We demand justice for the Backhendl situation!

[@lukas_hberger7840]

I'm from Austria and what you made wasn't a Backhendl, this was a Schnitzel but with chicken instead of veal. For Backhendl you use the breast, drum and thighs and don't pound them.

[@NoVeMgoRe]

Backhendl is pretty simple, so nobody should have had the highest expectations or trouble making it. Sooo when your supposed Backhendl comes out like a basic, almost paper thin chicken-breast(!) Schnitzel... someone should've really noticed and told you that you went ahead and made a completely different and wrong dish?

[@Gizfreek]

The best part of a whole Backhendl is the drumstick with the skin on so taking only the breast and making a Schnitzel out of it is simply a crime!

[@mirsadm]

​@@Gizfreekthey made a mistake but the outcome would not have been any different. It is an extremely basic dish

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

cry

[@NoVeMgoRe]

@@mirsadmYeah, all in all it doesn't change much as it's very basic in comparison and not even really considered to be 'fried' chicken, so dunno why it even got voted so hard to begin with.

[@NoVeMgoRe]

@@Asymmetrical-Saggin Nah, it's really not that deep nor serious that you'd have to get mad about it. Mistakes happen, and if anything, it's probably best that the mistake happened to Austria's not really fried chicken dish and not the ones that could've impacted the overall ranking/video.

[@vinnyb1372]

Am I the only one who noticed that placement board looks like the F1 placement board! btw I love your content and your cookbook Joshua!

[@chanabordeechumpookaew9776]

So proud of Hat yai. It was my hometown food and I use to ate them as breakfast everyday.

[@sergiofasano92]

I’m Italian, been alive for 32 years and I’m an expert in culinary. Never seen that “pollo Frito” before… no one knows about it… don’t know where that came from…. Americans……

[@AlessioFlora]

It seems to be a variation of "pollo fritto alla toscana". Never heard of it before today, tbh...

[@metalema6]

Yep, same. He should have made cotoletta.

[@Hoigwai]

I can't say that it is a proper competition between a sauced dish and vs unsauced one. The sauce is always going to impart so much more flavor because of how our tastebuds work.

[@farissheikh979]

100% agreed, was looking for this comment.

[@noahmiller8042]

agreed, its like buffalo wings compared to normal fried chicken

[@janvalis727]

Also was looking for the comment... They even say multiple times that they are not using sauces on purpose and then Korea wins lol

[@lukeItsAmeMArio]

that's the opposite for me, i always hate sauced on fried chicken. marinade the chicken well and it did not need sauce.

[@jazminemajin]

Right? I saw them as wings. Might aswell have added Chinese orange chicken in there by that standard. It should have been without the sauce, or in a chicken wing competition instead.

[@migueladriannagtalon532]

As a sports fan and also a foodie, this bracket tournament format was exhilarating! lol

[@lodxt]

love that you take feedback but it just sometimes bewilders me how in the age of internet and big team searching these things you end up making schnitzel for backhendl, ask a local(s) at least!

[@MrBeatboxmasta]

To be fair, the Korean FC is the only one that came with a sauce. It still deserved the win because it managed to remain crispy but it had an unfair advantage.

[@Soravix]

I don’t think that matter too much, to bear fair we are reviewing how fried chicken is made in DIFFERENT countries, so every style is the “standard” to the specific country

[@KasperPSR]

@@Soravix yeah but many of the chickens from the other countries will be served with some kind of sauce/gravy/dip/curry. so indeed, a bit unfair

[@animesoul167]

The double fry really helps the texture. It stays crunchy for such a long time. That carries it more than the sauce

[@ducminhduong9873]

They judge it based on how the dish is traditionally served. They'd do the same for buffalo wings if it makes the list. If a sauce is so good, the recipe would call for it.

[@Digitron001]

@@Soravix You might not think but it DID matter. Like comparing a kid with no calculator in a math test versus a kid with a calculator.

[@AntiSocialYogg]

I used to work in the kitchen at a Korean Fried Chicken place, called " Krispy Chicken" in Weston, FL. Just their marinades and breading is different from version you used. It's immaculate! Even without the Korean sauces I made in house. I knew Korea would win! That double fry is key. I had to take pictures of all the secret recipes from Korea. 🤫🤫🤫

[@anandadhar4501]

give me the recipe

[@AntiSocialYogg]

@@anandadhar4501 I could..... but its A LOT of ingredients. I also got trained by a Korean chef from Korea and he handed me everything. Its pretty expensive for the ingredients. But you can make it for days

[@AntiSocialYogg]

I'll share a Amazon wish list of all the ingredients for the marinade and breading

[@devinlambert523]

@how can I get this wish list

[@devinlambert523]

​@@AntiSocialYogghow can I get this wish list

[@yamajii6428]

You should try Indonesian fried chicken... Basically we got the yellow spices chicken, then to level it up we got some method: - give it a blanket of crispy egg - blanket of crispy batter - fried it like KFC style - kfc style/no coating then smack it and cover it with sambal (green or red chilli) - boil the chicken with blended spices and grated galangal / coconut until reduced and fry them and got the crispy savory fried galangal/coconut And many more different ways, just look it up

[@TawanMomo]

why does the graphic looks like 2019 Formula 1? i love it tho 😂 . i’m glad Hat Yai chicken got to represent my country here, always a go to meal when you don’t know what to eat on the go!

[@guipereiralima9366]

Frango à passarinho is usually served with toasted chopped garlic on top! It gives the dish a stronger flavor and makes it great with a beer kkkk. Also, à passarinho can be made with various parts of the bird. My favorite bit is the upper tigh, boneless but still quite juicy.

[@DeboraPinheiroST]

Although I've never seen onion in frango a passarinho

[@loocardoso8502]

i never coated frango à passarinho in flour as well

[@andreacarreiro5436]

I think they mistook frango a passarinho with isca de frango!

[@coryaw95]

Hat Yai fried chicken being last absolutely killed me. Having grown up in the South, moving to Thailand and eating forms of all these fried chicken often, hat Yai hands down belongs at least in #4 😭

[@hexagon2178]

It got eliminated first but I wouldn’t say last it had a tough matchup and I think it beats many of the others that got eliminated in the first round

[@morbidzombii]

@@hexagon2178no it got eliminated because he didn’t include the sauce that’s supposed to go with it like the Korean fried version.

[@hexagon2178]

that's also true idk why he included sauce for some and not others@@morbidzombii

[@nonon0n0o]

Hat Yai fried chickens are some of the best chicken but with those fried red onion ❤

[@noahderrington5156]

Agree! I run a Thai street food stall in the UK and our Hat Yai is absolutely incredible. We use nam pla (fish sauce) in the marinade which is essential to the flavour in my opinion.

[@raksahv7860]

Seeing chicken pakora getting its due does put a smile in my face....

[@quranfans]

One of my favorite episodes; hopefully more face offs in the future.

[@aster_asco9749]

Thailand here. I'm really glad Hat Yai fried chicken in this video so much But i'm little bit surprised and bit confused about the hat yai recipe. That Hat yai recipe is difference and maybe not traditional Hat yai fried chicken's marinade is make with Coriander seeds White peper Cumin seed Galic Fish sauce MSG or seasoning powder mixing together put some water and marinade for 3-6 hour usually we don't use wings much we likely use thighs bacause it's kidda more juicy than wings and breast and chicken alone isn't enough we usaully pair with Sweet Chili Sauce to enchance the flavor

[@P_KN]

Right? As a Thai person I am very confused by the hat yai recipe that Joshua makes which is a bit different from the hat yai fried chicken recipe that i know.

[@TarTw45]

​@@P_KN I knew that it's gonna teste bad when I see they use food processor instead of mortar and pestle. lol.

[@ddabthai]

what's green seasoning sauce? i never see Hat Yai fried chicken cook like it.😂

[@chinoloco1115]

Dude!!! I thought the same!!! I was whaa.

[@Billhaderfromtheoffice]

no fish sauce in the marinade is criminal